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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
4
A 51 year old horse living with a Pennsylvania minister near Catawissa is thought to be the oldest horse alive. The owner has kept the animal for 35 years, and local interest centers on its remarkable age.
A forthright critique of flappers as the new woman challenging old restraints. The piece contrasts grandmothers in hop skirts with daughters in short hair and skimpy frocks, praising youth while lamenting public indecency and the mothers who imitate the trend. It ends urging reflection on societal direction and progress.
The Albany News quotes a passage arguing that the status of women reflects public sentiment and shapes law. It asserts men’s refinement gives way to animal passion when viewing women’s nakedness, implying civilizational progress hinges on female conduct and public morals.
A short essay by Herman J. Stitch on momentum and daily habits. It argues momentum saves energy, urges practical habits such as punctuality honesty loyalty sincerity courtesy cheerfulness thrift aspiration and daily prayer. The piece emphasizes starting well and maintaining consistent good practices.
A collage of brief quotes on prohibition, evolution, liberty and reform from major papers. It notes prohibitionists calling the Eighteenth Amendment in its infancy and critics debating politics and freedom, with satirical lines on naval ratios and tax collection.
A Genoa Conference takeaway, per the New York Tribune, is a Russian proposal to settle its debts by funding payment through a third party. The note frames the offer as contingent on a financier supplying the money needed.
A fragment from a 19th century gossip piece questions who says scandalous claims about divorce debts and private lives. It references rumors about a financier couple, a contentious marriage, and distant relatives amid whispered judgments. The piece uses the refrain They to mock anonymous accusers.
A collage of editorial quips and satirical lines from various papers. It notes Secretary Fall on Alaska paying for war, Germany and Russia asking to be left alone, a German royalist joke about the Kaiser, Dempsey offered for France, and other remarks on disasters, politics, crime, and revival. The items reflect wartime sentiment and humorous takes across publications.
They revel in domestic strife a riddle posed by Leslie's Weekly. The verse asks who knows it all and speaks when visitors arrive and questions who should hire a ball.
Mrs J EF Fuller of Dallas is visiting her sister Mrs W C Huffines, who has been ill for ten weeks.
Sherman May 29 W A Sharp a businessman of Dorchester was in Sherman noting farmers in the area began cutting wheat Monday. He said the Dorchester county wheat crop is good and oats are also good and will soon be ready to cut.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m and at 7 p m Junior League at 3 p m Intermediate League at 5 50 p m Senior League at 7 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 80 p m Woman's Missionary Society Monday at 3 p m Public invited to worship with us Come thou with us and we will do thee good K R Isbell Pastor
Misses Mary Ann Lillie Pat and Johnnie Sears of Merke visit their grandmother Mrs J F Lilley and other relatives here, sharing time with family members and kin in the community.
Fresh refuses to name the origin of shin gles while a professor presses for the historical note. The exchange centers on who first used shin gles and why the detail remains undisclosed.
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