Whitewright News Adopts Higher Admission and War Talk
The Sherman movies raise admission from 10 to 15 cents as Whitewright grows. The Texas Ranger force gains $250,000 via a recent special session bill. Gonham Board of Trade hires a permanent secretary at $100 monthly. Baseball clubs face a weak year due to war, with disbandment rumors. Premier Manitoba visit planned for the 25th, including a sociability run along the Jefferson Highway. Local banks hold substantial deposits, highlighting regional finance.
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Texas Ranger
Manitoba
Jefferson Highway
Winnipeg
Whitewright
New Orleans
Congress Shifts as Weather Ledger Jets Between Winters
Newspapers note Congress often reverses positions after publication and issue corrections. The report highlights how lawmakers change course following new dispatches, prompting fresh coverage and updated narratives.
Whitewright School Transfers Highlight County Comparison
A comparison of Whitewright scholastics with county schools shows poor print due to city limits defining the district. Including over a hundred transfers would improve the standings and reflect a larger country influence in the school boundary.
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Whitewright
Cotton as Food Crop Boosts Hope Amid War Time Policies
Farmers long proud of cotton face renewed emphasis on its value as a food source. From 12,000,000 bales of cotton come 1,500,000,000 pounds of oil 8,750,000,000 pounds of meal and 2,500,000,000 pounds of hulls. Citizens 21 to 81 urged to watch for the Presidents proclamation and a draft registration day at Whitewright precinct No 3. Completion of universal registration is expected before a selective call affecting about one percent of the population.
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Conress
Whitewright
Web
Whitewright Mill improves streets and city gains from donations
At the milling plant the Whitewright Mill & Elevator Co marks progress in street repairs near its facility. The city notes substantial street improvements funded by free will donations and oil mill plans to enhance the street to the rear. A Texas legislators’ committee appeals for restraint on rising appropriations as the state faces seven million more than prior highs.
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Whitewright Mill & Elevator Company
Don
McMillin
Texas
Cannery Slogan Urges Home Garden Preservation
In a seasonal call to action, readers are urged to register their disapproval and adopt the practical slogan can all you can. The piece urges turning homes into canneries to preserve cannable garden and orchard produce for future use amid a surplus in gardens and a promising fruit crop.
Oklahoma Woman Shot as Spy in Germany Report
Pauls Valley Oklahoma Mrs Katrina Couch wife of Rev James Couch pastor Wanette Christian church reported shot as a spy in Germany last Friday He last heard from her two months ago on her arrival at Stockholm Her German parentage and long US residence are noted Her parents returned to Germany several years ago and she went back after her mother died a year ago
Congressman Quits To Join The Army
Washington May 16 Representative Gardner of Massachusetts resigns from Congress to enter the army. A member of the ways and means committee he has been active in military preparedness and is ordered to active duty as a military reserve officer. He is the first member of either house to quit Congress for military service in the present war.
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Washington, D. C
Gardner
Massachusetts
Congress
Ways and Means
House
Parsons and locals in Dallas trips and social notes
J C Parsons attended the General Assembly in Dallas. Mrs Fitzgerald Bryant hosted a Luncheon Club lunch with a two course meal and a 42 game. Mr and Mrs J L Dyer visited Dallas to hear daughter Thelma Joe in a S M A recital. A street vendor faced license issues before leaving town. Mrs J C Parsons returned from a two week visit to St Jo Texas Ryan Okla Belcherville and other points.
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J. L. Dyer
Dallas
Thelma Joe
J. C. Parsons
St. Jo, Texas
Ryan, Okla
Belcherville
Dr King’s New Discovery Cough Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for lingering coughs, grippe, croup, and bronchial afflictions. It claims throat healing, phlegm loosening, antiseptic germ-killing properties, and broad appeal for children and adults. Available at druggists for 50 cents.
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Dr. King
Missionary Tea by Young Ladies Society at Methodist Church
The Young Ladies Missionary Society hosts a tea at Miss Hazel May's home on Monday May 21 at 3 30 p m. Miss Lelia Roberts a Mexican missionary and Saltillo Normal School principal will speak after a Y S M S musical program. The event features piano vocal and duet pieces by local girls, readings and a ballad The Downfall of Catholicism In Mexico. Free will offering invited.
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Young Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Hazel May
Lelia Roberts
Mexico
Saltillo
Mex
Ruby Ross
Coralee Echols
Maie Graves
Marie Smith
The
Y.P. M.S
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO Ointment
Advertises PAZO Ointment promising cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with refund if not cured. Claims first application provides ease and rest.
Junior League Program Song and Bible Lesson
The program features a song Where He Leads Me I Will Follow with Bible lesson and prayer. Quartette includes Minnie Willis Dorothy Spindle Maxie Echols Willie Ross. Bible Story Corine Lilley Reading Evelyn Wilson Song Bible Drill Reading Margaret McMurry Scripture Searching Wilma Dixon Reports Benediction Leader Durel Mangrum.
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Minnie Willis
Dorothy Spindle
Maxie Echols
Willie Ross
Corine Lilley
Evelyn Wilson
Margaret McMurry
Wilma Dixon
Central Christian Church Bible School and Sermon
Central Christian Church holds Bible School at 10 a.m. and a preaching service with the Lord's Supper at 11 a.m. The sermon title is The Two Beginnings. There will be no evening service due to meetings at the First Christian Church.
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Bible School
First Christian Church
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Armstrong
Oklahoma
J.C. Parsons
General Assembly of the
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Phy Geet
Vinci
Y. R. Horsovcu
Aynesboro
Dyer & Jones, Whitewright
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Gordon Bros
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