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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1926
Page
8
The piece notes that in 1925 tolls from motor licenses, gasoline taxes and related taxes totaled 1.094 billion dollars, funding highways. It cites 1.003 billion spent on rural roads and argues a highway system costing 20 billion will be built in twenty years at the current pace.
Thomas H. MacDonald cites highway program as a historic public utility achievement. He notes 1925 state and federal motor taxes totaling about 1.095 billion dollars, federal aid of 460 million over eight years, and a two thirds completion of the 200000 mile national system. He highlights bridges, uniform markings, and federal supervision expanding cross state connectivity. Gasoline tax rises are projected to reach 200 million annually soon.
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson issued her election platform on Saturday defending her administration as Texas becomes the first female executive era. She cites reduced state appropriations by 10 759 968, paid a 2 million deficit, and improved prison finances, touts strong law enforcement, and claims no lynchings since 1882. She proposes lower auto license taxes a 3 cent gas tax and a luxury tax while opposing new levies.
A proposal seeks a county tax on cigars and cigarettes to fund highway maintenance and schools. It calls for lengthening the country school term, building country high schools, and boosting the apportionment to 15 dollars per capita.
Vera Mae Atterbury seven years old had her foot caught in a cattle guard on Frisco Railroad tracks at Davenport Oklahoma. As her sister and four men struggled to free her a passenger train approached and crushed her. Attempts to amputate with a pocket knife failed.
A compact exhortation praising self improvement kindness and upright living. It urges daily effort to help others act with integrity and seize opportunities to do good. The piece frames good impulses as usable and points to a clean honest life as a guiding ideal.
The Ohio State Journal cites Popular Science Monthly offering minute steps to lift a heavy weight like a barrel of ashes without injury. It notes the magazine provides detailed guidance though the journal admits some readers may prefer not to know such specifics.
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