Winter brightens Grand Old Texas in January jests
Entered at Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter. Notices warn that entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions will be charged. The Sun promises corrections for any erroneous reflections upon character. Winter has started well in Grand Old Texas with jokes about jowl and turnips.
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Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
Grand Old
Texas
Taxes Burden Consumers Regardless of Form per Holmes
The text cites Oliver Wendell Holmes noting taxes are an abstraction of government spending and must be borne by the consumer. It argues that whether taxes are direct or indirect, they raise government revenue to repay debt, and that rising prices and profits do not change the fact.
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Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Justice Holmes
Rumors Favor Texas Political Contenders Next Year
Rumors and predictions from a “know column” suggest Texas politics will be busy next year with Governor James V. Allred potentially seeking a third term and former Governor James E. Ferguson among possible contenders.
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Texas
Know
James V. Allred
James E. Ferguson
Texans Brace for July Political Show as Big Campaign Looms
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and Farmer Jim lead a hot race with Attorney General Bill McCraw and Clarence K. E. Farmer among entrants. The piece urges Texans to pay poll tax and prepare for the forthcoming contest beginning early July.
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Ernor Miriam A. Ferguson
Farmer Jim
Texas
Bill McCraw
Clarence KE. Farmer
Man backs his own flattering recommendation
Homer Price recounts a tale from the Bon ham News about a man who praised another with a strong letter of recommendation only to borrow five dollars from the writer the next day. The piece argues such behavior undermines trust and would reduce pardons, laws, and letters of endorsement.
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Homer Price
Marshall News Messenger
New Tuberculosis Vaccine From Heat Killed Germs and Horse Serum
Cornell Medical Center reports a new vaccine using heat killed tubercle bacilli with heated horse serum. In trials on Havana rabbits it showed protective powers, suggesting potential for human immunization against tuberculosis. Researchers Opie and Freund discuss the approach and its immunological basis and compare with BCG.
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New York
Cornell Medical Center
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller Institute
Eugene L. Opie
Jules Freund
Cornell University Medical College
New York University
Cornell
United States
Tubercle Bacillus Evidence Questioned In Findings
A fragment notes that heat killed tubercle bacilli have been used to support a stated opinion and that evidence in favor of this view has been obtained. The passage reflects scientific or medical discussion on tuberculosis-related procedures.
Santa Letters From The Sun Readers Pass Through The Mail
The Sun invites children to mail Santa letters weekly through December 20. It notes Santa has long subscribed and reads the letters. This week’s notes include two Whitewright Texas children asking for a Shirley Temple doll and a $1.98 typewriter along with bikes, doll buggies, candy and fruit.
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Santa Claus
Sun
Santa
The
Melva Colleen Allen
Whitewright
Texas
Betty Marie Allen
Rt. 3
Farmer 78 Rejects Pension to Keep Farming
W H Gable of Clarksville, 78, declines a supplemental loan from the farm security administration saying he will continue farming with his wife’s help. He notes the family’s self-sufficiency includes 140 bushels of corn and 18 gallons of syrup despite earlier weevils.
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Clarksville
W. H .Gbale
Farm Security Administration
Gable
Felton Barber
Red River County
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the Friendly Pharmacy
North Side
Main St
Denison, Texas
Jennings
Simmons Studio
Simmons
Philco
Denison
Jennings Furniture Co
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