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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
3
Local and personal items include visits by Mrs J C Parsons to Trenton and Mrs Joe May to Greenville, plus trips by Fred Dennis to Bonham and Miss Lula Hollingsworth near Tom Bean. Several residents travel, stay with relatives, or tend to chores such as brick work and cemetery plots. The Baptist ladies plan a bazaar December 11 and 12, and D A Ray returns to McKinney while Mr J D Wilson Jr moves to Trenton to become postmaster.
Mrs Parkhurst and her two daughters from Kinsley Kansas visited Mrs K C Thomas and neighbors near Whitewright. Montgomery and Ryan invite case lot soda orders. Odeon screens Tess of the Storm Country with Mary Pickford on Monday December 14. Celeste boys loss to Whitewright 16 to 13 in muddy conditions. Denison prepares for North Texas Conference with 400 preachers housed and mobile tours. Rev W J Epting to publish church year in Sun. Luther Parr of Allen Oklahoma returns to oversee Wimpee affairs.
The Central Christian Church ladies hosted a successful Thanksgiving dinner in spite of bad weather, raising at least seventy five dollars and inviting patrons to a future dinner next Thanksgiving. Local notices note film serial Zadora opening December 1 at Odeon Theatre, with praise for The Million Dollar Mystery successor.
Baptist ladies hold annual bazaar at Mrs McGaughey s millinery store December 11 and 12. Aprons dolls doilies collars pin cushions handkerchiefs pillowcases gloves and slippers will be sold at moderate prices. The event promises a wide selection to ease holiday shopping and bring cheerful gifts.
Louis Earthman, prominent county resident, died at his Gunter home Tuesday and was buried at Van Alstyne. Merchants promote early Christmas shopping while P. J. Pierce & Son’s restaurant advertises quick service. Weather: Sunshine with a north wind and rain, favorable for local prosperity. Cotton seed meal and halls touted as livestock feed. Whitewright Cotton Oil Co. also mentioned.
A Collinsville reader reports relief from nervous breakdown and headaches after two weeks with Vinci, noting improvement for her four children and eight to nine boarders. The ad claims Vinci blends cod liver oil tissue builders with tonic iron to restore strength and health, urging others to try with a money back guarantee from Dyer and Jones, druggists.
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