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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun reports on price increases in printing boards and papers as well as the return of a 2 cent first class mail rate partial restoration. It details farm economic pressures including cotton prices and rain shortages, and satirically notes a cheap shirt purchase.
A printer recounts a customer trying to save by buying cheap paper from The Sun. The wrong stock led to higher costs, and the shop admits its failure to price low quality stock. After twenty years of trust, they affirm quality over price and the truth that you get what you pay for.
The piece argues that the 1898 Santiago battle marked the United States’s rise as a world power. It contends Americans once felt inferior to Europe but now trust in a strong delegation at the World Monetary and Economic Conference, asserting Europe cannot outsmart the U S. It emphasizes national growth and confidence.
The article notes rising enthusiasm for Independence Day celebrations and more people attempting the Star Spangled Banner. It praises Anna Case as the only professional singer who can do it properly and calls for a new national song everyone can sing, criticizing America’s current tune as too similar to God Save the King and other anthems.
A historical outlook traces the U.S. war pension beginnings to the 1775 Buncker Hill action with Warren and notes long standing generosity to veterans. It also discusses past scandals from organized veteran demands and Roosevelt’s stance against reviving G A R abuses while promising help to deserving cases.
The piece argues the President should oppose funding ex soldiers with no claims beyond being veterans and condemns lawmakers swayed by the veterans lobby. It recalls hard times with simple living, small wealth, and scarce comforts to illustrate fiscal concerns.
A speaker extols frugality and simple living noting sunshine air and water cost nothing. He advocates walking over driving, raw vegetables and fruits, homemade hash from cheaper meats, dry bread in soup, and inexpensive meals. He praises old fashioned horse sense as a treasure and urges vitamin D from sun.
Bishop Sam Hay of the Methodist Church, in Coleman, warned his congregation that headlines wrecked homes and urged readers to avoid forming views of society from daily papers while noting the importance of learning details of sermons and clergy actions.
The piece argues newspapers do not drive society bad but merely report its wrongs. It suggests bishops and preachers boost congregations with sensational sin stories, drawing readers who want details, while pure religious preaching rarely attracts the largest crowds as Paris News notes.
Berlin reports a five year study by Prof Kaspar Schmitt of Heidelberg on a cotton seed extract that yields a yellowish flour like substance rich in vitamins A B C and E with potential vitamin D activation. Hospital patients fed the extract showed improved nourishment and a 20 to 30 percent nutrient increase per food. Two tablets may replace three meals according to Professor Lehmitt.
An Anderson South Carolina man George McKee recalls a rural upbringing in which his family lived in three rooms with limited education and scarce goods. He emphasizes isolation from urban life and harsh early conditions before delivering his personal testament.
A reflective line recalls a stick of candy three raisins and Christmas cheer. The speaker recalls loving family and contentment despite hardship, asserting that poverty never defined their experience. The tone blends nostalgia with resilience.
President Roosevelt opened a bold cotton control drive appealing to Southern farmers to destroy a quarter of the growing crop. He calls the plan practical and definite and warns of starvation prices if not fully accepted, with 2,000,000 pamphlets sent bearing his signature and urging action.
A humorous exchange where Cohen questions the premise of removing three pennies from eight, revealing a child’s playful doubt about subtraction and counting in a light moment.
A humorous courtroom exchange features a traffic judge threatening jail after a fine, while a weather forecaster comments on today’s fine weather and cooler conditions tomorrow. The dialogue relies on wordplay between judicial and meteorological roles.
A spinach grower who joined the golf club was appointed chairman of the Greens Committee, reflecting a notable shift in club leadership. The move places a fresh voice in course maintenance and policy decisions affecting play.
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