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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
6
County Judge Allie S. Noble spoke Thursday on adding about 32 miles to Grayson County’s concrete road system if state aid funds are secured. The plan would extend concrete highways from Whitesboro to the Denton County line and from Bells to the Collin County line, boosting hard surface miles from 72 to about 104.
A historical reflection on Abraham Lincoln highlighting thrift and industry. It recounts his failed Salem general store venture with debts of 1100, loss of horse and surveying gear, and how he persisted through repeated hardships. The piece contrasts two businessmen who fled with funds and Lincoln who kept trying.
Reflection praises a man of the prairies for his lasting impact, noting that his towering strength would have faded without persistent thrift and industry practices during this time of year when people honor his memory.
Missouri Supreme Court in a Monday en banc decision upheld a jury award of $14,096 against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway for the death of Clyde Lillard, a brakeman, at Walters Oklahoma, fifteen years earlier.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges 1929 egg goals of about 150 per year. Focus on breeding for egg production, hatch early, and cull poorly laying hens. Improve rations with meat meal or milk in winter to boost output.
College senior asks for reading guidance in the English professor’s column. The professor suggests titles in classic and contemporary literature, focusing on practical essays and fiction that illuminate life after college and the transition to professional work.
The Webb-Holder bid to regulate the ice business as a public utility failed on engrossment 62 to 54 in the Texas House. Key backers included Henry Webb and Ray Holder with George Purl and Polk Hornaday supporting, while opponents warned of monopolies and distrust of the Railroad Commission.iller
Report notes a feather drifted down after a quarrel involving Tobe Moseley’s wife at the Hearsay Club on Wednesday afternoon. The Tickville Laundry installed a wheat threshing whistle that signals more fodder for the shirt threshers is needed.
The Bounding Billows fire department, often under scrutiny, is criticized for fewer and smaller fires than in the past. Miss Rosy Moseley, from one of the town’s oldest families, travels through the area with dignity, while Cricket Hicks notes her distinguished lineage.
Sidney Hocks stood near the Boston Bargain Store in Tickville and observed passersby pausing and shaking their heads before reading a sign above his head that read The
Columbus Allsop tangled with a large bear said to be the biggest seen in the bottoms during the Winter of 78. Poke Eazley intervened, using a coconut to break up the struggle and save Allsop from harm.
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