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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
4
The article explains railroads serve public welfare and must provide adequate service. It notes freight and passenger rates cover operating expenses and yield a fair return, set by officials under law. It references the Interstate Commerce Commission and Texas Railroad Commission, with monthly records kept to separate expenses.
A public statement argues Texas railroads earned at most 6 percent on transportation property for year ending June 30 1917 after deducting taxes and other expenses totaling about 17.5 million dollars. It notes eight prior years of losses, urges fair rates, and calls for investment to enable new lines with reasonable profits.
The item compiles notices from Whitewright, Sherman, Van Alstyne, and Denison on newspaper management, new car purchases, a proposed arid lands amendment, mosquito control efforts, a chicken fry gathering, railroad rate debates, and bootlegging discussions, reflecting local civic buzz and editorial voices of the era.
Every third person may have catarrh in some form and nasal catarrh signals general weakness. Science shows snuffs and vapors offer little help. Scott’s Emulsion provides oil-food to enrich blood as a medicinal food and building-tonic free from alcohol or harmful drugs. Try it. Scott Bowne Bloomfield N J.
The W. O. W. drill team from the local lodge traveled to Ely last week to demonstrate drills and degree work for the Woodmen camp there. They wore new drill uniforms giving them the appearance of United States soldiers.
Morgan Benton and Mrs M A Scott of Bells were married last Saturday at the courthouse in Sherman with Rev J H Baxter officiating.
An old remedy claims squeezing two lemons into three ounces of orchard white makes a cheap freckle and tan lotion. The ad states grocers sell lemons and three ounces of orchard white, to be massaged daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and whiten the skin. It calls the mixture harmless.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for overworked nervous women and those with chronic weaknesses. It claims relief from menstrual issues, bearing-down sensations, and other female ailments, promising benefit or cure with the pills for biliousness as well.
W. T. Ross spent a weekend with his family in the area. For three weeks he has been doing millwright work on the new additions to the G. B. R. Smith milling plant at Sherman.
D A Ray received lumber from his saw mill property in Red River county and will use part of it to construct a house on his lots just west of the telephone building. He recently sold the Red River property.
Deputy Sheriff Ron Roberts stopped two drivers on the highway between Sherman and Denison for speeding beyond the 25 mile per hour limit set by a new state law. Both transgressors pled guilty and paid their fines in the justice court.
A large crowd gathered for the opening of McKinsey and Sears furniture sale last Saturday with brisk buying in the first hours. Officials announce the sale will run for 21 days from that date unless stock is exhausted earlier.
P. J. Pierce & Son advance stalling machinery in a concrete annex for bakery and ice cream production. The costly addition proceeds slowly, with Mr. Pierce insisting on careful, correct work. The Sun notes Garner Buchanan among local troops in South Texas, part of twenty three locals serving in the armed forces.
Sam Armstrong visited Blum and nearby hinterland last week and filed a brighter crop report. He says grain in the region was fair and cotton is not a total loss, showing improved prospects.
Miss Omie Harkins, en route from Austin where she attended a university summer course, visited Mrs. Mell Roberts Sunday afternoon and night before continuing home to Bonham.
A Cincinnati man advertises freezone a cosmetic drug that promises painless removal of corns and calluses. A few drops relieve soreness and loosen the corn so it may be lifted off with no irritation to surrounding skin. If not in stock, ask a druggist to order it.
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