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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1923
Page
4
Subscription price listed at 1.50 per year payable in advance. Notices warn that admissions and other paid events will be charged at regular advertising rates. Emphasizes local spending to aid Whitewright and mentions gas tax supporting state highways.
The note details John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s large oil income from Standard Oil shares totaling about 7.64 million in stock value yielding an annual 11.85 million dollars. It adds a booster message urging optimism and cheerful customer service over wealth, arguing mood affects business.
A seventy word summing up praises rule by the people liberty and justice for all equality of opportunity no special privilege social and industrial justice liberal progressive thought and sound policies. It urges rigid economy taxation by ability local self government and responsible world affairs. It calls for political honesty efficient public service honest civil service and welfare of the masses both human and material.
A Sun editor speaks on local news limits and reader tips, noting we cannot cover every item. He urges readers to share visits and purchases, citing the scale of magazine production and a wish for more personal, verifiable notes from the town.
A Richardson Echo excerpt notes editions reaching nineteen tons of ink and the immense scale of newspaper printing. It claims counting the copies would take a group 102 days at eight hours daily, underscoring the era’s massive production in the press trade.
A compilation of pithy quotations from various papers on topics from leisure to International Court of Justice, internal politics, and economic policy. The snippets contrast views on foreign policy disarmament labor and governance with a light humor tone.
Oklahoma City April 2. Troy Hocker and Hugh Simpson linemen for the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company work atop a pole and banter while finishing a splice. The clock nears 4 57 p m as the engineer switches to engage 2300 volts feeding arc light circuits, risking deadly exposure.
In a dangerous misadventure high above the city, lineman Hocker dies after smoke pours from his shoes while a colleague, Simpson, suffers fatal burns. The incident occurs as the power is shut off by the engineer's warning amid rising amperage. Company policy requires linemen to quit at 4 50, seven minutes before arc light power is cut.
W. L. White, manager, said the Farmers Union Gin plant destroyed by fire last October will be rebuilt in time for the next ginning season. He will travel to Dallas to purchase the latest improved gin machinery so the plant becomes one of the best in North Texas.
A special train will run from Denison on Apr 9 to serve Confederate veterans attending the New Orleans reunion starting Apr 10. The route passes Sherman and McKinney to Dallas on the H T C line, with extra cars added at Dallas for the onward trip to New Orleans.
The old reliable Pierce's Cafe advertises cigars cigarettes tobacco cold drinks magazines and good foods to eat inviting patrons to stop by for a quick snack or a relaxing visit.
A discussion considers the feasibility of an electric run if a satisfactory contract for power is agreed upon. The focus is on securing reliable supply terms and ensuring project viability under agreed pricing and delivery conditions.
The Mahurin club boys earned praise for their performance at Whitewright last Saturday and are expected to achieve more in the future. The Sunday school reorganized and will continue services through another year. The baseball team is organized and aims to be the section’s winning team.
A large crowd enjoyed Smiths home Saturday night with a pleasant time reported by all. A pie supper is planned at Mahurin school this Friday night and everyone is invited to attend.
Daniel Webster declared that cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man and warned that a nation lacks strength if it loses its taste for agriculture. He stressed that national power lies near the soil and urged enduring reliance on farming.
A Sun office notice lists seventy five sheets of good typewriter paper for sale at 25 cents.
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