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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
4
The Newright Sun announces that notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with any admission fee will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect will also incur charges. The publisher pledges to correct erroneous reflections upon any person firm or corporation brought to their attention.
The Whitewright Sun notes Charley Howard southwest of town sold over 300 bushels of plums. The piece questions the number, imagines unlikely uses, and playfully critiques newspaper exaggeration while citing a State Press quip from Cal News.
Scientific tests show dog hearing spans sixteen times human range. Seeing eye dogs ignore traffic lights and are trained to watch traffic. Over 125 breeds are registered by the American Kennel Club. Dogs see moving objects well but stationary ones poorly. Seeing Eye dogs are not police dogs and would not attack a threatened person. The modern German shepherd has about as much wolf blood as human blood has monkey blood. Exchange.
The piece argues that sending away for goods and using out-of-town advertising harms local newspapers and economies. It warns that widespread reliance on external vendors would erode local businesses, schools, churches, and municipal services, stressing civic-spirited spending to keep communities prosperous.
A humorous sale bill signed by Will Quit Work circulates, listing odd items from cows and binders to goats and a spray outfit as if from a Missouri auction. The misprint laden list mocks a printer’s night out and signals a forthcoming sale through humorous, garbled catalog entries.
A fragmentary verse about passing on money and items to others. It mentions consequences of misplaced possessions and the idea that cash and valuables will return as misfortune or blame. The speaker invokes a Tennessee Touch-Me-Not and references Socrates Peter Dunne Sidney Smith Ade Hereford. The tone weighs social caution and euphemistic satire on wealth.
The Texas Big Bend Park Association formed in Austin to raise funds for acquiring land to create a national park. Secretary of State Edward Clark issued the charter. 22-member executive committee includes Amon G. Carter James R. Record and several others from major Texas cities. Incorporators Carter Adams and D A Bandeen led the filing. The goal is to raise funds to acquire the remaining 788000 acre tract, of which the state holds 127000 acres and the federal government pledged to pursue national park status.
Highway department engineers in Austin draft 1939 license plate designs while about 80 000 pairs of 1938 plates remain unissued. E. J. Amey says specifications will be presented in two weeks. Convicts at Huntsville begin plate production in September under prison labor to cut costs.
A concise exchange defines twaddle as the arguments advanced by the opposing side. The phrase clarifies that twaddle is used to describe rhetorical points rather than factual claims.
In Dallas Dispatch-Journal Glenn Pricer profiles Phil Fox as the unseen architect behind W Lee O Daniel campaign strategy Fox runs press work shaping crowds advancing meetings and scripting messages while O Daniel writes his own speeches with radio and microphone scripts and the Ten Commandments platform guides the campaign's tone The piece traces Foxs methods from Waco to Dallas San Antonio Austin and Houston highlighting his role in building public interest and managing press coverage
In Fort Worth an active behind the scenes operation handles letters and public outreach for a candidate. Mrs O Daniel directs the effort while Fox, a veteran political writer, oversees publicity for major campaigns. The campaign claims 58 499 initial votes with continued influx. Japan resumes tin plate production after early experiments in 1919.
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