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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
4
Entered at the Whitewright post as second class mail matter. Notices of entertainments dinners and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Obituaries and memorials are also charged at regular rates. Corrections will be made upon notification.
The town begins a spring garden push as trash wagons remove about fifty loads of tin cans and rubbish. Rain halts the campaign on Thursday but work will resume once skies clear. The paper warns against chickens invading gardens, urging ownership and confinement to protect local plots.
Senator John Sharpe Williams argues that governments inevitably grow bureaucratic machinery that can threaten individual liberty. He frames government as a necessary evil, existing to secure equal opportunity, happiness, and development for individuals, not as an end in itself.
A discussion of community funding details how Whitewright allocates tax revenue to school maintenance bonds and expenses city general funds waterworks and funding bonds and street improvement tax. City officers keep vouchers and records with annual audits by three citizens. Regular city commission meetings are open to the public with minutes recording all actions.
A citizen may learn about the city's affairs by checking records or attending meetings, obtaining information as desired through official channels.
A Dallas News letter by C O James urges each county to form citizen groups to aid officers and prosecutors. He argues law abidance drops when neighbors ignore crime, and says strong citizen vigilance deters juveniles and petty offenders. Regular good citizenship meetings are urged.
A collection of sharp quotes from multiple newspapers including the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Boston Herald and New York Tribune. Items poke at finance tax policy politics and public figures with wit and satire. The snippets hint at wartime economics farm policy and media caricature without full context.
The Wilbur-Marion Star reports Voliva asserting the sky is a dome of solid material and that such domes are not confined to the sky, a claim presented as factual in his discourse.
A Dartmouth professor reports finding a blue caterpillar, a surprising insect sighting that sparks curiosity among readers. The note reflects contemporary interest in unusual species and invites further observation and study.
A Marion Star quote notes that movie industry figures rarely complain about being forced to live on starvation wages, highlighting a critique of pay conditions in the film world.
The Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter jokes that if Samuel Gompers sought new worlds to conquer he should establish union hours for housewives doctors and poker players, highlighting labor themes with a satirical bent.
A warm invitation from Pastor G. M. McNeilly for readers to join a welcoming church community. The message promises home like joy and fellowship and urges attendance at worship.
The excerpt argues males are more brilliant in color and voice than females across species. It notes peacock hens, nightingales, glow worms, and hens with limited signaling, while roosters have singing voices and bright plumage to attract mates. It concludes that, as with most males, the male rooster is showier and more alluring.
The church schedules 11 a.m. preaching and 10 a.m. Sunday School with Sr. and Jr. BYP U at 6 30 p m Note changes for Unions The morning worship theme is The Great Re Genesis Revival causes no evening services Readers urged to join the Sunday school and young people meetings The Sunday school interest is strong and invites new members for the family
A humorous animal scene notes a male bird openly displaying his natural attributes in hopes the hen will select him as mate. The vivid behavioral detail underscores courtship in the animal world with a playful tone.
London reports Harry Williams a news vendor claims the world record for selling a single newspaper with 115 million copies of the Evening Star since joining in 1888. He received a lifelong pension and once sold 29,000 copies in one day on August 4, 1914 amid war news demand.
In the twins' room laughter and tears rise as their father investigates. One twin grins that the nurse gave Alexander two baths while he had none, turning bath time into a humorous family moment. The Sun advertises a yearly price of $1.50.
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