Whitewright Sun: Cement suits and auto tax weigh on Texas readers
Attorney General McCraw sues six major Texas cement manufacturers seeking 30 million dollars in penalties for price fixing and anti trust violations dating from 1929. The piece links printer paper wholesalers and a broad trust network, then shifts to a large auto industry sales campaign and the burden of gasoline and cigarette taxes on consumers.
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McCraw
Austin
Texas
Printers of
Farmers receive subsidies under new AAA program
A USDA bulletin explains that growers are protected in crop failure under the agricultural conservation program. Cotton farmers would earn 2.4 cents per pound on actual or normal production within their allotted acres, with payments based on lint base. The piece also notes flood devastation in California and reflects on local conditions in Whitewright Texas.
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Department of Agriculture
New Highway To Bells Boon To Citizens
A Denison led project creates a modern highway connecting Denison to Bells and southeast Grayson County. The route, decades in the making, will ease travel, strengthen regional ties, and mark a long pursued improvement for farmers and residents. The road’s completion promises broader social and economic links across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bells Boon
Denison
Bells
Grayson County
Grayson
Opening of Key State Highway Sparks Big Local Celebration
The highway opening signals a major celebration in the region. It will relieve congestion on highway 75 between Denison and Sherman and provide a shorter route for through travel to East Texas and Louisiana oil fields. The project shows how forward-looking citizens can boost local commerce and farm shipments.
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Sherman
Denison
Texas
Louisiana
No Doorbells in Boston Housing Project Irony
The Whitewright Sun notes a Boston low cost housing project with 1 016 apartments and no doorbells. Dallas reports a Federal project that lacked doors in many rooms, leaving bathrooms and front doors only while privacy relies on curtains and movable bathroom doors.
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Whitewright Sun
Boston
Dallas
Federal Project
Canine Hint to Mother by James Thurber
Satirical anecdote about a dog mother who tends her six week old puppies with care then banishes them as she returns to her life. Thurber contrasts canine devotion with human parental fuss and distant maternal independence.
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James Thurber
Errors and Types in a Newspaper Page
Readers often mock a newspaper error more than a traffic pileup. The piece muses on the fascination with printed mistakes and the sharp, sometimes amusing, public reaction they provoke.
Transposed church notice sparks reader correction
A Deport Times correction notes a misprint swapping Baptist and Methodist church details in last week's issue. The body correctly reported the church notice, but the header referenced the Baptist pastor and superintendent by error. The editors acknowledge the mix up with good humor.
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Dean Oliver
Deport Baptist Sunday School
F. B. Wheeler
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
John the Baptist
Deport Times
Peddlers Face New Local License Fees In Gilmer
Gilmer curbs peddlers with a $50 license requirement and a one month enforcement that netted 40 feed and grain peddlers 2 rug peddlers 2 shoe peddlers and one clothes peddler. Pittsburg imposes a $5 annual or $1.25 for three months and urges payment by three months. Fly by night peddlers taxed to protect permanent merchants.
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Gilmer
Pittsburg
Glamour Girl Evelyn Granville Dies Penniless in Pittsburgh
Evelyn G. Scott 66, once the most photographed girl in New York during the gay 90s, died in Pittsburgh penniless and alone. The former actress, who appeared with Lillian Russell on Broadway, once befriended Diamond Jim Brady and Theodore Roosevelt, and later worked on a WPA sewing project.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Evelyn Granville
Evelyn G. Scott
Lillian Russell
Jim Brady
Theodore Roosevelt
Funeral for Mrs Emma A Powell in Whitewright
Mrs Emma A Powell 79 wife of Dr J N Powell died at home. Funeral at First Baptist Church in Whitewright with Rev L O Evans officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers named. Powell born in Quincy Illinois in 1858 came to Texas in 1876 married in 1879. She was a longtime resident and the oldest charter member of Whitewright First Baptist.
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Emma A. Powell
J. N. Powell
First Baptist Church
L. O. Evans
Oak Hill Cemetery
B. W. Newman
J. L. Reeves
O. L. Jones
L. E. Ricketts
T. J. Lilley
J. M. Simmons
R. R. Waldo
Mrs. Powell
Quincy
Ill
Texas
Whitewright
Powell
First Baptist Church of
Mrs. Charles G. Lorance Rites Held in Orangeville
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles G. Lorance aged 53 died at her Orangeville home were conducted at Elm Grove Cemetery with Rev. J R Higler presiding. Born December 4 1884 in Collin County she was married to Charles G Lorance in 1901 and leaves husband four daughters two sons seven grandchildren and siblings in Oklahoma.
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Charles G. Lorance
Orangeville
Whitewright
J. R. Higler
Greenville
Elm Grove
Glen Earnheart
Collin County
John W. Russell
Lorance
The
Baptist Church
Ruby Haliburton
Grace Shields
van Alstyne
Gladys
Virginia Lorance
Woodrow
C. G. Lorance
Tom
Frank
Lee Russell
Oklahoma
Lena Carrol
Belle Owens
Funeral services held for J. H. Bowen 81 in Orangeville
Funeral services for James Henderson Bowen 81 were conducted at the Orangeville residence by Rev. L O Evans and Rev. Bob Cates. Interment followed in Burns Cemetery. Bowen died March 5 1938 at his Orangeville home after a brief illness. He was born March 14 1856 in Murfreesboro Tennessee and lived in Orangeville since moving to Texas fifty years ago. He was survived by his wife Nettie two sons Paul and Alton Bowen two daughters Mrs Walter Myrick of Sherman and Mrs Ed Prather of Abernathy two brothers Oscar and Henry Bowen of Orangeville nineteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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J. H. Bowen
Orangeville
Leslie O. Evans
Baptist Church of
Whitewright
Bob Cates
Randolph
Burns Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
Bowen
James Henderson Bowen
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Nettie Bowen
Paul and
Alton Bowen
Walter Myrick
Sherman
Ed Prather
Abernathy
Oscar
Henry Bowen
Un-Blessed Event Rumor Reaches Couple in Snappy Exchange
A quick wittily charged exchange reveals a husband and wife learning of a mother’s Friday night visit as a surprise third presence looms in their home. The wife confirms the arrival by letter while the husband reacts with disbelief.
Disraeli Wrote Notable Novel at Age Twenty One
Noted statesman Benjamin Disraeli produced a successful novel in his youth at age 21. The work helped establish his literary reputation early in his career.
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Disraeli
Retired But Lone and Still Chasing Purpose
Homer M. Price quotes a Marshall News-Messenger note about a man who left work pursuing leisure but found it dull. He recalls friends urge happiness in retirement, while older peers show little energy. The speaker vows to stay active, planning to return to business, even selling popcorn.
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Homer M. Price
Marshall News-Messenger
Relation Deepens Duties of Fact and Courtesy
The quote reflects how closeness with a person heightens the need for factual accuracy and polite conduct, emphasizing that intimate acquaintance increases obligations of truthfulness and courtesy.
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Holmes
Mary Queen of Scots Becomes Scotland’s Queen at One Week Old
The infant Mary Stuart ascends to the Scottish throne shortly after birth, being proclaimed queen while still a week old. This historic accession marks the start of her long and turbulent reign.
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Mary
Queen of Scots
Scotland
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