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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
1
Six hundred eighty seven attended five Whitewright Sunday schools last Sunday. Teachers and pupils aided by personal outreach plan to reach seven hundred next Sunday and aim for eight hundred soon. Attendance by school includes Central Christian 86 Presbyterian 108 etc, totaling 687.
Manti Utah March 22 Freder obituary reports the eldest of a 36 child family and father of seventeen has died. The brief notice notes his long life and large family as the central detail in a concise local obituary.
Cameron Texas March 21 Rats set on fire with gasoline caused a 2000 barn fire on H. G Sanders farm. Escaped flames from rats in a cactus den reached ten bales of cotton in a shed before the barn ignited and burned quickly after gasoline was poured into the entrance and ignited.
ick Cox, 84, a Utah pioneer, was buried yesterday. He was the eldest of 36 siblings, 27 survive, and all attended the funeral. Cox fathered 17 children, 13 of whom survive, with all but one also in attendance.
At the Grayson County Interscholastic League meet in Sherman last Saturday Whitewright won three of four declamation contests and took second in another. Winners were Lucile LaRoe junior girls Billy Ball junior boys Corinne Lilley senior girls Ben Sturdivant senior boys. They will represent Grayson County at the District meet in Sherman on April 16. Sturdivant, sick with fever, narrowly missed the top in senior boys. Papers graded in Austin will delay full results. Debating teams from Denison Sherman and Whitewright. Whitewright lost to Denison in finals. Edwin Badgeitt and Lowell Wrenn represented Whitewright. Whitewright track will compete for county class A championships in Sherman.
The Women`s Home Bureau of Crayson County holds the first monthly meeting at the courthouse in Sherman on Saturday afternoon March 26 at 1 30. All rural women are specially invited.
Chicago March 21 Ralph W Stone federal prohibition director for Illinois returned from Washington after talks with Prohibition Commissioner Kramer on new rules based on Palmer opinion that beer may be prescribed as medicine Physicians may issue two prescriptions to one patient every thirty days The maximum per prescription would be two cases or forty eight bottles Allowing ninety six bottles per month with a medical prescription
Mr and Mrs Brice Garland visited his mother Mrs J D Garland Sunday Miss Roberta Sloan visited friends in Dallas last Wednesday Our school boys went to Desert and won 4 to 2 Estelle Binion is very sick June Jackson and family of Van Alstyne visited Mrs Wilson Sunday Fannie Garland left Sunday for Dallas to work in the Dallas Morning News office Franck Power was buried here Wednesday She lived here two years and was loved by all May God bless her husband and four children left behind
An old Sun want ad offers repair or rework services for furniture at satisfaction guaranteed by W. J. Looney. It also notes the Sun will sell your items or locate items you want to buy for 25 words and 25 cents.
In Denison on March 23 two masked robbers boarded the northbound Katy Texas Special after Atoka and robbed three Pullman cars of about $1,800 in cash and valuables. They forced a porter and brakeman to wake sleeping passengers and locked cars as they moved through the train. A revolver was taken from a soldier, but a shot at the bandits failed when the gun was unloaded. The train did not stop between Denison and McAlester and the robbers slipped away near McAlester after allowing a fare collection.
Census Bureau reports Texas density for 1920 at 17.8 persons per square mile, up from 14.8 in 1910 and 11.6 in 1900. Oklahoma stands at 29.2, while the nation excluding possessions averages 35.5, higher than ten years prior.
Sherman March 19 A Sherman two month old named Richard Brown Reeves is reported to have eleven living grandparents, surpassing a Fannin County claim of nine. Parents are Mr and Mrs Richard W Reeves of 209 North Elm Street. Grandparents listed include J S Spradley Van Alstyne W T Bowl Cleburne J L Wyatt Plano B B Badgess Dallas W R Reeves Lindsey Okla and J B Reeves Sherman.
For first class watch, clock and jewelry repairs visit Mrs. R. H. Jay at Dyer and Jones drug store.
Lanett Alabama March 22 W V Meadows 78 a Civil War veteran shot in the eye at Vicksburg July 1 1863 coughed out the one ounce slug today and is in his usual good health He belonged to Company G Thirty seventh Alabama Infantry.
A short program by beginners and primary departments closes Bible school. Special music includes With Con quest Drowned Now is Christ Ris en and O Easter Morn. Solo by Miss Gladys Ray. Sermon topic The Supreme Miracle of the Ages and Its Counter part. No evening service. A. E. Major, Pastor.
Notice from a cotton holder inviting buyers to bid for cotton at Kimbell Milling Company. The seller promises full market price and will be found at the milling yard for scales and measurement.
A six year old son of Mr and Mrs Will Jenkins was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when a car driven by John Caraway of Rose Hill backed up after stopping at the school house. The child climbed onto the rear bumper and fell as the car moved. He was taken to a Sherman hospital for likely surgery. The driver was deeply distressed.
A special Easter service will be held at the Methodist Church Sunday at 11 o clock. At the close of the service a large class will be received into the church. All are invited to attend this service.
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