Whitewright Sun publishers promise corrections and social notices
The Whitewright Sun notes subscription price at 1.50 per year and post office entry as second class matter. It warns that notices of entertainments with fees are charged at advertising rates and that memorials and resolutions are billed. It also discusses speculation on a stronger 1929 economy and cites a government report showing Texas led the nation in divorces in 1927 with 74,042 marriages and 17,290 divorces, divorces up 11 percent while marriages rose 5.9 percent.
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Texas
Union
Editorial Sparks and Snippets From Several Papers
A collection of quips and headlines touches on women’s dress mishaps, lingering bills, gendered marriage questions, Punch humor, Southern Democrats, radio monopoly concerns, and a Persian-sourced muffled report. The remarks reflect early 20th century press satire and political chatter.
Quotations and quips blur a cross country chatter
A compilation of humorous quotes from newspapers ranging from the Boston Transcript to the New York Evening Post. The bits touch on topics from Persia insights to naval parity and political debt. Voices skew playful and pointed with regional flavor.
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Persia
Boston Transcript
Wonders From Molten Brimstone
Sulphur is shown as a versatile ancient element with more than 200 new uses. The piece notes stronger concrete treated in molten brimstone baths and a range of sulfur infused products from pots to railroad ties, with researchers like John E. Lodge cited.
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John E. Lodge
Popular Science Monthly
Snowball in Sulphur Shell Survives Four Years
An Exchange reader recalls a 1924 experiment where a snowball dropped into molten brimstone formed a sulphur shell that prevented water loss. The snowball’s weight remained unchanged when weighed years later, despite melting.
Becoming Extinct: The House to House Peddler Fades Away
The article argues the house to house peddler is vanishing due to license laws and changing attitudes. It notes the rise of retailer distrust, quality concerns, and the ready adaptability of established merchants to uphold standards, signaling the end of the bell ringer and similar itinerant sellers.
Systemic fragility threatens lasting governance
A critique asserts that an inherently unsound system cannot endure, predicting collapse under its own weight as failures accumulate and legitimacy erodes. The statement implies a warning about structural instability and the need for reform.
Toll Bridges and Anachronism
The conference of officials from Texas and Oklahoma seeks free bridges across the Red River. It argues toll bridges hinder interstate traffic and urges state cooperation to buy or build new spans, removing barriers to commerce.
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Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas-Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Lack of thrift blamed for many life's failures
The piece argues that many failures stem from poor thrift despite high earnings. It notes successful people often waste money and fail to save, lacking the essential habit of thrift to secure long term financial stability.
Thrift as Foundation of Lasting Wealth
The text argues that wealth built by flashy schemes is rarely lasting while thrift and prudent saving drive real success. It asserts thrift starts a solid financial base and combines courage with cautious judgment, noting lack of thrift causes more failures than any other factor and that saving money is achievable by anyone.
Why He Wanted Money
A humorous dialogue portrays Woodrow asking his father for money to avoid giving a robber his life. The exchange turns on a kid’s practical fear and a parent’s practical joke about scarcity.
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Woodrow
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