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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
6
Anonymous laments families rushing Sunday routines and tardiness to church blaming busy weekends. The piece urges members to value worship as much as work, noting repeated lateness harms services and calls for self discipline and punctuality.
February 10 notes show cold weather and a good rain Monday. Farmers grow impatient after long confinement. Grain crop looks poor though hope remains. Prayer meeting grows. many local guests and visits amid community ties.
In response to a petition from 193 voters I will place my name on the mayoral ticket for May or April. I pledge to do my duty for Whitewright’s upbuilding, citizenship, morals, and educational interests, and thank the voters for their confidence.
Vendors lien notes taken up and extended. We have 25 years in the business offering long time and reasonable rates. Write tf Scott and Baldwin Paris Texas.
The Carlisle Military Academy cadets thank J E Farnsworth Southwestern Telephone Co W H Brodhead Whitewright light plant S Grimes Southwestern Telephone Co and Wilson Vaughn Hardware Co for supplying and preparing a tall pole with four guy wires and a 200 foot flag card The flag raising will occur with exercises on February 22 1914 and friends are invited to attend.
A note extols Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles. Henry D. Sanders of Cavendish Vermont credits it with relief from pneumonia threats and urges its inclusion in every home. The remedy is marketed to children’s coughs with a money back guarantee and is sold by H E Bucklen & Co.
The Maids and Matrons Club held a pleasant Wednesday gathering hosted by Mrs. Guy Hamilton with help from Mrs. Ed Belcher of Kentuckytown Miss Carrie Ball of Sherman and Miss Mary Carter of this city. Members enjoyed heart themed entertainment at forty two tables followed by refreshments. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Frank Roberts on the 25th inst.
An old remedy ad promotes Dr Porter Antiseptic Healing Oil for wound care with prices 25c 50c and 1.00. Holsapple Daugherty revival at Central Christian Church continues after Sunday services with announcements pending on closure. Church activities and singing receive praise amid bad weather. Albert Bryant and Lee Crouch attended The Little Millionaire at Sherman opera house Tuesday night.
The Mothers Club and Parent-Teachers Association will gather in city hall on February 13 at 3 o clock. Members should arrive early for a 3 o clock start. the program includes a prayer, talks on motherhood and school welfare, a round table discussion led by Mrs. King, and topics on habitual discipline and moral development.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a guaranteed liver and kidney remedy. It claims Robert Madsen of West Burlington Iowa was cured after doctors gave him up, and promotes a 50 cent to 1 dollar bottle with a money back guarantee.
House listing in Whitewright offering a well arranged home with ready access to town amenities. Posession available in thirty days or less. Contact W H Lacy for details.
A Beatrice area Bible study event led by Fay Cameron includes Psalms readings and biographical sketches on Ezra. Participants list Mrs Epting Miss Ruth Soltherland Sallie Joe Gowdy and others while Jim Thompson, a miller, left Beatrice for St Louis with duties reassigned to a Sherman miller.
There is widespread catarrh disease. it is constitutional, not local. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, claims to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any failing case. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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