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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
8
Carl R. Miller recalls curanderos potions and early American medical journals. A piece cites asafoetida bags for disease, cayenne and salt mixtures for sore throat, and dropsy tonics with rusty nails. It also notes an optometry staff tale on pricing frames and lenses.
A bevy of trivia items notes Fuji's yearly climbers reaching about 100000 and a record day with up to 18000 climbers. The roundup also cites other diverse facts from Bates College trading stamps to aging memory and world shipping benchmarks.
Police estimate over 200 wigs and 20 pounds of human hair stolen from South Florida wig shops over the weekend. Detective George Watson cites heavy demand driving the lucrative market with hair fetching 150 dollars per pound. Also notes Cuba's 44 218 square miles with more than 1 600 islets and keys.
Sherman area workers will see a one half of one percent rise in employee social security deductions, with a matching employer contribution, starting after Jan 1. The move, planned since 1958, raises the worker’s share to 3 5/8 percent on earnings up to 4800 yearly and funds disability, retirement, and survivor benefits through two Treasury trust funds.
The planned tax rate rises in 1966 and 1968 will lift the worker and employer contributions to 4 5/8 percent each on earnings up to 4800 dollars. Benefits for retirees and families have expanded since 1950 and will be funded by the higher rates and previously postponed levies.
Wall Street Journal laments a Valley Stream Long Island school awarding 20 supermarket trading stamps per A on report cards. The writer warns that material incentives may shift focus from knowledge, potentially fostering a stamp hungry culture as students age.
Regular annual meeting of stockholders of The First National Bank Whitewright Texas to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and transact other business. Meeting in the Directors Room at 10 o clock Tuesday January 8 1963. R A Gillett vice president cashier.
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.