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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
6
In Sloman Texas on Aug 5 widow Mees R Banister was appointed by the Commissioners Court to fill the expired term of her husband Sheriff John R Banister who died in office. Banister led in the tie primary and would have faced W R Hamilton in a runoff.
Two passenger planes from Hicks Field Ft Worth landed near T H Sears residence on Wednesday evening. Aviators aimed to sell tickets for the Gymkana in Ft Worth this Saturday with proceeds to fund a swimming pool for the flyers. Each aircraft carried two men who disembarked at the stable field.
About 150 people gathered at the landing place to meet the flyers while vendors spent roughly thirty minutes selling a number of tickets.
On a Wednesday afternoon twenty five cars stood at the ice house door as buyers queued for ice. The iceman’s failure to fill all orders earlier in the day caused a rush when a Sherman ice car arrived. Sunday iced-out townspeople faced an ice shortage due to limited Sherman shipments and car availability.
For indigestion constipation or biliousness just try one 50 cent bottle of LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN a pleasant liquid laxative. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medicine Co manufacturers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic.
For sale a four horsepower gasoline engine in good condition offered by F. R. McFatridge. Also for sale a good four year old mare and mare colt from T. L. Hansard, West Whitewright. A lost notice seeks a home-made carpet lost Tuesday afternoon about two miles south of town on the Pilot Grove road. reward offered via H. V. Jackson Swink Oklahoma or Sun office.
Mr and Mrs Sloan southwest of town received a letter from their son Ozro reporting he has spent months in France as one of the first local soldiers to land there. He has seen action in the first line trenches several times and was gassed a few weeks ago. He remains in hospital with eye injuries from the gas and hopes to be back in the tiring lines soon.
Dixie G. Epperson formerly of Whitewright is named wounded in France in the casualty list from Thursday morning. The degree of the wound is undetermined. He is remembered as Dick Epperson once part of the Sun force about ten years ago, with his mother having lived here then. Dick has relatives in the area now.
The first bale of cotton for this season was sold Thursday morning by Marvin Jarvis. It was grown on the Chess Pope farm and bought by the Farmers Union Gin Company for 11.25 dollars per hundred in seed. The load weighed 1510 pounds and a premium was being calculated for publication next week.
R M Sherwood of Kansas State Agricultural College states oyster shell fed to laying hens mainly enhances egg shell formation, not grit. About 90 percent of consumed oyster shell becomes egg shell, with a chemical makeup similar to the original. Clam shells and lime are less appealing to chickens and less valuable.
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE for tonic and laxative effects claiming superiority to ordinary quinine. It asserts no nervousness or aging of the head and instructs readers to seek the signature of E. W. GROVE and the 30c price.
Kathryn Carlisle, daughter of Charles A. Carlisle of South Bend Indiana, writes home from France about Red Cross work with American troops. She praises soldiers, describes canteen service for 4 000 to 5 000 daily, and recalls a witty incident where a general used the women’s dressing room while shaving, leaving a humorous sign and note from the officer.
John Taylor, called for service, confessed to embezzling over $3,000 from his employer over two years to avoid overseas duty. He cited his objection to going to the army and was held for the grand jury.
The article describes the Reconstruction Aids or Blue Gowns, seventy women in the army medical corps aiding maimed veterans. They tutor in new crafts, supervise left handed carving, knitting, weaving, and operate treatment rooms with electrical devices to restore function and morale.
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as restoring vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. It promises a strengthening invigorating effect and notes a price of 60 cents.
J W Lyles of Merkel visits brother in law J W Taylor at Canaan. He says crops in his area failed completely and his 390 acres of cotton will not yield a bale.
Salvation Army women bake pies and doughnuts under fire to support soldiers. They work near No Man's Land and also aid the wounded in huts within rifle range, keeping spirits high for the troops.
J L Cannada a pioneer clover raiser near Greenville has perfected an exhaust fan harvesting device mounted on a wagon driven by a small gasoline engine. A mouthpiece fits over cloverheads and air lifts seeds into a receptacle. The machine is said to work perfectly.
A flannel dampened with Chamberlain's ointment bound on the painful area often proves more effective than a plaster and costs far less.
A historical ad asserts catarrh is a constitutional issue not cured by local remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It credits physician endorsement, lists ingredients as tonics and purifiers, and includes testimonials and pricing by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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