Whitewright Sun community notes and notices
Local paper from Whitewright, Texas includes subscription info, policy on corrections, notices of entertainments with admission fees, memorials, and resolutions. Mentions Whitewright social life, turnout at last Saturday’s event, weather helping farmers, American Legion picnic plans for July, cotton picking prices in Edinburg, and a light editorial riff on towns and activity. President Hoover fishing camps and Sunday habit noted with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Whitewright
Legion
Rapidan River
Washington
Hoover
Attitude Toward Community Determines Town Vitality
The piece contrasts a live town with a dead burg. A live town has many citizens ready to support worthy community ventures, while a dead burg suffers from self interest that keeps people from engaging in local matters.
Buy It At Home: A Local Buy Local Appeal
The piece argues that buying locally strengthens community growth by circulating money through local shops and services. Purchasing outside the town diverts wealth, hurting local banks and the overall economy, making buy at home a sound business practice.
Law and order clash over police entry without warrants
A Dallas News editorial questions Senator Love's bill that could shield officers who unlawfully search private homes for liquor. It argues for constitutional protections, insisting warrants are essential to prevent abuses and protect citizens against wrongful entry and arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Senate
Texas
Dallas
Tekas
Dallas News
Speed and the perils of haste on the road
A reflective editorial laments the rush of modern life and warns that speed endangers children and families. It questions whether the frantic pace justifies risk and asks drivers to consider the harm their haste may cause to loved ones and future generations.
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Moloch
Urges and Anguish Haunt a Man's Daily Altar
A terse quip from the Grand Prairie Texan laments a man tempted by a demon's urge, as waves of anguish assault his unheeding ears while lives are sacrificed daily upon his altar.
Helping to Build Texas Building Permits Volume and Growth
Texas issued April building permits totaling 18.887 million dollars with 36 percent residential. In a week Del Rio sold over 2 million pounds of wool at 33 cents per pound. Texas chartered 228 corporations with capitalization of 8.297 million in March, up from 247 filings and 7.724 million last year. Army Aviation photo section with Texas 2OEW and USGS mapped about 12 000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
del Rio
Texas 2Oe of Water Engineers
U.S. Geological Survey
Army Aviation Photographic Section
Texas Concentrates Cucumber Acreage Lead State Growers
More than one third of U S cucumber acreage is in Texas this year as the early crop moves. USDA puts U S cucumber acreage at 16040 acres and Texas at 5880, up 660 from 1928. Decatur traders earn nearly 100000 dollars in March and April from cows and chickens in the trade territory. Cream sales, live poultry, eggs and milk contribute sizable sums, with Decatur shipping sweet cream in carrots to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Decatur
Dallas News
Philadelphia
Respect of Persons in Faith and Charity
A preacher urges faith in Christ without favoritism and condemns judging the poor by appearance. He cites James 2 and Matthew 25, urging acts of kindness, fair wages, and inclusive worship, while warning against ostentatious dress and social pride. A story of a woman feeding a hungry child illustrates charity.
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J. H. Waggoner
Whitewight, Texas
Whitewright Sun
Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
North Texas
FISK
F. O. Mangrum
Rev
S. L. Ball
God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Kirkpatrick’s
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Ladies
Oxfords
Lilley Dry Goods CO
Whitewright, Texas
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