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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists a subscription price of 1.50 per year payable in advance and notes admission fees and memorial notices will be charged at regular advertising rates. It also states errors about individuals or firms will be corrected upon notification and mentions spring has arrived.
The Jacksonville street car company promotes the short skirt noting a sixty percent drop in passenger accidents since 1914. It omits any data on men watching where they walk. A reader urged a strong editorial against roaming chickens. the paper urged drastic action and many readers agreed.
The wife of a prominent mail order house partner dropped a purse containing ten thousand dollars in cash and jewels in a taxi. The driver found it and police traced it to her hotel. She claimed the loss was trivial, unaware of the effort to return it. The tale highlights her wealth from the family business.
Inferior goods lure buyers with apparent savings but money spent at mail order houses never returns to the local economy. Ten thousand dollars is trivial to the wealthy, yet home spending supports the local merchant and keeps money circulating within the community. Buying local gives a sense of fair dealing with neighbors and pride in supporting families and community life.
A mosaic of editorial witticisms and commentary from major papers. Observations range from alibis and alibis to peace on a time payment plan, with satirical remarks on Greece, doctors, politics, and taxation. Notable asides touch on crime, journalism, and social norms of the era.
A brief item notes the availability of adding machine paper sold at 20 cents per roll. The Sun reports this in a concise notice typical of small business listings.
A Sherman Democrat editorial mirrors Daniel Webster 1838 remarks on wealth, oppression, and opposition to banks and monopolies. It argues that the path to success lies in individual and cooperative effort, urging diligence, intelligence, and integrity over entitlement or distrusting capital.
The Denison Mason lodge hosted a large banquet for Consul John A. Ray with over two hundred attendees. H L Durham led toasts, Rev J F Fender gave the invocation, and Consul Ray spoke after the first course. A Y M C A official J E Norris and Rev W C Herron offered remarks, with Dr A J Ray and Mrs Ray also contributing. the event ended with dancing to the Whitwright orchestra.
The American Legion adopts the poppy as its Memorial Day emblem and will distribute thousands of red silk poppies on May 30. The replicas were crafted by war orphans of the American and French Children’s League and brought to the United States by Mme Anna E Guerin, founder of the league.
Austin April 19 Approximately one dozen applications for charters for newly organized State banks have been rejected by the Insurance and Banking Department in the last thirty days. Three applications were refused yesterday. Commissioner Ed Hall said charters were disapproved unless absolute necessity existed and where cities already had adequate banking facilities.
Texarkana April 18. Cyclone freaks reported after Melissa twister last week. A letter from McKinney to a Chicago mail order house was found in Mrs Vaughan’s yard on the Eylau road. Charles Mathis’s house was destroyed. his watch remained accurate. A calf blew yards away at Mineola and was rescued from an oak.
Denison April 19 Frank Bush forty a Denison man and member of a fishing party drowned in the Red River west of Denison this afternoon Several party members tried to recover the body but were unsuccessful and returned to Denison Bush is survived by two brothers both of Denison and is unmarried.
The J Russell Jazzers Orchestra announces it is ready to make engagements for entertainments and dances. For further information see Jesse Wallace, secretary.
Austin April 19 Dr J W Carey of Whitesboro has been named by the State Board of Control as superintendent of the tuberculosis sanatorium for ex service men under construction at Kerrville He will receive a 5000 yearly salary and his appointment is effective immediately.
Whitewright children enjoyed a birthday afternoon at Miss Alene Haile's home. Guests entered the library, were greeted by Florence Wilson, and registered with Johnnie Herbert Watson dressed as a fairy. The party featured music, puzzles, prizes, games, and ice cream, with gifts received by the hostess.
The Odeon Theatre lists April 21 to 27 showings headlined by King Vidor's The Family Honor with Florence Vidor, plus The Cradle of Courage with Wm S. Hart, Desert Gold from Zane Grey starring E K Lincoln, and Fighting Fate serial with William Duncan and Edith Johnston. A 2 reel comedy accompanies the program.
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