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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
6
Fort Worth Texans will see growth and steady development in coming years, says Phillip D. Armour, vice president of Armour & Co. He notes better 1929 than 1927 business, strong national prosperity, and improving employment. He cites exports dipping due to rising U S population while domestic business expands.
The Rev G L Morrill who died in San Diego left a strange will giving his Bible to churches his hammer to freedom his blessings to the thief and scarlet woman and his alarm clock to the Minneapolis police. He preached his own funeral with a talking machine and noted his globe trotting life and readiness for death.
A father and son discuss substitutes for gasoline. The son asks if one will be found and the father replies the substitute is shoe leather, prompting the son's surprised reaction. The short quip uses humor about future fuel options.
Secretary Mellon told Bishop James Cannon Jr that placing 25 million dollars under one executive office to enforce the prohibition law would be unwise. He cited court caseloads and safeguards, noting 21 000 cases are pending and urging strengthening the Prohibition Bureau plus customs and coast guard resources.
A humorous Hogwallow News item recounts Raz Barlow dining with Miss Flutie Belcher and noting a picture in her kitchen, Poke Bazley mending with his wife, a Tickville sermon during a blackout, Sile Kilden avoiding a banker's daughter in gwaloshes, Cricket Hicks losing his watch chain, and Jeff Potlock Jr failing in arithmetic with a two and nine problem.
A brief rural verse notes a couple wed with a vow to live cheaply. One partner stays on a diet while the other shares the burden, ending with a lighthearted line about their frugal but hopeful life together.
A DC Supreme Court injunction halts the Red River bridge toll cut for 10 days while arguments are heard. The Red River Bridge Company argues the cut would slash revenue by about 60 percent. In Gainesville the new tolls went into effect, lowering passenger car rates from 1 dollar to 45 cents with a 48 hour return privilege after a Texas Oklahoma hearing claimed the previous tolls were excessive.
The six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kilpatrick was fatally burned when coal oil used to start a fire ignited and covered them. Mr. Kilpatrick suffered burns from his knees to his upper body and may recover. Mrs. Kilpatrick sustained burns while trying to save her husband. The girl died early Sunday.
Good heavy clean cotton mat tresses priced at 5.75. New Congo le rugs arrive. New and second hand kitchen cabinets. Three piece Divanette suites. Four piece bedroom suites a real bargain. Second hand wool rug. New living room suites special prices. Built in oven Nesco oil stove. Win craft gas cook stoves. See us first. Bonham Texas.
Floyd W. Parsons opens with a visionary tour of future tech. The Gas Age Record lists astonishing advances including radio photography machine intelligence road sensing and wireless communications that could transform industry and daily life.
Senator Westbrook appointed Miss Helen Collett of Bonham as private secretary in the Senate. He named Miss Alma Jo Roberts and Miss Reba Randall of Sherman and Miss Neva Harris of Denison to the engrossing committee. On his recommendation Capt. Denton of Bonham became weights and license inspector in the highway department and Mr. Lee McDougal of Sherman was named assistant Sergeant-at-Arms in the Senate.
A reflective line from the Atchison Globe on mood shaping perception of the world. It notes wellness colors experience and suggests personal attitude influences surroundings. The aphorism implies a mental view alters daily life.
Mrs. Rham Pennington hosted the Friday Literary Club on Spruce Street. Members discussed portrait painting and heard papers on Reynolds, Gainsborough, Van Dyck, and Lawrence. The program included readings on My Mother's Picture and Ben and Judas with refreshments served.
Fleming and Stuteville, operators of a cash grocery in Whitewright, opened a new Savoy store. L. Z. Stuteville will manage the Savoy location.
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