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Newspaper

Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1926

Page

8

The Spice of Life The Price of Peace

A clipped fiction note from The Argonaut features a quip about marriage and opinions. It appears in Union Pacific Magazine with a playful exchange between Gibbs and a conductor requesting change for Marietta.

Gibbs the Argonaut Marietta Union Pacific Magazine

Locked Horns

A witty exchange highlights marital strain with a pun on will and won t attributed to the Boston Transcript. The quip contrasts determination and stubbornness in domestic life.

Boston Transcript

Sentiment Uncalled For

A humorous courtroom aside describes a husband returning home to find his wife sewing a tiny garment. He exclaims in surprise while she calmly says it is her new dinner gown, a moment framed by a judge's remark.

College Degree and Third Degree Ambition

A Boston Transcript quip notes a son in college receiving a playful third degree from his faculty. The exchange highlights ambition and ongoing academic progress as described in a light humorous tone.

Boston Transcript

Letter Kisses and Fido Nose Pranks Create Soft Riddle

A playful exchange features a man kissing stamps on letters to honor his beloved and a woman joking that she dampens the stamps on their dog Fido’s nose, hinting at lighthearted affection.

Fido Union Pacific Magazine

Dr Henry Coward critiques jazz as boisterous and degrading

The Passing Show notes Dr Henry Coward condemns jazz as boisterous, blatant, grotesque, hideous, degrading, demoralizing, sacrilege and a crime. The piece remarks there is widespread disagreement about jazz in London.

Henry Coward Dr. Coward London

Boy asks why minister prayed for all those men at capito

A visitor brings his young son to the capitol gallery as the House convenes. The boy asks why the minister prayed for the men, and he is told the minister prayed for the country, not each individual.

Capitol Pop

Terrific fight by man against highwaymen ends with dime

A man battled two highway robbers and was overpowered after a fierce struggle. They searched him and found only a dime, leaving the bandits astonished at the stubborn resistance.

Political Announcements for Local Races in July 1926

The Sun lists Democratic primary candidate notices for Sheriff Floyd Everheart and J A Vaughn. re-election bids for County Attorney Roy M Finley. Tax Collector S V Earnest and D K Roberts. County Judge G T McDonough. State Senator S B Cowell. and Constable Prect No 3 Ed Lankford, subject to July 1926 primary action.

The Sun Floyd Everheart J. A Arthur) Vaughan Roy M. Finley Constable ED Lankford

Hidden motives surface in cautionary exchange

The Boston Transcript recalls a tense remark where the victim wavers about exposing financial distress, revealing a motive tied to money and secrecy in a tense exchange.

Boston Transcript

Nurse and Doctor exchange over missing wife remark

A nurse reports a man outside asking if any patients have escaped recently. The doctor asks why the question. The man claims someone has run off with his wife.

Irate Wife Seeks Husband On Front Steps

Local gag strip scene shows a wife confronting her husband as he fiddles with a door knob on the stoop. He mutters a joke about Pittsburgh while ignoring her question. The punchline hinges on a comical misread of the doorway situation.

Webster Pittsburgh Angier

Not Proposed to Her After All

A railroad telegrapher recounts visiting a house to propose but discovering the would-be bride chasing a mouse with a broom, ending the plan.

Fisherman Learns Wife Returns After Runaway

A fisherman mending nets on his doorstep tells a friend that his wife ran away, then reveals a worse twist: she has returned. The exchange highlights irony as the presumed disaster proves reversed.

Note from mother excuses truancy in boy's absence

A 12 year old boy handed his note to the teacher asking to excuse his absence yesterday. The note says the boy played truant but there is no intention to whip.

James

Colds Cause Grip and Influenza Remedy Ad

An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine tablets as a cure for colds flu and influenza. It features the claim there is only one Bromo Quinine and notes E. W. Grove's signature on the box priced at 30 cents.

E. W. Grove

Licking and Reprimand Reported by Railroad Telegraphers

A telegraph operator recalls a chain of retaliatory slappings by youths and others over a quarrel with a schoolmate. He describes multiple people biting back, including a driver, a car owner, and the boy’s father, ending with the speaker issuing another lick for impudence.

James Railroad Telegrapher

No More Parades End Circus Street Processions

The Fort Worth Star Telegram notes mounting costs and city traffic push large circuses to abandon the circus street parade. The feature, once a nationwide public joy, is declared ended as congestion and urban life make it impractical.

Fort Worth

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S. V Vernon) Earnest D. K. Roberts G. T. McDonough S. B. Cowell FOR Justice OF the Peace J. H. Pennell Dyer Jones Drug Store Rexall Via Bathing Girls Review KATY Seiberlings Seiberling Supreme Service Texas Qualified Druggists League Texas Qualified Druggists’ League BOW - Wright Drug CO League Farm and Ranch and Holland’s Magazine Gordon’s Gordon Clo. Co Ode Crowell Southern Ice & Utilities CO Home Ice & Mfg. Company Jesse McIver Pathfinders Huffines & May Goodyear
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