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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1931
Page
15
Emory Christian of the Brownsville Herald writes to dispute last week's Sun report on Rio Grande liquor smuggling. He details how the practice occurs at night with bouillon boats and mules, noting the river as an international boundary and recounting a mule seizure incident ending with the auctioneer claiming $2 for the animal.
San Francisco report on an Luncheon of the new Furniture conference quotes Kenneth Barnard of Detroit urging proper advertising. He says advertising is money and the solution to business needs, but its success hinges on applying common sense and weighing profits or costs by year end 1931.
A geological note states that the interior of sapphires often hosts liquefied carbon acid gas. The phenomenon is cited as a mineralogical curiosity with potential implications for understanding sapphire formation and stability.
On February 9 the Boy Scouts of America marked their twenty first anniversary with over five million members connected to Scouting and many more parents. The organization began after William D Boyce met a London Scout in 1909 and pursued Scouting with support from Sir Baden Powell. Congress issued the charter on February 8, 1910.
Cricket Hicks jokes about civility after receiving four pairs of sex and three handkerchiefs for Christmas. Columbus Allsop keeps a new calendar handy to tell the month. Sidney Hocks withdraws from the Excelsior Fiddling Band after poor notes, Raz Barlow promises no more bad notes. Jefferson Potlocks was sick, doctor almost saved him. Washington Hocks teases that a horse and buggy runaway provides real excitement.
A reader asked Sim Flinders about his wife’s health and he replied she seemed well aside from complaining about him and suffering neuralgia.
The Tuesday Ripley’s Believe It Or Not cartoon recalls Joe Reno who slept 406 hours in artificial sleep under Rajah Yogi. The piece notes Yogi recently demonstrated his hypnotic powers at Whitewright, linking the stunt to his public exhibition.
Wilbur arrest recalls a secret World War I unit the Propaganda Shock Troops led by Idaho editor Nicholas Ifft. The group used balloons, pamphlets, and cards to demoralize German troops, boosting Allied morale and influencing public opinion. Ifft later became Idaho governor’s secretary and now runs a local paper.
A college exit opens opportunity for practical business training at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas. The Sun editor notes many students quit academic tracks for faster paths to employment. Catalogs on Radio General Business Private Secretariat Junior Accountancy are offered free to those seeking a business career.
A collection of maxims and quotes from Shakespeare Pope Bulwer Chesterfield Holmes and Franklin on truth lies character and virtue. The verses urge condemning faults not actors and warn that lying damages trust while patience and honesty build worth.
A rat was found hanging to a light wire on the ceiling of Crescent Drug Store on Tuesday. The creature appeared to have attempted to crawl, ending fatally via electric contact.
A parent killed a child after an electric wire on the ceiling carried uninsulated sections. The child’s fore foot gripped the live wire so tightly that it resisted release, with the fatal shock occurring at a point lacking insulation. Exchange.
London now operates 5 500 buses and 118 miles of subway lines with 2 7 street cars on 345 miles of track.
Sherman obituary notes R. F. Pool Sr. 68 died at home on South Travis Street after a lengthy illness. He founded Pool Manufacturing in 1911 and remained president, though his son Carl handled day to day duties for a decade. Funeral held at First Baptist Church with burial in West Hill Cemetery.
A first person admonition against debt cites Horace Greeley and extols frugality as a life principle. The piece urges avoiding pecuniary obligation even in hardship, preferring extreme thrift to borrowings, and notes a separate item: the Irish Free State appoints a three person commission to review protective tariff applications.
An 85c bottle lasts four weeks and promises to purify the blood and aid kidneys to shed unwanted fat. Take a half teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast to lose pounds, gain energy, and improve skin and eyes. Hartford woman touts Kruschen as wonderful. Ohio yeoman reports a ten pound loss with one bottle.
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