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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
2
The Commercial Club of Sanger in Denton County advertises a fair from September 27 to October 2 with many prizes for exhibitors. Bonham banks announce six percent loans on cotton properly warehoused and insured.
Figures from Washington show 425000 horses and mules sold to Europe since war began. Farmers can expect high prices for years as ownership shifts. G T Loux of Sherman shares a fly control remedy using oil, water, Heriem oil, snuff, sulfur, and pennyroyal with good stock survival. The Sun prints a new local telephone directory listing 360 subscribers with strong service from Stockton and operators, reducing complaints.
Wade Sears has bought two lots in the Spearman addition from W R Wilson and will start a residence at once. The corner south of Guy Hamiltons residence offers a pretty building site as Sears plans a neat cottage and moves here to give his children access to Whitewrights schools.
At a Commercial Club gathering last Friday the ladies formed a civic association to enhance Whitewright Texas civic beauty. Mrs. W. J. Barbee was elected president. The group will meet Friday at city hall to elect officers and appoint committees. All ladies are invited to join.
A horse belonging to Green Montgomery was stolen Sunday night from a hitch rack in the city. Police were notified Monday by adjoining counties to watch for the horse. Tuesday Green learned a man was arrested in Paris while offering the horse for sale. Sheriff Simmons went to Paris Wednesday to question the suspect. The horse, a good saddle horse, had a $50 saddle when taken.
The city schools opened Monday with about 350 students, the largest opening-day enrollment. The high school has 17.5 units to graduate, added courses in Spanish geometry trigonometry and agriculture, and another instructor. A new physical lab and reorganization aim to affiliate the high school with the University of Texas this year. The senior class has 21 members, the largest in school history, with officers and committees named. Church of Christ to hold Sunday sermons by the pastor.
An old standard tonic advertised as invigorating the pale and sickly by driving out malaria and enriching the blood. Marketed as a true tonic for adults and children, it promotes strength and general health in the era of patent medicines.
A druggist offers a money back guarantee for PAZO OINTMENT if it fails to cure itching, bleeding, or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days. The first application is claimed to bring ease and rest.
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