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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
4
Public notices on subscription price and post office status. Editorials discuss campaigns for Hoover and Smith, local road plans, a Denison Herald anniversary, and a call for tolerance in politics amid a hot Texas summer.
A collage of punchlines critiques marriage, travel, language and politics from regional papers. Highlights include jokes about easy payments, companionate marriage, new airplanes, women in armies, dressmaking, earthquakes, and Henry Ford. The selection frames civic life with irony and wry commentary.
United States Geological Survey geologist Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar has traveled to Alaska to study the causes of earthquakes. The editor notes it would be timely if he could also address the causes of landslides before November.
The article discusses whether a person can choose to die and how, citing a Florida case where a tuberculosis patient asked two friends, Edgar Gillet and his wife, to administer chloroform to end her suffering. They complied, leading to the patient’s death and subsequent arraignment of the couple.
The Florida grand jury refused murder or manslaughter charges after a case where a dying woman was given chloroform by mercy. The ruling raises debate on euthanasia and the right to die versus extending life. It may set a legal precedent uncertain to other courts.
New York report on Henry Ford disputing an age limit for business leaders. David Kirschbaum argues youth should lead big companies while Ford says there is no fixed age limit. Directors weigh speed, experience, and modernization in decisions affecting finance and management.
Parishioners witnessed two girls expelled at San Agostino Andrew near Bari during mass for knees showing as they kneeled at the altar rail for communion. The incident marks the first recorded enforcement of the Papal pronouncement against short skirts.
In Dallas a Fundamentalist Baptist Tabernacle case is settled as Judge Towne Young dissolves the injunction restraining work. The church agrees to move the tabernacle to conform to building lines and the opposition drops the fight. Pastor Earl Anderson served a contempt sentence and $100 fine before release.
On his deathbed Sir John Mason reflects on life and power. He urges seriousness temperance and a good conscience while lamenting human vanity and political rivalries and imagining a universal future where all mankind stands equal before time.
Morrison Shafroth of Denver told the Colorado Democratic assembly that big business would own the government if elected, arguing prohibition is not a campaign issue and calling it a smoke screen by Republicans to hide eight years of shortcomings. He endorsed the Eighteenth Amendment but dismissed prohibition as central to the race.
Texas yields over 60 million dollars in cotton seed oil and cake annually making it the second most important industry. East Texas roses ship nationwide with Smith County noted as a leading rose region. Texas hosts 600 printing establishments producing about 33 million dollars yearly. Building and loan associations show over sixfold growth in five years.
Atlas Peck speaks on truth and rumor while Sim Flinders chats with a mud turtle. Calf Ribs grocery reports rising business amid curious strangers asking for road tips. Bounding Billows adds a back lunch counter and generous credit. A man exits with a jug and fools Raz Barlow with coal oil drink, who claims he has drunk worse.
Washington Hocks urges young couples to ignore family tensions and proceed with marriage while noting practical steps such as spending in Whitewright. The snippet reflects a columnist style endorsing practical accord over conflicts.
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