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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
6
The Whitewright Sun outlines subscription price of $1.50 per year payable in advance and specifies that notices of entertainments dinners and otherAdmission charges will be billed at regular advertising rates. Obituaries resolutions memorials and similar notices are also charged at regular rates and errors will be corrected upon notification.
Governor Neff urges lawmakers to convene in Austin on July eighteenth. The piece notes debates on public dances and highlights a Denison dance report in The Sun. It mentions a Hereford sheriff who seized fifty nine cases of Old Scotch whisky and plans to hand them to a U S marshal.
Whitewright votes bonds for a new high school building and approves an additional twenty five cent school tax. Denison streets are critiqued for rough condition. Editorials note diverse topics from regional pride to humor and social observations.
A reflective essay traces the boy’s dream of self rule from youth to manhood. It argues that maturity pulls one into broader duties, showing how roles from clerk to president bind him to others. The piece concludes that few can truly please themselves, as social expectations persist.
The Christian Evangelist argues that all professionals including preachers, doctors, lawyers, and writers are bound by their duties to others. They may seek independence, yet remain dependent on patients, clients, and readers, living under others’ decrees.
A remark notes the impression of a coal man relocating from a $5000 home to a $100,000 residence as a striking social signal, highlighting income shift and public perception observed by the Ohio State Journal.
Ford intends to manufacture his own parts but shows no plan to provide separate roads for the Fords, according to a New York American report.
An NY man collapses en route to his wedding raising questions about what comes next for him as household finances loom. The brief notes the incident and hints at consequences for bills and home life pending amid the groom’s health scare.
A provocative line from the Indianapolis Star suggests cutting cables would make Yap an apt banishment site for trial principals and witnesses in some New York divorce cases.
Jack Dempsey plans to wear a forget-me-not beneath his belt for the bout with Carpentier. The French challenger will also try to strike a similar mark on his chin during the boxing match.
A representative of a major surety company argues that the best risks are profane men, fat men, and especially married men. He says a profane fat man just convicted of bigamy should not have to post bond.
Notice states the Sears Grain Company partnership of L P Sears T H Sears and W P Vaughn Whitewright Grayson County Texas dissolved June 1 1921. Debts owed to the firm to be paid and those due from some discharged at the Whitewright office where the business continues as a Texas corporation chartered June 1 1921. Dated June 15 1921. 4115 W P Vaughn Secretary.
Sherman June 22 notice posted in North Sherman Frisco shops that 130 workmen all classes except laborers will be laid off for an indefinite period starting Wednesday.
A notice asserts that no person other than Joe Kimbrough is authorized to incur debts for him and that he will not pay any bill unless he personally incurs and obligates himself to pay it.
President Harding sent to the Senate his first nomination of a woman for Collector of Customs naming Jennie P. Musser for District No. 48 with headquarters at Salt Lake City Utah. Magazines cigars tobacco cigarettes candy novelties noted at Pierce's Cafe the old reliable place.
Denver June 21 The American Federation of Labor convention urged abolition of gambling in grain futures on the Chicago board of trade and the formation of cooperative producer and consumer groups. They commended the federal trade commission and urged congress to fund investigations of all industries and publish production and marketing cost statistics for staple commodities.
A nineteen year-old Sherman resident confessed to setting fire to a pump house at the Staples swimming pool area south of Sherman. He told Probation Officer John Moore he sought conversion and church membership, saying the arson stemmed from meanness and he would serve the five-year minimum penitentiary term. He had attended a South Sherman tent revival when questioned.
The confession points to a second youth who maintains innocence as details emerge about the case. The denier asserts no involvement, suggesting conflicting accounts that surround the crime and its pursuit.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Allison visited his brother Robert Allison near Blue Ridge last week Georgia May daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hicks has been ill for several days T D Booher and family visited his mother Mrs Ike Booher near Ravenna Otto Russell and family visited her mother Mrs Jarvis near Whitewright on Sunday
Jack Harper and wife spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Harper. Mr and Mrs Righley Smith of near Canaan visited his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Smith Saturday night. Enter prise hosts a singing Saturday night. Jewel Reynolds of near Haile returns to Ely school primary department for another term after a successful previous term. Ira Gennings of Whitesboro visited John Lewis and family Sunday afternoon.
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