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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1916
Page
6
Seldon Littrell wed Miss Luda Mae Jones last Sunday after long courtship. The item notes residents visiting, parties, new barns, and a local mail carrier retiring after 15 years. Additional mentions include new homes, travel to New Mexico, and a patient healing Rheumatism treatment.
WANTED A good gentle buggy horse J L Lyons telephone No 230 2k T H Sears seeks stove wood and prompt delivery for stove wood needs.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Montgomery on Sunday in a local home.
The Womans Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold an all day prayer service Monday at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs Lucian LaRoe. Lunch will be served at noon. All church ladies are invited with reminders to bring their thoughts, friends, and a hopeful spirit to increase attendance.
In Porter the spell of mild weather continues yet farmers plow and harvest winds down. Local residents Floyd Pace Clyde Williams J T Williams and Tom Hicks visited Whitewright while G D Bennett and family drove to Red River county to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Farrow spent time with daughter Mrs Perry Jones and Mr and Mrs I Jones visited relatives Saturday night and Sunday. Spelling bees occur weekly and winter feelings settle in as garden fare fades and money talks of cheap times are echoed by S L W with reflections on 1860s prices and current value of hog corn cotton and poultry.
Orval McMillin sold eighteen turkeys Monday for 52.50 on meat priced at 22 1/2 cents a pound. Early shipments show Katy and Cotton Belt each receiving about 15,000 pounds this month, paying roughly seven thousand dollars total at around 25 cents a pound. A rivalry between I M Sloan and a McKinney firm briefly raised local prices to 24 cents, then fell to 22 1/2 cents, with the bulk of turkeys still to come.
Old Standard general strengthening tonic Grove's Tasteless chill tonic claims to drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the system. Described as a true tonic for adults and children priced at 50 cents.
The Sun notes an invitation to a noonday lunch at the Denison Hotel hosted by the Denison Rotary Club honoring Judge O. F. E. Dunlap of Waxahachie who will discuss Our Great Prosperity and What Shall We Do With It. Also mentions oil promoters in Whitewright and a Tulsa prospect.
Advertising copy promoting LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine claiming a cure in one day with refund promise and GROVE signature on each box. Mentions 25¢ price and claims to stop cough head ache and cold symptoms.
Exclusive representatives advertise Stone's Loaf and Fruit Cakes as the best option for Thanksgiving. Purchase promises enhanced holiday meals and a claim that customers will never buy another cake.
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