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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscribers and postage details. It explains second class mail matter status, subscription payments due at the first of each month, and asks readers to notify if delivery is missed.
The paper sets 3 cents per line for resolutions of respect obituaries and cards of thanks. Church and lodge notices or entertainments with revenue incur 3 cents per line. Religious, fraternal or public benefit meetings are published free of charge.
Several exchanges carried an ad from a medicine firm that was declined for cash in advance or satisfactory references. Papers suspected the firm’s solvency and viewed it as unprofitable gambling for newspapers to accept.
James Moreland of Denison announces he is a candidate for county commissioner from this precinct. He previously served as county commissioner and later led the U S quarter boat on Red River. Voters who recall his prior service may favor his re election in the upcoming race.
Ed F Brown who started the Whitesboro Herald last spring and consolidated it with the Whitesboro News is now employed as a writer and solicitor on the Grayson County Signal. The Signal published by R E Bulloch has a well equipped plant and quickly reprinted an item from the Sun printed in Whitewright the same day the Signal is to appear.
A. H. Belo Company announces adding the Evening Journal to Dallas publications starting Wednesday April 1. The journal aims to meet demand for news at more frequent intervals and to suit varying public convenience, serving the evening field as the Morning News serves the morning field.
Col. Thomas H. Ball of Houston received unanimous endorsement from the prohibition elimination convention at Fort Worth last Saturday. Lane and Mayes had withdrawn their candidacies before Ball's name was offered, Cullen Thomas was made chairman, and the convention appeared to unite all factions in harmony.
Saturday elections across districts approved road bonds in Farmersville for 200000 Celina for 125000 and Itasca in Hill county for 150000 while Prosper and Clarksville ballots failed to reach the two thirds needed. A fire was set in the State Capitol building in Austin but was stopped before major damage occurred.
A barrel of whiskey shipped to the State insane asylum at Terrell was held by the local express agent but delivered after the attorney general ruled that shipping liquor into dry territory was not a violation when for use by a State institution.
The Houston Post notes Old John D Rockefeller once shoveled snow from his doorway and muses that he may not need to shovel snow in the next world. The remark links wealth to humility and possible afterlife rewards.
The Houston Post outlines a brief chronology with changes from January 1 to February 28. Initial exhilaration on January 1 gives way to agitation on February 14, culminating in elimination on February 28.
A Trenton Tribune letter discusses fears about the existing school building during storms and calls for a sturdy brick construction. The writer questions if any community ever deems its school perfectly safe and notes that safety concerns may be grounded in some cases.
A Sherman Democrat item notes Gore should not be drawn into traps again and hopes he stays off the stage. The Dallas show theft of a thousand dollar ear of corn was a joke meant for publicity.
Editorial notes that chronic constipation has preceded appendicitis in some cases and cautions against using calomel. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, plant based remedy from Dyer & Jones with a money back guarantee and urges readers to seek Dodson's Liver Tone now.
T. J. Smith's grocery advertises a wide selection of garden and flower seeds for handy planting. The notice markets seed varieties available to shoppers at the local store.
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