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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1923
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun prints a Thanksgiving Day notice proclaiming November 29 by President Coolidge and urges attendance at the Baptist Church union service. The page also includes a series of syndicated quips from papers like the Washington Post and Detroit News, reflecting on topics from football to politics and current events.
A winter snow hit West Texas signaling a cold start while cotton prices continue to climb. The note highlights Henry Ford as a top alcohol consumer in the U S due to his Detroit artificial leather plant and Virginia silk factory ranking second. Governor Morrow of Kentucky is named to the Railroad Board by Coolidge as Democrats place Republicans high. Dr Paul W Horn is named first president of Texas Technological College at Lubbock and formerly Sherman schools superintendent. Local Van Alstyne fire truck parade drew crowds with a bell and siren, a rare sight for many residents. The Terrell Transcript urges respect for hobby riders, citing historic figures whose hobbies spurred progress.
A collage of editorial quips from the New York Evening Post and Toledo Blade questions over Ford’s prosperity, Uncle Sam’s reach, and European intent. It notes heavier ships westward, Volstead’s prior guess, and a Scottish scientist doubting Adam and Eve amid broader public suspicion.
The excerpt mentions a republican or nationalist tone about separating Germans from their coin or the Rhineland as leverage. It also notes clothing and overcoat values from a buying trip by M. C. Spivy and Co. Bonham and a product claim 666 for cold prevention.
Simple glycerine buckthorn bark mix in Adlerika helps gas on the stomach in ten minutes. It acts on both upper and lower bowel to remove gases and poisons and brings out matter you never thought was in your system. Useful for obstinate constipation and guards against appendicitis according to Dyer and Wright Whitewright.
Jack Webster and Gomer Graves spent Thanksgiving in Greenville with Webster's sister Mrs. M C Kearney.
We still have a few barrels of salt left. Better get yours now. A hog killing spell is due soon. Gordon Bros., your grocers. Mrs. Annie E. Jones and daughter, Mrs. B. B. Kimbell, have gone to Oakwood to spend the winter with relatives. Miss Marguerite Montgomery, teaching in Dallas, is spending Thanksgiving with her parents. G. B. Smith and Norman Couthran returned from a six week visit in Hot Springs and Malvern, Arkansas. Mrs. Silas Wilson and little daughter and Mrs. A. Morris of Sherman spent the weekend with relatives here.
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