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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
4
Sylvester Harris of Mississippi has repaid the $50 agricultural loan in full and remains grateful to President Roosevelt. The Dallas Journal notes his plain, hardworking character and suggests the President might receive a turkey in thanks, symbolizing Sylvester’s honest repayment.
The Whitewright Sun notes notices of entertainments and ads at standard rates and reports on looming Bankhead cotton law vote set for December 14. It discusses how non signers could flood markets without contracts and contrasts Huey Long's Louisiana power with national politics.
Huey Long forces presses to stop after a letter criticising him appears in LSU student newspaper. He ousts the university president and denounces the campus staff as dissent grows, framing the episode as a collapse of American liberty.
The Whitewright Sun notes B. L. Sanderson, a Bethel area farmer, was surprised when all his children arrived at noon with baskets of food. The piece muses on a future pension system relieving children of supporting aging parents, and argues education costs are low and schools free. It ends with a quip about parental sacrifice and child enterprise.
The Dallas Journal criticizes a gubernatorial clemency action that released sixty three Texas prisoners on Thanksgiving. It argues the stroke of the pen bypassed law and constitutional limits, risking bloodshed, theft, and disorder statewide.
The Wichita Eagle questions using sunken treasure as currency while the Portland Oregonian notes a North Dakota rancher buying land with funds from not raising hogs, reflecting editorial humor on money and value.
A Punch London suggestion proposes renewing public interest in Shakespeare by banning one or two of his plays as a provocative plan. The remark frames censorship as a catalyst for renewed attention to the playwright.
The Sun reports a successful fall subscription drive with high renewal rates and many new names added to the honor roll. Club offers include The Sun and the Semi-Weekly Farm News at a discounted rate.
A string of snappy quotes mock current events and public figures. The collection reflects editorials on Prohibition, politics, science, and sports, all with a tongue in cheek tone from several U S papers.
A large crowd attended services at the First Presbyterian Church in Whitewright for the 81st anniversary of the church. Speakers included Dr. B Wrenn Webb the pastor and Miss Margreta Fender of Texarkana. The three day program featured historical recollections, sermons, and a luncheon with local and out of town guests.
The First Baptist Church women plan a box for Buckner's Orphans Home to be packed Thursday December 13 at Mrs. Betty Currin's home. Donations of quilts clothes canned goods and cookies are urged. An extra empty box is ready if needed.
A historical notice reports a ritual practice in Africa where a girl goes to marriage with her head unshaven. The brief notes the custom and its cultural context without sensational detail.
A railroad conductor fired for drinking home-brew won at trial but a judge overturned the verdict. The case centered on whether the company’s strict no intoxicants rule was violated, rather than intoxication itself, with the judge upholding railroad safety as paramount.
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