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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
4
Notice lists subscription rates for Whitewright Texas area. In Grayson and Fannin Counties prices are 1 year 1.50 and 6 months 1.00. Outside these counties 1 year 2.00 and 6 months 1.25. No subscription accepted for less than six months.
The piece argues Texas should adopt a traditional Texas dog, not a Chihuahua, praising a loyal working dog archetype from frontier life. It contrasts local identity with a Mexican breed and highlights the King Ranch size to illustrate Texas scale and pride.
A gossip column discusses signs of destined marriage from a son's dislike of girls to early wedding plans. It cites family anecdotes about nephews, grandfathers, and a niece, noting attitudes toward romance, religion, and social behavior across generations. It ends with caution about partying and drunkenness and hints at arranged life paths.
A Selma Times Journal item humorously describes a man who borrows a neighbor's newspaper for his family, prompting a chaotic chain of mishaps including bees, barbed wire, a fence gap, a cow, churn, false teeth loss, a baby in the parlor, an elopement, and damaged clothing. The moral: don't borrow your neighbor's newspaper.
Corporal John R De Mille of Framingham Massachusetts was jailed in Cleveland after allegedly wrecking about $1,000 worth of furnishings on a Cincinnati bound New York Central train. He said he reacted after a civilian passenger started knocking the GIs. He was taken off the train following window and bar car damage.
A veteran with seven years in the Army Air Corps attacked a civilian on a train after a dispute over a going away gift and drinking. He locked himself in a wash room until the car arrived. Detectives said officials might not prosecute if restitution is made. MPs would escort him to camp.
Farm machinery prices remain on a rising trend reaching a record high with September 1940 levels 62 percent higher and 15 percent above September 1947. Buyers face a seller's market for tractors and equipment through 1949 as production stays high. Cement nails and paint supplies look favorable but warn of low quality paint lacking longevity.
Audience watches a romance tale as a hero slaps the heroine and stalks away. In the hush a child asks in the darkness why she does not strike back, uttering a simple maternal query that underscores the tension on screen.
Citation commands the sheriff to publish for ten days in a Grayson County newspaper and notify interested parties that Ina Richardson as administratrix filed the final settlement account for Sarah Ellen Sulser on February 22, 1949, with hearing set for March 7, 1949 in Sherman. The notice directs citation and contest of the account. Also includes a local anecdote about an egg delivery and a line about The Sun doing good printing.
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