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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1916

Page

3

Local agate notes and social visitors fill Whitewright week

A long list of social visitors and locals in Whitewright includes Mrs Benton Mee Milkin visiting in the city, Mrs P B Smith in Pecos, Harris Barnett from Sherman, W N Stone from Dalhart, and Dr Ross R May in Sherman. Several residents travel for health, business, or family, with updates on bakery ads, new stores, and community events. The paper notes tax and road works, a baseball team plan, and local politics with Freeman announcing for district judge after Silas Hare withdraws.

Local folks travel and events noted in city column

Miss Delia Moore visits Paris with her nephew Master Tom Moore Cox. The Baugher and Stockton families toured Corsicana on an Odd Fellows excursion to the Widows and Orphans Home, home praised for care of 350 children supported by the Odd Fellows of Texas. Irene Dickson teaches there. City adds water loading station with controlled pump-house dispensing by Engineer Cates. Odeon matinee features five reel pictures and a five and ten cent price. Equalization Board to meet May 8 to adjust city property valuations. Eggs at 16 2 3 cents. Robert Little and Frank Thomas visit Van Alstyne to call on two charming young ladies, return late, missed ride. Another five reel mystery Oval Diamond at Odeon for bargain day matinee. George Lindsey to join Texas National Guard in Dallas then Camp Mabry for two weeks of military drill.

G. L. Baugher W. M. Stockton Corsicana Denison Odd Fellows Widows and Orphans Home The Odd Fellows of Texas Odeon Equalization Board W. H. King J. G. Mc.Kinsey W. F. Holland Robert Little Frank Thomas Cotton Belt van Alstyne Bob Frank

Egg prices linger at sixteen and two thirds cents

W O Brents notes egg prices remain around 16 2 3 cents, reflecting steady market costs. The brief item highlights consumer concerns over grocery pricing without broader context or actions.

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Gallaher’s Mrs. Benton Mee Milkin of Remlig City Mrs P. B. Smith Pecos Harris Barnett of Sherman W.N. Stone of Dalhart Dr. Ross. R. May Georgia Nash Paris Ruth Cox Smith E. L. Cochran Children of Oklahoma J. L. German D. A. Ray Kim Henry Liggett & Henry Sam Beckett A. H. Fortner Dallas C. B. Bryant Grace Swope Bonham Virginia Izetta Gillett P. J. Pierce & Son Eddie and Bettie Lou Badgett Joe Swafford Mont Wallace Wilson Okla Will Jones J. B. Howard Howe D. H. Martindale L. C. Long Claude Sears Muenster W. F. Sanders Ben Roberts A. M. Roberts McCarty-Davis Company Gent’s Bailey D. W. Davis P.J. Pierce & Son Lee Johnson Boys Book Club Mineral Wells Frank LaRoe Leonard J. F. LaRoe Greenville Lucian LaRoe William Craig Bells Ross R. May J. E. Sweeney Roberts Garage Mr. Sweeney Messrs. Roberts Whitewright Home Bakery Prop Cal Freeman Silas Hare Freeman Hare Good Roads C. P. Johnson Johnson Variety Store Whitewright Lumber CO Laroe Lumber Compn’y Delia Moore W. R. Cox Tom Moore Cox T. B. Moore Irene Dickson Cates W. O. Brents George Lindsey Texas National Guard Camp Mabry David S. Foster Naco National Corset CO Makere Kalamazoo Michigan Armstrong's Cash Store Dallas Opera High School Jack London South Sea Island Adventures South Sea Islands
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