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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
5
Local items list social visits across towns including Lone Oak Denton Dallas Sherman and Leonard. Ribbon hats from Badgett's Millinery are advertised with new shipments. Several residents travel for work or family, with mentions of schools and civic ties.
Mr and Mrs W B Penn of Bells and Mr and Mrs W A Boatwright and son of Van Arkansas were guests of Mr and Mrs Emmet Penn.
Miss Gladys Ray, former North Dallas High School teacher, has returned home after Dallas schools closed last Friday. R L Johnson, who had surgery at a Sherman hospital last Friday, is recovering and expects to return home soon. Mrs Bess Greer of Van Alstyne and Miss Lucile Bushong of Thompsonville Ky were guests of Mr and Mrs D S McMill on Tuesday.
Mrs E O Thomas and her daughter Mrs F E Douglas left Tuesday night for Bryan after receiving a message that Mrs S C Evans was seriously ill. The item notes family concern and travel in response to the emergency.
Dan Hollingsworth came back Saturday from Lubbock where he attended Texas Technological College for the past term. He is taking a constructional engineering course and made a good record in his studies.
Mrs J D Williams and her daughter Miss Addie have come back from West Texas where they spent several months. Miss Williams taught school there this term and plans to return next fall.
Dr and Mrs W N Lemmon and daughter Miss Theresa of Lubbock spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Guy Hamilton. Miss Lemmon recently graduated from the College of Industrial Arts at Denton and the Lemmon couple attended the school's closing exercises before traveling to Whitewright.
In a Sand and Spray reflection the author recalls a letter from Abraham Lincoln written at age 44 in which he laments a doomed career and deep discouragement. The note suggests that despite such moments one can rise to new endeavor and persevere.
A Virginia Pilot gag about a father giving a dollar per birthday and a son reaching 18, with a quip about balance between back to the farm and back to the White House. It also notes a Florence Alabama Herald joke about straddling issues and being hit by opposing traffic.
Mrs W E Rice reports extensive crop disaster from dust storms and hail in western Kansas. A two day electric wind burst burned wheat, followed by a June hailstorm wiping out 370 acres. Dodge City reports a cyclone damage, while the family plans to plow and replant feed crops.
Geo B Goodwin former US consul at Annaberg Germany drops dead at his Grand Beach summer home in Biddeford Maine Born 72 educated abroad he left law for journalism and held posts at Bangor Commercial Boston Post New York Herald Mercury World He helped found the Daily Herald in Denison Texas and long served the Democratic National Committee.
A terse exchange recalls a grudging porter offering ice water and a passenger warning a corpse in the baggage car will not stay intact with further requests. The dialogue hints at harsh conditions and a tense scene aboard a train.
The text credits China with gunpowder tea rice silk and the compass and praises its philosophy art and literature. It notes China's meritocratic examination system and its aim for world peace while describing its isolationist stance and the sinking of its warships in a bid to end war.
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