Whitewright notices note city progress and road work
The Whitewright post recalls water pumping machinery arrival, a busy shopping Saturday, cotton yard praise, and the city council selling Grayson College auditorium chairs for 1050 dollars. It also commends highway improvements on Whitewright Orangeville and Whitewright Bonham routes, with concrete bridges and plans for graveled surfaces and future upgrades.
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Whitewright
Orangeville
Whitewright-Bonham
Trenton
State Highway Department
Dog devotion and immortality in Celina Record’s view
A Celina Record column extols dogs as man’s best friend and questions immortality for the devoted animal. It argues dogs stand by humans more reliably than people, notes some dogs can be dangerous, and condemns those who dislike dogs as lacking something essential in humanity.
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Celina
Speak Gently To The Tailor And Tradesmen
A column contrasts gentle speech with various tradesmen and suggests kindness may come back. It includes a verse urging gentleness toward a tailor cobbler milkman iceman and profiteer. Also notes Mrs Susan D Fulton 80 died near city. funeral in Rose Hill Cemetery. Pierce's Cafe ad offers 50 cent meals.
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Susan D. Fulton
James Fulton
Sue
Kate Fulton
A. V. Gates
Sherman
W. A. Kirkpatreik
Whitewright
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bells
Dog Saves Girl From Drowning After Attack
A 17 year old girl was attacked by a ruffian in a New Jersey town and dumped into a pond. A common yellow dog leaped in, grabbed her by the hair, and held her head above water until help arrived.
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New Jersey
Ferret Used to Evict Rodents From Stores
Sherman Democrat reports that passersby heard ferrets hustling from a closed store. Wholesale grocers urge retail grocers nationwide to use ferrets to control pests, claiming the animals work where other methods fail.
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Sherman Democrat
Effeminate Man Opinion Stirs Debate On Gender Roles
A column defends women voting and criticizes effeminate men, arguing the ballot belongs to mothers and daughters while condemning coarse women politicians and diminishing masculine virility as a sign of national decline. The piece invokes a psychologist’s warning about decreasing birth rates and creativity.
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Republic
Ferret Trashes Rats In West Houston Grocery
John Dixon a well known West Houston street grocer released a ferret in his store after failed trapping. By morning the rat problem appeared solved with no food touched by the rodents.
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John Dixon
West Houston Street
Rhetoric on Politics and Gender Roles Framed as Weakness
A speaker denounces female leadership as effeminate idealism and cowardice arguing that men have governed for ages and women belong in homes. The passage condemns calls for women to govern, labeling such views as untrained and ineffective.
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Earth
Knightly Pretensions in a Political Plague of Sex
The Temple Mirror condemns a vote grabbing politician who flatters women as wiser rulers, calling it self-suppression of sex and an epidemic of littleness that would wreck male authority and harm family life across the nation.
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America
What'd You Thing It Was Debater Exchange
Two girls discuss a woman near a theatre, noting appearance and behavior. They compliment speed and roughness while critiquing her propriety and lines in a lively street exchange.
Dad's New Car Sparks Talk of a Hidden Figure
Dialogue hints at a conflicted family scene as a man’s partner is judged for vanity and expense. The speaker questions who the “remarkable person” is, while others deflect to a practical topic like the new car. The exchange suggests tension over money and influence in the household.
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Mamie
Bove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Restores Vitality
A vintage advertisement claims Bove's Tasteless Chill Tonic purifies and enriches the blood to restore vitality and energy with a strengthening and invigorating effect. Priced at 60 cents.
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Bove
Originated Hyphen Terms in 19th Century US
The note claims the phrase hyphenated Americans predated 1876 with John Boyle O Reilly applying it to remnants of old Toryism who opposed the nationwide celebration of 1876. It presents a lexicographic origin tied to the bicentennial era and political division.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Advantage in Being a Horse Joke from Dallas News
A humorous line noting the only advantage of a horse is it need not remove its shoes at bedtime, attributed to the Dallas News.
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Dallas News
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