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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
28
A local Whitewright notice page urges readers to pay poll tax next year election year amid forthcoming events and merchant bargains. It notes Dallas drunkenness arrests, tax woes, and upcoming candidate announcements while detailing Marshal Fochs lecturing tour and travels.
The Sun thanks its readers for news items and urges continued contributions to chronicle weekly community events. It values favors and assistance in sending or handing in news for publication.
The Sun reports the record subscription growth and the paper’s role as a home town institution. It notes public cooperation and gratitude as it aims to keep delivering a locally valued weekly paper. The piece recalls Chauncey M. Depew placing 100 in a Peekskill savings bank in 1860.
A Kansas City Star piece contrasts city town and farm life. It cites Philippians 4 11 and argues contentment in any state. The essay notes routine days in urban and rural life, the longing for variety, and suggests contentment as the remedy.
John Shell of Greasy Creek Les lie County Kentucky claims 133 years with good health and sharp memory. He sits in the Moonshine Mountains playing top and take with two 100 year old playmates. He jokes life peaked at 110 and notes war and peace chatter bore him after 125. He smokes and uses liquor, says the ideal age is between 99 and 110.
A speaker recalls a sudden shock after discovering he could not perform Walter Camp's Daily Dozen exercise and notes life has changed since. He mentions considering golf to regain conditioning, and when asked to name factors contributing to his ripe old age, he cites several.
An exchange quotes three statements by an unidentified speaker: never read a presidential message, never tried to compare a party platform, and never cared which baseball team won a pennant, reflecting casual indifference to major events.
Dorothy mentions hearing a horrible tidbit about Gladys, while Kathleen resists gossip and asks for details, prompting a tense exchange about sharing unverified information.
A London Passing Show vignette features The Aristocrat returning to college claiming ancestry with William the Conqueror while The New Girl counters with her father crossing the Atlantic with Mary Pickford. The brief exchange highlights comic class contrasts on stage.
Vendor's lien notes extended are available for farmers needing credit. See R. H. May or Tom Barbee for details on the loan terms and repayment options.
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