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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1929
Page
6
A humorous exchange at a butcher shop ends with a customer choosing a rolled roast after a playful remark about capons. The butcher can barely contain his laughter as the sale concludes in this light local scene.
The author argues many people do not know what a capon is and urges poultrymen to expand caponizing. He predicts rising demand and prices, notes capons’ suitability as foster mothers for chicks, and praises their size, feathering, and gentle disposition for commercial and farming use.
The article extols caponizing young male fowl as simple and profitable. It notes easy learning on dead birds, potential minor losses, higher weight gains of 2 to 4 pounds for medium capons, and turkey-like size for Brahmas, with best instruments justified by profits. It urges interest among poultrymen to popularize this practice.
Prohibition Commissioner Doran said distillers will soon have permits to manufacture medicinal whisky under government supervision in five or six distilleries. About 2,000,000 gallons are expected to be distilled in 1950 to replenish medical whisky stocks. At a July 1 total of 9,549,071 gallons on hand, the supply could last five years at current withdrawals, with aging four years leaving only one year’s supply once new whisky is sold. He noted extensive checks found only about 1,000 of 300,000 bonded barrels dubious.
The New York Times quips about the future of talking pictures and the absurdity of doubting their rise. It notes that any future hinges on audience habits and everyday life, including who stays home.
S W Straus president of the American Society For Thrift argues that waste elimination yields profits. He cites reclaiming rubber, low grade copper, paper from corn stalks, stumpage sand, furnace slag and scrap iron, plus valuable oil by products and cane pulp. He notes spare time projects can spark major achievements and urges turning personal wastes to profit for progress.
During May 439 producing oil and gas wells were brought in Texas. In 1928 Texas spent 65,128,019 dollars on public schools. Texas death rate in 1928 was 9.51 per 1000. Turkey growers earned 10,000,000 dollars from Thanksgiving shipments. Equine population fell from 1,170,000 in 1910 to 780,000 in 1929. The state hosts 165,000 of 700,000 Masons. The US rate in 1926 averaged 12.1 per 1000.
A London chemist reports a tonic test on a mouse with a comical outcome as the mouse sticks out its tongue at a cat, described by the London Humorist.
A Norfolk Ledger financial writer notes many people fear their next paycheck and worry that their current one may be returned, reflecting broad financial anxiety and insecurity among workers.
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