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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1929

Page

4

Whitewright Sun Publication and Pricing Notice

The Whitewright Sun announces subscription price at $1.50 per year payable in advance and confirms it is entered as second class mail matter at Whitewright Texas. It states publication occurs every Thursday and promises corrections for erroneous reflections upon any person or firm. Notices of events with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions are likewise charged.

Whitewright, Texas Whitewright Sun Dallas Times-Herald Times-Herald The Sun Southwest Texas

The Whitewright Sun Rejects free advertising bid

The Whitewright Sun refuses a request from Jennings Company of Palmyra Wisconsin to donate free advertising space to fund the Druggists National Home. The Sun notes Christmas season depleted finances and invites a year long free cosmetics supply instead, promising future paid ads when budgets permit. The exchange highlights newspaper fundraising ethics and regional commerce.

Jennings Company Palmyra Wis The Sun Druggists’ National Home National Association of Drug Clerks the Sun

Grayson County group plans dairy cow financing program

At a Sherman meeting the Grayson County Live Stock Association outlined a plan to finance purchasing dairy cows with known production records for Grayson farmers on installments. Harrison County men have pooled 75000 dollars and a credit bank at Marshall will extend up to 250000 dollars for purchasers.

Grayson County Harrison County Marshall Borden Company Waco McLennan County Tyler Smith County

County Agent Seeks Dairy Aid to Build Profitable Herd

County Agent C. C. Morris spent Friday here promoting dairying and allied work. He aims to win banker and organizational support for junior programs that provide farm boys with heifers as a base for a profitable herd and expanded rural dairying. Morris also outlines production tests to gauge a cow’s real worth.

C. C. Morris

Murfreesboro News-Banner Highlights Early Tennessee Links

A Murfreesboro News-Banner column reproduces 1821 local notices, including an unclaimed letter to General Sam Houston. The report also notes the dairy boom in Rutherford County with the Creamery producing 65 000 pounds of butter in year one and 1 893 237 pounds in the subsequent year along with a growing milk conden sary reflecting farm prosperity.

P. A. Short Murfreesboro Tenn Rutherford Tennessee News-Banner Rutherford County Creamery

Preparing yards for Spring in the better homes campaign

The campaign urges early yard work as Spring nears. Begin planting trees and shrubs, plan for transplanting now, and avoid waiting until it is too late to shape landscapes and meet seasonal outdoor needs.

Taxes due in eleven days to avoid penalties

Public notice urges payment of state county and city ad valorem taxes within eleven days to avoid penalties interest and costs accruing after January 31st. The appeal targets those who have not yet paid and warns of risks of further delay.

German announces iodine substitute metapodia

Berlin reports Prof. Hans Friedenthal of Berlin University unveils metapodia, an oxygenized iodine substitute. He says it treats the same ailments with the same antiseptic benefits as iodine but without iodine irritation. Buy your Printing from The Sun.

Berlin Hans Friedenthal Berlin University Friedenthal Sie Kilden

Nose blowing warned by medical experts in ear nose throat study

At a recent convention of laryngology and rhinology societies scientists warned that nose blowing is dangerous for ear health. They cited cases of swimmers' ear caused by blowing air from the nose during swimming and infections spreading to the ear from a cold.

Laryngological Rhinological and Fort Worth

Tickville Humour and Small Town Doings in Hogwallow News

In Hogwallow News a Tickville barber shaves while watching the street and Yam Sims. Fletcher Henstep praised as honest treasurer of Hog Ford Church. Slim Pickens injured in a hotel fire accident when a pillow hits him from a window. A stranger linked to the Rye Straw store robbery is arrested after disguise fails. The Tickville Town Marshal vows to arrest violators regardless of votes. Sidney Hocks muses on frog sense.

Fletcher Henstep Hog Ford Slim Pickens Tickville Depuy

Legislature Hits Home Brewers With Malt Tax Plan

Austin legislators faced a setback as Rep. Carl Roundtree of Lamesa proposed a bill taxing malt at one dollar per pound. The levy would apply to retailers and dedicate proceeds to funding schools.

Austin Carl Roundtree Lamesa

Good Old Days Revisited Wild Game Talk

An old Dallas News letter argues that abundant wild hogs and game supplied food without cost in the past. The writer contrasts today’s hunting with the once plentiful era, noting how ruthless slaughter led to extermination and that the so called good old days were not as wonderful as remembered.

Dallas News Chuck Nature Higgins

League Control And Ineligible Players Stir Lamar County

The Lamar County Chamber of Commerce appeals to the Texas Executive Association for action to revise interscholastic league rules after several youths are declared ineligible for football. The Abilene Daily Reporter notes Paris and Lamar County lack football history, implying civic bodies should guide youth sports.

Lamar County Chamber of Commerce Texas Executive’s Association For Action Chambers of Commerce Paris Lamar County Abilene Daily Reporter

Burglar Loots Greenville Church Safe for 223

Burglars entered the First Baptist Church in Greenville Sunday night and looted a safe in the pastor's office containing 223 in silver currency and checks from Sunday’s contribution. They drilled the lock and hinges to access the inner door and left the scene after resealing the door.

Greenville First Baptist

Cotton Production Costs Reported by Oklahoma Growers

The January 15 Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman reports costs of growing cotton from 8 to 59 cents per pound of lint for 1927 based on 992 growers. Most farmers yielded above the southern average of 154 pounds per acre.

Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman South

Prohibition Bureau Marks Tenth Anniversary Statement

The Prohibition Bureau issued a statement on the tenth anniversary of the Eighteenth Amendment praising progress in prohibition. It asserted the nation is moving forward and warns citizens are responsible for enforcing the law to maintain industrial, economic, social, and hygienic gains.

Washington Prohibition Bureau Prohibition

Texas Wins Independence After San Jacinto Battle

General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, securing Texas independence. Texas remained a republic from 1836 to 1846 under Burnett, Houston, Lamar, Houston again, and Jones, then annexed to the United States on February 16, 1846 with Henderson as governor. The new state then encompassed eastern New Mexico, northern Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, central Colorado, and a portion of Wyoming.

Sam Houston Santa Anna San Jacinto Texas David G. Burnett Mirabeau B. Lamar Anson Jones United States J. Pickney Henderson New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Panhandle Kansas Colorado Wyoming

Card of Thanks for W. M. Holcomb

The Holcomb family thanks friends for kindness shown after the death of W. M. Holcomb.

W. M. Holcomb

Come to The Sun Office for Typewriter Supplies

A brief notice invites readers to The Sun office to purchase typewriter carbon, ribbons, and paper.

The Sun Office

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