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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1927
Page
6
A catalog of free bulletins from the Extension Division led by C H Alvord offering diverse farming guidance. Topics cover fruit and garden culture poultry hogs dairy cattle beef cattle canning water systems terracing and more with bulletin numbers for each subject and mailing details to request copies.
A humorous item from The Sun features a quarrel between Mrs. Sausly and Mrs. Shinbone over a dog bite incident. The exchange centers on a dog named Fido and a child named Willie, with satirical dialogue about responsibility and illness.
To stop a cough quickly Hayes Healing Honey is sold with Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat treatment. The salve is rubbed on the chest and throat for cold or croup in children. The two remedies in one carton cost 35 cents.
James E. Mansfield received a six year term in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to impersonating a Secret Service agent in St. Louis. He was 39, born in El Paso, Texas, and had a prior record from 1906 to 1926 for burglary grand larceny and carrying concealed weapons in several Pacific Coast cities.
An election is set for Saturday April 2 in school district No 42 a common county line district serving parts of Grayson and Fannin Counties. Voters will decide on a 75 cent per $100 valuation tax to fund nine months of schooling by transferring state scholastic funds to Whitewright district for tuition and free schooling. W H Horton named presiding judge. Hansard Filling Station near Whitewright is polling site.
Attorneys say part of District No. 42 straddles Fannin and Grayson Counties and is not formally declared. A county board order binding the district is needed after Grayson acceptance to allow taxation. Without it the current election may raise an invalid tax, Sherman Democrat reports.
City Commission orders an election in Whitewright Grayson County Texas to elect two city commissioners for two year terms on the first Tuesday in April 1927 the fifth day of the month. J N Powell presiding judge G W Adams assistant judge C M Dillon and G D Bennett clerks. Engraved or printed wedding invitations announcements etc Sun.
The Rev. W. C. Fleetwood, about 55, formerly pastor of the Grapevine Presbyterian Church and late of Handley, was struck by an interurban train while walking on the track in Fort Worth on Sunday afternoon. He leaves a wife, six sons and two daughters.
Miss Nettie Harvey, likely the county’s oldest resident, marked her 102nd birthday at the Leftwich home in Tioga where she has lived for many years. She migrated to Texas in 1880 with the Leftwichs and has resided with them since.
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE touting less nervousness and no head ringing compared to ordinary quinine. It urges readers to note the full product name and to seek the signature of E. W. GLOVE.
Born in Adair County Kentucky near Columbia in 1825 she lived there until she moved to Texas and established residence.
A humorous fragment notes confusion over terms and requests a pair of spec rimmed items. The lines reveal playful wordplay and a mispronunciation that hints at a larger device or product debate.
A shopkeeper responds to a request about check-rimmed spornacles and presents a pair of rim-sporned hectacles to a gentleman, Mr Pekes, in the exchange.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instantly relieves itching and promotes restful sleep after the first application. Price.
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