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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
4
The notice urges voters to participate in Tuesday’s election and notes a call to church attendance versus tobacco spending. It highlights Panama Canal tolls after two years of operation, a Boston magnate eloping with his son’s fiancée, and Chicago’s rising food costs.
A 1917 penny petti coat scam fleeced women across the country. Letters and silvers dimes poured in as promoters promised a new model silk petti coat for ten cents. Authorities now pursue the swindlers, while victims reflect on the costly lesson.
The article reports that two hundred fifty people convicted in Harris county were released under suspended sentence, portraying the move as treating criminal law as a joke and suggesting no danger for those who know the ropes.
The Waco News denounces lenient criminal laws, arguing the statutes punish and deter. It says the law condemns itself, urges repeal of permissive measures, and warns that without a return to respect for law, penalties and courts will lose authority over offenders.
The Denton News Chronicle argues the rural credits act can enable land purchase for those without cash. It details a two loan path where a buyer borrows 50 percent of land value from a farm loan, with vendor supplying the other half as a second lien. The vendor’s risk is mitigated by first cash payment and potential foreclosure, while the buyer amortizes the bank loan at two percent per year. The piece asserts banks should be operating by February to expand home ownership.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a universal pain remedy. It claims quick relief from neuralgia, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sprains, and strains, with easy application and no staining, urging readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist.
It claims catarrh signals general weakness and local snuffs or vapors fail. To correct it, treat the cause by enriching the blood with Scott's Emulsion a medicinal food and building tonic free from alcohol or harmful drugs. Scott and Bowne Bloomfield New Jersey.
A Farm and Ranch note argues high prices across crops in the Southwest due to strong demand for cotton and food crops. It urges continuing diversification next year, prioritizing feed and food crops with cotton as a surplus, and adopting a dependable rotation to sustain profits.
A vintage advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic its quinine and iron provide liver support malaria protection blood enrichment and overall system boost priced at 50 cents.
In a town of 700, three brothers built a store with $150,000 annual business. They tied the shop to the community, advertised heavily, offered uniform pricing, and maintained strong service. They spent over $2,000 on advertising in a year and kept careful finance and employee relations. The story appears in Sys tem, a popular business magazine.
A traveling salesman from San Angelo Texas reports immediate relief from backache after using Foley Kidney Pills. He notes pain disappeared with the first bottle and recurrence did not occur. The pills stop the pain by aiding kidney and bladder function and purifying the system.
The text argues that while some merchants avoid advertising to save costs, persistent advertising and annual expenditure over 32,000 is essential to build a substantial business. It warns that skipping advertising may let a shop survive, but will never reach the scale of the mentioned enterprise.
A son was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Williams of the Bethel community. The birth adds a new member to the Williams family, with celebrations planned in the local area.
Miss Thelma Joe Dyer, a Dallas student, spent several days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Dyer, returning to her studies afterward.
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