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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
7
Bible study Titus 2 led by Tom Truett and Eunice Cook. Scripture lesson Titus 2 1 15. Instructions to age groups by Mr Jennings Mrs Holloay Mr Mangrum Olive Neff. Roy Epting and M A Jones present songs and history sections.
Grandmothers and mothers advise keeping a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar for emergency relief from croup attacks and coughs. The ad notes it is a safe medicine without opiates and is sold everywhere. A separate line touts Uncle Sam seeking 10,000 recruits and offers a business college scholarship through the Sun office.
Fire on the Katy cotton platform destroyed seventy five feet of the platform and damaged about sixty bales of cotton. The loss to the railroad company will total several thousand dollars with platform damages in the hundreds. Early arrivals saved several bales. cause under investigation, suspected arson by a passing locomotive.
An advertisement claims LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE cures colds in one day with no failure. It promises refund if ineffective and features Druggists refund policy and E W Groves signature on each box priced 30 cents.
Classified notices show two and three year old heifers heavy springers, two Shorthorn red Durham bulls from W H Brown Route 5 Whitewright. Also a No 6 Remington Typewriter sold for 10 cash by J H Waggoner. Lost brown fur collar near residence and Baptist church to be returned to Mrs A R Nash. 160 acre Bells Pike Road farm with good improvements priced 125 per acre half cash, balance in ten annual payments by H W Witcher Bells Texas N9 3t.
No. 666 describes a malaria remedy priced at 25¢. Jim Leatherwood, a former community resident south of Bonham, was found dead after his overturned car on the road between his home and Bonham. Cotton Pool, 12, from Whitesboro, died when a truck went over an embankment near Rock Creek. Several other Sunday accidents are noted with lesser severity.
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