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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun reports Texas gubernatorial candidates with four residents in Dallas including Tom Love. Street paving starts next week as cotton gin season approaches and local painting and home improvements spread citywide. Two St. Louis fliers stayed aloft seventeen and a half days, while local figures remark on urban visual improvements and ongoing civic effort.
J Waddy Tate, mayor of Dallas, defends an aging black craps player in city court claiming craps is harmless like bridge among the wealthy. He notes large white poker winnings vs small stakes in come seven eleven and suggests the fee system biases justice.
The article comments on the dangers of gang members and observers contributing fees to a game while raiding a well heeled poker room. It highlights that Sambo remains at risk and contrasts the nature of raiding such gatherings with regular shooting games.
A comparison shows dramatic gains in US industry wages and utilities over twenty years. Working week shrank from sixty to forty eight hours, family income rose from 800 to 2200 dollars, savings deposits grew from 700 to 1000 dollars per depositor. Automobiles, radios, and telephones exploded in numbers, while power replaced muscle as the main productivity source.
A collage of quotations includes notes on a physician winning a prize for apple growing and other humorous takes from various papers. The selections reflect light commentary on money, stamps, fashion, and public figures with a tongue in cheek tone.
Officials balk at reducing the value of new currency to avoid confusion with postage stamps as the Arkansas Gazette notes.
The piece argues wealth grows through steady thrift and compound interest not quick schemes. It cites a Indiana probate tale of 50 000 held for 200 years becoming 160 million for charity, illustrating long term growth. Regular savers can build fortunes. example shows 90 dollars monthly for 25 years at 6 percent yields over 60 000.
In St Joe Arkansas the doctor shortage affects towns within 25 miles of the Searcy Van Buren Newton and Pope counties corner. Roscoe Turney of Witt Springs cites no physician nearer than 20 miles since Dr Drewery’s death. Rural hardship grows as physicians travel from Harrison and Russellville, high fees and travel hinder care. A proposed two year family practitioner license failed in the legislature three years ago, seen as a remedy to slow loss of rural doctors.
Richard Joshua Reynolds of Winston Salem North Carolina was found guilty of manslaughter after a May 9 automobile crash killed motorcyclist Arthur Graham on Bath Road near London. The Old Bailey jury bowed to a heavy prosecution cost order and Reynolds received five months in prison, with the court noting he was drunk. His lawyer cited lifelong support for Graham's widow.
A quip describes town commerce as mixed. The lime business is slack, tailors are few, the glue factory is stuck, the baker works hard yet loafs most of the day, and policemen labor diligently while they arrest.
Readable notice states engraved or printed cards and invitations obtainable at The Sun office with reasonably priced options.
Denison field notes report a record turnout at the Grayson County Boy Scout encampment near Locust. 139 youths and 150 total including leaders, with activities from baseball to hammock making and an Indian village study.
The Texas Highway Department plans to spend about 3 million dollars this year after the Board of Control awarded contracts for gasoline oil and grease. Preparations for road equipment totaling 200 thousand and tires worth 200 thousand are underway with ads to go out in two weeks. Contracts will go to the lowest bidder and the department has already bought equipment valued at 800 thousand.
Mr and Mrs W B Hestand of Slaton visited family in Slaton and spoke of good business conditions there He is a former Whitewright grocer and currently manages a wholesale grocery in Slaton Their trip included Corpus Christi Aransas Pass San Antonio and Dallas as they traveled home from a family visit
In Chicago a father’s hydrophobia death Tuesday prompted doctors to limit spread within his four children. One child infected, three scratched by the father under observation. Anthony Sedlak, bitten June 15, showed no wound until last Sunday when he became violent and was arrested. the case was diagnosed as hydrophobia and he died in hospital.
Sun office advertises carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale, listing supplies for businesses and personal use with quick order notes and contact details.
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