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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists editors publishers and price, states weekly publication each Thursday, and explains notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. It also promises correction of errors upon notification to publishers.
The McKinney Examiner notes editor Glenn Doss of the Whitewright Sun and owner Waggoner traveling to Austin after election to the Legislature.
A Dallas News column contrasts the evolving view of the New Deal from its early awe to later wear, noting changes in language and expectations. It weighs Roosevelt’s choice of advisers against past approaches and argues the nation could benefit from his own practical judgment.
Illinois lawmakers press Relief Administration in Washington over a proposed 36 million dollar state share this year. The state argues its 1934 relief share rose to 42.2 percent of total outlays, up 18.3 points while others pulled back, with Chicago News urging Illinois to call Hopkins bluff and let federal funds continue flowing. Texas is noted as one of seven states contributing more in 1934.
The record of Southern States on local relief contributions is criticized as poor with 11 of 14 states contributing under 10 percent of their total relief funds. Louisiana is noted for a high local share of 98 percent, reflecting Huey Long style share the wealth ideas.
Seventy nine Lamar County families asked to leave relief rolls and arrange for another crop. They seek subsistence without government charity with landlord cooperation and Providence aid, signaling Texas' returning economic life and the eventual end of federal aid as self-help underpins self-respect.
A humorous quatrain about cows detailing quirks from milk to chewing, with playful misdirections. It imitates observational prose on bovine life, noting calfs, milk production, and a tongue in cheek valuation of cow parts and dairy by products. The piece ends with a wry price contrast.
A Texas comptroller review shows since 1900 the state has paid about 47 million to Confederate veterans and widows. The treasury reports a pension fund deficit near 4.5 million with no new relief law in the Forty Fourth Legislature. The fund stems from a 7 cent per 100 valuation levy. 1,148 veterans and 6,526 widows were on the rolls March 1.
Records show 1,000 plus veterans and widows deaths reported annually in recent years. Payments indicate a proportional decrease for 1935. Figures include 242,564.15 and 2,860,725.45 in 1934. Some increase in pension rolls offset by deaths and widows benefits.
A collection of curious claims spans gardening costs, cat deafness, albino links, wage mortality in 1934, migration from cities to rural areas, buoyancy rules, US voter eligibility estimates, declining 1934 voter turnout, many small secondary schools, Grand Coulee Dam height, and improper housing estimates.
The article argues hobbies enrich life beyond money and insurance. It classifies hobbies as doing, making, and saving, urging parents to nurture collecting instincts in youth. It emphasizes gradual cultivation, broad choice, and the value of ongoing personal interests. Exchange.
A teacher asks about leaders of tribes in a rural school scene. A girl answers chiefs correctly, then a boy blurts out mischiefs, provoking quiet before the class moves on. The anecdote highlights playful language and cultural stereotypes in a teaching moment.
A dialog joke contrasts money and experience with a father teaching his son. The dad explains the stock exchange as a place where ignorant people trade money for experience, yielding a humorous misinterpretation about value and wisdom.
An editorial argues Americans eat too little bread and milk in daily diets. It highlights bread as economical energy, warns against extreme dieting, and urges sympathetic medical supervision for undernourished individuals. It stresses bread and milk as core to restoring weight and health.
A fragmented line from The Sun advertises roles for a woman as Resolver Finder, Defender, Lover, Adviser, Teacher, Consoler, Forgiver, Holder, Eliminar, and other archetypes. The note frames relationships and social duties in terse labels around a sales line for typewriter paper.
A review of odd mishaps reveals a chain of accidents from a slip by Senator Bennett Clark causing an ankle sprain to a fireman Joe Turner suffering leg fractures after a quick slide down a pole. Mrs Marion Lindsey, 30 years ago swallowed a needle that later emerged and is now used for sewing. A beaver severed a New York man’s leg in a nap dream and a barber wrongly shaved a patient’s head in hospital. A steel drum injured William Guffey, and a 10 year old skater Dale Roberts steadied himself on a stump until rescuers could reach him.
A bush medical miracle from Dorrigo New South Wales where a timber cutter was bitten by a snake. Practitioners near the timber camp use improvised tools and tobacco cans to perform life saving surgery in primitive conditions. The bold improvisation underscores ingenuity in remote areas.
A man bit by a venomous black snake was treated with a tobacco can lid used as a tourniquet and suction to remove venom. His mate pulled four hairs from a horse’s tail, stitched the wound with a darning needle and a penny. Another man injured his leg on wire rope and required stitches. Both men recovered.
Local report notes residents on the Isle of Wight raised a monument honoring Victoria the Queen, detailing the dedication event and the community’s tribute to the monarch.
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