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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
3
A playful local column recounts Dunk Botts and Sile Kilden scurrying after a rabbit, Sidney Hocks aiding spring by wearing green glasses, Miss Fritzie Allsop spraining an ankle, and Slim Pickens delaying a trip noting enjoyment in the idea.
A quirky Tickville round up notes Poke Eazley’s fading looks and his wife’s need for smoked glasses if he worsens. The Western play at Tickville Opera House reports four desperadoes shot though the coroner doubts internal injuries. Miss Flutie Belcher offers quick staple and fancy singing with Cricket Hicks on fiddle. A new path across Rye Straw store fields speeds travel, pigs already used it. Tickville millinery shop flags old window dummies for sale as a fashionable, face-ready lot.
G A Taft of Houston Southwestern general manager and G x Reed of Fort Worth visited Austin to pay the American Railway Express Company gross receipts occupation tax for the year. The tax, 21 percent, totals 163 211 dollars. The tax base includes Texas intrastate business totaling 6 528 424 dollars. Printed calling cards cost 1 50 per 100.
Texas urges all denominations to boost Sunday school membership by a year of rallies and a statewide gathering in Dallas May 3 to 7. Leaders from 254 counties will attend a mobilizing convention at City Temple as committees coordinate county rallies and district campaigns to reach another million members.
Dayton Texas April 1 Johnny Adams a nine year old boy is dead and two companions are injured by an accidental shotgun discharge in the hands of Benjamin Hale. They had gathered to form a hunting party when the gun fired Adams was shot in the back of the head while Willie Merritt eleven was hit in the arm and Elmer Morris twelve in the back of the neck
A stubborn exchange unfolds as a motherly woman by a wash-tub refuses to pay further life insurance, arguing she has paid regularly for eight years without results while the agent pleads about her husband’s policy.
The Sun joins forces with Dallas News Farm and Ranch Holland's Magazine and other publications to expand regional coverage and share stories across outlets, boosting reach and consistency in reporting.
A cough remedy Hayes Healing Honey stops cough by healing throat irritation and includes Grove's Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat cold relief. The pack claims healing together via skin pores, sold in one carton for 35 cents with directions to ask a druggist.
Sherman April 1 The Fifteenth District Court granted a motion by Bobbitt to set aside the jury verdict in Mrs. Rowena Bobbitt v I R Bobbitt and ordered a new trial. The court held error in admitting testimony and annulled the jury's findings of $100,000 damages, effectively resetting the case.
In A Naturalist in Himalaya Capt. Hingston recounts how a sheet building spider near a fly shell reacts to an entangling wasp. The spider hesitates when the web vibrates, then lunges to bite the long-dead fly, driven by instinct to capture something despite its caution and lack of aggression.
The proposed suspension bridge linking Detroit Michigan and Windsor Ontario begins actual construction this spring. Plans show a world long single span of 1803 feet, surpassing the Delaware River bridge by 53 feet, and a width of 93 feet.
The planned bridge will be built with two levels to serve multiple users. The upper deck will carry street cars, cars, and pedestrians while the lower deck will accommodate passenger and freight trains.
On April Fools Day Pat, a paint shop worker, stays wary after last year's prank with a sky blue pink enamel. A young lady asks for camel's hair brushes, and Pat replies dryly, dismissing her query with a sharp retort.
A humorous remark about camels and hair brushes appears in a local column, reflecting playful regional speech. The line draws attention to animal trivia and tongue in cheek banter without reporting a formal event or outcome.
An advertisement in the Brighton Herald notes a lady wishing to share a kennel amid a serious housing shortage. The comment “if it is actually sending people to the dogs” appears in a Passing Show London quip.
A waiter jokes that a seemingly ordinary order is tied to a memory of his former sergeant major. The chef responds with surprise as the waiter explains the sustenance is meant for the man who once led him, adding a touch of humor to a quiet meal.
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