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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
3
Local ads urge readers to order berries from Hestand claiming high quality and a free Scenic Theatre ticket. Other notices mention residents visiting Dallas Sherman Denison and Commerce for business recreation and shopping while promoting services from Sears Ford Dixon Hayter and Womack Milling Co.
Miss Cora Lee Hoard visited Whitesboro last week to spend a few days with relatives and friends.
Miss Mary Love of Madill Oklahoma visited Misses Nell and Lila Reubell this week. Dixon and Hayter advertised a good thing. Mrs Sam Montgomery went to Leonard last Thursday to visit relatives and returned Sunday afternoon with Miss Frank Alderson.
Dewberries and blackberries are requested at Hestands with a note that he always gets them. Rev J F Fender missed his Sunday appoint ment and is out again. Hestands cash carries maize and beans seed varieties. Sherman High School students performed a minstrel at C M A auditorium. Mr and Mrs Sheb Hopkins depart after a ten day visit with Whitewright relatives. Sunshine demonstration of factory cakes and crackers runs June 11 12 13 at Hestands.
Announcement of a three day Sunshine Demonstration of factory cakes and crackers at Hestands with sale of 20 pounds sugar for 1.00. Local notes include Miss Maud Pittmans return to Gainesville, Miss Nell Reubeil's Denton trip, Mrs. Jim Autrey and Georgia visiting Bonham, and Monroe Bryants mumps illness. A Cotton Belt wreck near Tom Bean interrupts travel. Farm profits rely more on higher yields than larger acreage. Sun newspaper mentions typewriter carbon.
Mrs S H Harris and daughter Evelyn of Detroit Tex visit Rev and Mrs W A Kirkpatrick for the Chau tauqua. Paul Dfel and Cecil Spindle repaint C B Bryants residence on South Bend St then begin J D Hoards home. W O Brents received a shipment of Uvalde Comb and Strained Honey fresh from Uvalde Apiaries and urges quick sale noting excellent quality this year.
Mr and Mrs Will Fleming and their baby daughter left Tuesday for Sulphur Oklahoma where Mrs Fleming will visit relatives for a week or ten days while Mr Fleming will conduct business in Oklahoma City and Ardmore.
Bob Beasley promotes a new process for making reinforced concrete tombstones at his harness shop in Whitewright. He claims durable monuments with saving in cost and invites readers to inspect the work.
The Royal Arch Chapter No. 19 selects O. P. Neilson, H. P., W. T. Noe, E. K., W. H. Stedham, E. S., Guy Hamilton as Treasurer, S. H. Montgomery Secretary, P. A. Short Guard, D. S. McMillin C of H, B. S. Montgomery R.S., T. B. Moore R A C, and Lloyd Moore M 2nd V among others. The Royal and S. Council No. 136 names Neilson T I M, Noe Dept I M, Stedham N P C of W, Hamilton Treasurer, Montgomery Recorder, Short Sentinel, Moore Capt. of G, Montgomery C of C, Ross Steward.
Banks were closed Wednesday to mark the birth of Jefferson Davis, now a legal Texas holiday. Pouch mail formerly carried by Katy train No. 38 south is discontinued and moved to the Limited at 6 33 a m. C B Bryant attended Dallas meeting of bankers to organize the Federal Reserve Bank district, mainly to select directors under the reserve act.
A reflective line notes nature’s mockery when illness strikes, framing disease as a cosmic reminder of limits and humility. The remark suggests health as a precious, fragile state and invites contemplation on resilience and acceptance.
Dr. Ross May returned from Rochester Minnesota with Miss Lyda German who had stomach surgery at the Mayo Institute. The operation yielded encouraging results and a speedy home return is hoped. Mrs Landon C Moore of Dallas, daughter of Henry Sears, also underwent a Mayo Institute procedure for a different ailment and is recovering well with optimism for early discharge.
Two story blacksmith shop with building and 50 by 125 foot lot on Bond street north of the First National Bank. Includes tools and equipment. Lot suitable for groceries or other business. Also five room house on Cedar street east of Grayson College with coed barn outbuildings and two wells. Seller plans to close affairs and move elsewhere, offering bargains. D2-41.
The Grayson County Summer Normal for teachers starts next Monday at Austin College in Sherman for a two month session. Supt C J Denton will join as an instructor and depart Monday to begin the work.
Mrs. R. May entertained fifty guests last Tuesday afternoon on Grand Avenue with a forty-two party. Daughters Mrs. Lester May of Waco and Miss Hazel May assisted, while Miss Irene McMillin welcomed guests. Guests enjoyed punch, music by Misses Montgomery and Ray, and two-course refreshments including chicken and pimento sandwiches.
T. H. Sears reports from a train view of the bumper wheat crop in the region, noting much fine grain but widespread damage from black rust that threatens the yield for sustenance.
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