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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1927
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun states notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect will also be charged. The paper will correct erroneous reflections upon any person firm or corporation when brought to publishers’ attention.
Whitewright residents organize to meet a 240 consumer goal for natural gas. A Garland example shows rapid signup and deposits, with refunds if the project stalls. A citizens mass meeting Monday will provide details and a gas company representative will answer questions.
The Whitewright community embraces poultry raising with 8,752 baby chicks hatched to date. The Buckeye incubator holds 12,000 eggs as locals use incubators and hens to hatch more. Brooders have sold more this year than in the past six years, signaling widespread chick production.
Still the Best, a brief note from Whitewright reflects community pride with residents asking what’s the matter, noting that nothing is the matter with Whitewright and highlighting local sentiment.
The Messenger laments daily mass mailings from the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. It rebuts stale farm hall content and dry statistics, arguing wide distribution of such material wastes funds used to mail to 16,500 papers nationwide.
The piece extols Whitewright Texas as thriving with modern stores and higher living standards. It notes recent rain delaying farm work, upcoming corn and cotton planting, and forecasts a mild weather window. It adds a Texas Fire Marshal report citing 509 February fires, few from gas, many from coal and wood use.
The Sun rebuts a claim that government literature sent to papers is wasteful. It argues editors filter content to fit local interest and that sharing government information educates the public, not wastes money, noting papers do not discard all material.
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