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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1922
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists subscription price at 1.50 per year and notes post office registration as second class. It outlines advertising rates for notices of entertainment and obituaries while voicing local opinions on politics, tariffs, and farm prospects amid boll weevil threats. It mentions a trades trip, sample copies distribution, and includes several newspaper column snippets and quotes from other papers.
The Whitewright booster notes a 2000 foot water well project and counters rumors of oil or gas. He boasts a long history of pure artesian water, a modern city water system, sewer, motorized fire department, and high insurance rates. The piece highlights a $90,000 high school and a $50,000 grammar school building as proof of civic progress.
A collection of quotable lines from major papers notes political tension, maritime formulate, and economic wit. The snippets reference Washington Post, New York Herald, Asheville Times, Hartford Times and war era themes, with hints of fiscal savings and social critique.
A humorous verse about relatives arriving in waves for visits, bringing chatter and clutter. The speaker laments small talk topics that bore him yet shows hospitality with smiles and tea. He wishes guests would depart before overstaying their welcome.
Austin July 2 Fred T Connerly was recently re appointed clerk of the State Supreme Court for four years. He holds the record as the oldest state employee in continuous service with thirty four years at the court. When he joined the court he was a youth and began in a minor capacity.
The article profiles Mr. Connerly who rose from deputy clerk to clerk of the Texas court, serving twenty years without sickness. It notes his wide renown among lawyers, his impact on local industries from harness making to auto trucks, and the broader economic effects of his tenure including oil and railroad issues. It ends with a request to phone news items to The Sun.
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