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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
4
The Sun charges regular advertising rates for notices of entertainments dinners and other benefits with admission fees. Obituaries resolutions memorials and similar items are also billed at regular rates. The publisher will correct erroneous reflections on any person firm or corporation when brought to attention.
Will H Mayes argues Texas needs coordinated statewide development across agriculture industry and manufacturing to support a tripled population with modest government costs. He urges a unified Texas identity, broader public education about resources and history, and a Texas Centennial effort to spur nationwide recognition and lasting growth.
A tonic claims to restore energy and appetite by purifying blood with iron and quinine. It is advertised as safe for children and credited with destroying malarial and grip germs through its strengthening and invigorating effect. Price listed as 60 cents.
The piece urges Texans to learn all regions of the state and embrace its diverse industries from farming to industry. It notes shifting weather concerns from too much rain to potential drought and advises farmers to focus on furrows rather than crops, stressing readiness over complaint.
Mrs. Moore returned Monday from Sherman after visiting her son and daughter. The Wardrobe advertises quick service with a satisfaction guarantee as its motto. Clean Up Week runs April 5 to 11 to keep the town healthful.
A leavening of biting remarks on wealth taxation and politics ripples through several papers. Snide jabs target Dawes, Senate delays, and debt disputes while quips about income tax and Wall Street shade the era’s fiscal nerves. A Council Bluffs girl’s gum incident closes the collection with a cautionary note on auto riding.
A Morehead filling station incident Saturday at about 8 am caused a gas spill when a tank overflowed while being filled by C. E. Beasley. A nearby boy lit a cigarette, igniting the gasoline on the driveway and in the car tank. Firefighters arrived to find most fuel consumed and danger largely passed.
A Pennsylvania farmer grows dissatisfied with farming in the oil era. He studies petroleum from formation to marketing, sells his farm for 833 dollars, then discovers the prior owner’s plank across a stream creating a scum barrier. The tale illustrates spotting near term opportunity.
An unnamed farmer, aided by experts, investigated cattle noses and found a black scum that proved to be petroleum. Geologists later deemed the farm part of a vast oil field in Pennsylvania worth an estimated 100 million dollars to the state.
A town notes a man who sold his farm for 833 to seek distant opportunities. The narrator warns that distant places seem greener and enchantment is distance, but opportunity may be nearby if vision exists.
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