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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
3
New York, Oct 26. The sale of the Ewen homestead raises $60,800 for global cat relief. Miss Caroline Ewen, devoted to cat sanitariums, left nearly all her estate to continue the work, excluding her two sisters in her will. Funds became available after a contest with her nephew was settled out of court.
Dr Edwin May will be at the office of Drs May and May each Saturday to do optical work. 52 visits of The Sun for $1.50.
The Bounding Bollow barber shop adds a daily paper to its reading room. Sid Hocks bought new shoes but they hurt his feet so he wears them only while seated. Autumn rains slow work and tighten wagon wheels. Clair Hancock and wife reconciled after a furniture quarrel. Sile Kilden shows a brass watch and may join the Tickville Brias Band. He borrowed 500 cents from Columbus Allsop last Monday and repaid Saturday.
The passage describes a man asking Columbus for more money after being broke. Several ladies visit the Wild Onion school house Friday afternoon, and the teacher adjusts his appearance upon their arrival.
Huge crowd gathers at Bounding Billows when bananas arrive. Depuy Constable rushes to the scene to calm the excitement as bystanders observe the unexpected fruit delivery.
A fusillade near Fletcher Henstep's house alarmed residents. A Saturday school meeting drew few attendees due to heat and crowding. Nearby a railroad mishap left a baggage car trunk damaged but no injuries reported.
Jefferson Potlocks dismisses lingering visitors with a dramatic routine. He stretches loudly, removes a shoe and hurls it, shooes the cat, winds the glock, dims the lights, lights a pipe, and sneezes twice or thrice to signal departure.
James Stucky claims rats caused plumbing problems, requiring floor and pipe tearing after finding a rat nest in the basement. He paid a $125 plumber’s bill and used RAT-SNAP to clear the rodents. Product sizes 35c 65c and $1.25, sold by Dyer Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware.
The county attorney asks the Fifteenth District Court to close John P. Fahey’s liquor shop at 323 East Mulberry Street for twelve months. The filing describes the business as a common nuisance for selling intoxicating liquor. Judge Silas Hare will hear the petition this week.
Plenty of money to loan on farms. If in need of a loan, see us. R. H. May and Tom Barbee.
A Whitewright grocery advertises it carries the best fancy and staple groceries with low prices. It touts long service to hundreds and three generations of customers and promotes itself as one of the oldest businesses in town.
A fireworks sales person has been soliciting merchants for holiday orders. The State Fire Insurance Commission warns that fireworks cause widespread property loss each season and urges suppression by towns and cities with high premiums. The department proposes an extra premium of fifty cents per hundred per month for unbroken stock and buildings and one dollar per hundred for broken packages. Example shows a $2000 merchandise stock and $3000 building insured with broken packages incurring a $50 monthly excess.
The mayor condemns selling and using fireworks within city limits due to fire risk and public nuisance. He cites ordinances and potential higher insurance costs, urging merchants to refrain from ordering or placing fireworks on sale this season.
The fresh oyster season is here and P J Pierce and Sons advertise serving the best oysters at any price and claim expert cooking. The brief note promotes their seafood and dining capabilities.
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