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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
3
Miss Evlyn Riley of Greenville visits Mrs. Bob Morehead. Joe McKinsey visits Sherman. D A Ray visits Dallas on Tuesday.
Mrs H Benedict visited relatives at Bells this week. Mrs Ben Roberts was a Dallas visitor from Friday till Sunday.
News snippets show Hayter offering a cigar at five cents J S Badgett visiting brother Thomas in Denison Will Looney promotes weekly trade growth and Red Cross messaging Several Greenville and Dallas visitors stop by town including Mrs W E Blaine Mrs Holly LaRoe and Mrs J W Whitworth Johnson's advertises summer footwear Mrs L Holland returns from San Antonio and W C Holland visits from there Quick Mea gasoline range offered by Will Looney Baptist church lifts pastor salary Carey Looney Tyler Commercial College student visits home Dan and Seldon McMillin visit grandparents Eva Stillwell seen in Greenville area Various local folk visit relatives and friends and shop at The Variety Store for summer footwear
Hayters offers speckered butter beans for planting at 35 cents per pound. Local seedseller promotes quality beans suitable for gardens and plots.
W. O. Brents Inez and Gladys Ray came back from Sherman Tuesday after a week with sister Mrs. R. M. Womack. J. M. McMillin a tax collector member visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. S. over the weekend.
Rain and heavy hail touched the Whitewright region Tuesday night with no serious damage reported. The White Produce Co. seeks hens and pallets for market and invites deliveries Saturday. Mrs. Carter and relatives visit from Groesbeck, Sherman guests attend Guy Hamilton's gathering, and S T Montgomery travels from Cedarville to see ill Jim Montgomery in Mineral Wells. Wheat prospects improve in Kansas with large plantings reported.
Beveridge Brents Fifteen suffers a bad ankle break after his left foot strikes ground as rope around a tree limb tightens. The injury follows prior limb breaks, with weeks of recovery ahead. Also noted is the forthcoming marriage of Miss Gladys Wolfe and Dr. Wilbur Carter on April 8, to Judge and Mrs. Wolfe of Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Carter of this place.
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic Grover's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system. A true tonic for adults and children. Price 60 cents.
A coal oil stove malfunctioned at the residence of S. H. Montgomery and started a kitchen blaze. Mrs. Montgomery sealed the fire inside until firefighters arrived, saving the home with only 310 dollars in damage.
Consul John Ray, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Ray, reached Moscow and was departing for Tomsk, Siberia, after weeks of isolation in unsafe areas. Secretary Robert Lansing sent the telegram to reassure the anxious parents Wednesday.
Odeon Theatre owners donate a full week’s take to the Whitewright Red Cross Auxiliary fundraising. The regular program plus added features will be shown with five and fifteen cent admissions since all proceeds support war relief. The auxiliary operates daily work rooms and relies on community support.
A newspaper urged readers to attend Odeon shows next week to support the Red Cross. The notice touts the Odeon as a safe sanitary venue whose admission fees will help buy materials to bind wounds of American soldiers fallen in France.
The war council appoints F. M. Echols to compile a list of local young men serving in naval, air, or land forces. The community is asked to provide names, company assignments, and parents’ names to Echols at Whitewright. Names may be published and a copy sent to the county war council.
After a ten minute deliberation the State vs Charles Schneider alias Charles Snyder ended with a guilty verdict. He faces twenty years in the state penitentiary for arson connected to the March 22, 1918 fires at the G. B. R. Smith Milling Company plant and J. A. Hughes Grain Company's warehouse in Howe.
Local buyer invites farmers to bring chickens this Saturday with promise of high prices. White Pro advertises top rates and convenient pickup for poultry sellers.
The Central Christian Church announces Sunday April 21 morning sermon on Is Christ Coming Soon and an evening discussion Is There a Moral Equivalent for War. A. E. Major, Pastor, invites all to worship.
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