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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
3
Miss Modine Martin of Blue Ridge and J P Barbee of McKinney visit relatives here. Jack Bogle visits Dallas, Brush noted as great patter, Monday high school event. O G Bow family and others visit Commerce. Alton May and Nelia Hill attend Fort Worth and Whitewright schools. Nicholson's Cash Grocery advertises best market prices for hens eggs and butter.
We are qualified and prepared to correctly fit your eyes with glasses. Satisfaction guaranteed by R. L. Johnson, the optometrist.
J A Stuteville Jr of Dallas visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Josh May of Savoy spent Sunday here with his daughter Mrs O L Jones. Mrs S O Chambers and daughter visited Bells relatives last weekend. Floyd Eveheart and children of Sherman visited here Sunday. Ben Patterson of Denison visited relatives here over the weekend. M M Sears of Dallas visited his parents Dr and Mrs R L Sears here Friday. Brush is advertised as the best magician at Pierce's Cafe.
Mrs. Cull Reeves and her son visited relatives in Sherman and returned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davidson visited Fort Worth, guests of the Albert Patterson couple. J. L. Doggett from Sherman spent the weekend with Carroll Cowart. Aladdin Lamp supplies advertised at Gordon's Cash Grocery. Mrs. John P. Haden returned to Durant after visiting Mr. and Miss Mac Reed and Miss Dorothy Porter.
Old timers recount a Cedar Springs incident where a live frog was found in a hollow tree trunk after the tree was chopped down. The frog, retained for decades, resided in a smooth-polished cell about 18 inches from ground level, likely seeking shelter and remaining trapped as the tree grew.
A leading American hat maker uses seven million cubic feet of manufactured gas annually as heat in felting ironing curling and labels. Since 1900 industrial gas use grew and by 1926, consumption for manufacturing rose 60 percent constituting over a quarter of yearly gas production.
Washington reports Representative Erwin L. Davis of Tennessee contends radio permit discrimination favors the North. He cites zone three, the South, with the largest population and area, has only seven and eight tenths percent of station power. He notes 60 stations have 1,000 watts or more nationwide, only four in the South, and total South wattage is 47 105.
S W Cutlip of Diana West Virginia declares that if elected to the school board he will fire all flapper teachers.
Littlefield residents vote to host Gunter Junior College a Church of Christ school opening next fall. The plan includes 1,280 acres divided into city lots and ten acre tracts with livestock on each, plus 100 tracts and 50 lots already sold. Principal John R Freeman announced an expected 400 students and rapid construction of an administration building two dormitories and four teacher dwellings within thirty days.
In Eastland Henry Helms was found guilty of robbery with firearms for the Dec 25 Cisco bank holdup. The Ninety-First District Court jury returned a death verdict after a weekend deliberation. Helms' attorneys will seek a new trial as family members reacted emotionally to the ruling.
The world’s largest concrete bridge, a fifteen mile link across Lake Pontchartrain, connects the chief Menteur Highway to Slidell. Ten miles are over water, the rest on causeways. Built in under a year at about 5.5 million dollars, it will operate as a toll bridge and is fully lit by electricity. This enables a car trip from Broadway in New York to Canal Street in New Orleans without a ferry.
A brief exchange appears in a humorous or social vignette where one character prompts a kiss and another dismisses the bold move as amateurish, reflecting playful social satire.
A Warsaw resident, Stanislaw Abiciak, learned from the U.S. Consul at Lodz that he inherited $12,000,000 from Anton Robacs of Denver. The news caused a collapse but he soon recovered.
Robert Baylor of Old Orchard Beach Maine says he holds a record for the most medical operations after undergoing 37 procedures in four years. He jokes about his repeated surgeries as part of his claim to the title of the most “cut-up” man.
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