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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
1
Whitewright residents are urged to pay overdue street taxes to fund summer street improvements. The piece praises city services, notes high labor costs and postwar prices, and asks citizens to help clear weeds and keep the town clean and well governed.
A new Texas law effective June 18 targets car theft by penalizing removal or obliteration of engine numbers and false registration. The highway commission may assign new numbers to vehicles with erased identifiers, while penalties range from ten to one hundred dollars for altering or selling such vehicles.
The Federal farm loan system now accounts for about 15 percent of all agricultural land loans in the United States. Loans closed in the last year totaled 120,238,000 dollars, with total farm loans by all agencies estimated at about 800,000,000 annually. Spokane district leads with over 30,000,000. Omaha second, St. Paul third, Houston fourth. Texas tops states with 22,531,000. Iowa 14,385,000. North Dakota 14,086,000. Kansas 9,007,000.
A striking brunette sits with a clairvoyant who foretells travel and conquest, a wealthy tall aristocratic husband, and a young rich partner. The woman smiles as she asks how to rid herself of her current husband.
Mrs B F McGaughey hosted a Sunday family reunion with guests including Mr and Mrs Will George of Commerce Mr and Mrs B F Penson of Caddo Okla Mr and Mrs J C Collard and Mr and Mrs Levi Hall of Honey Grove. The four ladies are sisters of Mrs McGaughey.
The act imposes a $50 to $100 penalty and prohibits selling used cars without a current license receipt. Transfers require endorsed bills of sale, notary proof, and full car details. Violations carry up to $2,000 fine or one year in jail. Garages must keep repair records. used car dealers maintain registries for ownership and purchaser details. Counted sales require bills of sale filed with county tax collectors for license transfers. The goal is to hinder theft by forcing seller verification and notarized sales.
Texas becomes ninth state to ratify the proposed constitutional amendment granting women the vote. The Legislature’s concurrent resolution passed both chambers by decisive margins and was approved by a viva voce Senate vote after the House endorsement.
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