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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1923
Page
3
Gerald Powell and others spent weekends visiting relatives in Sherman. Several residents visited Dallas, Greenville, Denison, Waco, and Fort Worth. Notes on social visits, CAIA students, State Fair attendance, and shop advertisements from P. J. Pierce & Sons and R. S. Morehead accompany the brief community notices.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Spencer and their children from Denison spent Sunday with Mrs. Spencer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Thompson, during their stay.
Dunk Botts buys a farm on upper Gander Creek despite his wife opposing its location. Miss Hostetter Hocks visits the woods but a chigger interrupts her stroll. The Hearsay Club discusses skirts at Mrs Atlas Peck’s home. Columbus Allsop and Slim Pickens view the solar eclipse on Musket Ridge. Clair Hancock ponders a new suit. Sim Flinders brags about an educated grasshopper, sighted by Washington Hocks. Jefferson Potlocks notes visiting etiquette at a fine reception.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Brom Quin tablets claiming to stop cough and headache in one day. It notes E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box and lists a price of 3 cents.
A narrator recalls meals and home life contrasting with guests arriving. A friend asked Sidney Hocks to join a morning squirrel hunt, but Sid admits he cannot spot a squirrel high on a limb nine hundred feet up, unlike other hunters.
Miss Peachie Sims told Tickville milliner about buying a new hat and then decided to switch plans. The note records a change in purchase intention and local shopping plans.
A line notes that she wears her old garment so closely that hardly anyone can tell the difference, prompting the milliner to maintain a cool attitude toward her. The fragment suggests social tension over perceived sameness and status signaling.
Advert says Chamberlains Tablets cleanse the colon and prevent toxic waste buildup. It claims waste reabsorbed into the system causes auto intoxication and harm. Available for only 25c.
A reader asks why the Dempsey Firpe fight is allowed. She recalls that prizefighters were once viewed with stigma and questions how boxing became respectable in public life.
Arthur Brisbane argues that prize fights and gambling ventures are protected once they reach a million dollars in value. He notes promoters prize fights now fetch two million and that owners of gambling rooms and exchanges can hide away or appear respectable. He contends national weaknesses exist but wealth above one million earns respect.
Local Sun office advertises typewriter paper and ribbons for sale. The notice lists assorted sizes and quantities, inviting buyers to inquire at the office for pricing and delivery options.
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