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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
4
The notice details second class mail status for Whitewright and outlines subscription terms for Grayson and Fannin counties. Prices are 1 year for 1.00, six months for 60, and 1 year 1.50 for a different listing, with a six month minimum and advance payment required.
The Dallas quota of nine million three hundred thousand was surpassed with subscriptions totaling nine million six hundred fourteen thousand seven hundred by noon Friday. Whitewright encourages continued bond purchases as Christmas gift giving is urged to curb wartime waste.
The writer argues that giving has become an exchange driven norm causing hardship and loss of Christmas joy. They propose a giftless Christmas as a wartime measure while acknowledging children still expect Santa and soldiers in France should receive a gift.
An old wartime health ad promotes Anuric double strength to flush uric acid from the blood. It claims benefits for rheumatic pains backache stiff joints and kidney weakness and includes testimonials from U S veterans and seniors in Dawson Texas Quay Oklahoma and Mason City. It urges three daily doses for a month and a trial package for 10 cents.
A local appeal urges immediate family support through War Sayings Stamps Liberty Bonds and Red Cross donations as the nation fights Spanish influenza. The piece cites 127,975 army cases and 2,869 deaths in two weeks, stressing bed rest early doctor contact and home precautions. It notes a Shreveport man David H. Haynes subscribed $100,000 to Fourth Liberty Loan, the largest in that city.
Propagandist appeal urges Class 1 men aged 18 to 45 and youths 16 to 18 to train at America’s largest Commercial College to fill business gaps behind the front. It promises rapid placement, practical training, and qualifications for responsible positions, with free catalogues from Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas.
Mrs. William Bell of Logansport Indiana writes that Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy relieved a severe diarrhoea attack three years ago, calling it the only medicine that gave relief.
An advertisement claims backache signals tired liver and kidneys. It touts Sanol as a remedy for liver kidneys and bladder and urges readers to try it, noting availability at drug stores.
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