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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
6
Paris fashion bulletin declares knees to go into eclipse next winter while hips are reinstated. The back to femininity trend favors curves, short hair faces threat, and sport clothes lose favor for day wear as waistlines rise and afternoon dresses return.
In Wolfe City Carter Crow, 41, killed his wife about 32 with a knife and then killed himself. Neighbors saw Mrs Crow rush from the home with a throat wound and fall into a ditch, dying. Justice E P McWhirter ruled Crow took his wife’s life and then his own.
Platinum has become highly popular in the United States after about three decades of use by jewelers. Imports surpassed ten million dollars in the previous year as demand grows. A representative bar sized four inches by half inch by a foot weighs 30 pounds and is valued around thirty thousand dollars.
The wife is married as the groom asks the preacher for the fee. The preacher replies that it is whatever the groom thinks it is worth. The groom offers fifteen percent of her earnings for the next year less her cost to him.
Little Eleanor watches a suitor excite Kate as he tries to win favor with the family. The girl asks to sit on his knee and jokes about hair pulling. He jokes about searching for the word Kate used to describe him and says the word idiot may be written on his face.
A humorous quip highlights a joke where a husband hints at suspected theft of money by his wife. The witness claims he found a thimble in his pocket this morning, turning suspicion into a pun. The line reflects playful courtroom banter rather than a real case.
Passengers refuse to budge, jokes spark as street car stalls. They dismount to walk three blocks, only for the car to pass them later. One rider quips they would have been better off staying on after getting off.
Two Irish soldiers Pat and Tim enter trenches for the first time under their captain who promises a dollar for each German killed. Pat rests as Tim vigilantly watches for the approaching enemy yelling They’re comin’ They’re comin’.
An ad from Bow-Wright Drug Co promises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy will relieve sore or bleeding gums and pyorrhea with a guaranteed satisfaction or money returned. It emphasizes a unique product and certain results.
Tim and Pat exchange heated lines before Germans are described as looming threat. Tim states about fifteen thousand attackers and Pat vows action with a rifle as the mood turns to wartime resolve.
A light exchange follows a marriage confirmation as the groom boasts of his optimistic plans. The bride Elsie Spender remains silent while the groom quips that her breakfast costs will not be covered by his salary, sparking playful laughter.
A stranger in the village complains of humiliation before the magistrate. He questions the constable’s account, claiming a second officer would corroborate him, only to be told there is only one constable stationed there. The prisoner insists he saw two, and the officer replies that is the charge against him.
All kinds of printing and engraving services are available at The Sun offices at reasonable prices.
In Farmersville on Sunday 6-year-old Margaret touched a high voltage wire while trying to remove a fallen radio aerial. Her father H Bain Homaker grabbed her to pull away and was electrocuted. He stood on a wet spot while she stood dry, causing the ground current. The child was unhurt.
An amused Magnolia Oil news item notes a campus prank where someone offers a prize for the laziest man in college. A quoted exchange reveals playful banter about rolling over and tucking a prize away in a back pocket.
The vacant Londonderry jail in Nova Scotia, empty for twenty years, was sold to a local cobbler for thirty five dollars.
A brief quip from the Dartmouth Jack o Lanthorn describes a crowded floor scene with a gasping man blowing a handkerchief on another’s nose. The humorous fragment captures campus newspaper tone and student wit.
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