Whitewright notices and local economy update
Local notices from Whitewright Texas cover post office status, admission fee policies, and corrections policy. Grayson county farmers exceed 151 entrants in the More Cotton on Fewer Acres contest as reported by Dallas Morning News, with local bank deposits totaling 719274 dollars and resources near 1.32 million dollars. Newspaper quotes and jokes from Ohio State Journal, Nashville Banner, and Memphis Commercial Appeal conclude the page.
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Grayson County
Dallas Morning News
Whitewright Delegation Announces East Grayson Picnic Dates
A delegation from Whitewright visited Leonard on Wednesday to invite residents to East Grayson’s picnic next week. The visitors traveled in several cars with a band, conducted a pre visit concert and served lemonade as a goodwill token. The East Grayson picnic dates are July 8 9 and 10.
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Whitewright
Leonard
East Grayson
Editorial Sparks on Populist Government and Prohibition
A collage of editorial quips critiques popular government in Europe and in the U S. It notes Charleston as dancily static and comments on shrinking motor cars and pedestrian danger. Observers joke about criminals policing crime and saloon nostalgia, Mussolini stamps, and Ohio Prohibition agents under federal authority.
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Europe
Seattle Times
Ohio
Atlanta
Georgia
Brief World Trends Noted In Labor And Wealth
Threshing in Turkey is done by women with oxen pulling a heavy curved plank. American per capita money in circulation rose from 34.36 in 1913 to 50 in 1920 and 42 now. A Chinese host signals departure with tea. A French engineer says the average American worker makes in one hour what a Frenchman does in four or five. The U.S. holds forty percent of global railroad mileage while Persia has one. Americans hold about 55 billion dollars in life insurance with over 150 polices at or above one million.
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Turkey
America
Legal and Language Notes From Global Contexts
The report sketches ancient divorce and alimony norms, marriage contracts protecting brides, and a fact about eighty seven Philippine dialects. It notes English overtaking Spanish as the dominant language and cites an Indiana judge sentencing parents to jail days for student truancy. It also mentions a French tax bill limiting yearly earnings at twenty thousand dollars.
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Philippine Islands
Scots thrifty but England and Wales lead saving bank figures
The article notes Scots are regarded as thrifty, yet saving bank figures show England and Wales ahead of their northern neighbor in savings.
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England and
Wales
Sebastian S. S. Kresge's $23 Million Philanthropy Revealed
The Kroger-like magnate begun as a tinware salesman and built a fortune around a chain of five, ten and twenty five cent stores. Now the donor plans to give about $23,000,000 to charitable and public welfare causes. This augments the Kresge Foundation started in 1924 with $2,000,000. A field survey will guide the distribution to useful channels.
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Sebastian SS
Kresge
Croecus
Philanthropy and the Kresge Ethos of Service
The text portrays foundations like Sage and Guggenheim funding social work and distributing gifts via trustees. It profiles Mr. Kresge’s belief in hard work, thrift, sobriety and Christian principles as the ladder to success and his wish to leave the world better through service and religious effort.
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Sage
Guggenheim
Kresge
Elmore Leffingwell
New York World
Leffingwell
Church
White Wright bank mails semi annual dividends on stock
The First National Bank of White Wright mailed checks on July 1 for an eight percent dividend on $100000 capital stock. The bank adopted semi annual dividends years ago, moving from an annual January payout. It remains one of the few small town banks to pay semi annual dividends.
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First National Bank of
Whitewright
Second Hand for Watch Asked in Old Furniture Store
A man bursts into an old furniture shop asking if it is a second-hand store and requests a second hand for his watch, provoking the proprietor’s terse reply.
Denison Visit Highlights Mr and Mrs Jack Webster
Mr and Mrs Jack Webster were Denison visitors Friday, drawing local attention to their brief appearance and activities in the city during a weekend visit.
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Jack Webster
Denison
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J. H. Waggoner and
T. G. Doss
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
Texas
Leavenworth
Kansas
Ohio State Journal
Nashville Banner
Santa Claus
Congress
Memphis
Dawes
Manchester Union
Editorial Sparks
Charleston
Philadelphia Inquirer
Arkansas Gazette
Nashville
Louisville Times
Mussolini
the First National Bank of
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Banking House
U. S. Liberty Bonds
R. A. Gillett
United States
Persia
Indiana
France
Brassieres
Giles
Mr. Kerr
Mr. Moore
Chicago
Kerr Furniture Company
McAlester
Denison—Whitewright
Sherman’s Greatest Department Store
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