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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun notes subscription at $1.50 yearly payable in advance and lists notice charges for entertainments obituaries and corrections. It states a corrections policy and reports that Ector formed a board of trade with J J Pritchett as president and contributed $100 to the Ector baseball team to fund summer activities.
The Sun urges advertising as productive and notes higher postal rates. It explains remailing copies costs two cents and encourages regular subscriptions, suggesting readers save time by letting the paper be sent directly rather than mailing to friends abroad.
Former Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, ally of the ex-Kaiser and defender of the Hindenburg Line, was elected President of the German republic on Sunday. A 78 year old conservative, he ran a front porch campaign pledging observance of the Versailles treaty and a peaceful national development.
Texas farmers have taken loans totaling 147 877 998 dollars from Federal land banks joint stock land banks and Federal intermediate credit banks since their founding. Applications to land banks totaled 170 180 473 dollars with 143 758 394 dollars granted, secured by 13 161 664 acres valued at 381 305 129 dollars. Celina Record mocks local booster Bob Jones and editor Jim Waggoner over town pride and invitations to visit Celina and assess the city.
A report claims Attorney General Sargent will purge DOJ officials deemed unsuitable for federal service. The nation hopes the measure would extend beyond DOJ to modernize government, noting how bureaucracies accumulate inefficiency and influence over time.
Fort Worth Record criticizes the Department of Justice for alleged influence and mismanagement tied to oil scandals. It argues Attorney General Sargent should reform and clean house after indictments in Fall Doheny and Sinclair cases were dismissed due to outside lawyers controlling prosecutions and a DOJ agent presenting evidence in the grand jury room.
A fragment from 1883 Whitewright high school notes highlights class orators John Robertson and Benton W. Ray and other honors. The piece recalls Sam Landrum the cartoonist Tom Biggers“staying qualities” Horace Thompson as “class observer” and a physics joke about sparks from a cat’s back. Sallie Mitchell’s remark about sparks from a comb is noted amid algebra problems in monthly exams.
An account of a school day with Tom Biggers teaching all day and a humorous classroom scene. Sam Landrum drew a cartoon of snoozing pupils, a ghost, and a window escape. John Robertson explained a tough railroad problem with a playful misdirection about mules and horses, reflecting on early 20th century schooling and lending a note on consumer credit.
Screen version of Grace Flandrau novel Being Respectable stars Theodore Von Eltz as Stephen O Connell with Monte Blue Marie Prevost and Irene in the cast. Dorothy Farnum adapted the story for the screen and Phil Rosen directed. Odeon Theatre shows Monday and Tuesday May 4 and 5.
Rich and Louise Fazenda headline the Warner Brothers production, with this film marking Mr. Von Eltz’s second project for the studio following Tiger Rose. I M Echols and E B Martin attended a district meeting of mayors and fire chiefs in Van Alstyne where Denton Gainesville Whitesboro Sherman Denison McKinney and others in the 17th district discussed fire department cooperation and hose standardization. The visit included a Lions Club luncheon and a tour of Van Alstyne facilities ahead of the next quarterly convention planned for Whitewright in July.
Cloy Horton closed a deal late last week to buy the residence just west of the Payne Cottage. The home is now occupied by Wade Sears and his family. Horton plans to move in once the property is vacated.
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