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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
2
The issue urges subscriptions, praises Whitewright's growth via roads and water, and highlights Prosperity Week with many visiting candidates including Morris for governor. It promotes upcoming Whitewright’s Picnic and Monster Celebration on July 14 and 15 and previews the serial Who's Guilty by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow in fourteen weekly installments.
Fourteen sincere stories aim to uncover the root of life's tragedies and place blame where it lies. The Sun promises provocative analysis that will interest readers and reveal aspects they have feared to confront. Read them in the Sun and see the pictures each Tuesday night at the Odeon Theatre.
A large ditching machine began work Tuesday near the Farmers' Union gin, digging ditches for sewerage tile. Contractors expect about seventy days to finish ditching, with tiles laid as dug. Twenty cars of tile valued at $11,500 have arrived. more materials are due. Work progresses well and should complete in about three to four months with fair weather.
El Paso reports Americans from Tenth Cavalry struck at Carrizal near Villa Ahumada. Up to 40 U S soldiers killed and 17 captured after being fired upon from behind adobe walls during a flag of truce. Mexican dead and wounded unknown. Rio Grande tensions rise as General Bell ponders cross. Carranza authorities mobilize consuls and customs officers as Juarez evacuation looms.
Public service style notice offering a promotional mail order, inviting readers to return a cutout with five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago. Promises a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for bronchial coughs cold and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Specially comforting to stout persons.
The Democratic ticket lists have closed, with D S McMillin unopposed for Representative in the Thirty-fifth Legislature. The Sun notes strong backing from former Thirty-fourth colleagues and predicts if he enters the Speakership race he would be a formidable candidate, respected for fairness, experience, and resolve.
J S Kershner died at his home after eating poisoned food in Sherman last Thursday. He returned home with his son, grew worse, and passed away Wednesday morning. Born April 13 1862 in Bonham area, he was 54. He left a wife and several children, and funeral services were held at his residence with the Odd Fellows lodge conducting at Oak Hill Cemetery.
A train of fourteen cars of motor trucks built for the United States army passed through Sherman Tuesday over the Frisco from Cleveland to Brownsville. The consist included a tourist car in charge of three army officers and forty four trained machinists. The train carried 264 mobile trucks of the latest pattern ready for operation once unloaded.
A widow expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who aided during illness and death of her husband and to the city council for financial assistance. She thanks everyone who helped in any way, no matter how little.
A promotional note touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine, claiming tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. The item urges readers to remember the full name and seek E. W. GROVE’s signature, 2Sc.
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