Large Sunday school attendance in Whitewright
Last Sunday 654 Whitewright residents attended Sunday school across five local churches. Baptist 202, Presbyterian 109, Church of Christ 103, Central Christian 72, Methodist 168. Superintendent Newsom promoted growth via newspaper ads and active church leadership encouraged enrollment.
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Whitewright
Newsom
The
Baptist Sunday School
the Sun
Baptist
Presbyterian
Church of Christ
Central Christian Church
Methodist
Liquid Borozone Promises Rapid Healing at Dyer Jones
For rapid healing there is nothing like Liquid Borozone. It mends torn flesh heals cuts burns or sores quickly no time lost from work. Price 30c 60c and 1.20 Sold by Dyer Jones druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Force of Habit card scene dialogue riff
A brief comic exchange shows Mike and Pat playing cards. Mike asks for the last card, Pat replies a spade, and Mike jokes he saw Pat spit on hands before picking it up. The moment captures a working bit of street slang and banter.
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Mike
White House Keeps Fleet Of Nine Autos
Washington reports that Taft was the first president to use White House cars. The nine-vehicle fleet includes the President's touring car, lan daulet and limousine, secret service and secretary's cars, an office car, an electric runabout, two supply trucks, all washed daily and fueled weekly. When a new president arrives, old cars are returned to the supplier and new ones provided at no charge. Footmen and five chauffeurs standby for orders, ready to respond within minutes.
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Washington
William H. Taft
White House
Secret Service
Why Men Go Wrong and The Bitters that Heal
A rector offers a late marriage ceremony option after a service and thirteen women along with one man step forward for matrimony. An advertisement touts Herbine as a cleansing tonic for the stomach liver and bowels priced at 60 cents from Dyer and Jones druggists.
128 Members of Congress Retire
Washington, March 4. One hundred twenty-eight members of the House and Senate retire today to private life. The Republican landslide in November reduced remaining terms, with many leaving after long service and others shifting to new roles or offices.
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Washington
House
Senate
Republican Party
Harding
Champ Clark
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
McKinley
Harrold
Oklahoma
Caraway
Arkansas
Enos Arden Case Ends in War Divorce Dubious Return
Fred Williams, missing since 1917, is reported killed in action and his widow paid life insurance. Grace Robertson, now married to Joseph Robertson, receives a New York telegram claiming Williams landed home, exposing a buried body mix up and a wife who remarried. The case centers on misfiled war records and a confusing homecoming.
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LaFayette
Fred Williams
Grace Robertson
New York
War Department
Williams
France
Joseph Robertson
First class shoe work and quick service offer
R. S. More head advertises expert shoe repair and fast service for customers seeking quality and efficiency in footwear care.
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R. S. Morehead
Death of Mrs Effie Baker Former Citizen of Whitewright
Effie Baker nee Effie Carter dies at 47 on February 19 1921 born Albany Kentucky. She lived a Christian life from Orangeville Texas and left behind parents J N Carter and others in Whitewright six sisters two brothers husband I J Baker and six children two from a former marriage. She faced death without fear and anticipated reunion in heaven.
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Sulphur
J. N. Carter
Whitewright
Alice Hicks
Sulphur Bluff
Ellen Baggett
Durant
Okla
Helen Sullivan
Eddie
To Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Brom Quinine Tablets
An advertisement notes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets claim to stop cough and headache and work off the cold in one day. Each box bears E W GROVE'S signature. Price 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
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Congress
Alice M. Robertson
William W. Hastings
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Bourke Cochran
Clark
Cannon
Gillett
Tennessee
Messrs
Sims
Moon
Henry T. Rainey
Hull
Mr. Rainey
Mr. Hull
Mr. Sherwood
Goldfogle
Meyer London
Scott Ferris
Mr. Bee
Texas
Burleson
Whitewight Lumber Company
the Whitewright Bakery
Enoch Arden
Eton
American Legion
Odeon Theatre
Legion Club
Viola Dana
Hudson, Davis & Co
Effie Baker
North
Ralph Sanders
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