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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1928
Page
8
The Sherman High School Bearcats beat Pilot Grove 34 to 29 at Austin College gym to win the county Interscholastic League basketball title. Garland led Pilot Grove with 18 points, while Collins added 14 for Sherman and Martindale 9.
Charles Holman of St. Paul set a world aerial somersault record by looping 1,092 times in a Laird biplane over six hours with ninety gallons of gasoline. The feat surpassed the 542 loops by Lyle Thro of Minneapolis, achieved minutes earlier. Gene Shank of St. Paul had earlier logged 515 turns.
Mrs. Clara Coleman 34 of 3516 Ross Avenue vanished December while traveling from Los Angeles to Odessa. Her husband G R Coleman suspects foul play after letters from Phoenix Globe El Paso and Odessa were mailed. She had over 700 dollars and a 14 year old daughter in Dallas. Sheriff reports no trace in Odessa. letters left uncalled for.
Comedic tone counsels Joe to marry for a practical blend of looks wealth sense and character rather than romance or pedigree. It jokes that beauty hard to trust, love fades, and specifies a hypothetical ideal partner with $250, good spelling, neat habits, strong teeth and a warm heart.
A paint maker received a letter asking for striped paint enough for one barber pole. The note mirrors a historical curiosity about production requests and color naming in industry correspondence.
C. C. Rockenback Industrial Commissioner of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway announces a system wide industrial development program. E. B. Estes will prepare city by city reports on government, streets, living conditions, water supply, power, housing, finances, resources, sites, and prospects for prosperity.
Public notice commands the sheriff to publish in Grayson County papers for at least ten days. T. E. Shearer has filed for letters testamentary on the estate of Mrs. R. A. Shearer. The probate hearing is set for the first Monday in May 1928 at Sherman Court House.
Engraved or printed cards and announcements available at The Sun office. Reasonably priced.
Advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleanser tonic and stomach aid. Endorsed by M. M. Elder of Marshall, it promises strength and vigorous vitality and offers free advice from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
February 22 marks George Washington's birth anniversary and the annual observance. The piece highlights Washington's obstacles from the Valley Forge era to the fight against the Conway Cabal, Benedict Arnold's treason, Morristown troop revolts, and the fugitive Congress. It notes his leadership through French aid, postwar discontent, and the shift from Articles of Confederation to the new Constitution, stressing the magnitude of his task.
The eggs of the grasshopper and the locust endure harsh North American winters while the live insects perish. This distinction highlights insect life cycle resilience in temperate climates.
Walter Rogers owner of a tin shop in Houston was sentenced to one year and one day in Leavenworth plus a $500 fine after a federal court verdict. His brother Will Rogers received the same sentence length with a $1,000 fine and six months to pay. both were found guilty by a jury.
No 5625. Notice of Application For Letters Testamentary in the Estate of Mollie S Potts deceased that Ben F Short has filed county an application to probate the 1928 at which time all persons inter-
Notice in the estate of J. N. MeIver deceased that Mary MeIver filed in Grayson County Court an application to probate the testamentary at the next civil and probate term to be held in 1928. All interested may appear and contest the application. By Lucile Schleuse, Deputy.
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