This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
1
Nowata Oklahoma September 29 two black men accused of aiding Deputy Sheriff James Gibson’s killing were dragged from the jail and hanged before the courthouse. A reform attempt by a minister delayed the first lynching but the mob returned later to execute the pair. One prisoner escaped.
Governor Ferguson named Charles H. Hurdleston of Palestine to the Texas State Railroad Commission to fill the vacancy caused by W. D. Williams’s death. Hurdleston started as a call boy on the Missouri Kansas Texas at Denison in 1893 and rose to superintendent of the Smithville division before later joining the State railroad.
Sherman October 2 revival at the Tabernacle ends after four weeks. Rev. John Edward Brown of Siloam Springs Ark preached assisted by Mr and Mrs L C Smith and Rev J August Hunderup. Churches involved included Travis Street Methodist First Presbyterian Central Christian Grace Presbyterian Nazarene and Key Memorial Methodist. There were more than one thousand converts.
Washington reports the 1916 cotton crop ginned prior to September 25 totals 4,062,991 bales, counting rounds as half bales. This compares with 2,908,829 bales in the prior year, 3,393,752 in 1914, and 8,246,655 in 1918, with round-bale additions of 83,327 for the period.
Dr J A Viser died at his home after several weeks illness. He moved here this year from Pilot Grove and with son Gus ran a drug business. Survived by wife and five children Lelia Annie Bell Finnell Self Creswell. Interment Pilot Grove cemetery Thursday Sept 28 under L C O F Lodge auspices. Rev Watkins officiated.
Tioga Texas Sept 29 the city now owns the waterworks system. A 100 foot tall tank stores 15000 gallons with 5000 gallon settling surface tanks and 6 inch mains plus forty pound pressure. Lateral lines cover the city and a pump runs at 63 gallons a minute.
New York October 2 Cotton jumped on government condition and production reports reaching 17.03 cents for January contracts or four dollars and sixty cents a bale marking the most sensational advance in exchange history according to market observers and traders tracking the commodity.
Fashion commentary notes that ladies will tilt their heels six inches off the ground. Over time the nuisance may be worn away as foot fashion evolves.
New York on September 29. The continued advance in Standard Oil shares added over 32 million to the aggregate value and eight million and twenty eight thousand to John D. Rockefeller's holding. Estimates assume holdings unchanged since dissolution and reflect the latest stock lists. The rise in Standard Oil of New Jersey alone reached over 3.2 million dollars.
Pat Thornhill, jailed since Friday on a murder complaint in the Ben Strickling shooting at the cotton mills Denison, had a habeas corpus hearing in Sherman before Judge M H Garnett. His bond lowered from 10000 to 7500.
Paris News reports O B Ramsey transfer line motorman B Kersey recounts a tale of a pole cat suckling his cow near Warlick Park. He witnessed the animal on the cow’s udder, retrieved a shotgun, and shot the pole cat after the cow rose and kicked it loose. The owner notes milk decline prior to the event.
Fannin County accelerates road program with bonds sold or approved totaling 547 000 dollars in several towns including Honey Grove Ladonia Ravenna China Grove and Leonard plus additional votes lifting the overall total to over a million dollars The Honey Grove Signal notes bonds in Bonham and other entries pushing the aggregate past the milestone as the county pushes toward a wider network of paved routes.
Pandemonium followed the discovery that a casket at a Winnfield area burying ground contained Coleman Johnson aged 70 a Confederate veteran rather than a Negro named C D Johnson from Winnfield authorities traced the mix up to shipping from Shreveport where Coleman Johnson died in a hospital and a black undertaker had sent the other body to Winnfield The white family later recovered their relative while the reason for the swap remained unknown
The note thanks readers for renewing subscriptions and promotes a special offer of four magazines for an extra 25 cents, urging those who have not renewed to act now and receive one year of the magazines.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.