Whitewright Sun Notices and Local Updates 1924
Subscription price and postal details for Whitewright Sun. Notices warn all events with admission fees will be charged at ad rates. Obituaries and resolutions to be charged. Corrective policy for misstatements. Christmas greetings and holiday notices. Resignation of Dr. John Preston after 28 years at the State Insane Asylum. Turkeys and price changes noted. Grayson County Teachers Institute favors appointment of superintendents by selection, away from politics, and cites spelling errors in daily press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Preston
State Insane Asylum
Austin
Grayson
Window shopping tricks and a festive window display
The Observer notes a snow filled week with burst pipes and a busy Christmas mood. It praises Mangrum's window for groceries and Moore's furniture display a kitchen scene. The piece urges a mayoral window decorating contest to boost holiday spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mangrum
Moore
Christmas Visitors Fill a Small Town With Cheer
Nostalgic scene of windows bright with red and green arches and gift displays. Students return from college, local visitors spread cheer as townspeople savor familiar faces and the magnetic pull of home. The poem extols hometown charm and the irreplaceable warmth of familiar neighbors.
Editorial Sparks and Satirical Snippets Across Papers
A collage of editorial quips critiques and political jests from papers like the Wilmington Dispatch Brooklyn Eagle Detroit News Muskogee Phoenix Patterson News and Milwaukee Journal. It touches on wealth creation unintended legislation and oversized salaries with wit and skepticism.
Fragments from local papers on taste and work ethics
A collage of quotations from Pontiac Press Rochester Times Union and Springfield Sun debating literature taste medical ethics and efficiency experts. The lines hint at satire and social commentary without concrete events or names beyond the paper attributions.
Bereavement thanks from Reeves and Reeves family
The Reeves and related families express heartfelt gratitude for sympathy and help following the death of their husband and father. Messages came from Mrs. Margaret Reeves, Mrs. Bessie Compton, Mrs. Cecil Inman, Mrs. Cle Billner, Miss Florence Reeves, Miss Helen Reeves, Pate Reeves, Claud Webster Reeves, and Miss Emma Davidson who teaches in Denison schools and is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J W Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Reeves
Bessie Compton
Cecil Inman
Cle Billner
Florence Reeves
Helen Reeves
Pate Reeves
Claud Webster Reeees
Emma Davidson
Denison
Mrs
J. W. Davidson
Holiday Visitors Gather Across Cities in Texas and Oklahoma
A round of visiting relatives and friends from Celina Sherman Tulsa Dallas Slaton Trenton Fort Worth and Texarkana marked the week. Local residents hosted guests including Miss Florence Keys Miss Mae Humphries and Miss Alma Joe Roberts while families such as Mr and Mrs W B Hestand and Mr and Mrs Hoyt Taylor welcomed kin and friends for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mae Humphries
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mrs
Will Humphries
Alma Joe Roberts
Dallas
G. W. Pope
Hoyt Taylor
Texarkana
8. L. Ball
Sherman
Guy Hamilton
Holiday Visits Across Texas Families
Franks Clayton of El Paso is spending the holidays with Robert Holland. Kessler Gilley of Ector visits his grandparents Dr. and Mrs. J F Spindle. Johnson Crawford of Dallas is spending Christmas week with W L Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clayton
el Paso
Robert Holland
Kessler Gilley of
Ector
Mrs
J. F. Spindle
Johnson Crawford
Dallas
W. L. Gordon
Van Alstyne Woman Guests With Mrs Arterberry
Mrs Grady Geer of Van Alstyne spent the weekend as a guest of Mrs H T Arterberry, sharing hospitality and social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Geer of
van Alstyne
H. T. Arterberry
Dangers of a Uniform Divorce Law
The Rhinelander heir, who married a Negro and then reconsidered, faces a tough annulment due to race in New York. Across the South interracial marriage is a crime. the North often has no such barrier. Texas reformers eye uniform laws, but clashes arise between Northern and Southern attitudes. The North’s voting edge and Southern sentiment color debates on adopting state models. The U.S. president from Massachusetts recently appointed a Negro to a federal post in New Orleans, provoking Southern protest. Auto accessories and tires advertised. buy in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Texas
North
Illinois
New York
United States
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Houstop
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Detroit News
Muskogee Phoenix
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Milwaukee Journal
Wyoming
Minneapolis Journal
Pontiac Press
Rochester Times-Union
Doyle
Springfield Sun
A. D. Phillips
Celina
Florence Keys of
Genevieve Davidson
Ww. P. Z. German
Tulsa, Okla
J. L. German
Dorothy Routh
Trenton
Marian Barbee
Ruth Lovell
Fort Worth
Mrs. F. Lovell
Merry Christmas
Odeon Theatre
Old Saint Nick
Sherman’s Greatest Department Store
R. S. Morehead
Christmas
P. J. Pierce & Sons Cafe
Harold Bell Wright
Pat O‘malley
Dorothy Mackaill
Mary Carr
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