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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1926
Page
3
The 36,488 Texas teachers show an average salary of 934.92 with white male teachers earning about 1207.49 and white female teachers 862.56. Study by Prof A M Blackman notes overall rise of nearly 55 from 1923-24 and highlights large gains for white female teachers in independent districts.
A humorous remark from the Ohio State Journal notes that about one fifth of a car’s cost lies in the engine while most of the remainder goes to the back seat, illustrating price distribution in early automotive design.
The will of John Sealy, banker and philanthropist, leaves $220000 to relatives and friends and places one half of the residuary estate in the Sealy and Smith foundation for the John Sealy Hospital. The other half goes to trustees for relatives during their lifetimes and then to the foundation. Estate valued at $9,000,000.
The annual Baptist Woodlake encampment will begin July 9 and run through July 17 with opening address by Dr. George W. Truett of Dallas. Dr. Lincoln McConnell of Oklahoma City will preach the last three days. The event, backed by a 40 year contract with Texas Electric Railway, features daily programs of Sunday school B Y P U and Women’s Missionary Society along with recreation and entertainment. Hundreds of delegates will camp on grounds with tents for the full period.
Washington Hocks reports Dunk Botts has joined another lodge. He denies planning to run for office. Atlas Peck ponders what fish do in winter. Clai Hancock muses on time, watches, and daily sameness. Miss Fritzie Allsop visits Tickville and earns a Tidings writeup. Hostetter Hocks buys stamps and office supplies as she plans to write a letter.
Figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston show installment accounts at 110 percent of the prior year. Texas removes all forcible restraint from six insane hospitals with only one patient needing force in a year. Giant 21 foot lizards terrorize Momodo natives. no live specimens captured. Boston puddle shocks workers as 120 volts from a shorted conduit electrifies street water. Population center of the US remains within the 39th parallel. Rainmaking offers yield of 600 acres for 200000 acres of grain. then heavy rainfall follows. Thousands of Japanese brides registered for Brazil Argentina and Mexico. many bachelors in those countries. Opium contents and morphine derivatives listed by region. Caddo Parish spends 8 million on road work in eight years via five‑mill tax. Salesmen perform best in plain navy ties, worst in polka dots. Wheat, corn and rice production shares noted. Typhoid deaths fall in Cleveland after water treatment. Dressing a California college girl costs 561 yearly. A Hartford man missing in a building collapse turns out to be the survivor.
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