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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1921
Page
1
Sherman March 1 Sheriff Boyd Craig said he has run down leaders of a wholesale theft ring moving fowls by auto from Fort Worth to areas east and west. Over 100 birds were taken from a Southmayd farm. two white men were in custody with a truckload of fowls identified and returned to owners.
Central Christian Church invites every member and children to Bible school next Lordsday at 9 45. An illustrated sermon at 7 30 p m titled The World Made Flesh begins with Zacharias and traces to the finding of Christ in the Temple. Morning service topic is The Stewardship of Life. Communion precedes the sermon at the morning hour. All are welcome to worship if not affiliated with another church. A E Major Pastor. Yes the Sun can print that job.
A Senate committee estimated 1920 campaign spending at 10,338,509 with Republicans spending 8,100,730 and Democrats 2,257,770. The report, signed unanimously by five senators, notes rising costs as a menace but refrains from calling for immediate action, suggesting further study and possible constitutional steps if needed.
A lighthearted exchange between wife and husband turns on marriage and billing. The wife jokes that marriage soon ceases to be about billing and cooing, while the husband notes that the billing part sticks.
Washington March 2 Representative Champ Clark of Missouri died at 2 10 p m in his seventy first year just days from retirement after 26 years in Congress The House recessed for thirty minutes honoring him His wife, son Pennett Clark and daughter Mrs James M Thompson of New Orleans were at his bedside Funeral plans were not complete but the body would likely be sent to Bowling Green Missouri
Odeon Theatre manager B Lege designates weekly American Legion nights for the next four to five weeks with 50 percent of proceeds donated to the Legion to equip their club room. The Legion expresses gratitude for the substantial gift and notes Mr Legg’s prior generosity to worthy causes.
A nostalgic verse praises a church in the valley and its Sabbath bells. It asserts the Bible as the world shaping influence and essential in education, calling it the classic of literature and emphasizing friendship.
Sherman March 2. County tax collector J H Johnson announced that January 1921 poll taxes totaled 586,322.83 dollars, the largest ever for Grayson County. Of 12,703 qualified voters 11,618 paid, 1,085 exempt. 330,620 stayed with the county, remainder to the State. Delinquent rate likely higher than 1920.
Former President William H. Taft voiced support for open shops and rejected both closed and closed non union shops in a Brooklyn Academy of Music address on The Relations of Capital and Labor. He argued workers should not be forced to join unions and that shops should remain open to all.
Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz predicts widespread home electricity within years. He envisages a morning routine where clocks, furnaces, doors, coffee, eggs, and even the commuter’s wardrobe are managed by electric devices and a talking machine phonograph, turning mornings into a streamlined, cheerful routine.
Classified notice from The Sun offering to sell your items or locate desired purchases in a concise 25 word ad. Includes contact options and quick turnaround.
Mrs. Tennie Morris, 15, was found not guilty of murder by a Fifteenth District Court jury in Sherman. She had been charged in the July shooting death of Mrs. Lela Farrar in front of the State National Bank in Denison. Defense argued unwritten law and self defense. trial began Monday and jurors deliberated under an hour.
C W Luck of Sherman Maurice Hardin of Dallas Leon Davidson of Sherman Henry Reeves who is attending school at Decatur and Miss Genevieve Davidson attending school at Denton were here last Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs J D Patterson.
Dallas March 1 W B E Stalling found guilty of failing to stop and aid Mr and Mrs J L Patterson after being struck by an auto at Tenth and Tyler on Nov 14 The jury in Criminal District Court No 2 gave five years confinement The trial heard alibi testimony while the state argued circumstantial evidence Stalling also faces an indictment for negligently killing Mrs Patterson who died from injuries
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