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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
7
A Federal Savings Director urges disciplined saving using a five percent rule from every paycheck. He promotes War Savings Stamps at 4 percent yield as a safe way to grow funds, urging budgeting and penny-saving habits with concrete tips and a call to write for free budget forms.
A wartime urged finance note explains that current spending often wastes value, urging saving money by buying War Savings Stamps. It argues dollars saved now will be worth nearly two dollars in a few years, and suggests purchasing stamps via post offices or banks at four percent interest, compounded every ninety days.
Muriel Dyson, invited to the opera by Roger Bird, succumbs to vanity and steals a priceless necklace from Mrs Secrist. After two days of fear and guilt, the necklace is revealed to be a replica, with the real one kept by the bank. Mrs Secrist comforts Muriel as she confesses in tears.
Historical note recalls the American Pigeon Service in WWI with birds like The Mocker, President Wilson, Cher Ami, Spike and No. 67552. It details their deeds, wounds, and postwar placements, including trophies in Smithsonian and Potomac park. The account emphasizes pigeons aided artillery, rescued troops, and endured heroic sacrifice.
Lord Chief Baron Christopher Palles, last holder of the British baron title after the Exchequer merged with the Queen’s Bench, died in Dublin aged eighty nine. A key Irish legal figure, he served as solicitor general in 1872, then attorney general, before becoming lord chief baron and serving until 1916. He was renowned for legal brilliance and wit and for upholding court dignity.
American interests reportedly have complete control over vanadium production in the Peruvian Andes, supplying about 95 percent of the material. Vanadium is vital to steel, with four pounds added to a ton increasing strength by 45 percent and improving machinability, while offering notable economic benefits.
J F Fender counsels Whitewright residents to keep Sunday sacred, arguing Sabbath observance strengthens morality and avoids desecration. He warns Sunday baseball harms community reverence, cites world unrest linked to secular Sundays, and urges staying separate from towns that tolerate Sunday games.
A bold claim arises that the surest sign readers notice ads is when a giveaway is advertised. The remark underscores perceived ad efficacy and consumer engagement, suggesting promotions drive attention more than standard messaging.
Many feel doubting everything is common sense but it may reveal a narrow mind. Anxious self doubt can become a disease, shown by constant second guessing of routine actions. The urge to doubt and search for a missing item in every unlikely place illustrates the symptom.
Orientals appear immune to the extreme heat of firerooms on ocean steamers and can endure temperatures that would quickly exhaust white sailors, suggesting a notable difference in tolerance to heat hazards aboard ships.
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