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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
9
Rain delays cotton chopping and raises concerns about summer water use. The Methodist Centenary Drive receives attention while local visits and school plays are planned. Funeral for Uncle Dick Binion draws mourners as residents return from Camp Travis and a vehicle mishap prompts a brief accident report. Prohibition and equal suffrage campaigners tour Sherman and Whitewright.
Central Christian Church outlines morning sermon on reading the Bible and a series on the Teaching and Practice of the Apostolic Church. Evening service at 8 45 features An Inquiry Concerning the Night. Pastor A E Major extends an invitation to worship.
Advertisement notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic restores vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. It promises strengthening and invigorating effects, offered at 60 cents.
The Buffalo Express cites Robert Mantell's study showing Roman actor Roscius earned about 160 denarii daily, nearly 1600 in modern money, totaling about a half million yearly. Other stars like Aesopus, Apollinaris, Terpinus, Diodorus, and Ves passen era lavish. Garrick, Macready, and Ellen Tree later earned hundreds per night, highlighting historic high pay.
Frank Finney and Ben Lansing were called to Burned Storage and Warehouse to end a dog’s suffering after a run over. Finney shot once, warehouse staff declared the dog dead, but it allegedly revived and Lansing completed the act to ensure the animal’s final death.
In Varennes a doughboy, amid police duties, is approached by a French ex-resident who explains his hometown's wartime evacuation. The man guides the search, digs across a defined area near a pharmacie, and exposes 20 000 francs in geld buried at the site.
Burt Blurt of Petunia recounts Clarence Spradd’s quarrel with the plump Goggles girl over a fashionable thin-legged suit. Spradd boasted it would mimic swell ads, but the Goggles girl mocked him, and he said he’d rather be hung than marry her. she preferred that outcome.
A small can key with an eye for tin strip can be repurposed as a sewing needle by straightening it and filing the end to a point making a handy needle from common kit parts.
The United States consumes about six million pounds of bronze powder annually. Previously Germany supplied about 35 percent of this total, but production has moved entirely to American facilities.
Pilot Grove Methodist Church reports a centenary drive exceeding $2000 in a single day, second in the district for phoning results to headquarters. Missionary Society members invite a lunch Saturday May 24 from noon to 9 PM. Program for Sunday night June 1 includes songs, solos, talks by Mrs. Miller of Gunter and Rev. Beck, and a Africa presentation. Special services Sunday June 1 at 4 PM feature a program with songs, scripture, prayers, and society reports.
A fragmented ad notes only one active ingredient Bromo Quinine in a laxative tablet product. The box bears the signature of E. W. Grove and claims to remove the cause of colds grip and influenza.
Ad urges customers to buy tires at the store that provides free air for inflation. It emphasizes value and convenience in purchasing tires from the retailer.
Lend or rent your tent to the nearest Baptist family attending the new Texas Baptist Assembly at Teague from June 11 to 19. Write direct to Texas B. Y. P. U. Association, 704 Insurance Building, Dallas, for free air.
A homemaking tip claims a quarter pint lemon lotion can whiten and beautify skin. Mix the juice of two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white, strain well, and store for months. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to soften rough skin and fade blemishes.
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