Whitewright Items Highlight News From 1916
In Whitewright 17 years ago Walter Fain Jr. returned from East Texas with cotton. D S McMillin came back from Louisville after Masonic Grand Lodge. Local property owners let contracts for concrete walks. Mr and Mrs Wm Pennington celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. Rexall straw vote favored Wilson 256 electoral votes to Hughes 220. Mallie Williams announced the birth of a girl. Dr Sears lectured on Dont Worry Monday night. Professor Hoy of Bonham becomes Whitewright City Band director.
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Walter Fain Jr
East Texas
D. S. McMillin
Louisville
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Kentucky
W. H. King
J. M. Carter
J. B. Woosley
Wm. Pennington
A. L. Groves
Rexall
United States
Wilson
Hughes
Mallie Williams
Canaan
Dr. Sears
Professor Hoy
Bonham
Whitewright City
Isbell Reassigned As Whitewright Pastor By Conference
Ku Klux Klansmen paraded through Whitewright Monday night amid regional notices. The American Legion plans an all day event November 11 and local residents attended the national convention in Kansas City. Local awards went to cotton seed exhibitors at Leonard fair. marriages and hospital news also reported.
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the Sun
K. R. Isbell
Methodist Conference
Whitewright
American Legion
R. C. Brown
Ed la Roe
Roscoe Pace
Basil Thomson
Clay Horton
John Reeves
Claud Cox
Kansas City
Martha Bow
Waco
Floyd Collins
Belle Stephens
J. F. Fender
Seven Years Ago in Whitewright Election and Local News
Whitewright voters gave 186 votes in the general election. May Badgett hosted the Kantagree Bridge Club. A large warehouse for Kimbell Milling Co. began construction. The Famous Dry Goods Store run by Abe and Charles Greenberg closed and will file for bankruptcy. Mrs. J W McMurry and Mrs. Ross May visited the Waco Cotton Palace. Mrs. J D Heard returned from Dallas visiting her daughter. Delmar Bowen and Hazel Creecy of Orangeville were married by Rev W A Kirkpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
May Badgett
Kantagree Bridge Club
Kimbell Milling Co
Abe
Charles Greenberg
J. W. McMurry
Ross May
Waco Cotton Palace
J. D. Heard
J. E. Payne Jr
Dallas
Delmar Bowen
Hazel Creecy
Orangeville
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Why Doctors Favor a Liquid Laxative
A doctor explains liquid laxatives are preferred as they allow measured dosing, controlled action, and avoid habit formation. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is promoted as regularizing the bowels in weeks, with a pleasant taste and safe use, unlike pills that require frequent carriage and effort.
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Dr. Caldwell
Farm Prices and Costs Unchanged as Oct Midpoint Report
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports farm prices and costs remained stable from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. By mid-October prices were 30 percent of prewar levels, while prices received by farmers were 16 percent over prewar, with grains and fruits down and cotton, hay, hogs, dairy, and eggs up. The hog price rose about 12 percent in the period and the wheat and corn prices fell 11 and 17 percent respectively.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bureau
Ear health guidance from The Family Doctor column
The Family Doctor warns against nasal douches and aggressive snorting, urges gentle self care for head air passages, and recommends consulting a physician for antiseptics and ear infections. It stresses keeping nasal passages clean with physician approved sprays and avoiding school for children with running noses.
Making Him Squirm and the Wives Remarkable Retort
A witty dialogue unfolds with a wife bitterly blaming marriage vows. The husband retorts that she was no young bird when they wed, and she counters by noting she was an early bird given what she gained. An Uncle comments on changing expectations while a nephew humorously probes the aunt’s marriage finances.
Paul in Jerusalem Lesson Highlights Gentile inclusion
The Jerusalem council's decision in Acts 15 shapes early Christian expansion. Gentiles face four Mosaic rules while faith remains universal, a Magna Charta of Christian liberties. Quotes and jokes punctuate the lesson, including Luther and Senate humor.
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Peter
Paul
Barnabas
Society of Christ
Jerusalem Council
James
Antioch
Jesus
Plants Can Be Started In Electric Heated Hotbeds
Experimenters in a Pittsburgh laboratory demonstrate that plants can be started in hotbeds with electric heat at about the same cost as using manure for warmth.
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Pittsburgh
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Frank D. Layman
Whitewright, Texas
John Joseph Gaines, M. D
Doan
MO Taeuel Att
Charles E. Dunn
Jerusalem
Luther
Senator Sorghum
the First National Bank of
U. S
U.S. Treas. & L. L. County
U. S. Veterans Loans
Total
Bank Res
R. A. Gillett
Cashier
Levin
Texas
The
Whitewright Sun
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