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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
2
A Grayson County report cited by the Sherman Democrat shows the 1928 year to July 1 costs for road construction and maintenance are 40 to 50 percent lower than in 1915. Improved machinery and trucks, plus tractors and graders, measure the saving, enabling more road mileage for the same funds.
In Whitewright precinct 38 voters backed the National Democratic platform from Houston and Moody administration. W. H. Horton presided as precinct chairman. J. H. Waggoner was elected for two years. Delegates to Sherman county convention include Horton, McMillin, Mor row, Sears, Barbee, Cantrell, Webster, Kirkpatrick, Lilley, McMillin, Montgomery, Sears, and Waggoner. Republican precinct chose Brents, King as delegates. Jones reelected precinct chairman.
The commissioners' court believes current funds on hand for gravel roads and connections are sufficient to complete all road program projects. Any remaining amount from savings on the cardinal highways will finance maintenance of existing gravel roads and construction of new ones.
Washington. Col Horace A Mann is appointed to lead Republican efforts in the South to peel away support from Gov Smith. C Bascom Slemp assists as Mann coordinates state campaigns, with Tennessee North Carolina Oklahoma pursuing straight campaigns and Alabama Georgia forming adjusted alliances. The plan aims to draw Dem energy from the East by energizing Southern and border state efforts.
A fussy old lady resists a bell boy about a shabby room boasting a folding bed. She declares she will not pay good money for a tiny cubby hole and complains she is from the country.
A bellhop interjected to clarify a guest’s space, saying the passenger had entered the building’s elevator rather than her room. The moment captures the lighthearted, mistaken-identity humor common in hotel anecdotes and reflects casual, witty exchanges found in travel sections.
An authority states that intelligence is at the zero mark at birth, arguing that some adults were not always as dumb as they seem now. The San Diego Union cites this remark as a provocative observation on cognition across life stages.
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