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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun argues that paying for street paving will modernize the town and improve its appearance. It notes Whitewright’s size in Northeast Texas, contrasts it with paved rivals, and urges reader support for paving in the business district.
Former Governor Al Smith will serialize his life story in the Saturday Evening Post joining Calvin Coolidge in magazine writing. He reportedly will be paid two dollars per word for the memoir. The Sun notes this rate would make a short paragraph worth 176 dollars.
A traveling salesman praised Whitewright on Wednesday for rapid progress and few vacant businesses or homes, noting the town’s forward movement. The booster column by W. J. White titled Pants and Fumbles appeared in Monday’s Sherman Democrat after a hiatus.
Five weeks in a Sherman hospital follow an appendicitis operation for Mr. White. While two weeks would suffice for recovery a robust man, the extra time appears linked to hospital company. The note adds hopes he next vacations after the Snappers win the Lone Star League pennant. Bonham News.
Will Rogers derides a farm relief bill as overly complex and proclaims farmers would become professors at Harvard if they understood it. He argues the plan aims to remove the middleman but implies relief would shift to middlemen next year, provoking good-natured debate.
A. G. Pat Mayse, former Sherman Democrat general manager, elected president and GM of the Paris Morning News and has assumed charge. In Grayson County he left many friends and forecasts quick impact in Paris and Lamar County as a builder by trade. The note also recalls the Galveston News celebrating 87 years of continuous publication, Texas' oldest newspaper and business institution.
J H Lowry known as Buttermilk Jim, former editor of the Honey Grove Signal, visits Whitewright after forty two years at the Signal and Honey Grove Citizen. He rests his eyes during consolidation duties and expects to return to full work soon. He is a noted Texas newspaperman and past president of state and national associations.
The board of regents of C. I. A. at Denton named Lowry Hall in honor of him. Mr. Lowry’s visit was enjoyed by all who met him during his short stay in the city.
A local business leader urges residents to shop locally in Whitewright. He argues buying out of town harms the community, lowers local store value, and reduces funds for schools and churches while boosting transient merchants. He stresses value, loyalty, and keeping dollars circulating locally.
A devotional piece argues truth is essential yet cautions against indiscriminate disclosure. The author posits that exposing all known facts could shock communities and expose misdeeds in business, politics, family life, schools, churches, and courts.
The piece reflects on husbands and fathers who swindle families and attend church with a cheerful front. Wives face ruined finances and old clothes while the truth may spark regret and grief when exposed. It laments widespread deceit and the lack of awareness until people are caught.
A moral essay urges husbands and fathers to confront truths about wives and daughters at home and abroad. It questions whether a boy tells all to his mother and calls for lives that are open books of truth, honesty, fidelity, and trustworthiness read by neighbors.
The piece discusses how criminals evade full accountability as defense and prosecution clash. It argues judges, lawyers, witnesses, and jurors hold heavy responsibility in upholding law in a country with widespread crime and varying civilizational standards.
A call emphasizes that courts must punish criminals for crimes such as plundering, murder, banditry, and robbery rather than shelter them. The statement argues against leniency and concealed wrongdoing within judicial systems.
A Chicago motorist arrested for speeding told the judge he was en route to the dentist's office, despite ongoing agitation against perjury. The remark appears in the New York Evening Post.
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