Whitewright Sun subscription and notice policy
The Whitewright Sun price is 1.50 dollars per year payable in advance. Entered at Whitewright Texas post office as 2nd class mail matter. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission or monetary fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect will be charged for. Corrections will be made upon notification to the publisher.
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Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
No Patience With The Drunken Driver
In Liverpool British authorities crack down on drunk driving with stern penalties. Convicted motorists lose driving licenses for one to three years, and public opinion backs the recorder who vows harsher than fines.
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Liverpool
Recorder
Dallas Times Herald
Farm autos: cars a necessity for farmers in 1935 36
A Agriculture Department study of 17 000 farm households finds 82 percent owned any auto in 1935 36 with California North Dakota and Kansas showing the highest shares. Second hand cars outnumber new sales and the average new car cost 739 dollars with used 263 dollars.
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Agriculture Department
Bureau of Home Economics
Commerce Department
California
North Dakota
Kansas
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
American Petroleum Institute
U.S
Bureau
Pathfinder
It Could Happen Only in America
A New York News feature argues mass advertising powers American commerce. It cites Connecticut razor sales rising with weekly payments and explains truck drivers buying gifts boosted yearly totals, illustrating the American appetite and mass buying power across industries.
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The
News
New York
Connecticut
Exchange
Marrying Grounded in the Mother Not the Bride
Claude Callan advises that before marriage one should evaluate the bride's mother. If the mother prioritizes home cooking and family, marriage is favorable. If the mother favors bridge and clubs and neglects the husband, trouble looms. Focus on the mother to judge marriage prospects.
World’s Biggest Babies: Blue Whale Growth and Whaling
The blue whale is the largest newborn in the animal world, about 21 feet at birth, growing to 60 feet in a year and maturing at around two years. British officials warn rapid growth and early maturity imply a whaling limit, yet ongoing hunting continues.
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British Colonial Office
Pungent Paragraphs From Imperial Magazine
A collection of sharp aphorisms on money, work, appearances, and politics. Observations about discipline, leadership, and the cost of living critique social behavior with brief wry insights.
Oceanic Traveler and Green Faced Friend Quip About Atlantic Work
A quip highlights two figures claiming ties to the Atlantic. one calls himself an author and contributor to the Atlantic Monthly while the other boisterously claims to contribute to the Atlantic daily. The exchange underlines vanity and newspapers’ playful tone.
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The
Atlantic Monthly
College degree not essential, educator says in Brockton
Sim mons College President Bancroft Bentley tells Brockton Women's Club to avoid pressuring children into college. He cites high intelligence social maturity and real purpose as key, and warns against sending a child to college for football fraternal life or mere recreation.
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Brockton
Mass
Bancroft Bentley
Simmons College
Women’s Club
Beatley
Beltane School educates by error in London
The Beltane School in Wimbledon is touted as Britain's most modern, teaching by allowing mistakes. Headmaster Andrew Tomlinson explains students learn through errors with no homework no spelling lessons and no caning. He argues children rough spellings initially will improve and backs their abilities over other schools.
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London
Britain
Beltane School
Wimbledon
Andrew Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Dueling Clause Vote Costs Texas Ad Bill
Texas seeks to remove the dueling clause from the official oath. Secretary of State Edward Clark asks newspapers to quote rates and accept a 5 cent per word limit for public notices across all counties. The 470 word amendment requires four weekly notices at least 90 days before the November election.
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Austin
Texas
Edward Clark
A Truck Driver Proved He Had a Definite Purpose
At a lecture a speaker praised a man who drove straight to his goal and pressed forward despite any obstacle. A heckler cried out that the description fit a truck driver, illustrating the crowd’s humor and the speaker’s point about steadfast purpose.
Rabbit Brings Down Dog Then Dies In Trap
In Tulsa a pursuing dog is found dead with its head trapped in a hollow tree. A 70 pound Sheppard died from neck injury while a rabbit, chased into the same hollow, died above the dog as it starved after the dog blocked the exit.
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Tulsa
Okla
Martin Moffit
R. F. Flickinger
Onus Gupton
Autoists urged to be more cautious from 7 to 8 p m
Washington reports the autoist's most dangerous hour is Saturday between 7 and 8 o'clock according to a highway traffic and accident survey. It notes experienced drivers are involved in about 97 percent of fatal accidents and 56 percent involve pedestrians. A masculine driver is likelier to hit a pedestrian while a feminine driver more often collides with another car. Car borrowers are more prone to accidents than owners.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
The War That Was Not All Hell Wasn’t All War
Reader’s Digest notes on Civil War truces and human moments between battles. Pickets from both sides shared handshakes in trenches near Vicksburg and Rapidan Rappahannock while officers urged renewed fighting and soldiers swapped stories of generals and sweethearts. A Gettysburg era scene shows Pickett’s men saluting a waving Pennsylvania girl as a Union flag is raised.
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Vicksburg
11Th Wisconsin
Johnny Red
Rapidan
Rappahannock
Virginia
Pickett
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Reader’s Digest
Quinines Origin Traced to 1638 Peru Countess
Lima reports the 300th anniversary of quinine’s introduction to civilization as a remedy for malaria. The League of Nations Malaria Commission advises six grains daily during malaria season and three grains during influenza. The tale centers on Countess Ana of Chinchon and the bark that cured her, prompting an expedition to the Amazon.
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Lima
Peru
North
South America
Malaria Commission
League of Nations
Ana
Don Luis
Chinchon
Amazon River
Beginnings of Baseball in America Chronicle
A historical overview traces baseball origins from medieval Europe to New England town ball circa 1830, notes the Knickerbocker rule set of 1845, first match in 1846, Hoeboken gate money series in 1858, Civil War disruption, 1865 revival with thirty clubs, Rockford salaried players, and the 1868 Cincinnati Red Stockings regarded as first professional club, with 1869 tour win record and 29 straight wins.
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Europe
New England
Knickerbocker Club
New York
Hoboken
Rockford
Ill
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Athletics of
Brooklyn
Parental Aid Plans Midnight Abduction to Wed
A fragment shows a character planning a covert elopement with the aid of parents. The dialogue hints at secrecy and promised parental support for the marriage plan.
What's in a Name Archie Pilgrim Dialogue
A brief comic exchange features Archie and Mabel where Archie asks why he is called Pilgrim and Mabel quips that every call he makes advances the joke. The line hints at a recurring gag about progress tied to his nickname.
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Archie
Mabel
First Lady Roosevelt Tests Lipstick At Press Conference
Mrs. Roosevelt unveiled lipstick for the first time at a press conference in Washington. She wore a light shade chosen on her daughter’s suggestion and noted she usually avoids lipstick. Reporters questioned the decision as the First Lady explained it was her initial experiment for public gaze.
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Washington
Moral Lesson From Teetotaler and Toper
A teetotaler and a village toper meet. The teetotaler asks if whiskey stunts a pup’s growth. The toper replies yes, the pup died. The teetotaler calls it a moral, and the toper admits the lesson is not to waste good whisky on a dog.
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Toper
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