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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces that notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with an admission fee will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect will also incur charges. Any erroneous reflection will be corrected upon notification to the publishers.
Supporters march across the state with a major Moody rally planned for August 28. Regions report heavy rainfall boosting turnip and potential rice crops in Grayson County while cotton faces pest and weather pressures. Farmers await October outcomes amid past droughts and flood alike.
The Ferguson forces accused Dan Moody of smoking expensive cigarettes during the campaign. Newspaper reporters who traveled with Moody say most cigarettes he smoked were borrowed from them and joked about the habit.
Nolan County News notes citizen effort while The Trenton Tribune under editor Tom Holmes upgrades with a linotype. Holmes, a lifelong bachelor, now writes, composes, and types in one go, joking about marrying a ready made operator after mastering the machine.
In Dallas on rally day Dan Moody frames Fergusonism as the sole issue in the Democratic runoff for Texas governor. He argues Jim Ferguson dominates the campaign, that Mrs. Ferguson is only a pawn, and that the governor’s wife bears a heavy burden in the political struggle.
The Dallas Evening Journal urges Texans to record a decisive August 28 verdict and mobilize a record turnout to end proxy government and political domination, asserting Moody can win a large majority and that Texas must vote to show the world its will.
After twenty years in newspapers the editor argues most sins come from omission. Citizens overestimate their own notices while failing to promote others. A good story should be told by contributors not waited on by editors. Seek coverage by presenting the case clearly to the editor.
A Denison Herald reprint extols self sacrifice during Kentucky mine disaster where seven men were entombed. One man warned companions and spent 153 hours with them, sacrificing his escape. The piece lauds selfless heroism and cites a biblical line about laying down life for a friend, with brief notes from Dallas News about a Kansas City baby surviving a six story fall.
The government aims to abolish slavery and stop human sacrifices in Burma’s Naja Hills. About 38 500 slaves have been freed, with an average payment of 1.25 dollars per person.
A Washington column laments high power costs and power trust influence over Muscle Shoals. It urges women to demand affordable electricity, cites Ontario and Redding, California examples, and praises Gov Charley Bryan for cutting gas and coal costs. It questions cross-party support between Norris and Bryan.
The data notes nearly one million acres of irrigated farmland in Texas. Alpine in Brewster County sits at 4484 feet. Texas records extreme temperatures from 115 to 13 degrees. The Brazos River drainage covers 41700 square miles, Colorado River 37800. Public utilities burn over 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas monthly, about a third of the national total.
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