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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun editor J. H. Waggoner explains subscription options. The notice states mailing classifications and rates listed as One Year Six Months and Three Months, with Second-class mail status at Whitewright Post Office.
Residents of Whitewright shift focus from the mid summer picnic to the district fair in early fall. Local discussions mention a $40,000 monument for Grayson College and the need for epitaphs and a sexton for the project.
The Farmersville Times reports a successful meeting concluded at Needmore and announces another session will begin in a few days at Snow Hill. The location of Snow Hill is not specified in the text.
A large gathering in Whitewright aims to organize a comprehensive business calendar. A central organization with a defined leader seeks to coordinate ideas and actions for everyones and nobodys affairs.
At Tom Bean the state picnic and balloon ascent ended violently when the aeronaut attempted a safety first approach. The gas bag, only half inflated, caught fire and rose in smoke instead of the planned ascent with parachute leap.
Howe Herald reports a show featuring the corpse of talented trumblers in Howe on July 28. The item notes local humor about live ones and suggests a shift toward different acts amid ongoing town talk. Three of five West Texas A&M College locating board members deny voting to place the school in Abilene but sign a statement claiming the Abilene location by board vote, prompting further inquiries in the Denison Herald about Billy Patterson.
Curtis of the Tom Bean Times visited Whitewright for a few hours on Saturday with his great grandson. The editor, publishing the Times for about five years, is praised for his balanced view of the local newspaper mission and ability to distill real news from a rush of events into concise statements.
Denison Herald and Van Alstyne Leader clash over which town has more bootleggers. They settle the dispute temporarily with a handshake. Sherman Democrat and Honey Grove Citizen back the olive branch, while others still press the feud.
The Farmersville Times notes many common names like George Washington and Daniel Webster appear in registration lists while Joe Bailey and Jim Berguson are absent due to youth. It asserts ex Senator Bailey has more namesakes in the state than any Texan dead or living.
Hon Ice B Reeves of Gray son county pushes for a legislative extra session in midsummer. Reeves, described as weighing 800 pounds, is prominent in Austin despite harsh heat and travel costs.
The commission will collect about two million dollars in car registration fees in the first year, with roughly a million dollars more from federal aid. Funds will grow with vehicle numbers and go to road construction and maintenance as the chief engineer maps out expenditures. Urban areas expect to benefit most as communities push for recognition.
The piece describes stricter egg rules requiring physical examination or seller vouching before sale. It notes infertile eggs stay fresh longer and fetch higher prices than hatching eggs, claiming infertile eggs come from roosters kept in the calaboose during warm weather.
F A Benton has returned from a visit with relatives at Waxahachie.
Hunter's Frontier Magazine offers true frontier narratives from Texas including the Great Indian Battle on the Concho, a 1866 gold hunting expedition, first camp meeting in Grayson County, and pioneer days in Montague and Coleman counties. Annual price $1.50. July issues available for 15 cents.
The post office department has shut the mails to ten socialist newspapers in the United States under the espionage act. Included is the Rebel published at Hallettsville Texas.
An old style ad claims vague blues indicate a tired liver and promotes Lemolac as the modern remedy. It argues calomel should be avoided and asserts Lemolac is pleasant, effective, and guaranteed by Dyer & Jones with a reminder that calomel is spelled backward if forgotten.
A proposal in Dallas County seeks voter approval of one million dollars more for road improvements. A significant portion would go to the Dallas-Ft. Worth road to help Dallas compete with Ft. Worth in supplying provisions for the Ft. Worth army cantonment.
Williamson county Texas led the world last year in cotton output with 124,782 bales, edging Ellis county’s 124,849 bales in second place.
The notice declares coal supply is ample for emergencies and years ahead but warns distribution will be strained by wartime demand. Citizens should stockpile winter coal at the first opportunity to ensure heating needs are met.
A Grove’s tonic promoting quinine and iron as a tasteless general tonic. Claims to drive malaria enrich the blood and build the system. Price listed as 50 cents.
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