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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1915
Page
3
A crowded Sherman scene features multiple visits from Leonard, Green ville, Trenton, and Bonham. Grocers T J Smith promote low prices and fresh seafood while J T Stogsdill offers shoe repairs. Local families plan weddings, school moves, and social club gatherings as the week unfolds.
Several thousand cleaned brick available for sale priced at 50 cents per hundred. Suitable for building storm houses. Contact W T Truett.
Mrs Annie McGaughey advertises two hat specials for Saturday October 9. Ladies hats priced at 1.00 and children's hats at 50 cents. Charley Bryant has returned from Dallas after taking entrance exams at Southern Methodist University.
A subscriber, with a friendly smile, extended his subscription for another year after selling seven bales of cotton plus seed. He averaged $73.37 per bale and plans to harvest twelve more bales on forty acres, describing it as not bad for hard times. Mrs. C P Johnson hosted the 1914 History Club gathering Tuesday afternoon at her West Spruce Street home.
Mrs. Tom Connelly died at her Kentuckytown home Saturday afternoon. In her seventy ninth year she was a pioneer of the area. Survived by sons and daughters including Mrs Will Duncan Austin Tom Connelly Colorado Mary and Pascal Connelly Kentuckytown. Funeral services were held at the home by Dr H G Fleming and Rev I E Teague with many friends and relatives present. Buried at Vittitoe Cemetery beside her husband.
The highest price paid for cotton here this week was 12 1 2 cents. Seed cotton sold for $4.80. Middling cotton was quoted at 11 9 0 in New York after a 50 point drop. Whitewright buyers paid more this week than in some major markets, and rising arrivals suggest sales will increase if weather holds.
The Canaan Everheart letter arrived past the publication deadline this week, preventing inclusion in the current issue. No further details provided.
The Sunday school rally includes a morning program with songs by the junior choir, scripture lesson and prayer, talks on State Missions, home influence, and missions recitations by children, plus various recitations and a teachers training note. An evening sermon titled Self Conceit In Morals will be delivered by the pastor.
A letter received Tuesday from Hubert Blanton says he was summoned to Blanket to be by his baby's bedside and that the child is much better. The note notes abundant big pumpkins and big potatoes in the area.
A meeting of the North Texas Teachers Association approved a twelve game football schedule among Van Alstyne Howe Whitewright and Whitesboro. Sherman and Denison are barred for faster teams. The first game will be Van Alstyne versus Whitewright on Saturday Oct 9. The local team practices aiming to win the pennant.
A grocery note invites customers to ask for Harry Brown's meal made from newcorn hand picked, and to have no other items. The brief highlights the product name and its fresh sourcing.
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