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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1932
Page
7
A quip about typographical errors causing editorials to age is explored with humorous misprints from a college publication. The piece lists headline gaffes and mangled phrases showing how errors slip past copy desks and provoke laughter and wonder at newspaper practice.
A prize definition lists a friend as a source of confidence sympathy and help a constant loyal partner in joy and sorrow a safe harbor and true companion. The piece ends with a playful anecdote about a child bargaining for a saved $5.
Advisory Council and bankers note a British forecast from thirty years ago that global wheat land would cover all arable land by 1931. Yield increases moved from 12.7 to 14.1 bushels per acre, creating surplus instead of shortage. Machines boosted supply, but Russia’s push to expand research and farming could alter the world grain outlook.
Opinion argues society bears responsibility for Hubert Niccolls murder conviction at age twelve. It cites New Haven Journal Courier on parental poverty and neglect, calls for welfare focus and home conditions to prevent juvenile crime, and warns future children from similar environments may follow.
A state bank in Presho hosts a feeders conference with fifty farmers, urging feeding of low price wheat and barley and marketing it through livestock. Booklets on feeding wheat are distributed, and a weekly feeders column appears in the local paper. Bankers say the conference and column boosted livestock feeding and plan more meetings next year.
The piece argues civilization thrives due to capital amassed by predecessors. It credits this capital with funding railways public utilities mills offices and homes that shape modern society.
A local church fundraising drive prompts two Black sisters to press an elderly man named Uncle Rastus for donation. He refuses, saying he already owes many in town and that higher powers are not pushing him as hard as creditors.
San Antonio politician Joe Burkett argues any majority requirement for three at large Congress seats would crown North or Northeast Texas winners. He claims the Democratic Committee could not legally force division into three groups and would be unfair to South and West Texas candidates.
The piece highlights Gallium as the world's most expensive metal with a stated value exceeding 69 000 dollars per pound. It notes its price level and positions Gallium at the top among metals.
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