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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
1
Wednesday June 6th from 4 to 10 PM the Whitewright drug store invites residents to preview its new fountain. The latest model with modern equipment promises top service with drinks creams and small cream packets for Sunday dinners or special occasions.
The Whitewright Sun reports wartime registration for men 21 to 30 due June 5 with city hall as the booth. It details sewer district closures and concrete crossings linking churches, schools, and business areas, plus police activity against bootleggers and a critique from Trenton Tribune about local deputy counts.
Friday program at the School Auditorium featured pupils of Miss Nicholas and the Glee Club with a large audience. The set included Gaul Hail Thou Lovely Month and various classical pieces by Mendelssohn Chopin and Brahms, performed by listed pupils and guests, with the ensemble crediting Mary Freeman Mary Hest Mayballs and others.
The First National and Plant er's National Banks of this city will advance 95 percent of a Liberty Bond’s face value with the purchaser paying 5 percent and signing a note for the remaining 95 percent at 3 1/4 percent interest. This patriotic offer aims to help every citizen buy bonds as installments, with several already purchased and totals possibly exceeding 2000 dollars. Also included are wartime commentary excerpts and a local crime note about Warbles being found dazed and injured after an incident in Grayson County.
In Denison Sherman Texas May 2 The City of Denison sues Julian C Fields Engineering Company and others in Fifteenth District Court seeking 25000 on behalf of the city and West Gandy Street property owners. Claims twelve blocks of paving on Gandy Street between M K and T Ry Co and Eddy Avenue were defective due to inadequate bituminous topping and negligent acceptance by Fields.
Paris May 28 Former Premier Clemenceau writes an open letter to President Wilson urging Roosevelt to join the Allied front. The message emphasizes Roosevelt's potential impact in coordinating war efforts and boosting morale among Allied nations.
Preston Bend plain clothes officer Charles Warbles, working for Sheriff Tom Roberts, was assaulted at noon near the courthouse square. Red Odom was jailed on aggravated assault charges while Warbles, a key witness against Red Odom's father Charles Odom in local option law cases, recuperates.
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