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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
5
A memory from Claude Callan recounts Ora Pepper at age five visiting Mrs. Cobbler. Ora explores the dining table cloth revealing turnips jelly and fried chicken leaving jelly stains and a chicken bone in her hand. Mrs. Pepper recalls the incident with embarrassment and concern but later reflects on Mrs. Cobbler’s thoughts.
A sensational beauty tip promises to whiten skin using lemon juice and Orchard White. The ad instructs squeezing two lemons into a bottle, adding three ounces of Orchard White, shaking, and applying daily to the face neck arms and hands to fade freckles tan and sallowness while claiming harmless, dramatic results.
A series of vignettes shows neighbors and family dynamics. Ora worries about maternal love as she contemplates her father. Woodrow and Jimmie share a visit and an apple while a hat dispute records a small quarrel. A newlywed family adjusts to shared duties and social expectations as stories of elders and grandchildren unfold.
Miss Agnes Turner of Chicago Illinois shares a personal testimonial about indigestion sleeplessness and poor health. She says overwork irregular meals and negligence weakened her then after two months of Chamberlain's Tablets she recovered appetite digestion and sleep and remains well.
Mollie Bailey, known as Mrs. A. H. Hardesty, died at age 2 years. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes her life as clean and remembered across Texas for her influence in a unique field.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as strengthening and invigorating for the elderly and the young during summer heat. Claims to purify blood and build up the whole system with a 60 cent price.
A muster roll search of the Marine Corps shows the Devil Dogs heavy on strategy with 24 Anthonys 4 Washingtons 3 Wellingtons 71 Grants 162 Lees 70 Alexanders 3 Lafayettes 33 Sheridans and 191 others listed.
Mollie Bailey died in Houston Texas last Wednesday marking the end of an era tied to open prairie circuses. The beloved showwoman brought joy to Texans recalling dusty prairie schooners long train wagons acrobats and the square dealing she offered. her memory lingers as communities recall seasonal visits and childhood thrills.
The note jokes about forces named Jacksons and Bonaparte with five Victors and no Retreats. It claims the Marines can take Berlin anytime, noting five Marines in the corps for emphasis.
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