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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1954
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun announces T. Glenn Doss as Editor and Publisher. The weekly paper is published every Thursday and entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as second class mail matter.
Phone 52276 lists subscription rates. Grayson and Fannin counties charge $2.00, outside counties $2.50, foreign subscriptions $5.00 except soldiers. The piece notes the line between news and advertising and states no charges for church notices or public gatherings without admission. Advertising rates apply when goods or services are offered for sale.
A folk tale attributed to Abraham Lincoln tells of a king who hires a prophet to forecast weather. The king ignores warnings and goes fishing in his best clothes as rain arrives, prompting a farmer to caution him about the coming deluge.
A folk tale from the Lions Club Bulletin recounts a king who dismisses his prophet and hires a farmer to forecast rain. The farmer explains his donkey’s ears predict rain, while the king’s lopped ears indicate worsening weather. The jackass then supposedly takes over government jobs.
A collage of remarks and observations covers social security statistics and varied witticisms. It notes that six million people receive monthly Social Security checks while offering quips about speech impediments and human behavior.
A claim asserts the Gulf of California offers the finest fishing grounds worldwide. The statement highlights the region as a premier destination for anglers seeking productive waters and rich marine wildlife.
A wartime mobilization lecture warns manpower is the era’s biggest challenge. It cites 32 percent of 160 million as unusable consumers, urges precrisis plans, and notes women as the largest potential labor source. It warns reliance on critical materials and imports could cripple industry if cut off.
A historical note states that about 70 percent of the world’s petroleum consumption is accounted for by a specific region or context. The text underscores dominance in energy use patterns and may reference industrial reliance on crude oil.
A reflective piece on life’s ripples from a pebble cast into a lake. It contrasts blessings from a devout Midwest farmer and his family with the harmful effects of a young man’s temptations and a city’s mourning after an elderly woman’s death.
The Sun announces candidates for local offices in Grayson and Fannin Counties. Sheriff Cecil R Walker County Clerk Knowless Loving and Commissioner Precinct 2 Austin E Fritts plus re election O F John Kent and Ed Riley. School Superintendent C N McAllister.
A friend shares an 1850 almanac with figures on government expenditures by administration, public debt, employment by sector, steamboats on the Mississippi, military costs, slave population, per capita debt, Justice salaries, and a note on Sabbath train runs, concluding with an epitaph line.
Researchers in Alaska study a carved message believed to be left by a ruthless medicine man cult and its enslaved followers. The marks suggest ritual or religious significance in the region's distant past.
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