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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
14
Public notices warn that entertainments with fees will be billed at ad rates. The paper corrects misstatements upon request. Weather talk notes heat, cotton timing, and grain harvest. Cotton prices rise $1.25 at base Tuesday, signaling potential gains for farmers.
Comment discusses candidates failing to engage voters until they start trading insults, at which point public attention is expected to rise. The piece implies that heated exchanges will drive engagement and scrutiny of candidates.
Grayson County saw two new candidates enter politics on Saturday with bids for county judge and state representative for Grayson and Collin Counties. City crews completed another round of street and alley cleaning while mowing crews target weed spots. Rock and gravel were hauled to repair sewer plant damage and flush lines. Regular maintenance continues at pump station grounds and west town inclosure. The water department runs a meter cleaning and repair campaign as city books undergo annual audit by R. A. Gillett and W. T. Simmons. A board of equalization was appointed and will meet next Monday to review tax rendition lists and indicated adjustments.
The Clarksville Times argues that efforts to eliminate or cut state ad valorem taxes would primarily benefit large real estate holders and non resident owners. It warns reduced property taxes would raise sales taxes, increasing overall costs for everyday purchases.
A Clarksville Times editorial argues for a constitutional amendment to set the Texas governor’s salary at 10000 a year, mocking past salaries and predicting the same pattern of costly governors with a $10 per diem for legislators, promising longer terms and more specials. It cites past examples of up to 25000 and 600 salaries and warns against a repeat under a new setup.
The Family Doctor argues most nervous ailments are caused by nationwide low mood. He distinguishes organic from functional disorders, warns rest is key to many functional cases, and urges patients to seek relief through vacations outdoor activities and returning to simple leisure away from worries.
The dressed skeleton of Jeremy Bentham presides at University College Hospital trustees meetings in London as a silent member denied voting. Bentham who died in 1832 left his fortune to the hospital and his body was disposed by a 19th century will.
A decade summary notes 75 percent population growth within 30 miles of 95 large cities, widespread silver dollar circulation in the West, 500 million silver coins stored by mints, 1.1 million corn-hog contracts signed, musk oxen births in Alaska, and coffee usage topping 10 million bags from 1933 to 1934. Also cited are Ohio income concentration, Shanghai coin production, measles implications, and a Sherman candidate visiting Whitewright to meet voters.
A collector of home science notes suggests storing lettuce and celery stem down in cold water to refresh them. Bread with a trace of agar-agar can stay nearly as fresh for six months as fresh bread. raw potato can fix overly salty soup. iodine can ease inflamed bites. tartar emetic mixed with sugar helps deter ants when kept away from children and pets.
An impatient customer quarrels over serving time to a waiter who insists the establishment closes at 11. The dialogue captures a tense exchange as the customer contemplates waiting or starving.
An old note shares practical household hacks. It suggests using a tea cosy to keep an iron warm, oil on cutlery to prevent rust, felt hat scraps as mats for flower bowls, wool edging to finish them, and briefly parboiling eggs before poaching to keep yolks intact.
A buyer questions river flooding while viewing land along the riverbank. The real estate agent fires back that the river is no sickly stream always confined to its bed, signaling a sharp exchange during a property viewing.
Sun offers typewriter carbon paper and writer ribbons for sale. Items include standard carbon sheets and various ribbon colors suitable for office use. Practical choice for restoring old machines or daily typing tasks.
Benjamin Russell reflects on a friend’s truism that in a century most people will be gone, urging readers to value each day, balance work and leisure, and avoid postponing plans as time slips away. The piece emphasizes living with purpose and intent rather than endless delay.
A Boston statistician calculates chances for errors in a single print column as 70,000 to 1. He notes a 10,000-letter ordinary column with seven wrong positions, 70,000 error chances, and vast transposition possibilities. In the line To be or not to be, transposition alone yields 2,758,000 potential errors.
Mr and Mrs J A Stuteville Jr of Dallas visit relatives this week. Lloyd Stowers returns from Denton where he attended North east Texas State Teachers College. Miss Edna Earl Stuteville attends summer school at East Texas State Teachers College Commerce.
Rev G C Ivins pastor of First Baptist spoke to the Rotary Club on the text Children delivering a ten minute talk and staying on topic. Visitors Will H Evans A Y Creager and W J McGee of Sherman spoke with Creager recounting a land trip through several states and praising Northeast Texas. McGee discussed life insurance and impressed members with potential policies.
A four year old complains to her mother about how to button a dress when the button is on the back and she is in front. The lighthearted moment captures a child's practical frustration and a mother’s gentle guidance.
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