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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
3
A humorous column sketches Bumbleton residents and families in domestic vignettes. Claude Callan narrates how couples argue or drift apart, neighbors quarrel and reconcile, and small town routines reveal character. A glimpse of lodge fantasies, lawn contests, and everyday finances threads through the sketches.
A Boston Post quotation advocates reducing government costs by shining light on them. The line emphasizes transparency as a method to cut expenses and improve efficiency.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 3,374 strikes in the United States in 1919 and 654 home runs. The figures appear in a brief news item and a Life magazine entry respectively.
Ben F Harigel editor of the La Grange Journal for seventeen years is sent to the mountains by physicians for health. He fought long daily to keep the paper afloat and died of tuberculosis. A last act included settling two old due bills. A Bryan Eagle note confirms his grave illness and tone.
Dunk Botts reports a calf wandered into the post office during a temporary absence of the postmaster and chewed up much of the mail, with most of it being one cent matter as the animal departed. Yam Sims pursues musical fame with a French harp while Frisby Hancock plans a trip for a one cent cheaper spool of thread. Sim Flinders muses about what baseball fans think in winter.
A humorous regional note describes a deputy constable who wears patent magnifying spectacles on cases. He once arrested a calf thief for stealing a cow, after a misread clue. The piece ends by remarking that people yield to a blind man, and that weather interest often reflects forecast misses.
A local encounter unfolds as a junkman pesters a householder about collecting rags and old iron, the resident retorts angrily that his wife is away, and the junkman presses for bottles.
Sim Flinders had a big crop of blackberries and mulberries growing wild on his place this summer but, due to the rush of fishing season, he let the jaybirds pick them on the shores.
J B Harrison, previously with Hall Furniture in Sherman, has joined Knight-Peveto Co of that city, the advertisement notes.
An advertisement promotes Can Willard Battery products available from R S Morehead. The notice highlights battery offerings, location, and purchasing details.
The Gan der Creek bridge shows rapidly thinning floorboards with a rider named Yam Sims crossing today on a large mule without incident. Nearby Rye Straw sees ongoing construction including a new pig pen beside the post office. The Horse Doctor treated Columbus Allsop Friday morning for a chill at home.
Manila September 2 Maj Gen Leonard Wood announced his acceptance of the post of governor general of the Philippines tendered by President Harding. Wood said he viewed the appointment as a patriotic duty given the serious situation there and would likely delay retirement from the army until his appointment is confirmed.
Fletcher Henstep spoke Wednesday night at the Wild Onion schoolhouse and noted that you hardly ever see an ant sitting around while reflecting on the livery stable days of the past and a young clerk who could afford a dollar and a half for the nicest rig every Sunday afternoon.
Poke Eazley reviews a wheat thresher advertisement noting features and potential suitability for local farming. The snippet emphasizes efficiency and durability as key selling points.
A humorous exchange centers on willpower and a joke about quitting smoking. The line "I have a strong will" prompts a quip about the husband giving up smoking, followed by a mention that Rub-My-Tism kills pain.
Quick cough relief with Hayes Healing Honey paired with Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat. The carton includes both remedies for 35c, promising throat healing from inside and skin absorption. Ask your druggist for Hayes Healing Honey.
Ernest Lilley spent Friday and Saturday in Dallas buying merchandise for the J. F. Lilley store.
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