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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
4
Grayson and Fannin Counties offer 1 year subscriptions at $1.50 and six months at $1.00. Outside these counties the prices are 1 year for $2.00 and six months for $1.25.
A letter from the Greencastle Echo Pilot laments slow mail delivery and urges action from President Truman. The piece contrasts old days of coal oil lamps and six daily trains with modern speed, rail, air, and truck mail, ending with a call for improved domestic service.
A St Louis firm announces Soberetts a capsule said to speed alcohol breakdown to restore sobriety and ease hangovers. A doctor chemist and pharmacist from a Midwest university are credited but names are not released. The company emphasizes it is not an alcohol cure or suppressant.
Safety in the home stresses kitchens as the most dangerous room on the farm and stairs as another major accident site. Expert Bernice Claytor of Texas A M College cites carelessness, clutter, faulty gas connections, worn electricals, and hot fat as common causes and urges orderly storage, proper lighting, uniform stair dimensions, and prompt disposal of worn equipment to cut injuries.
COLLEGE STATION The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station has launched a new plants program with over 2000 foreign introductions and wild collections. Plants come from most regions of the world except Russia and satellites, including Central and South America Africa India Turkey and the Philippines. The program aims to expand plant diversity and study potential uses.
A Texas Station program evaluates whether crops under investigation can be grown commercially in Texas or used in plant breeding. The committee led by Dr. R. G. Reeves, with Drs. Potts Sperry and Blackhurst and E Mortensen, guides study across substation labs to test adaptation to local areas and potential disease resistance for new or improved varieties.
In 1875 Chicago music teacher Thomas Westen dorf composed a song for his wife to assure their trip to her German homeland. The piece, titled "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen," has no Irish connection despite Gaelic programs often featuring it. Manx cats have no tails.
A poem by Edgar A. Guest urges continuing effort toward a better world, warning that a static future would erase purpose and courage. The piece opens with a call to lead by example and ends with a counterpoint about progress. Also noted are two stark facts: American Indian land holdings total about 52 million acres in the U S and sugar extraction from bees was perfected in 1802.
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