This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
5
Local society items list visits and travels of residents from Whitewright and nearby towns. Names include Norris, Pritchett, Cantrell, Giles, Brants, Barbee, Hill, May, Kuykendall, Ryan, and Adams with trips to Dallas Commerce Sherman Denison Bonham Gainesville and Durant.
A string of visits and stays unfolds as Mrs W W Caylor and son spend Tuesday in Bokchito Oklahoma, families visit in Bonham and Marietta, Dallas guests travel to Whitewright and Ivanhoe, and other pairs tour Sherman Denison and nearby towns. Multiple returns from travels include Pendleton Arkansas and Durant Oklahoma as well as Kentucky employment moves.
R B Mack visits here with Lucian and Mrs LaRoe then heads to Altus Oklahoma to manage a new compress plant. He leaves his San Marcos post after two years for a higher salary and the Altus job promises one of the state's largest facilities upon completion. Mrs Mack will stay with her parents until relocation.
Rev J T Purvis presided at the wedding of Harris Kimbrough of Amarillo and Jewell Scales of Trenton held Saturday morning at 10 30 at the bride's parents home in Trenton. Del Rio Amarillo and San Antonio were among the western points visited by J R Pennington and daughter Anna, trip lasting about three weeks. Pennington reports dry weather has left crops spotted in the West. Byron Sears plans to move to a 409 acre Cooke County farm near Era after buying it, will plant about 200 acres to wheat, oil development has surged there and a $20 per acre offer was declined.
A reunion of brothers gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud R. Truett last Wednesday. Present were Rev. C. L. Truett of Shilder Oklahoma. Arthur Truett of Dallas. T. H. Truett of Sherman. Albert Truett of Fort Worth. and Claud R. Truett. Others included Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Ackley, Miss Emma Dee Randle, Mrs. T. H. Truett and children, and Mrs. Albert Truett. A sumptuous dinner was served.
Leon Bennett and Bryan Jared returned from Selma Kansas. Florence Johnson of Waco visits her aunt Mrs. J. B. Dickson. Grady Geer of Van Alstyne stays with Mrs. H. T. Atterberry. J. N. Carter repaints and screens his East Grand Avenue home. D. T. Howard of Dallas visits Lucian LaRoe. George Key and children of Trenton spend day with Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Sanderson. Maggie Montgomery and daughter visit Royse City guests of Mrs. W. F. Bowen and others from Houston and Greenville. Robert Davenport of Chickasha and kin visit, en route to Mt. Vernon. Lucyle Pritchett hosts Windom and Wolfe City visitors. J. H. Graves and daughters with Bud Pennington and Giles Cobb visit Commerce today.
H Griffin formerly of Midland will open a plumbing shop in Whitewright with headquarters at L LaRoe & Company lumber yard until a permanent location is found. He expects to move in soon.
Subscriptions for stock in a $200 000 milk plant are being received at Paris and interested parties have met with encouragement. East Texas tomato crop yields producers from $400 to $600 an acre with total shipments near 3 000 cars, up from 2 836 in 1928. Plans for a plant to process by products of the crop are discussed after successful Jerusalem artichoke experiments in Tarrant County. The artichoke is valuable as stockfeed and food with medicinal properties.
A report notes artichokes grown in Texas show promise for products like chips and soups. Wisconsin has a plant producing artichokes and related foods, with Texas expected to follow. The artichoke plant thrives in many Texas regions and could aid diabetic-friendly options.
A Texas export sent 35 cases of insects weighing 7000 pounds valued at 3500 dollars with nearly 600 dollars in transport charges. The insects are to be released in Australia to destroy prickly pear plague covering millions of acres. This shipment is the second from Texas to Australia and the insects will feed only on prickly pear.
An Italian laborer flicked cheese at a co worker causing a splash into the plating bath used for phonograph discs. The unintended contamination led to the discovery of an organic matter that increased disc copper hardness, informing the plating process and benefiting the makers.
London Tit Bits notes a material shift in cheese processing causing caesin to be added to solutions. Increased copper hardness enables stamping more records in molten material, increasing efficiency and saving resources.
Costa Rica has started its $4 250 000 road improvement program aimed at upgrading highways and rural routes. The government outlines faster paving, drainage work, and expanded access to regional markets as the project proceeds.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.