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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun editors urge cash payments and careful spending. They note subscription dates and advise subscribers to report missed papers. The piece mirrors editorials from the Dallas News on wealth and prudent purchasing.
County School Superintendent J A Giles announces the compulsory school attendance law for this scholastic year. Trustees must set a district start date to run for 60 consecutive school days, with exemptions for under certain ages and those living beyond two and a half miles. Public notice of the start date is required. Whitewright Sun reports credit use issues and warns of deadbeats, urging prudent spending to avoid debt spirals and maintaining family finances.
An acrobat performed at Tickville Saturday night and was suspected of losing money. A deaf man visited Hogwallow and puzzled the post office staff. Rogers LaPrelle visited Austin and doctors found his brain perfectly smooth. Washington Hocks’ watch lagged but improved after stirring. Sidney Hocks now has a French harp and a haircut. Atlas Peck heard a knock at the door and found Atlas had merely knocked ashes from his pipe. Cricket Hicks notes a new comb that stands hair up. The postmaster warns against sending second hand stove pipes as mail matter. Sidney Hocks went to Tickville for a photo and returned after a long exposure. Atlas Peck seeks a patent sausage grinder and hand organ.
Ad claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic serves as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It touts effects on the liver malaria relief blood enrichment and overall system build up. Priced at 50 cents.
An early 20th century page features Sloan's Liniment touted as a universal pain reliever for rheumatism gout lumbago neuralgia strains and sprains with easy application and dramatic relief claims. It also includes a political quip about leaders losing power and a brief description of Lax-Fos laxative and liver tonic claiming no griping and stomach disturbance plus digestive benefits.
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