Whitewright Sun Notices and Prohibition Opinion
Entered at Whitewright Texas post office as second class main matter. The paper outlines admission charges for events and memorials and pledges corrections for erroneous reflections. It notes seven women in Congress and comments on how private voters may differ on repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
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Whitewright, Texas
National
House of Representatives
House
National Congress
Court votes road improvement order in county
The court designated roads to be rebuilt with good roads residue funds including the Van Alstyne to Canton route, Van Alstyne to Gunter, Sherman to Dorchester, and the Sherman to Luella via Pleasant Valley school. Citizens question exclusion of Whitewright routes and urge attention to those paths. Milk pricing protests in Wisconsin farmers pour 25000 pounds of milk on highways to challenge 60 cent rates while Texas dairy prices reach starvation levels.
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van Alstyne
Cannon
Gunter
Sherman
Dorchester
Pleasant Valley School
Sherman-Dorchester
Sherman-Luella
Sherman Democrat
Whitewright-Ida
Wisconsin
Yeading
Texas
Two former Whitewright residents visit hometown
Two former Whitewright citizens, now living hundreds of miles away, visited Whitewright last week. They reported conditions here are better than in their home towns but heard more complaining about hard times.
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Whitewright
Whitewright residents urged to stop dwelling on hard times
The speaker contrasts visitors from Whitewright with home life, arguing distressing talk serves no one. They claim no starvations there and praise Texas farming, urging others to avoid gloomy conversations and focus on gratitude.
Swap Day at Whitewright Trades Lot Promotes Gun Trades
A scene at Whitewright trades day turned curious when three men displayed shotguns including an automatic and proposed bartering the guns for pigs sheep or other goods. The writer suggests making swaps a regular feature alongside trades day to exchange items like watches fiddles or guns for value.
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Whitewright
Sun Reprints Molyneaux on Tax Shift for Schools
The Sun reproduces Peter Molyneaux's article to inform readers about the need for new revenue as Texas public schools face funding shortfalls. The homestead exemption amendment will cut state revenues by about six million dollars, with further losses from tax reductions.
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Sun
Peter Molyneaux
Texas
Prohibition Repeal Question Sent to States
Congress enacted legislation to submit the repeal question to the states and the Democratic campaign pledge is seen as fulfilled. The text argues voters should not fault their Senator or Representative for voting in favor of submission and asserts that democracy supports letting the majority decide.
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Congress
Repeal of 18th Amendment Faces Uncertain Ratification
The passage notes the 18th Amendment was approved by Congress and ratified by states without direct popular approval. States have seven years to ratify the repeal, with 36 states needed. doubts linger about reaching that threshold, signaling continued bootleg and homebrew activity in the meantime.
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Congress
Wilson
Editorial Snippets Spur Laughs Across Papers
A string of editorial quips critiquing leadership and politics appears in several papers. References call Hooey Long a cartoonish dictator figure and mock officials on payrolls while others joke about nostalgia and the mechanics of ruling.
Fragmented quotes on war, economy, and policy from 1920s papers
A collage of brief snatches from multiple papers. Musings on women, money for war, Buy American slogans, Ford’s optimism, dark cameras for commercial use, and an open arms conference proposed by a British diplomat. Each item hints at broader currents of postwar politics and media opge.
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Boston Herald
Telephone Cut Debate Over Economy Measure
Claud Callan recounts debating removing the telephone to save money. He fears the phone girl would explain the line is discontinued Logan 5027 to friends, risking misunderstanding and social embarrassment.
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Logan
Kentuckytown Self Help Club Sets February meeting
The Kentuckytown Self Help Club met February 17 with Mrs. Floyd Harris, called to order by president Miss Frances Phillips. The group designated Harris home as permanent meeting place. Mrs. Carl Holland and Miss Phillips demonstrated washing and carding wool for comforts. Refreshments served. Next meeting scheduled for February 24. Reporter Henry II of France in 1547 noted as first to wear silk stockings.
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Kentuckytown
Henry II of
France
Roosevelt Names Two For Cabinet
President-Elect Roosevelt on Tuesday night announced Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee as Secretary of State and William H. Woodin of New York and Pennsylvania as Secretary of the Treasury. Both accepted, with Hull reluctant to leave the Senate and Woodin loath to relinquish control of his industrial interests. They will confer with foreign emissaries on war debts and world economic issues.
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New York
Roosevelt
Hull
Tennessee
William H. Woodin
Treasury
Senate
Woodin
Dun and Bradstreet Plan Consolidation
New York reports negotiations for a merger of R G Dun and Company and Bradstreet's. If approved, the consolidation will take effect March 1 with Arthur D Whiteside, president of Dun, expected to head the combined organization. Both firms have existed about a century.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Company
Bradstreet’s
Mercantile Credit
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun Company
Dun’s
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Farmersville Man Dies in Auto Wreck at Brownsville
J. P. Aycock a longtime Farmersville businessman was instantly killed in a motor car wreck at Brownsville at 7 o'clock Monday night. Joe Carver of Farmersville was seriously injured in the collision involving local residents.
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Farmersville
J. P. Aycock
Joe Carver
Brownsville
Frozen knees bring back wool stockings at Utah
Miss Blanche Henderson head of the campus health service predicts a trend toward long skirts and wool stockings as coeds suffer frozen knees walking to campus. She has treated three cases and notes frost bitten ears fingers and toes as remaining hazards of cold weather.
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Salt Lake City
Blanche Henderson
University of Utah
Nine Mile Hole Found in Ocean Off Puerto Rico
Oceanographer Dr. Paul Bartsch reports a new Atlantic depth of 44 000 feet near Nares Deep north of Puerto Rico. The nearly nine mile trench exceeds prior records and surprises experts who previously cited the 27 972 foot Nares Deep as the deepest point.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Paul Bartsch
Nares Deep
Meteor
Atlantis
Seeing the Beautiful in Night Lighting
A reflective meditation on how shadows and light create patterns on wet streets. The author notes gold threads of light along edges, traffic reflections, and water gleam to lift mood despite heat, darkness, and rain, reducing resentment through beauty.
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Martye Poindexter
College student asks for shorter path to degree
A young student asks the college president if a shorter course exists than four years. The president replies that nature builds an oak over many years, but can produce a squash in a few months if that is the goal.
Theory Farmer Is Honest To Govern 1933 Crop Loans
Washington officials say the 1933 crop loan plan rests on farmer honesty with a 30 percent acreage reduction. No inspectors will verify planting cuts, but misrepresentation carries a 1000 dollar fine or six months in jail. A $90 million fund backs loans with caps of 300 dollars per farmer and 1200 dollars to tenants, due Oct 31 at 5 percent interest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Hyde
Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
Dallas
Memphis
St. Louis
Government aid for farmers limited to $100 per delinquent loan
The note argues loans to farmers denied elsewhere should be capped at $100 for those overdue on two or more previous loans. It satirically links free aspirin for Senate members to the idea of free tablets for the public, suggesting a broader fairness in government aid.
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Senate
Macon
Note to Japan: Those that live by the sword shall perish by the taxes
A Palatka News item echoes a proverb to critique military spending and high taxes, urging restraint and fiscal prudence amid international tensions.
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Japan
Palatka News
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Waterbury American
Ripley
Ohio
Nashville Banner
Henry Ford
San Diego Union
Claud Callan
Kentuckytown Self Help Club
DUN and Bradstreet
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Gulf
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Mgr
Donald Hall
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