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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
1
Riley Williams north of town captured a 40 pound four foot grey wolf on his farm last Saturday. His son Charley helped as four wolf dogs chased and secured the animal. The wolf was exhibited at home drawing 22 visitors the next day. Williams notes wolves are returning this winter after a three year absence.
President Wilson addressed the Senate on whether the United States should join a World League to secure lasting peace after World War I. He urged a peace without victory, stressing universal self-government and an end to the current war as prerequisites for durable global harmony.
A Texas Industrial Congress letter from H. E. Blakeslee details Mississippi’s tick eradication benefits. He reports three to seven solid train loads of cattle weekly, a surviving packing plant, fourteen creameries, higher butter fat prices, and thousands of immune pure bred bulls. He estimates a 75 cent eradication cost per head with large gains in cattle value and production.
The jury in Scoggins administratrix v. Texas & Missouri Ry Co awarded 26000 to the plaintiff. 4250 to each of four minors Maurine Dorothy Arvil and Reba. The suit arose from the death of a Katy brakeman in Hodge yards near Fort Worth on April 21 1916. The verdict, the largest in a railroad suit in Grayson county, was reached after a week in Fifteenth district court.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Fletcher Howe and daughter Elinor from Hankow China, with Mrs. Howe’s sister Mrs. H. F. Wilson Jr. of New York, were welcomed in Sherman last Wednesday and Thursday. The Howes plan to return to Hankow after six months with relatives, while Mrs. Wilson goes home to New York.
Robert Pennington suffered a severe right hand injury when a board pulled into an electric saw slicing the middle finger bone and entangled the board struck him in the side. He will be unable to work for two months though his finger is not at risk. This is his second such injury, five years after losing two fingers on his left hand at a planing mill in Whitewright.
Dr J J Devine of Tom Bean died Thursday January 18 after a short illness at age sixty five. He practiced medicine in Tom Bean and White Mound for nearly forty years and is survived by his wife and three daughters Mrs Pearl Pennell of Longview and Nina and Eva Devine of Tom Bean.
Al J. Cohan filed suit in the Fifty ninth district court against Patty Joiner Hubank Company wholesale grocers for $10,000 alleging permanent personal injuries from a car driven by an employee that overturned on the road between Gunter and Van Alstyne on November 30, 1916.
Notice is hereby given to the public that the Grayson County Commissioners Court Texas intends to hold a meeting to discuss official business and perform the duties of county government. Public attendance and participation may be scheduled as required by law and agenda.
Consolidated Marble and Milling Company of Canton Georgia advertises high grade monumental work. W C O W W work is a specialty and samples of material and designs are available by writing or calling 253-2R Teague Route 4.
Sloans Liniment soothes sore muscles and joints explaining it penetrates without rubbing. It stimulates blood action and drives out pain with a single application. The product is clean and quick acting and available at druggists for 25 cents.
The county auditor notifies all laborers and material men that final settlement with Womack Construction Company and W. P. McCoy for the Good Roads of Grayson County is near. Unpaid accounts must be filed in the Grayson County Auditor's office by February 10th, 117. A. B. Noble County Auditor.
State and county taxes can be paid to J. M. McMilling’s office over First National Bank. Save a trip to Sherman as tax receipts will be mailed to you by the tax collector.
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