Draft numbers to be drawn for selective service
Last week the Sun printed the complete list of numbers and names for precinct 38 registrants. New numbers will be used in Washington draws and draft calls, with fairness safeguards.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
2
Last week the Sun printed the complete list of numbers and names for precinct 38 registrants. New numbers will be used in Washington draws and draft calls, with fairness safeguards.
Miss Laura Lynne Major will speak at the Central Christian Church pulpit next Sunday July 22 during the morning service. Her topic is Woman's Fellowship With Christ in Service. A twenty minute sermonette at 8 15 p m will cover Herod and His Conscience.
A series of meetings will be held at Texas A and M College from July 30 to August 4. Numerous associations including the State Horticultural Society and Texas Dairymen's Association will participate. Railroads offer a one cent per mile rate with sale July 28–August 2 and return by August 5. The event invites farmers, farm women and youth to visit the college, learn, and enjoy a vacation.
A humorous exploration of peanut nutrition arguing twelve peanuts may equal a beefsteak in nourishment. The piece muses on peanut size, preparation, and etiquette, suggesting raw peanuts eaten in public places with shells saved for later disposal, and notes Italy and Greece affect peanut value.
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