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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
2
The Whitewright Sun announces term of subscription rates: One Year $1.00, Six Months $0.60, Three Months $0.35, with mailing details noted for second class post at Whitewright.
All resolutions of respect obituaries and cards of thanks in this paper will be charged 5 cents per line. Religious fraternal or public meeting notices for public benefit are published free of charge.
A stitched column mixes war wartime appeals with local life. It mentions airmen deaths in Canada’s Fort Worth camp, Liberty Bond duty, and tax pressure, then reports a quiet Monday wedding of Mabel Belcher to S A Venable at the Pope home with a autumn foliage altar and Mendelssohn music, followed by church bazaar plans and a Grove’s Tasteless tonic ad.
The Denison Herald reports on higher shacks prices rising from about $3.00 a ton last year to over $15.00 a ton, praising the war’s effect in aiding producers. The piece warns against evading military service and implies a reckoning for those avoiding duty.
The Katy schedule change reduces Whitewright service to two passenger trains each way daily as all stops trains and two named services no longer stop. Southbound trains depart 4 06 a m and 2 36 p m. northbound 10 52 a m and 10 15 p m.
A box supper is planned for Saturday night in Orangeville with proceeds benefiting the Orangeville school. Attendees can expect a good time and appetizing offerings as the event supports local education.
All lady patrons of the White Wright public school are invited to attend a meeting in the High School auditorium next Friday at four o'clock. Principal W. C. Arnspiger says matters will interest progressive mothers of the city.
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as a remedy that stops cough and headache in one day. It claims to cure the cold and offers a druggist refund if it fails. Druggist EH W Grove signs each box and the price is 30 cents.
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