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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
2
Secretary of War Baker says baseball is non essential and players of draft age must join the Army or perform useful work. The American Association quits the season. The National League continues operation until further notice per President Tener.
Attorney General Looney issues voting rulings for the coming primary. Polls open at 8 and close at 7 sun time. Unregistered city women over 10,000 population cannot vote, while unregistered rural women may vote. Women may serve as election judges and clerks. A woman who turns 21 before the primary may vote.
T. J. Doss of Sherman is visiting his children this week. He is spending time with family and is reported to be enjoying the visit in this week’s community notes.
Dallas reports that Texas will have no State Fair this year as Fair Park becomes a wartime training camp. Camp Dick will stay in Dallas during the war, with possible enlargement, and soldiers will be kept from mixed crowds per Army medical guidance. Business leaders favor the camp's financial benefit over the fair.
A wartime statistic summary explains a soldier’s odds of returning home, dying from wounds, or losing a limb. It notes disease deaths are much rarer than bullets, and that the government offers protection through soldier and sailor insurance for the wounded and the families of the fallen.
Sherman Texas July 22 An unusual suit filed in Fifteenth district court of Gray son county Albert Kemp vs Claude Caddell asks for 10100 damage for permanent personal injuries alleged to have been caused by a dog owned by the defendant. The petition claims the dog was rabid at the time and that Kemp suffered mental and physical pain incurred expenses and will not regain former health. Both men are well known young farmers.
The American and Syrian Relief Commission in Turkey reports wheat selling for 50 a bush el in the region, far above the prewar norm of 50 to 60 cents per bushel.
A hostile submarine attacked a tow near Cape Cod three miles south of Orleans, sinking three barges and setting a fourth on fire while dropping shells on the mainland. Forty-one tug crewmembers including three women and five children fled in lifeboats amid shellfire, with several wounded. Thousands watched from the beach as no American ships were nearby and only two hydroplanes challenged the sub.
A Wolff Bureau dispatch from the front confirms the death of Quentin Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt. The message says Roosevelt was buried with German military honors after his aircraft was shot down during an attack on German planes. It notes he was brave though inexperienced and that his personal effects are held by the enemy for later transfer to his relatives.
The following Whitewright men registered June 5 1915 under the Selective Service Law have been placed in class one Houston H Stedham Linton Lee Savage John Lloyd Wright Claud Thompson Roscoe Pace Louis M Magers Wm B Holcomb Robert King Montgomery Walker A Brents placed in class five.
Colonel C. L. Stowe and C. F. Gribble of the Grayson County Old Settlers Association announce the annual picnic and reunion will take place at Old Settlers park in North Sherman on August 13 14 15 and 16. A patriotic program is planned and efforts will be made to honor mothers and fathers whose sons served in the war.
A call stresses that victory relies on the combined effort of many nations and every American citizen. It urges individuals to perform duties, economize, increase production, and save for the government to shorten the conflict and reduce casualties.
In a Kansas church a minister asks who can pay debts and all rise except one poor man. The man explains he cannot pay because he is a newspaper publisher whose subscribers rose earlier. The minister ends with a prayer.
Claud Thompson visited Denison on Thursday for examination by the Denison exemption board and successfully passed all tests.
Hold your Liberty bonds if possible the text urges. If it is necessary to convert bonds to cash people should consult bankers before selling them. The message warns against offers exchanging bonds for risky stocks or dubious securities and praises the bonds as safe tax efficient investments.
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