Obituary and political notes from Whitewright Sun item
John D. Moyer longtime Northeast Texas editor dies in Honey Grove after thirty years with the Honey Grove Citizen. He also edited Whitewright’s Plow and Hammer over thirty years ago. The piece references W A Collins and O B Colquitt in Texas dry politics and notes memorials and notices will be charged at regular rates.
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John D. Moyer
Texas
Honey Grove
Mr. Moyer
Texas Press Association
Whitewright
Plow and Hammer
Farms Reap Good Returns From Grain Crops This Year
Farmers report fair grain returns with wheat selling 1.25 to 1.35 per bushel and oats about 0.50. Yields reach 20 bushels per acre for wheat and 40 to 60 for oats. Unlike last year, many did not need loans as grain earnings boosted local bank deposits by over 50000 dollars.
McKinney Mayor Perkins Withdraws From Race
Mayor Tom W. Perkins of McKinney withdraws from the congressional race due to illness after a June 23 appearance at Lone Oak. He was advised by doctors to abandon campaigning and remains at home under medical care.
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Tom W. Perkins
McKinney
Perkins
Lone Oak
Not Guilty for Disturbing Public Worship in Dallas
Pitchfork Smith faced trial in Dallas on the charge of disturbing public worship. The jury returned a not guilty verdict in under five minutes after cross examination suggested national politics and a district judge were discussed during the alleged disturbance.
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Pitchfork Smith
Dallas
Dallas County
Whitewright Town Praised for Clean Streets and Crops
The Mt. Vernon Optic- Herald comments on political talk by a preacher and a Sherman trip. It notes poorer cotton prospects and weed problems in black lands, but praises Whitewright for great crops, clean streets, attractive yards, and shade trees. The editor is invited to visit Whitewright to see a town worthy of East Texas praise.
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Sherman
Mt. Vernon
Whitewright
Texas
Devall
East Texas
Editorial Sparks and Quips Cross the Nation
A collage of editorial quips from various papers notes changing prices fashion optimism and mischief. Jests on prosperity hostilities and social quirks highlight public attitudes in a mosaic of period voice and regional tone.
Chicago Plans 75 Story Building
Chicago announces the world's largest 75 story structure costing 45 million dollars to be built by the Apparel Manufacturer's Mart Building Corporation on Wacker Drive. The design includes a 1000 room hotel skyscraper garage two convention halls and shops. It will rise 75 feet taller than the Woolworth Building.
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Chicago
Apparel Manufacturer's Mart Building Corporation
Wacker Drive
Woolworth
Local Curiosities From Hogwallow Town
Dunk Botts notes residents avoid jail at high rates while Miss Flutie Belcher seeks a well paying steady job and marriage. Rye Straw storekeeper recalls Mrs. Poke Eazley arrives for snuff or a box. A post office project at Rye Straw is discussed but not funded. Slim Pickens mocks quick agreement when faced with unknown topics.
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Mrs. Poke Eazley
Rye Straw
Monument Never Erected for the Unknown Politician
A Southern newspaper editorial from Council Bluffs Nonpareil declares that a monument will never be erected to the unknown politician and insists it also will not honor the politician who is truly known.
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Council Bluffs
Sun Office Offer For Engraved Cards And Invitations
The Sun office offers engraved or printed cards and invitations at reasonable prices.
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Sun
Legend of Hidden Gold Told by Luke Ma thewsla
Luke Ma thewsla recalls an old tale of a Black woman guiding him to a field near a stump where bottles of gold coins were buried. He says the lure of the buried wealth lingers, drawing him back to the field despite the years.
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Slim Pickens
Luke Mathewsla
Luke
Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Religious Freedom Act
The article notes Thomas Jefferson authored the 1779 Virginia bill for establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1785 and lasting as law from 1786, marking a landmark liberalization of religious liberty in early American governance. It highlights Jefferson’s roles as writer of the Declaration of Independence and founder of the University of Virginia, while describing the statute’s principle of freedom of mind against coercion.
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Virginia
Monticello
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson
United States
University of Virginia
House of Burgesses
Christendom
Virginia General Assembly Enacts Religious Liberty Measure
The Virginia General Assembly declares that no person shall be compelled to attend or support religious worship or face burdens for their beliefs. It emphasizes freedom to profess and argue religious opinions and opposes using civil power to limit religion. The act upholds equal civil rights regardless of religious views.
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Ness
General Assembly of
Virginia
Diminishing Civil Capacities Clause Quoted
The fragment notes that nothing shall diminish enlarge or affect civil capacities, indicating a formal preservation clause within a legal or constitutional text. The exact scope and context remain unclear from the fragment.
A Man Is Not Old Till Ninety
A medical legal society notes that a 50 year old man should have forty good years ahead, but in modern times such a man may reach ninety. It contrasts past France, where few over fifty existed, with harsh urban conditions and plague.
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Medical Legal Society
France
Aging and life expectancy in a historical exchange
An exchange notes shifting views on aging, predicting longer lifespans with future generations. It observes a 50 year old once seen as mature, a 90 year old in his prime, and suggests death would come much later, around 130 to 150 years for the average well-behaved person.
Satirical exchange over divorce threat in a court setting
A humorously clipped courtroom scene shows a wife threatening her husband with a flatiron if he refuses to work. The judge and a lawyer humorously interpret the remark as satire on domestic strife.
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Rastus
Jedge
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Virginian-Pilot
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Omaha World-Herald
Los Angeles Times
Hejaz
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Lile Kilden
Flutie Belcher
Bank Management
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Reserve District No
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First National Bank
Bells
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Feee
State of Texas
Grayson
Joe Hughes
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J. H. Dickerson
C. R. Badgett
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