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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
2
New York reports a major price war among four top U. S. automakers following the Gotham Motor Show. The article notes Henry Ford's earlier low price impact and outlines the current factory to dealer FOB prices for small cars.
Sherman report says Lloyd L. Etchison elected assistant manager of the Chamber of Commerce and reelected secretary of the Red River Valley Fair Association. He will serve both groups from the Chamber Building and devote full time. Projects include a public auditorium water supply dairy farming cotton area push and livestock and poultry growth. The chamber will help secure milk for a new Sherman milk plant opening soon. Red River Valley Fair adds departments to attract educational exhibits from Texas and Oklahoma next year.
Montgomery Missouri widow Mary Bobst who vowed forty years ago to stay in bed until death fulfilled the promise. She died in Montgomery at age 92. her husband had long been dead.
New York's Grand Central Palace hosts the National Automobile Show as motor leaders unveil 1928 models. Officials forecast a fierce price war in the small car segment, predicting record competition and sharp cuts benefiting small-salaried buyers.
The Richardson Echo reports a Texas merchant advertised twenty five accounts for sale at public auction after collecting seventeen, being whipped twice, and causing a hundred other firms to switch to cash basis.
Engraved or printed wedding invitations and announcements mentioned in a Sun brief. The notice notes invitations issued for a wedding and related announcements with standard social notices.
Dr Volney S Cheney medical director of a large packing firm reports to the American Public Health Association that noninfectious colds arise from mild acidosis caused by excess protein in diet lack of exercise and existing infections. He urges keeping an alkaline balance with sodium bicarbonate alkaline waters calcium and iodine and says colds are a product of civilization. He notes cold incidence rises after holidays banquets and travel and that about 45 percent of absenteeism in large industries is due to colds or after-effects.
A humorous catalog of quick retorts and joke Q A pairs aimed at forums like Ask Me Another. It lists playful, punny questions with cheeky answers such as doughnut jailbirds and Niagara Falls alongside a witty closing line.
The Rev. Ira A. Holbrook a 57 year old United Brethren pastor and former college head was found dead in his bed in Tulsa holding a phone book as gas stoves burned in his room and bath. His wife who is seriously ill in a Little Rock hospital awaits funeral plans as relatives decide rites.
J B Cranfil in Dallas Times-Herald argues Hoover is a great statesman first and a partisan afterward. He praises Hoover's character and purity, notes a Sunday fishing anecdote, and urges a leader who serves the whole people over party, questioning Hoover's party loyalty.
A Richardson Echo reflection notes a merchant saying the church bell tolls each Sunday to remind people to attend services. The editor agrees that while the bell has stood for forty years, advertising keeps the church visible when the merchant doubts ads.
A Vienna department store installed a coin dispensing machine at its main door. Beggars line up daily to push a button and receive coins, with the device operating hourly around the clock.
A medical note explains that mosquitoes inject poison to dilute blood and suck it back after feeding. If disturbed during feeding the venom remains, causing ongoing pain and swelling from bites.
Sun office advertises typewriter carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale as part of its stationery offerings.
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