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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
5
News notes list numerous travelers and guests visiting Dallas and nearby towns. Individuals include Tocals W. C. Wood in Rowlett, Mrs. Annette Harp in Dallas, E. J. Lilley and Joe Johnson in Dallas, Elizabeth Love in Bonham, and many others visiting relatives in towns such as Commerce Honey Grove Henrietta Duncan Comanche and Vernon.
Sherman residents and friends are mentioned visiting relatives in Shreveport Wichita Falls Greenville Ada Okla and Denison. Edible business notes include Gordon Bros paying 18 to 20 cents for eggs and J C Gillespie traveling to New York to buy stock. The Odd Fellows district meeting in Bonham featured the Corsicana Orphan's Home Band.
In sincere appreciation and gratitude our hearts go out to neighbors and friends who aided our father in his last illness and assisted in funeral arrangements. We thank for floral offerings sympathy and support and will always remember them. A R Badgett W D Badgett Floyd Badgett Mrs C K Spindle Myrtle Badgett May Badgett.
Sunday program listed for 1 p m with devotional Waiting on the Lord led by Mrs G Lindsey. Word study by W T Simmons. Talks by Mrs C W Hampton on Two currents tug at us and by George Gattis on True and false prosperity. Frances Giles on Prosperity as promised and Mrs W C Cook on Envy the man whose end is peace. All members urged to attend with visitors welcome led by the group leader.
In Cheyenne Wyoming Nellie Tayloe Ross widow and governor successor opens the twelfth annual conference of state executives with a three day session. The meeting gathers 25 governors from across the United States to discuss state government issues focusing on financial administration and states rights.
After a week layoff due to rain the B Cs won their only game with superb pitching by Robert M Cantrell. The team played their first under manager Ben Gould and produced a strong win on wet grounds.
Blanton and the BCs defeated the MPs 2 to 1 on a Wednesday afternoon. Grammer pitched well for the MPs, but the BCs cracked him in the late innings with four hits and two runs. Blanton allowed one hit with eight strikeouts. The MPs went ahead in the third when Wallace scored on H Blanton's single, then BCs tied it in the fourth as Williams doubled and Ross singled.
Holcomb hit a Texas leaguer into left as the MPs fought to close the gap to three games. The win leaves the team optimistic about a Thursday afternoon rematch, if weather permits.
Sherbrooke Record commentary argues a republic shifts blame from individuals to the system when leaders govern. The piece reflects on accountability and the diffuse responsibility of collective power in a constitutional framework.
Jasper complains to a jeweler that his timepiece is a cuckoo clock though the jeweler denies it. The clock allegedly struck 13, prompting a humorous dispute about its identity and timekeeping.
An item or service is advertised for sale in Whitewright with a price of $1.95 and associated with Sun and Dallas News as sources.
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