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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
3
Names of visitors fill the week end with trips to Sulphur Springs Royse City Dallas Denison Greenville Bonham and other places. Residents like A M Bryant E H Conihear James McKnight and others host or greet relatives and friends across Texas with stays in Slaton Celina Denton and Denton summer schools noted.
Rev. H. R. Long, eight years pastor of the First Baptist Church in Denison, has accepted a call to the First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs and will begin September 1. He is well known in Grayson County and many friends regret his move to a new field.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Melver and their daughter traveled from Bailey to visit relatives here Sunday. Miss Martha Bow returning from the University of Oklahoma Norman. Pr and Mrs J F Spindle and Leon with Mrs Newman from Oklahoma City returned Friday after Tennessee visit. Mr and Mrs J J Walker and daughter came back to Greenville Friday after visiting Mrs Walker's mother Mrs J L German. Mr and Mrs O B Turner of Richmond Virginia and Miss Elizabeth Duke of Jacksonville spent the weekend here with their grandmother Mrs J R Carter. Miss Bessie Joe Barbee at a Dallas business college resumed studies after a parental visit.
Seven refrigerators remain priced from 27.50 down to 2.50 with ice cold drinks and food kept fresh. Oil or gas stoves range from 59.50 to 529.50 to preserve time. Velvet rugs new in stock, twelve in total. Axminster rugs priced at 1.95 and living room suites from 125.00 to 37.50. Fix up the home.
M. H. Wolf of Dallas reports at the association’s annual meeting that the Farmers Marketing Association may be designated to handle Federal Farm Board funds in Texas for stabilization and orderly marketing of cotton. He notes relief funds will go through cooperative agencies, not to individuals, and that about 8 percent of Southern cotton farmers belong to cooperatives.
John M. Heath, an elevator engineer, admits leaving prohibition border patrol agent Richard J. Sandlands floundering in the Detroit River after a struggle aboard Heaths boat. Heath surrendered to federal authorities amid the search for Sandlands, who disappeared after the incident and is presumed drowned.
A public message asserts weekly advertising yields real results unavailable by any other means. It claims advertising columns are the marketplace for all readers and that ads from merchants with full merchandise lines reflect care in buying, quality, and value.
William Walter Sullenger, 63, a well known Tom Bean farmer, died suddenly at his home last Thursday night. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Tom Bean Baptist Church with Rev. I. F. Teague and Rev. Howard McSpedden officiating. Interment followed at Warden Cemetery. Active pallbearers were W. J. Gregory, Jim Ashlock, Floyd Simmons, T. M. Stevens, B. A. Burks, and J. M. Miller.
Texas agricultural experiment station tests show short to medium staple cotton yielding the most lint across multiple substations. D T Killough notes longer staples may pay off with premiums, but in central and western Texas longer varieties did not reach top yields.
The Chile to United States air mail route becomes the world’s longest, surpassing 5750 miles and crossing twelve Central and South American countries. It marks Pan-American’s first million miles of scheduled flying, with US cooperation fueling expansion into Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia’s extensive new airport network.
Aunty entertains two nephews and offers two cakes to judge manners. Jimmy grabs the larger piece first, declaring his brother Johnny has the better manners, while the scene hints at the moral of restraint and fairness.
Dialogue hints at a rich older suitor courting Maude while she claims to be twenty five. The quip suggests a liberal discount for cash as the punchline.
Chicago's population surpassed the one million mark, rising by over a million in ten years despite various pressures. American Lumberman notes steady growth amid challenges facing the city and region.
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