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Newspaper

Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1928

Page

8

Red River Valley Fair Promises Big Attendance and Prizes

Sherman announces Red River Valley Fair running October 1 to 6 with $3,500 in cash prizes for exhibitors. Admission reduced to $1 with six ticket coupons, auto charges waived. Daily themes include School and College Day Shrine Day Denison Day Texas and Oklahoma Day Grayson County Day and Dairy Development Day. Major events feature college football games Fireworks and Morris and Castle Mid Way attractions.

Sherman Red River Valley Shrine Dallas Denison M.E.T Texas Oklahoma Grayson County America L. L. Etchison

Work Hard to Prevent Insanity Says Expert

New Orleans report quotes Dr Juliano Moreira a renowned psychiatrist. He links isolation and boredom to most mental illness and urges hard work as a mental health factor. He cites a North Dakota farmer whose wife stayed indoors for forty years to illustrate monotony.

New Orleans Juliano Moreira Moeira Japan Germany North Dakota Dr. Moreira

Personalities of Newly Elected Senator Shawn

Washington notes that Tom Connally’s Senate victory will remove a House personality after twelve years as a distinctive debater. Connally, praised for voice, diction, timing, and concise floor remarks, challenged foreign policy and marine deployments to Central America. The piece also recalls other House personalities who left for the Senate or died, including Tom Butler, Martin Madden, Tom Blanton, and Finis Garrett.

Washington Texas Tom Connally Senate House House of Representatives Connally Central America Tom Butler Pennsylvania Martin Madden Illinois Tom Blanton Finis Garrett Tennessee

Anti Smith Head Says Fund Needed

Alvin S. Moody of Houston, chairman of Anti-Smith Democrats of Texas, says the effort to swing Texas away from Alfred E. Smith toward Herbert Hoover is hampered by lack of funds. Moody met with campaign manager B. D. Martin and noted sentiment against Smith among prohibition Democrats while acknowledging limited donations. He added that moneyed backers typically support Smith. Moody cites progress across the state despite funding issues.

Dallas Texas Herbert Hoover Alvin S. Moody Houston Moody B. D. Martin Smith Democratic

Wanted A girl or woman to stay with me in Whitewright

Classified item notes a live‑in lodging request by Miss Mattie Wilson in Whitewright. Included is a separate ad for Planters Gin Company feed and a sale or trade offer for a 36‑acre Ashley addition farm in Whitewright with a seven‑room house, barn, outbuildings, two‑acre fruit orchard, and good schools nearby, listed by J. C. Parsons.

Ashley Whitewright J. C. Parsons

Pact Signing Finds Europe Heavily Armed

Consummation of the Kellogg Briand war renunciation treaty finds Western Europe more heavily armed than in 1913. Upward of 3,000,000 men are in actual military service with hundreds of thousands called to the colors for training. Swift mobilizations and trial war maneuvers are under way across Europe.

Paris Europe Germany

No title available from the fragment

A historical fragment notes that by some point nations possess vastly greater effectiveness and power than in 1913 across gases aircraft tanks and other complex weapons of destruction.

Bulldog attack scars 111 year old girl in Wolverhampton

In Wolverhampton England a bulldog belonging to a man attacked 111-year old Eileen Evans and ripped away her scalp leaving her severely injured. The incident alarms residents and prompts questions about dog control and safety.

Wolverhampton Eng Eileen Evans

Hello Joe who are you working for now

The line reads a casual exchange about employment with a familiar tone. It names Joe and hints at family connections, including a wife and five children, suggesting a personal rather than official context.

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Red River Valley Fair Nicholson’s Cash Store Nicholson Twater A.C Atwater Kent Shawn Trick Anti-Smith Planters Gin Company J. H. Gosnell P. A. Short J. Lee Yates S. E. Fowler P. Janway J. W. McMurry Grocery Buell Spindle Rhode Island G. M. Stewart Blanton Farm F. T. Barnett Greenville C. C. High Janway Shop Millsap Arthur Badgett Kentuckytown Manning, Clark & Meador Cox’s Grocery THE Service-Plus Grocery PACT Lloyd Moore
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