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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
11
Madison reports 750 teachers retired on pensions under the state system with 550 under the 1911 old law and 200 under the 1921 law. About 10,000 teachers contribute. a 5 percent payroll deduction funds individual accounts. The state deposits each June 30 to senior teachers based on salary and years taught.
Farm and Fireside cites data from 1914 to 1926 showing US auto production rising from 543,679 to 3,936,933 cars. Advertising expenditures grew from over two million to more than eleven million dollars while cost per car fell from 4.29 to 2.09. The modern car price averaged about 68 dollars lower than the 1914 model, with improved value.
A teacher asks which law bans adulteration while a preacher jokes it might be a Ten Commandments rule. The exchange highlights playful legal and moral references in simple dialogue.
In Warsaw, Polish brides defer marriages after January 1 1929 to avoid promising obedience to husbands under the church ritual. The rite changes in 1928 align oath for both spouses, prompting many engagements to be broken as men resist the old obedience pledge.
Billie Jo Belden, 10, son of Harry Belden Langford lumber yard assistant manager, was found by his father near their car south of Bells with a small caliber wound to the temple. He died before aid could arrive. Police suggest an accidental gun discharge. Two brothers and two sisters survive. Funeral at Key Memorial Methodist Church.
Texas Louisiana Power Co offers a selection of kitchen and home appliances including waffle irons toasters percolators tablestoves lamps and vacuum cleaners plus ranges for Christmas gifting to homemakers.
At the AMA convention in Chicago eminent physicians urged supervised weight reduction for the overweight while condemning indiscriminate dieting by women and girls seeking a boyish figure. They warned of health risks from weight loss drugs and starvation diets and urged medical supervision.
An old-line Democrat entered the Echo office with a shotgun and ribbon cane, followed by a long-eared hound, offering a ten year bet that there would be no more ...
In Sulphur Springs Echo the writer recalls a wager about party dominance with a man and a woman’s party, predicting women would hold all offices in ten years while men stay home. They drink Coca Cola and light a Travis Club, vow to never quit the Democratic ticket on election day.
A comic quarrel unfolds at the cable office as a sharp elderly woman scolds a clerk, insisting that if telegraphs can send flowers and money they should also telegraph an umbrella. Her remark mocks modern convenience with humor.
Quote from Wall Street Journal notes a judge stating a man has the right to control his wife and to defend himself if she resents. This reflects a controversial and outdated stance on domestic authority and self defense within marriage.
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