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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
2
The article argues patience is essential to thrift guiding safe investments over flashy gains. It warns speed temptations in modern life and notes most spectacular rises are short lived while steady, cautious effort yields lasting success and durable personal advancement.
Pittsburg Texas residents celebrate newborns arriving with a $500 gift as part of a townwide acknowledgment. The Camp County community hails two noble acts this week following a local visit.
Mayor Claud Clayton and D C Ralston start a venture where 500 local men join the Goofus Club. Each birth from a member triggers a $1 treasury contribution. $250 paid to new parents and $250 deposited for the child’s future. By college age the fund could exceed $1,000, with no membership limits.
Burglars struck City Drug Store and Bochels Dry Goods Store in Collinsville between 3 and 4 am Sunday. The drug store safe yielded $400 cash and about $700 in jewelry. the dry goods store lost several pairs of shoes and suits. getaway car found in a ditch outside town, later traced to a Gainesville theft.
The 1784 whisky uprising in Western Pennsylvania challenged Hamilton's tax, prompting George Washington to assemble militia from neighboring states, seize leaders, and restore federal authority. Government costs reached 1.5 million dollars, with total military outlays around 4.362 million. Rebels under arms numbered about sixteen thousand at one point.
Texas shows 103 airports with 53 more under construction or planned. 1928 Texas manufactured products totaled 1.2 billion dollars, nearly double in volume since 1920. Texas harbor exports reached 797.14 million, second only to New York.
Dallas officials announce enforcement of the highway law penalizing driving tractors and threshing machines on designated state roads. Violations carry a $100 fine after complaints about equipment causing damage on public highways.
The piece argues that despite abundant crops, wheat farmers suffer as postwar costs rise 60 to 100 percent above 1913 levels while wheat price sits below a dollar, contrasting farmer woes with China’s famine risks to critique the global economy and recent imbalance.
Oil excitement grows around Telephone as Grady and Gist drill a well reaching 1150 feet under five inches of oil sand beneath a cap rock. Geologists and many visitors report plans for storage if a producer is found, reflecting the pair’s long investment and belief in oil beneath the community.
In the Honey Grove area crude prospecting continues with one to two additional wildcat wells drilling northwest of Honey Grove. Early reports indicate steady progress and favorable signs as operations advance.
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