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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1922
Page
7
In Paducah a notorious local heavyweight known as Bull Shackleford dominates the Black Belt through force. A stranger, described as a yellowish prizefighter, enters a saloon and faces Shackleford’s demand to surrender his large roll before paying for drinks. The confrontation hints at street power dynamics and racial tension.
A McClure Newspaper Syndicate essay argues most people stay asleep while life passes by. It urges planning early for success, planting an "orchard" in youth, doing own digging and watering, and seeking guidance from parents to avoid slippages. Only death halts ultimate dreams.
A reflective poem frames motherhood as morning childhood as noon day safety and evening guidance. It implies life’s seasons progress from youth to manhood with storms tempered by silver linings leading to calm acceptance and growth.
A dated home recipe discusses preparing relishes, preserves, and conserves with cabbage, celery, onions, horseradish, and spices. It covers salting, overnight soaking, vinegaring, and cooking vegetables until tender, followed by canning in jars. It also outlines tomato, cucumber, pepper, radish mixtures, mushroom tips, and using apples for mincemeat.
The Argonaut mine rescue car will star at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas October 6 to 15. Dallas fire department demonstrations under Fire Chief Myers will show life saving and rescue work with a mock burning building and gas rescue, led by Mine Car foreman W F Sullivan. The Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh has ordered the display to travel to Dallas.
John W. Dixon a Civil War veteran age seventy six challenges all comers over forty to a five mile walking contest on the State Fair race track on Confederate Day October 11 Dixon says he can finish in an hour and limits opponents to height not exceeding his own outlook says there is much interest in the event
Massed sing songs popular during the world war will headline the State Fair of Texas in Dallas October 6 to 15. Three large screens will project lyrics from the grandstand with a song leader guiding thousands in the chorus. The race track at the fair grounds is in top condition for famed divers attempting speed records on October 7, 8, 10, 14 and 16.
A coat 36 inches long features inverted plaits at sides and back with a straight plain skirt. Trimmed in silk floss stitchings in neat rows and large bone buttons down the front and on the sleeves. The convertible collar is seal plush.
A humorous dialogue features a young woman seeking spectacles and an optician recalling a country blunder. He confesses that while traveling he mistook a bumble bee for a blackberry, prompting an apology and a light note about cheap paper at the Sun office offering 75 sheets for 25 cents.
A confrontation in a Southern town ends with a black preacher delivering a swift uppercut to a boastful bully. The bully, bullheaded and aggressive, is floored as the hidden authority of the man of God asserts itself. The passer-by reveals his true identity with quiet dignity and wit.
An old advertisement extols Laxa tive brom quinine as superior to ordinary quinine for its tonic and laxative effects. It claims no nervousness or head ringing and urges readers to remember the full name and look of E. W. Grove.
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