Pedigreed Seed Claim From A. D. Mebane Farms
An advertisement asserts that genuine Pedigreed Seed direct from A. D. Mebane Farms is available only through the speaker in Grayson and Fannin Counties. It states the speaker is the sole local seller and instructs writing to A. D. Mebane Company in Lockhart, Texas to ask if they sold the seed to anyone in Grayson or Fannin counties other than Lester Haile of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Mebane
Grayson
Fannin
Mebane Farms
A. D. Mebane Company
Lockhart
Texas
Fannin Counties
Lester Haile
Whitewright
Camouflage Courtship And Domestic Discord In Marriage
A narrator recalls a stylish couple seen on the street and reflects on how courtship disguises flaws. He argues that camouflage fades after marriage, leading to irritations over manners, appearance, and habits, with mutual criticism and competing temperaments. He notes couples might endure spats yet still wed again to preserve love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Romeo
Pepsinated Calomel Marketed As Gentle Digest Aid
An advertisement promotes a new calomel product named Pepsinated Calomel mixed with Pepsin and English ingredients. It claims mild, quick relief from indigestion biliousness bad colds constipation and headaches. Dyer & Jones of Whitewright Texas recommend the tablet to be taken at bedtime for morning hunger and wellness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer & Jones
Whitewright
Texas
Life's Evening: Portraits of Honest Old Age by the Sea
The speaker contrasts aging laborers who retire with dignity under tree and vine to the corrupt crook who fronted youth with vice. Honest workers earned wages and saved salt that kale, and now rest by the sea with white whiskers and a quiet life, unlike the unrepentant criminal.
Keep Whitewright money at home
A brief satirical verse by Walt Mason laments crooks who waste money and end in poverty while praising prudent men who save. He warns against crime and urges keeping funds local, noting aging men with frugal habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadzook
Walt Mason
Whitewright
Grows Both Ways Laborer and Foreman Cartoon Ad
An old style laborer foregrounds a joke about taking a haircut on company time prompting a foreman response. An advertisement promotes LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN syrup laxative for habitual constipation with a 60¢ bottle price and a 14 to 21 day suggested regimen.
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Juliet
Polly Sap
Mrs. Sap
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Sherman
R. C. Hoyle
Lloyd Moore
E. W. Grove
Tutt
Farm Labor Union
Planters National Bank
P. J. Pierce & Sons
J. L. Kirkpatrick
J. F. Lilley
Hudson, Davis & Company
Manning & Clark
L. LaRoe & Company
Mangrum Brothers
R. C. Hoyle, Chiropractor
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
S.H. Montgomery
Whitewright, Texas
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