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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
4
The notice lists ads for entertainments and memorials at regular rates and notes job opportunities in Whitewright in two weeks. It reports ginning plans for up to 5,000 bales this fall and 2,200 bales last season. It mentions a Jefferson killed a man over a watermelon and predicts a not guilty verdict if tried by a black jury.
Mr. Hoover has been notified that he is the Republican candidate for president. Governor Smith will be informed Wednesday that he has been selected as the opponent of Mr. Hoover on the Democratic ticket. And then the campaign will be on.
Dallas politican Edith Wilmans, who polled 19 000 votes in the 730 000 statewide tally, announces another gubernatorial bid in 1930. Grayson County voters face a county judge race on August 25 with two candidates, urging readers to choose the best qualified and echoing the effort versus outcome idea.
Texas reports 18,366,000 acres planted to cotton, about 40 percent of US cotton, with a total national acreage of 46,695,000. Conditions vary from excellent to fair. In 1926 Texas produced 5,900,000 bales from nearly the same acreage as this season.
Honorable Tom Love exits the second primary after trailing by more than 100 000 votes to Lieutenant Governor Barry Miller in the first primary. The Democratic executive committee said his name would appear on the August 25 runoff ticket. Love argues Democrats won’t support a candidate backing the opposition.
Brief record notes heads shaking among Gov. Smiths allies as he faces a challenge described as the bravest political action of our time. The fragment hints at internal scrutiny and a pressing confrontation.
The piece lauds Alfred E. Smith for agreeing to a public cross examination over charges from Dr. Straton, framing it as moral courage. It contrasts Smith with other politicians who hedge themselves, noting Roosevelt’s libel suit and praising Smith’s readiness to answer any question to defend his twenty five year public career. It questions the source of Straton’s accusations and asserts the Republicans’ stance on the slander debate.
A short quotation from the New York World asserts there is only one correct answer, rooted in a good conscience and an honest mind. The line reflects moral certainty and integrity valued by the era's journalistic voice.
A collection of syndicated quips and editorial asides from various papers. Jokes touch politics and public life with barbed humor about politicians, weather, science, and society, including lines on opinion shifts and odd animal metaphors.
Clyde Hansard and Ava Curry married July 12 in a quiet central Christian ceremony performed by Rev. J. T. Purvis. Hansard, employed in Lubbock, will join his bride soon as friends extend best wishes.
Announcement from Ira Kirkpatrick advertises home made sandwiches pies ham burgers cakes and also sells candy gum cold drinks cigars watermelons tires gasoline and oil at the Red Top service station with phone contact 260.
A newspaper notice urges readers to obtain National Trust Estates Certificates of Protection with no medical exam or agent commissions. To receive a FREE certificate for a person aged 10 to 60 in good health, the subscriber must agree to take the Sun for one year and pay $1.50 in advance, with additional certificates available for extra family members.
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