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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
5
The notice records numerous locals visiting relatives in Dallas Sherman Terrell Durant Texarkana Caddo and Wichita Falls. Names include Mrs J D Russell W L Gordon Rev J L Truett Willis Simmons Julian Boone and J P Layman among others with trips from Dallas Greenville Sulphur Madill and Denton.
Mr and Mrs W B Hest left for their home in Slaton Friday after visiting relatives. Mrs W T Ross and daughter Miss Mary Lou returned Monday after visiting relatives in Lubbock and Carlsbad New Mexico.
A series of short visits highlight regional ties as relatives travel from Dallas Vernon Denver Oklahoma and Colorado to spend time with local families. Guests include Walter Harris Bogle in town with grandmother Mrs. W. C. Fain and Miss Cordelia Layman visiting Celina relatives.
The Central Christian Church ladies will serve ice cream pie and cake Saturday afternoon in the Texas Louisiana Power Co building. St Roby Childress spent Sunday and Monday in Sulphur Oklahoma, returning with Mrs C C Willis and Mrs Childress. Guests included Artie Compton and Estes of ae with G F Bryant, Compton manager of the Adolphus Hotel Dallas, and visitors Mrs FE J Roberts Sherman Mrs Dr Lemmon Lubbock Mrs Pearl Connelly and Mrs Alfred Hughes Trenton at the Hamilton home.
A humorous exchange plays on a milk quality remark with a mother and milkman remarking on the milk’s condition. The dialogue hints at domestic daily life and a lighthearted tone. No serious event or outcome is described.
Griffin Trotter 25 died Tuesday evening at his Mangum Oklahoma home after an appendectomy. A Pilot Grove native and son in law of John Garland he is survived by his wife and two children. The body arrived in Whitewright and the funeral will be held Friday at Westminster Church at 2 PM.
The Department of Commerce reports 1928 mortality at 12.35 per 1000 and births at 19.7 per 1000 in the registration area, down from 1927. The text notes long term stabilization of vitality since 1911, with 1918 flu an outlier and birth rates steadily declining from 1915 onward.
The excerpt notes a general decline in births from 25.1 per 1000 in 1915 to 19.7 in 1928. It states the South leads in births, with North Carolina at 27.5 per 1000 in 1928, and 28.8 in 1927, per Exchange.
A dialogue shows Mary consulting fortune tellers and clairvoyants about marriage. The mother cautions seriousness, while Mary insists she is prudent, having consulted a sign book, a palmist, and a dream on a hair lock, all saying the union is fine.
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