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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists standard notice rules for entertainments dinners and benefits charging regular advertising rates for admissions and obituaries or memorial notices. It states corrections will be printed upon notification and notes a growing use of space by the K K K in other papers.
President Harding is reported to have shaken hands with more than 150000 people in the last year as part of his duties. F M Echols wins Whitewright mayoralty again with 120 votes cast. 108 for Echols. A lemon fourteen inches around and five inches in diameter, weighing two pounds, was found near Houston. An Illinois physician, 81 years old, diagnosed his own illness and signed his own death certificate before another doctor completed it.
A New York City landlord faces damages after a tenant with a newborn baby complained of wallpaper marks and a child’s fingerprints on a bookcase glass. The father, long deemed cold, breaks down when he finds his infant’s finger prints, prompting reflections on housing bias against families with children and a biblical exhortation to welcome children.
The Kansas City Journal quotes the Great Bend Kansas Tribune suggesting that a woman’s mind is cleaner than a man’s because she changes it more often.
A collage of headlines and editorial quips from newspapers coast to coast. Topics range from dirigible disarmament and Darwinism debates to textile strikes and government postage on income forms. The items reflect varied opinions on current issues and leaders of the era.
A compilation of assorted excerpts from newspapers noting remarks by figures like Lloyd George and Secretary of Labor Davis. The items contrast labor policy, jurisprudence, and social commentary with a mix of skeptical and ironic takes on wealth, education, and foreign loans.
Manila Bulletin notes a proposed tax on wine and beer as a rare measure that might put the country in good spirits while a Washington Herald quip jokes that light headed women marry first, contrasting commentary from two papers.
A quip notes that despite loving a bargain a woman dislikes being told she wears one. The remark reflects social attitudes toward consumer fashion and gender norms in the era.
Austin Texas April 4 Thirteen is to feature in the Thirteenth Congressional District on May 13 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lucian W Parrish. The governor issued a proclamation for a special election and candidates will have over thirty days to campaign in counties Cooke Denton Wise Montague Clay Jack Young Archer Wichita Wilbarger Baylor and Throckmorton.
Sulphur Springs Texas April 4 The school trustee election for Sulphur Springs Independent District re elected BR. J. Ashcroft J. A. Dial and J. Boggs Two women who had been endorsed by the Parent Teacher Association were not successful in securing seats.
A local election saw opposition defeated by clear majorities as a campaign to elect two women to the School Board gained momentum in the days leading to voting. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Sam P. Moore, grew up in the city and recently resided in Dallas. The groom, a young businessman, formerly ran a drug business in Celina and served in World War I with the American forces. The passage mentions a typewriter paper ad in The Sun.
Jim Sears and his wife Miss Marjorie Moore of Dallas spent the weekend with his parents Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Sears and relatives. The couple were wed on March 22 in Dallas.
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