Postmaster Examination Scheduled for July Fifteenth
The Postmaster General announced an open competitive exam to fill the Whitewright postmaster position on July 15 in Sherman under an Executive order of May 10 1921. Acting postmaster W O Brents plans to take the exam. salaries cited at 2200 per year. applications via Form 2241 and 2223 from the postmaster or U S Civil Service Commission. transfers possible.
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Sherman
W. O. Brents
Whitewright
Brents
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Examination Filing Deadline With Commission
A notice states that documents must be filed with the Commission in Washington in time to arrange for the examination at the examination point chosen. The item emphasizes timely submission to secure assessment coordination.
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Washington
Hottest Place on Earth Death Valley California
Ten years of records from Greenland Ranch Death Valley indicate the region is the hottest in the United States and likely the world. Average extreme maximum temperatures since 1911 exceed 125 degreesF with near daily 100 degreesF plus in June to August. The record July 1917 mean was 107.6 degreesF and a July 10 1913 shade temperature of 134 degreesF is believed the highest recorded. Death Valley spans 2 to 8 miles wide and about 100 miles long, deepest U.S. basin with some points below sea level.
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United States Weather Bureau
Greenland Ranch
Death Valley
California
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Greenland Ranch and Death Valley Climate Notes
In Greenland ranch the area lies 178 feet below sea level with extreme midsummer heat driving inhabitants and Indians to higher ranges. Death Valley receives less than two inches of yearly rain, making irrigation essential for farming. Greenland ranch relies on springs for irrigation water at about 100 degrees F, enough for seventy acres. Four alfalfa crops are grown annually. The ranch mainly produces dressed meat while attempts are under way to raise poultry and cultivate vegetables dates citrus and deciduous fruits.
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Greenland Ranch
Panamint Range
Death Valley
Humorous Town Notes From Hogwallow
Dunk Botts reports rain ended and umbrellas retired while Raz Barlow nears completion of a love letter. Locals joke at Rye Straw store growth, near-sighted Sim Flinders kin on the fence, and Silo-like complaints from Tobe Moseley after a sour season. Crows line up on Gander Creek, and Sidney Hocks held a building foundation block for hours near the Rye Straw shop.
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Sidney Hocks
Rye Straw
Sid
Sidney
Rayburn to Speak Here Next Wednesday
Congressman Sam Rayburn of Bonham will speak in Whitewright at 3 o clock Wednesday evening July 5 in support of his bid for re election to Congress from Texas fourth district. He has campaigned across the district since opening his run four weeks ago. A good audience is expected and arrangements are being made by his friends. The exact location will be announced soon.
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Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Whitewright
Congress
Texas
Rayburn
Weevil Control Claim Spreads to Cotton Fields
A weekly report notes a method that allegedly frees 15 acres of cotton from boll weevils in two nights, promising rapid pest eradication. The claim centers on a new nightly treatment, credited to Cap Pers Weekly.
Woman Calls For Mother While Boy Scrubs Porch
A small boy cleans his front porch when a woman asks if his mother is home. The phrase implies a crowd or neighborly inquiry, capturing a fleeting domestic moment from an old newspaper fragment.
Bib Bertha bug trap by Kenton student patent
James FE Cross of Kenton Tennessee quit college to fight bugs and patent the Bib Bertha. The device uses a bright electric globe to lure moths and a vacuum funnel to trap them, aiming to protect cotton crops and rid farms of pests.
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James FE. Cross
Kenton
Tenn
Young Cross
Ageold
Cross
Big Bertha
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromine Quinine Ad
Advertising blurb for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day. Mentions relief from cough and headache and that each box bears E W Groves signature. Price 30 cents.
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E.W. Groves
Incredible Aunt Hetty Fat English Woman Loss
Aunt Hetty proclaims a paper reports an English woman who lost two thousand pounds and Uncle Hiram reacts asking what she reads. The exchange reflects a humorous片 moment from a domestic scene with local newspaper flavor.
Personal News Request to The Sun Quoted in Notice
A reader urges that any personal news be phoned or sent to The Sun. The request emphasizes direct submission of local notices and updates for publication consideration.
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The
Sun
Porch remark ends curtly after inquiry
A brief exchange ends with a curt reply about a porch matter, leaving details unclear and no further discussion evident. The fragment suggests a terse interaction without additional context or names.
Always Under Suspicion in a Polite Borrowing Hint
A light quote from the Boston Transcript notes that Jenks, praised for extreme politeness, is perceived as overly courteous to the point of implying a desire to borrow money. The exchange satirizes social manners and financial suspicions in polite discourse.
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Jenks
Boston Transcript
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Death Valley, Calif
Davidson
J. W. Davidson
Fisk
R. S. Morehead
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Fletcher Henstep
Raz Barlow
Sim Flinders
Tobe Moseley
Tickville
Washington Hocks
Slim Pickens
Atlas Peck
Flim Dillard
Salem Barlow
Calf Ribs
Chance
Mangrum Brothers
McBride
Radio Goods
Eveready
Franco
Manhattan
Thordason
Greenville
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