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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun offers publisher notes on editorial policy and local askings. It urges civic organization in January 1929 and reflects on Whitewright’s progress in 1928 with optimism for further improvements in 1929.
Whitewright's $300000 electric generating plant has begun delivering power to several northeast Texas towns. Owned and operated by the Texas Louisiana Power Company, the facility recently started service and marks a notable expansion of regional electricity supply. The Radio Commission draws criticism from Honey Grove Signal over perceived mismanagement of airwaves, while highway plans face delays due to the slow start on the cardinal highway construction program.
The Sherman Democrat notes Whitesboro has voted bonds for paving and Whitewright and Van Alstyne are expected to follow. The same paving expansion underway in Sherman and Denison is ahead, and progress will not be halted. The towns are described as attractive with good homes and livability, with Whitewright hoping for 1929 implementation.
The Garland News urges residents to patronize local merchants, arguing prices and quality compete with larger cities. The paper stresses civic duty, church and school support, and urges readers to buy locally to save money long term and keep community prosperity alive.
A reflective piece on appreciating home life while away from home. It argues that people overlook near truths and familiar neighbors, valuing distant wonders. The author notes the comfort of knowing locals, sharing meals, and convenient services like cashing checks without ID, and access to a family doctor.
A Thorp Wisconsin Courier reader extols hometown support for recognition and favors beyond the community. The piece urges residents to champion local merits, acknowledge town institutions, and celebrate the town’s citizens instead of denigrating them.
A Beaumont Enterprise warning urges immediate antiseptic treatment for any nail or metal wound to prevent tetanus. The notice stresses parents teach children to seek first aid promptly and keep reliable antiseptics at home to avoid fatal infections from minor injuries.
C B Bryant Sr. remains gravely ill in an El Paso hospital with pneumonia. His son C B Bryant Jr. reports the father showed improvement before leaving El Paso, but doctors warn he remains in danger and could face complications.
LOCALS and Rhom Carr of Wolfe City spent Sunday here visiting his mother Mrs. D. S. Carr. Miss Pernie Badgett resumes work in Leonard schools after a holiday visit with home folks. Joe and Charley Chumbley, studying in Durant Okla, spent holidays with parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Chumbley. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hardcastle and Grace Belle returned to Altus Okla after visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hardcastle. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Elkins and daughter, Mrs. W. W. Perkinson and Miss Cecil Perkinson returned to Durant Okla after visiting Mrs. Mary Perkinson. Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Spearman and granddaughter from Edmond Okla visited relatives here. Spearman, former Sun owner, left the newspaper field in 1912 and now runs a theatre in Edmond.
J. H. Alexander and his family, longtime residents of the Ray farm in Bethel south of town, have moved to a rented farm twelve miles southwest of Lubbock. He quips he won’t burn bridges back to Grand Old Grayson, in case he returns someday.
D A Yowell has purchased the Murphy residence on West Bend street, now occupied by D G Coley and family. Yowell, an operator at the Texas Louisiana Power Company plant, was born near Tom Bean and will move into the new home in the coming days.
Mrs Genevieve Gordon has orderd three complete winter costumes in Paris for her Pomeranian Peggy.
A Fourth Estate quote credits Barnum with prioritizing advertising over artwork. He asserts he can out-talk rivals but fears a printer who can both set type and reach thousands, valuing such a communicator as a dangerous ally.
In Rome Mississippi Charley Shepherd a 41 year old convict was lynched by a mob after seven hours in custody for the murder of J D Duvall a prison farm employee and the abduction of Duvall’s 18 year old daughter Ruth Shepherd was pinned to a log pile gasoline poured over him and a torch lit as 2 500 onlookers witnessed the death with reports of the flames burning for almost an hour before life ended
A Christmas Day turkey dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith to celebrate Mrs. Smith’s fifty-eighth birthday. All the children attended except Mrs. Robert Allison of Olney Texas with several guests from the extended family nearby.
A guest sends birthday greetings to Mrs. Riley Smith of Ely and includes Mary Lynn and James. Lin Cooper of Porters. Lon Smith and Marguerite of near Trenton. Wash Smith of Porters. Marie Cole of Ector who teaches at Klondike. Many more happy birthdays are wished.
A cryptic Wall Street Journal line notes Milo Venus did not lose arms in a disarmament party, leaving the location and cause of the loss uncertain.
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