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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces subscription price and mail matter status, charging ads for events with admission, memorials, and corrective policy. It highlights weekly publication, political advertisements including a gubernatorial candidate funded by Grayson County friends, and urges readers to review July political content.
A famed hunter narrates watching a cock partridge die and vows never to kill for pleasure again. He recalls the blood spatter, the sunlit woods, and the bird’s plumage as turning point, pledging to treat wild creatures as friends in a peaceful world.
A country editor overheard two women criticizing the paper aloud. As they spoke about mistakes in the paper the editor pricked up his ears and listened closely from across the aisle for more details.
A speaker recalls fabricating a fire news story after gathering three conflicting accounts from locals. He sought the editor’s version but its accuracy differed, prompting regret. A traveling man later disclosed the true fire alarm, highlighting errors in the paper. The country editor then left to sing the Doxology.
An eight to ten year old cohort passes around two large bottles of a popular soft drink and coins a new word. The piece recalls the old strawberry milkshake made with fresh milk, strawberry flavoring, cracked ice and nutmeg, costing a nickel and delivering foam from cracked ice. A brief anecdote from Deport Times links the nostalgia to two travelers seeking the drink at a crossroads grocery, where the store keeper asks for condensed milk for a second serving.
The piece questions candidates pledging liberal pensions and reduced taxes without explaining how to raise expenditures or reconcile both aims. It cites the 1937 Texas comptroller report showing total revenue of 154.12 million and expenditures of 186.39 million, with highways, schools, and pensions consuming most of the budget.
A collection of political and legal quips, including finance notes from the 1937 comptroller report showing state dollar allocations to highways, schools, pensions, and other departments. Anecdotes recount statements by officials and remarks about tax and pension liberalization and a joke comparing a lawyer to a rope.
Town gossip notes that while circulars and hand bills cost money, newspapers offer real value as readers pay for the paper and read it as families share the breezy up to date news. Merchants hope for ten readers per hundred with newspaper ads. Texas forests noted near Kirbyville Newton County Conroe Montgomery Maydelle Cherokee Hyatt Tyler and Weches Houston counties provide timber sources.
Austin reporter L A Woods announces the per capita public school aid apportionment of 3,133,270, bringing total paid to 29,766,065 from the per capita allotment. An additional 2 may be paid in July. Also notes piano learning apparatus using a player roll and criticizes desertion of Chinese babies as contributing to low survival due to undernourished mothers.
A brief memorial poem by Helen Tannah Hayes of Sherman Texas dated June 24 1938. It expresses sorrow for W L Mangrum with reflections on his absence and belief in God’s plan. The verse mentions angels, memories, and continued ache in the heart.
A compact reminiscence notes fashion among Austin's youth wearing a shirt hanging outside trousers and recalls vivid memories of political figures and events. The author reflects on a crowded Bryan speech, Marguerite Clark, a Memphis stake burning, and Ralph Yarborough's campaign as a backdrop to Texas political culture.
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