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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1928
Page
3
In Augusta Georgia a prayer for divine guidance was offered by Rev J H Williams a Black juror before rendering verdict in the 1926 killing case of Mrs William McKie who was acquitted. The ceremony stood out as a striking unusual procedure described by a juror. The preacher was one of two Black members on the jury.
The Pecos Enterprise hails the Texas Louisiana Power Company for a $500000 local expansion including a downtown building and open house event on Friday the Thirteenth. The firm broadcasts a world class program and backs community growth with water supply efforts, irrigation pumping, and farmer support while aiding city improvements.
Engraved or printed wedding invitations and announcements are listed in a Sun newspaper notice. The item notes upcoming nuptial events and related social notices published for readers.
Bow-Wright Drug Co advertises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore and bleeding gums and loose teeth. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, claiming the remedy is unlike anything used before and offers certain results.
J T Robison state land commissioner announced that Texas University oil royalties since inception total 8 343 000 for the permanent fund and interest from that source has reached 530 000 for the available fund as of Saturday.
Eastland County residents gathered as the sealed corner stone opened to reveal a horned frog alive after 31 years. Witnesses, including Eugene Day and Rev. F. E. Singleton, watched the creature blink and stir, while officials seized coins and Masonic emblems found with it. The old stone, laid July 29, 1897, is being replaced by a new courthouse.
A Denton Record Chronicle reader claims a drink inspired a big catch. While fishing in the Ouachita River with red worms and home brew, a corked bottle lured a 7 pound trout. The worm and hook proved tangled around the fish, squeezing it to death.
A collection of kitchen tips describes stuffing parboiled potatoes with softened prunes, baking to trap juices, and reducing a syrup to pour over the dish. It then outlines ham cooking times, skinning, and finishing with cloves, brown sugar, and cider for a browned crust.
A historic stuffing method combines lean ham and chestnuts. Simmer ham in water until tender, boil peeled chestnuts until soft, press through a sieve, then blend with butter onion juice bread crusts parsley salt pepper marjoram and paprika. Optionally add chopped giblets for richer flavor.
A fragmented quip laden page fragment presents a string of sayings about appearance, money in trade, parenting, speed fines, onion eating, sympathy, love, shame, and ambition. It offers no clear event or person, just a collection of maxims.
The Southern Wonders Negro Spiritualist and Jubilee singers head to First Baptist Church colored Whitewright Texas for a notable program set Friday night February 24 1928. Admission priced at 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children with Rev L K Kimbrough pastor inviting all races.
They describe Want Ads as a way to sell unneeded items and locate lost or found objects. The ad notes coats, watches, purses, rings, umbrellas and other items, and claims Want Ads have helped many people recover or dispose of belongings.
Hundreds of doctors watched Paul Diebel a 30 year old Silesian miner endure daggers nails and knives driven into his body without pain or blood. He later bled from his stomach knee and back while performing feats to prove his will power in an Aust rian Society for Psychic Research display.
John Ferguson told the judge that burglary was a habit he could not break. The court prescribed ten years in the penitentiary as the sentence to end the habit.
Come to The Sun office for carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, and typewriter paper.
A humorous riff comparing editors to doctors, noting editors cause public fuss for mistakes while doctors may bury errors. It imagines editors as a primal missing link who write, spell, and charge differently, with playful bite about literacy and authority.
A woman addresses a young, single acquaintance saying love should last a lifetime. She claims authority from personal experience, noting she has been married three times.
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