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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
9
A column of wry reflections and editorials touching politics, democracy, and culture. It cites morning fruits, aviation and journalism, and critiques political events, beer as medicine, and the Japanese system, ending with a sharp critique of Tulsa’s actions as an orgy of hatred and frenzy.
A dated classified note offers daily delivery for 50 cents monthly. It promises Associated Press News and the Sunday Comic Section, labeling Guy Stedham as the agent responsible for subscriptions and service.
The text laments the closure of Churchill's, a famed Broadway restaurant, accusing it of tarnishing the state and republic. It argues a late-night eatery relying on cheap drinks and risqué entertainment cannot sustain itself on such actions, claiming it exposes weakness in American spending.
Marse Henry comments on political confusion and launches a speculative ticket featuring Emma Goldman for president and Eugene Debs for vice president. The platform is described as Hell for Surtain, and Henry’s idea is denounced as dangerous given the public’s susceptibility to unusual proposals.
A cleaving lament warns it must not recur yet embargo and poverty drive wars. Hedrick reports a Chicago News item noting a girl not only closes her eyes while kissed but lifts a foot, raising a call for scientific corroboration and discussion.
Jack Warwick comments on a July Fourth celebration and a June 15 tax payment festival. The piece contrasts poetic sentiment with a privileged class’s observance of the second quarterly income tax.
Doug Fairbanks rejects reports of a hovering stork near him and jokes that the only third line he notices is the ostrich given him last Christmas, now for sale cheap. He quips about political gibes and defends the image of democracy against Republican taunts on the Pacific coast.
In Ladonia News a homeowner, Campbell, chased a burglar who fled with a sack after alarmed by a dog. He shot at the dog twice but missed, noting the animal appeared trained to aid a dangerous burglar and calling it a smart but dangerous helper.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine tablets with the claim they remove the cause of colds grip and influenza. The box bears the EW Grove’s signature and the dosage 30c, highlighting a single product line labeled Bromo Quinine.
A compact ad extols Rub-My-Tism for pain relief and promotes Fisk tires with a new low price. R S Morehead endorses the deal as an honest value in this period tobacco and automotive commerce snippet.
Whitewright City Commission orders an election for June 20 1921 to decide issuing 35000 in bonds for forty years with redemption option after ten years at 5 percent interest to fund high school building repairs. Election officials named. voters must be property taxpayers. Ballot instructions specify For the Issuance of Bonds or Against the Issuance of Bonds.
The mayor authorizes publication of an election notice in a general circulation city newspaper. The notice runs weekly for five weeks, with the first publication no earlier than thirty days before the election. Attest: City Secretary Montgomery. Mayor Echols signs for Whitewright, Texas.
Whitewright Texas voters will decide June 20 1921 whether to authorize an additional ad valorem tax of twenty five cents per one hundred dollars for public schools. Election managers are J M Carter R B Gordon A T Phillips S S Doss with mayor and secretary posting the notice thirty days prior.
The mayor is directed to publish the election notice in a general circulation newspaper weekly for five weeks, first publication date at least thirty days before the election, as ordered by the City Commission in regular session toward official action.
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