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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1927
Page
5
Numerous residents and visitors are listed visiting relatives and friends across Dallas Greenville Denton Sherman Denison Sanger Royse City Woodson Bells Paris Leonard Waco Abilene Slaton Trenton and other towns. Mentions include Dr Ross May Miss Willie Ross Rev H M Cowling and many others with a note promoting the comedy Go Slow Mary at the Grammar School auditorium.
Davidson and Barbee promote South Texas vegetables and garden seed displays. Mr and Mrs L A Wiser relocate from Pilot Grove to Whitewright after living in Bartlesville Okla. Spivy and Co Bonham tout big cash purchases for spring dry goods and value.
Mrs. J. D. Hoard came back Monday from Dallas after visiting her daughter Mrs. J. E. Payne Jr. She traveled home with Mrs. Payne and her granddaughter.
Miss Flora Mae Oliver of Carr Burdette College in Sherman underwent an appendicitis operation one day last week in Sherman. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Oliver southeast of town.
Our New York trip fills the Bonham garment section with new dresses and spring coats bought for cash at attractive figures. The note commends styles quality and prices from C. Spivy & Co. in Bonham Texas. Mr and Mrs F E Douglas and Mr and Mrs H G Webster attended the district bankers convention in Dallas with a banquet at the Baker Hotel.
A seller advertises a stock of shoes bought for cash at underpriced figures on a recent market trip. The message promises dependable shoes at prices lower than usual, directed to potential buyers.
J. R. Fleming received a letter from his son in Seattle reporting Mrs. Fleming’s improving condition under Dr. Paul Gunby’s care. The wife had been hospitalized in Long Beach, California, recently, and the family holds hope for a full recovery.
Planting time arrives with seed potatoes and garden seed in stock from Davidson & Barbee.
A group of about twenty Gypsies in autos swarmed Whitewright Tuesday morning. Women began activities in the business district while men waited in cars. they were urged to depart by a city official. A previous Gypsy band had shoplifted in several stores but this group left empty handed.
M C Spivy and Co of Bonham Texas says they seized every chance on late market trips to acquire underpriced merchandise for their patrons.
Dr H V Reeves of El Campo Texas sends $3.00 for The Sun and praises the Whitewright weekly paper as like a letter from home. He wishes the sun shine on the newspaper for many years and signs off with best wishes.
Local patrons vote Pierce's Café as the best in town for cooking quality, food variety, and attentive service highlighting its top rating among area eateries.
Public utilities spend more than half of annual advertising on newspapers, totaling about twenty five million dollars. A Public Utilities Advertising Association report shows gas and electric utilities devote over 65 percent of ad budgets to newspaper space, with 71 percent for electric light and power and 65 percent for gas in 1925. The high share underscores utilities’ belief in newspaper advertising value.
We thank friends for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and after the death of our baby. May God bless each of you. Arthur Badgett and wife.
Early morning patrons fled a Travis street cafe as a man brandished a six shooter at the proprietor. After emptying the room he fired into the walls before fleeing. the cash register remained untouched.
A group led by O W Tarpley and others killed 365 rats across three barns Newell Tarpley and Steadman. Barn counts: Newell 54 Tarpley 265 Steadman 46. Estimated monthly cost of keeping a rat is $2, yearly losses $8 760. The item urges a national rat-killing day to curb disease spread and economic damage.
Rex B Kennedy of the Whittier News argues that youth is shaped by modern conditions not past standards. He notes changed crime measures, rising costs, and media competition, and he sees youth as neither better nor worse than middle age, like a rose in a hot house.
A scene shows a fortune teller predicting a tall stout woman shadows the husband, a client reveals she is a postman’s follower. The exchange blends humor and mystery as the audience hears the quirky misdirection and relationship tension.
A local cafe promotes a daily dinner special priced at 50 cents. The offer highlights affordable meals and steady value for patrons seeking economical dining options.
The article outlines that two Negroes served in the Senate since independence, Hiram H. Reeves of Mississippi in 1870 and B. K. Bruce from 1875 to 1881, and notes 21 Negro Representatives. States with such members include South Carolina Virginia Mississippi Louisiana Georgia North Carolina Alabama and Florida, with George White of North Carolina the last to serve, term ending in 1900.
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