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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
1
A distraught father writes of his son Billy, now in Denver, whose path from a hopeful farm boy to an alleged offender unsettles his family. The letter, from Denver, notes Billy is in the legislature but gives no details, and the father asks the parson to tell his wife.
A Texas Journalist piece argues newspaper advertising is the least expensive and most productive way to reach readers. It contends a newspaper visits more people in a day than a single canvasser could in five years and suggests mailings would be costlier.
T. H. Lively, president of the T. H. Lively Dry Goods Co. of Whitewright, was hosted by J. H. Thompson and family. He reported their stores had an excellent year despite low spirits in financial circles and expressed optimism for the future. He returned to Whitewright Tuesday morning.
A letter argues the land question is urgent and outlines a solution: a graduated land value tax starting very low for homes and rising per acreage, plus rural credits. It claims sweeping benefits for landless workers, limits land monopolies, and enables actual settlers to own or rent land, warning politicians who oppose reform.
In old times farmers owned homes and fed their boys with work. now renters idle when weather favors, chasing high life. The author argues for emergency action to restore land to the masses, proposing a swift, ballot-driven settlement akin to the rapid end of slavery, to place 21 year olds in homes within decades.
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