The Preacher's Column on Rain and Revival
The column jokes about three cent pieces and church offerings while noting Sunday school attendance. It references a local preacher, politics, a trip to Austin, and a church revival with pleas for attendance and forecasts rain aiding farming and ministers’ salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
McCoy
Layman
Palace
Jim Waggoner
Pilot Grove
Waggoner
Austin
the Sun
Jack
Oklahoma
Collins
Enterprise
Paul Stephens
Tom Bean Revises Plans for New High School Building
The Tom Bean school board, with Page Brothers Austin architects, trims construction costs from 45000 to about 31500 to meet Public Works Board guidance. A two building plan with a high school auditorium and remodel of the old building for a grade school is favored for adequate enrollment. District officials expect revised estimates to be filed soon after talks with PWA and Fort Worth officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bean
Page Brothers
Austin
Public Works Board
P. H. Luby
PWA
Washington and
Fort Worth
Luby
Blind Panhandler and Charitable Lady Exchange
A brief street vignette shows a charitable woman offering a quarter to a lame man, who replies it would be worse to be blind. He recalls how, when blind, people gave counterfeit money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandler
Kellogg Sees No World War Now and Backs Munitions Probe
Washington report quotes Frank B Kellogg predicting the Nye committee will reveal startling facts about munitions manufacture. The 1929 Nobel Peace Prize winner argues peaceful sentiment and the Kellogg Briand pact deter wars while insisting no nation wants another war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
Senate
Nye
Kellogg
How to Make Your Pet Understand and Love You
A short guide urges talking to pets as the key to tameness and affection. It notes heredity plays a minor role compared to kind words and gentle, frequent verbal contact, even amid busy schedules.
How Much Food Is Needed Daily for a Healthy Average
The British Government officially records 3,000 calories per day as the average to keep alive and healthy for the general population. Men at heavy work may need up to 4,000 calories, while office workers may need about 2,600. Women, youths, and children have lower ranges, with exact figures varying by age and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Ministry
British Medical Association
Minister conducts wedding for fifty cents change
A couple marries in a light moment as the groom asks what the ceremony costs. The minister replies whatever you think it's worth. The groom offers fifty cents and the minister, after a pause, counts out twenty cents in change.
17 Years Ago In Whitewright Chronicle Snapshot
A. P. Gilliam, longtime resident, died Friday morning. Desert community brothers Miller injured in street crossing collision. Bob Miller seriously hurt, others with minor injuries. Local farmers replanting cotton after hail destruction. area timber and property transfers noted. Mrs. Clara Caudill sold property east 300 feet of north half block to L. LaRoe & Company for 6000 dollars. Mrs. John E. Webster died Tuesday at her home north of town.
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A. P. Gilliam
P. J. Pierce & Sons
Bob
John
Will Miller
Bob Miller
P. M. Jarvis
Bob Norris
Joe Russell
Joe Alexander
Claude Alexander
Will Jarvis
W. J. Martin
John Yeager
W. C. Cook
Chess Pope
Clara Caudill
Durant
Okla
L. LaRoe & Company
John E. Webster
Whitewright News Tidbits from June 1922
W O Brents appointed postmaster succeeding H L Webster. Local teachers elected including H L Durham Olivia Whedbee Gertrude Schooling and others. Whitewright Milling Company to resume under W R Blockson. Tar and feather incident found three miles east. victim unnamed. Denison White Produce filed bankruptcy. branch here. R M Carter seeks Grayson County Judge seat. A son born to Raymond and wife June 13. Jayne born to J E Payne Jr and wife. granddaughter of J D Hoard. Alice B Bowling died Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Brents
H. L. Webster
H. L. Durham
Olivia Whedbee
Gertrude Schooling
Annabel Finnell
Elvie Eagleton
Oneida Copeland
Susie Noe
Clara Craig
Coralee Echols
Minnie Birkner
D. B. Taylor
Lloyd Wright
Ruth Abernathy
Gladys Ray
Tommie Chenoweth
R. M. Carter
Sherman
Grayson County
Raymond Phillips
J. E. Payne Jr
Dallas
Jayne
J. D. Hoard
Whitewright
Alice B. Bowling
Couple from different towns wed in Sunday ceremony
Joe Allen of Bixby Oklahoma and Miss Lois Anderson of Whitewright tied the knot on Sunday. Rainfall in Whitewright this week reached 2.21 inches. Mr and Mrs C P McGinnis and son Russell return to reside here after two years in Slaton. A full crew works laying gas mains in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Allen
Bixby
Okla
Lois Anderson
Whitewright
C. P. McGinnis
Russell
Slaton
Byrd Existed South Pole Expedition Frosts Cold Frontier
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd endures months alone at Little America on the South Polar ice cap gathering temperature data as it plunges to 72 below zero. His solo winter awaits, while American readers seek cooling escapes. The Houston Post notes his pioneering spirit and the world map he reshapes with every expedition.
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America
United States
Admiral Byrd
South Polar
Houston Post
Dialogue between Little James and Papa on Solomon and liberty
In a child like exchange James asks if Solomon had 700 wives and if the phrase give me liberty or give me death belongs to him. Papa confirms and explains simply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Solomon
Papa
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G. C. Ivins
the Baptist Church
Jas. D. Buster
Texas
Lagoon Theater
Roosevelt
Chi
Cago
Tion
Baptist Church
Guy Hamilton
G. F. Bryant
Providence
Whitewright Lumber Co
Kirkpatrick
Gomer May
Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Barbee-Bassett
Insurance Agency
L. Laroe & CO
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