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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
4
Local editor discusses subscriptions, taxes, and county finances plus reminders of upcoming fairs and premiums. Mentions gins at Tom Bean, Red River Valley Fair in Sherman, Grayson County politics, and advertising as essential for business success. Includes a note on L. V. Smith visiting Leonard with his family.
Recent mild spell has residents noting unusually pleasant conditions. Forecasters warn a severe blizzard could hit soon, threatening travel and routines as colder, stormier weather returns with heavy snow.
Rev. J. F. Fender and Rev. W. A. Kirkpatrick visited Bells on Tuesday to participate in a call meeting of the Paris Presbytery.
A law pamphlet argues against women jurors by exaggerating risks and social taboos. It mocks female silence in long trials and jokes about wives at home on payday. The piece ridicules politicians and bankers while lampooning public attitudes toward gender and authority.
A report notes they share reading time and affection for poetry. A request to the President appeals to Democrats to speed a marriage. The text hints at social pressures after a boy leaves home facing job challenges and boss issues.
A short historical ad invites readers to mail five cents with a cutout to Foley & Co. of Chicago for a trial package. The bundle includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, with Kirkpatrick & Bryant as the distributors.
A clerk who blows breath into a sack to open it for candy is criticized as the most ignorant ignoramus imaginable. The remark targets the clerk’s perceived incompetence and absurd method.
A reflective line noting that some evils are dismissed by reformers as necessary, highlighting a moral critique that reforms may tolerate harmful acts as unavoidable. The remark implies tension between ideal change and practical compromises in governance.
Coughs that are stopped by careful treatment are urged to use Dr. King’s New Discovery a remedy of merit with 46 years on the market. It claims to soothe and heal lung troubles caused by delayed treatment. Money back if it fails priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
A quirky line notes superstition about sleeping with wedding cake under the head. It suggests misfortune if a mouse gnaws the ear, framed as a whimsical caution rather than fact.
A concise remark on not wearing fur and perspiration together, highlighting practicality over fashion. The line suggests a playful caution about comfort and appearance in clothing choices.
An 81 year old woman from Greenville South Carolina testifies that Vinol cod liver and iron tonic gave her strength a healthy appetite and relief from nerves. The advertisement claims Vinol is a delicious oil free tonic guaranteed to help run down weak devitalized conditions and chronic coughs and colds from Dyer Jones Druggists.
The State Department of Agriculture releases a crop report dated October 30 detailing conditions in Dallas, Tarrant, Wise, Clay, Cooke, Grayson and Denton counties. Cotton 55 percent late, corn 85 percent, sorghum cane for syrup and hay 100 percent, cane seed fields 100 percent, wheat emerging with 20 percent higher acreage. Boll weevil active in Dallas, Tarrant and Wise. cotton still blooming in Cooke, Grayson and Denton.
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