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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
7
Elsie Robinson reflects on the lure and danger of quick retorts. She cites Dorothea Bang and Pastor Hay to warn that cruel remarks damage the inner self and can scar others deeply, urging restraint to protect self-respect and humanity.
Texas Representative Marvin Jones outlines the AAA's aims and its role in balancing agriculture with other industries. He argues producers face nationwide regulation, trade barriers, and monopolies, and credits the program with applying business principles to farming while acknowledging world trade and recovery dynamics. A light interlude about a raffle for Widow Martin follows.
Pittsburgh report on Jeff Davis aka King of Hoboes who leads 800000 members of the International Itinerant Workers Union Hoboes of America. He says many hoboes have money from odd jobs and are not bums, praising their patience and orderly conduct.
A Washington Post correspondent outlines banana species Musa sapi entum Musa Cavendishit and Musa paradisiaca and explains planting from rhizomes. The banana tree grows to 15 to 30 feet in about a year, with a nine to sixteen inch base diameter, and fruit bunches develop within four months after flowering.
Sherman plans an ambitious pre centennial entertainment at the Red River Valley Fair featuring the Romance of the Valley. A cast of several hundred will depict 100 years of local history on a panoramic open air stage with scenery costumes massed bands and trained local participants under direction of an Eastern production company.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer account recalls General George A. Custer and nearly 300 cavalrymen perishing after a doomed 1876 Sioux battle. It notes Custer’s decisive yet fatal stand, surrounded by a circle of dead, with his body found untouched by scalping.
A patient nervously expects a dangerous operation and worries aloud to the doctor. The doctor declares the procedure cannot be bought for any price, dismissing the danger as misunderstood.
The guide outlines barometer readings for predicting weather from rapid rises signaling unsettled or stormy conditions to gradual rises indicating settled skies. Night and day sky cues, sunsets, dew, fogs, winds, and cloud types offer warnings, while distant sounds, rainbows, and moon lack weather relevance.
A brief humor exchange notes a shirt factory worker explaining they are making nightshirts this week. The back and forth emphasizes a playful twist on work and schedules with wit.
The Charter Oak in Hartford fell in August 1856 after standing for nearly a millennium. Legend says Sir Edmund Andros sought the colonial charter in 1687 and, amid a council dispute, the document was hidden in the tree and later recovered in 1689 when his deposition reduced the need for concealment.
The article describes men's fashion in Elizabethan England, noting doublets long stockings and breeches reach, and the practice of stuffing breeches with cotton or flax to widen them. It mentions silk velvet and taffeta coats in red blue green and other colors with some reaching the knees or floor.
The Washington Post notes quinine as a well known drug with strong medicinal properties. It explains the origin of the name from the aboriginal term quina quina and the Quichua language cue about duplicated plant names signaling curative properties.
John Howard Payne author of Home Sweet Home died in 1852 while consul at Tunis and was buried in Oak Hill Washington. Thirty years later his body was brought back and interred again with a monument erected to his memory.
A Nationalistic claim says Latin Americans possess marked musical memory due to centuries of memorizing complex melodies, suggesting a natural racial trait of musical retention. The passage argues this capacity is natural for peoples who long practiced intricate tunes.
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