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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
4
The document recounts a local notice about correcting reflections on reputations, mentions dining on peaches gifted by J. L. Cantrell, and condemns attempts to influence votes by patronage threats, opposing a man bowing to public opinion for gain. The Honey Grove Signal adds a strong rebuke to such tactics.
Denton Herald notes hotel managers report changing guest behavior and rising shoplifting risk. A guest left two blankets in a grip after paying bill and leaving for the barber shop. hotel staff retrieved them, while clerks urge tighter room surveillance to prevent further losses.
A man who opened his grip to remove blankets found they had disappeared and he has not been at the hotel since. Local authorities note no further details have emerged.
The New York World criticizes Roy O. West of Chicago for being named Secretary of the Interior under Coolidge. West, long a lawyer for Insull and his public utilities, is deemed inappropriate due to his ties to power policy affecting Boulder Dam, Muscle Shoals, and federal licenses.
It is his belief that in most divorce cases the wife is at fault. The senior judge of the Superior Courts of Atlanta Ga finds most applicants come from hasty marriages formed at road houses resorts or city amusement parks and soon grow discontent.
Robby Ceccarine of Milan Italy shows a monocycle with a five foot diameter wheel and a moving seat and motor for delegates at the International Advertising Association in Detroit The device reportedly reached 80 miles an hour in tests.
An Atlanta judge’s view on social change echoes in Tulsa where critics warn that modern roads, roadhouses, and lax parenting erode the American home. The piece laments indecent street life, urges parental protection, and cautions against young women facing temptations alone.
A reflection on how luxuries shape work and spending. The author argues Americans work hard to fund lifestyle comforts rather than mere needs and discusses a man who wants a secondhand car, noting the true costs and budgeting challenges. He cautions that future income raises do not offset ongoing expenses.
Jones muses over nature’s marvels after reading The Wonders of Nature. He declares man small in the grand scheme, provoking his wife to retort that such truth needs only a glance, not four hundred pages.
A collage of editorial quips from papers like the Indianapolis News Dallas News Atlanta Constitution Wichita Eagle New York Evening Post and others. Items joke about Prohibition public figures stock markets and social trends with a satirical tone.
Dunk Botts reports on Tickville commerce as Bee Hive Store owner pushes customers to swarm. Slim Pickens flaunts a blue serge suit showing pink powder on the shoulder while Tobe Mosley urges warmth with horse sense and Sid Hocks favors a horse blanket. Bank of Tickville president notes no outside robbery to date. Slim Pickens scratches his head amid a quiet absence from town.
A Tickville lawyer recalls a patient seeking divorce from her husband on grounds of bad treatment. He notes the challenge of distinguishing cruel behavior from merely managing a wife in longstanding disputes.
The Pittsburgh Gazette notes two sermons for contrast. The longest came from Rev Isaac Burrows delivering three and a half hours at Westminster Abbey. The shortest is attributed to Dr Whewell who closed with a brief three part outline about birth, life, and death ending with a quip on where one goes after death.
A Minnesota paper notes that a person referred to as Mr succumbed to an operation in Rochester some time ago and is rapidly gaining. The report emphasizes the recovery progress and ongoing health status.
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