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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
6
A midyear financial reflection urges readers to cut wasteful spending and curb fixed charges to achieve progress. The piece cites Micawber from Dickens to illustrate how small excesses in expenses can determine happiness or misery, urging careful budgeting and oversight of personal overhead.
The piece urges freedom from unpayable bills as a path to personal growth. It frames financial discipline as essential to self-improvement and reflects on advancing days and months as a moral sequence to learn these lessons.
A prominent Hill County poultry enthusiast shares a comical reader letter seeking guidance on a white leghorn hen named Rebecca who lays eggs by dropping from a fourteen foot crib and then cackles, leaving the farmer puzzled about the bird’s behavior and egg quality.
A man writes that his fishing days are gone and he seeks help about Rebecca. He and his wife Maud are deeply attached to Rebecca and refuse to eat her, but due to hardship they may have to board her for nothing. He asks for immediate guidance.
Farmersville onion market sees prices climb with choice onions at 2.00 per crate and most crops selling between 1.25 and 1.75. Harvesting winds down as 80 percent of the crop sold, yielding about 100 crates per acre and an estimated 250000 dollars in revenue for local farmers.
An early Boston Herald remark notes Americans may invent air polo using one man planes and a gas inflated ball, predicting a bold, playful aviation sport.
A courtroom exchange questions the sanity of a defendant who believes everyone wants to rob him. The counsel notes the state's expert may see a delusion, while the judge hints at possible underlying truth in the unusual plea.
A Salvation Army girl chats with an elderly Alberdonian in a brief, humorous exchange. The man replies that at nineteen the lass is young, while he is over seventy-five and jokes he will deliver the shilling to the Lord himself.
A short want column advertisement promises fast results claiming 25 words or less for 25 cents. The note emphasizes concise classified outreach for rapid responses.
Publication notice commands the Grayson County sheriff to summon interested parties in the estate of Charles Duval, Elizabeth Duval, Eugene Duval, and Cecelia Duval. J. S. Duval, named temporary administrator on May 27 1929, filed a guardianship application for the minors in County Court, to be heard at a stated return day.
Miss Tommie Chenoweth holds a music teachers certificate from Northwestern University Chicago Kidd Key Conservatory Sherman London Conservatory Dallas Carlton College Bonham with several years experience Modern Methods.
The next civil and probate term is scheduled at Sherman Court House for the first Monday in August 1929. Interested parties may appear to contest the minor's application. the writ and an affidavit of publication must be returned with execution details. J L Doggett, Clerk, Grayson County Court, Sherman Texas. 21-127.
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