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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1924
Page
6
A column of humorous notes and small-town chatter from Bonham by M. Co. Spivy & Co. includes quirky quotes about crossword puzzles, hitching posts, mules, and fashion, plus reflections on roads, crime, and fall weather. It ends with a sales pitch for dry goods after a market trip.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlains Tablets as a night aid with one or two tablets at bedtime to ensure peaceful sleep and a better morning without aftereffects. Priced at 25 cents.
Zoro Agha, a Kurd said to be 150, celebrated his birthday in Constantinople. He cites a lifetime of poverty, a diet heavy on bread beans figs honey and sugar, no alcohol or coffee, and a long career as a hamal, with multiple wives taken at a young age.
A fragment details an individual describing past relationships and rivalries with phrases about taking another and a fifth, noting a 65 year old partner now considered too old. It also mentions purchasing large lots of goods at special cash prices during a recent trip attributed to M. C. Spivy & Co., Onham.
An Ottawa County farmer near Holland Michigan realized a record price for twenty pullets selling at 25 dollars each after chicken thieves bought them. One thief reportedly dropped a 500 dollar bill on the henhouse floor. The item appears in a Bonham Texas market notice from M C Spivy Co.
After the Civil War, discharged Union soldiers moved west for free lands. One settler, W. H. H. Case from Ohio, chose Golden City in Colorado and started multiple ventures soon after arriving.
Mr Case recalls walking home from Golden City when a calf was found being eaten by a mountain lion on Ralston creek. With only a blue army overcoat, he faced the animal, used the coat as a lure, and slowly backed two miles toward town until the lion retreated. Friends verified the tale after tracing the coat marks and calf carcass.
Advertisement offers Hoover's Improved Asthma Remedy in a $1 bottle. Dyer & Jones sell in Whitewright with a money back guarantee if not fully satisfied after half the bottle. Also promotes LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN laxative syrup for habitual constipation at 60¢ per bottle, with 14 to 21 days use for regular action.
An old advertisement touts 666 as a fast remedy for colds grippe dengue constipation headaches and biliousness claiming it to be the most speedy cure known. The copy lists multiple illnesses and positions 666 as a universal treatment.
The note links worms in children to pale unhealthy color and stomach issues. It promotes Srove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a two to three week remedy to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the whole system. It claims natural expulsion of worms and restored health. The price is 60e per bottle.
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