The Whitewright Sun Publisher Note
The Whitewright Sun announces F M Echols as publisher and notes entry at the Whitewright Post Office as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1914
Page
6
The Whitewright Sun announces F M Echols as publisher and notes entry at the Whitewright Post Office as second class mail matter.
To Subscribers The date printed opposite your name on the margin of the paper or on the wrapper indicates the time to which your subscription is paid All subscriptions expire on the first of the month Any subscriber not receiving the paper regularly will please notify us.
All resolutions of respect obituaries and cards of thanks will be charged 3 cents per line. Church and lodge notices social events with revenue will be 3 cents a line. Notices of religious fraternal or public meetings designed for public benefit will be published free of charge.
Frugal advice notes the dangers of lighting Christmas trees with candles and urges electric lights. It laments continual tree fires and stresses the need for reliable roads so farmers can reach town markets despite heavy rains and weather.
Mail your Christmas packages early. If you desire that the package be held intact until Christmas, write on it Dont open till Christmas.
Telephone Mrs. B E Gatford about Red Cross Christmas Seals and arranging to use them liberally on Christmas letters cards and packages. Seals cost one cent each and proceeds fund the Anti Tuberculosis Society. Encourage gifts of a year’s Sun subscription to remind distant relatives of kindness throughout the year.
The Bonham Cotton Mill faces a $25,000 damages suit due to employee injuries. The Honey Grove Signal notes that damage suits deter mills in Texas, as heavy judgments can wipe out profits over years with turnover of many workers.
A Honey Grove Signal reader piece jokes about the monthly grocery bill. The text contrasts a man’s idle pastime with the pressure of paying groceries by the first of the month, spinning a humorous social observation about daily urban life.
An advertisement touts Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil as curing the worst sores and similar ailments regardless of duration. It promises simultaneous relief of pain and healing with prices listed as 5c 5c and 1.00.
The San Diego Exposition ends public access on November 30 to finish installations for 1914 exhibits and to prep for a New Year 1915 opening. At midnight on January 1, 1915, a telegraph from the White House and battleship salutes mark the first all-year exposition in history. President Wilson will not attend on New Year’s Day. He plans to travel with the fleet to San Diego for a two-day stay, then proceed to the San Francisco sister exposition opening February 20.
Pearl Chenoweth argues in Word and Works that Santa Claus embodies generosity and goodwill. Believers say honoring belief nurtures imagination, joy, and a sunny disposition, while some modernists push facts. the piece defends continuing the myth as a source of truth, kindness, and gift giving.
An advertisement for Dr. King's New Discovery urges immediate action at the first cold sneeze or cough. It claims rapid throat penetration and soothing relief, with testimonials praising its effectiveness. The ad highlights a 50 cent price at the druggist.
Brack Raines of Grayson county was elected vice president of the Tax Assessors Association of Texas at the state meeting in Austin. Raines is the county assessor. C. T. Schwab of DeWitt county was chosen president and Gus Reininger of Comal county secretary. Next meeting set for Houston.
An advertisement exhorts readers to stock Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to treat croup. It promises instant relief by thinning mucus, easing the choking cough, and enabling quiet sleep, and presents the product as a trusted household ally from Kirkpatrick & Bryant.
Charles G. Nunn and Son of Bonham Texas advertise farm loans on first class black and black sandy land security at eight percent interest.
The Liver sluggish and inactive first shows itself in a mental state unhappy and critical. Never is there joy in living when the Stomach and Liver are not working. Keep liver active with Dr King s New Life Pills to empty bowels tone stomach cure constipation and purify blood. 25c at druggists Bucklen s Arnica Salve excellent for piles.
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