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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
6
The Whitewright Sun prints reader notices and miscellany on price, shopping, and local events. It comments on Gov Hobby’s train arrival, farm prices, a whisky shipment bound for Juarez, Christmas timing, a tax quip, and Bonham voters seeking a municipal electric plant. The column weaves humor, opinion, and community updates with references to Dallas, Fort Worth, and Texas institutions.
F A D Seelye of Packard surveys four fifths of the auto industry and finds near unanimity on boosting newspaper advertising by up to forty per cent. Industry says newspapers are the most effective advertising tool and aims to spur public desire as cars grow harder to sell next year.
A narrator recalls sudden wealth as a peril to marriage, detailing a county land purchase over a color quarrel, differing house plans, and a costly but learned parting, then reunion. He warns wealth is fleeting and happiness lies in service, while recounting an oil stock salesman's lure of easy fortunes and the lure of wealth.
The speaker recounts a price rise and an offer to double income to secure old age competency. He relates how a prior patent churn nearly wrecked a happy home and declines a generous windfall, explaining that sudden riches would trigger endless quarrels with his wife.
The piece argues the rural farmer is the true arbiter of virtue and honesty, noting his role in feeding the nation, presidential origins, wealth per capita, and moral character. It contrasts city life with farm life, defending farmers against stereotypes and praising their integrity and leadership.
A terse exchange frames motives as a man asks if a woman would marry for money and she replies she would not for all the money in the world. The Square One character counters with the implied question of affection versus wealth.
A notice offers a free twelve leaf farm calendar rich in farming information. Interested farmers are urged to notify the sender at once to receive a copy.
Mrs. Jones asks what the Higgins family is doing now. The wife writes poems no one reads, the daughter paints pictures no one buys, the son writes plays no one stages, and the husband writes checks no one cashes.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instant relief from itching and relief for restful sleep after the first application. Price not listed.
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