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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1924
Page
7
Bonham Favorite notes the $48,389.97 tick eradication program that ran from July 30, 1920, to September 30, 1924, freeing Fannin County from ticks and allowing cattle shipping. The project cost about one dollar per inhabitant of 48,160 and faced early opposition.
F M Sloan of Whitewright Texas announces a Thanksgiving market with four trucks on the road. He will call at doors to buy light weight turkeys at the highest market price and requires all birds by November 15 with the market opening November 1.
Greenville Mississippi? No. Correction: Greenville, Mo. F C Yates a Democrat defeats Ida M Yates Republican for Wayne County Coroner by 328 votes in a unique election contest.
Austin officials estimate 800000 motor vehicles will be registered in Texas in 1924. Week totals surpassed 760000 as two large counties Limestone and Navarro delayed reports pending a Supreme Court decision on the new highway fee law.
A humorous tabloid style note recalls surgeries once claimed to improve boys reading as a sign of changing times. The quip contrasts past medical methods with modern sports culture references from Pitt Panthers.
Ad copy notes only one Bromo Quinine tablet as remedy for colds grip and influenza. Mentions E. W. Grove signature on box and price 30 cents.
Chicago treasurer Patrick J. Carr reports from a 700000-returns survey that marriage yields greater long term wealth. At 24, a bachelor leads by about 5 percent in wealth. by 28 the married man is 3 percent ahead, and at 38 and 48 the advantages rise to 17 percent and 20 percent respectively.
Paris November 11 A campaign was launched to urge French women to wear woolen stockings this winter to protect their legs amid cold weather. The effort emphasizes comfort and health, urging adoption of warm hosiery nationwide.
Doctors warn that gossamer hosiery and thin slippers fail to protect bare legs from cold. Footwear trends for next spring may favor green sandals as the coming fashion, drawing attention to toes and potential foot issues.
Chicago on November 10 two months after promising through the newspapers to marry the man who would pay off the farm mortgage Miss Cecelia Zeisler announced she will soon wed Harry Ragin a Chicago real estate dealer The couple previously discussed settling the mortgage on the family farm near Plymouth Wisconsin in her hometown paper
Bakersfield California November 10. Hatfield nicknamed rain maker closes a deal with the Kern County Cattlemen and Sheepmen associations to produce one and one half inches of rain in Kern County between November 20 and December 20. If successful he will receive four thousand dollars guaranteed by the two associations.
A radio wave from England flashed across the ocean last night and triggered a powder flashlight then a camera to photograph Grand Central Palace at a radio exposition. Maj. Gen. J G Harbord president of the Radio Corporation of America Helen Keller and Harold Bolster director of the exposition were photographed by the unseen radio photographer stationed in Carnarvon Wales.
Paris report says Louis Vief and his wife discovered their 6-year-old son dead beside the family's German police dog. The dog, a female with a history of playmate status, has been removed and watched for possible signs of madness after the boy allegedly tried to seize one of the puppies.
An old advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as better than ordinary Quinine, claiming tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. It urges remembering the full name and signature of E. W. GROVE, priced at 30 cents.
San Antonio reports that Wyoming Governor-Elect Nel lie Taylor Ross and Texas Governor-Elect Miriam A. Ferguson will meet in December. Ross plans to visit her brother Judge S. G. Taylor of Bexar County before assuming duties in Cheyenne. Mayor Bobin sent an official invitation.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to cure a cold in one day. It claims to stop cough and headache and to work off the cold, with E W Grove's signature on each box and a price of 30 cents.
An invitation asks Governor Elect Fergusson to meet Mrs Ross at a specified time here. The notice emphasizes a formal, time-bound audience and references the host location for the meeting.
Boston Herald notes barbers repurpose hairpins left by new customers. They collect the pins for sanitation or reuse, reflecting small-town barber shop economy and customer habits.
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