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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun notes broker ire over government onion purchases to raise prices, linking it to past cotton price pegs. The piece argues price bargaining is human nature and brokers act as buyers and sellers seek advantageous deals.
Denison Herald recounts Austin College in a Centennial year feature by Booth Mooney. The piece traces the college’s founding in the mid nineteenth century, its resilience amid challenges, and its role in shaping leaders across Texas. The tribute notes Austin College’s longstanding place in Grayson County and its enduring promise for the future.
A Dallas letter signed by Katherine Luxor describes a personal encounter with the President. She writes Ive seen the President with tears in my eyes and a aching throat, recounting the emotional moment printed in the Dallas News.
An eyewitness recalls meeting Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Dallas as the President greeted thousands with warmth and courage. The writer expresses awe at FDR’s leadership and humanity, noting the moment lifted their perspective from daily duties to a shared national vision.
A century ago the United States had no public library system. Most furniture came from England. An old Connecticut copper mine served as a prison. Virginia held a fifth of the nation’s population. Travel between New York and Boston relied on two stagecoaches. A day laborer earned two shillings daily. Whipping posts and pillories existed in Boston and New York. Attire featured leather breeches and cocked hats. meals centered on beef pork and fish.
Centennial Central Exposition will showcase an 1841 London publication outlining early Republic of Texas taxes. The Guide to Emigrants notes sales levies of 0.5 percent, $1 tax on a silver watch, $3 yearly for a gold watch, $1 annual horse license, and $1 per wheel on pleasure carriages.
Honolulu reports that Dr. Thomas A. Jagger Jr. of the U S park service will study Montserrat eruption timing for the Royal Society of London. He predicts Hawaiian volcanoes will stay quiet for about two years and cites past flows and an 11 year cycle in major eruptions as his basis.
Detroit faces a rat population estimated between two and four million and a chorus of ideas reaches City Hall. One suggestion recommends cutting sponges into bean sized pieces, coating with melted lard or butter, and dropping them into rat holes to lure and fatally ingest the sponge.
A Detroit exhibit showcases books once barred for provoking offense to church, state, or morals. Classics cited include the Bible, Merchant of Venice, Paradise Lost, Gulliver’s Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Les Miserables, Scarlets Letter, and Uncle Tom's Cabin, among others.
Dialog hints at local concern over water quality as rain showers intensify. Residents ponder mineral content and taste while officials reassure on supply standards amid wet season.
The state shifted relief duties to municipalities. Hoboken reduced relief cases from 2,145 to about 90 within a month, aiding 360 people. Overseer Harry L. Barch credits cutting welfare “chiseler” beneficiaries and restoring work incentives, arguing the old American pioneer spirit prompts self-reliance.
A fat man bumps into a lean gentleman and pits a jab about famine against a sharp retort. The lean man fires back, blaming the larger man for causing the supposed shortage, sparking a brief, humorous exchange.
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