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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
5
A Pecos county prohibition election last Saturday favored pro prohibition by nearly two to one. The piece notes extreme heat and drought delaying fall gardening and comments on broader social topics including age limits for wartime service and a contested divorce suit in Sherman District Court.
Three of five board members are ready to swear they did not vote for Abilene in the new college matter. Katy has offered to provide gravel for the right of way west of the tracks on Grand Avenue, with city and property owners to finish the gravel link to Bond Street.
The new state highway law imposes a voluminous set of rules for vehicle equipment and traffic but lacks penalties to enforce many provisions. It is believed to repeal prior city and town ordinances, though the main aim of imposing a heavy license tax has been achieved.
A Kaufman business leader denounces reliance on cars over church attendance. He cites noisy autos during a recent service and warns the world is “hog wild” for pleasure, urging faith over vehicle rides. The speaker urges choosing devotion over driving pleasures.
A Cincinnati authority endorses Freezone as a cheap, easy remedy for corns and calluses. Applying a small amount directly to the tender area supposedly stops soreness and loosens the corn so it can be lifted out root and all without pain. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist to stock a bottle.
A Kaufman Daily Post note urges individuals to join church now and reflect on salvation. It bluntly asks if readers are in the destined hell class and counsels leaving that group before driving to church then riding home afterward.
The season brings hay fever and asthma sufferers, with E. C. Schaaf of Creston Ohio reporting Foley's Honey and Tar provides relief by loosening phlegm and aiding sleep. The product contains no opiates and is sold everywhere.
Ed Lively, about 65, died at his daughter's home in Decatur on Wednesday July 4 after a period of ill health. His son had recently visited him at home, and he was known to many in the Pilot Grove area as the uncle of J. D. Hoard. The funeral and burial were held in Decatur on Thursday.
Frank Benton resigns as assistant to the city marshal. Marshal Ray hires Lee Crouch to oversee the books collections and city finances under his direction. Crouch returns to Whitewright this week from Sulphur Springs Texas where he taught at a commercial school.
Drugstore ad for PAZO ointment promises cure of itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days with refund if not satisfied. First application provides ease and rest. Price 50 cents.
The writer jokes that after 20 000 airplanes are finished the government should send some senators and representatives to fly with the crews. Because they are used to being up in the air high altitudes would not bother them.
A pamphlet advises mixing lemon juice with orchard white to create a fragrant lotion. The recipe yields a quarter pint used daily on the face neck arms and hands. Freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness are claimed to disappear with harmless use.
The Presbyterian church women ordered a Mason-Hamlin two manual base pedal organ for 750 dollars. The instrument is en route from the factory, and church officials say its pipe-like tone and volume will enliven services and likely boost attendance.
A World War I naval story depicts a ship in heavy action and mass casualties. A sailor loses a leg to a shell splinter and awakens to learn of the amputation. His anguished cry pleads for his missing leg as he believes it contains all his money in the stocking.
At the Funnyboys ball, Blinkers dressed as a $4.98 bargain while Hamlet and William the Conqueror lamented. Oliver Cromwell arrives late and quips that Blinkers has overwhelmed the crowd with his low price disguise. The room buzzes as guests crowd the bargain theme.
The two Panama Canal coaling plants at Cristobal and Balboa, with a combined emergency storage capacity of 70 000 tons, are completed. Cristobal’s plant is larger and has operated commercially for months, with most coaling expected there. The Atlantic terminal completion is deemed highly important.
Advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It claims to relieve cough and headache and offers a refund if ineffective, with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 2 cents.
Solomon Bequette of Flat River Missouri says two years ago he was incapacitated but Foley's Kidney Pills straightened him up. He claims the pills relieve rheumatic pains aching joints sore and swollen muscles caused by deranged kidneys and notes they are sold everywhere.
Oscar Ryan from Denison visited Friday to report recovery from a recent illness and to reconnect with locals.
Readers are told that hall’s catarrh medicine cures catarrh at all stages through blood action. The ad claims a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from F J Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio, with stockists listed as druggists.
A local shop offers phone orders for homemade bread when grocery stores fail to stock or special requests cannot be met. The Home Bakery promotes quick service and delivery options for fresh loaves.
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