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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
4
Public notices state charges apply to entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees. The Whitewright Sun promises corrections if any erroneous reflections are brought to attention. Automobile makers introduce new eight cylinder models affecting four cylinder cars.
Only three or four candidates have visited Whitewright in Grayson County so far. The piece notes corn planting is underway and cotton planting is near, suggesting outlook will brighten once crops are in full bloom and observers view the future with clearer vision.
The Sun notes with satisfaction that the Katy Railroad has completed work at the Main street crossing and anticipates further improvements. The crossing had been in poor condition for years with raised steel rails that damaged automobile tires.
The candidate outlines her state platform with broad appeals to voters. It omits any policy she pressed as governor, specifically the controversial push to release crowds of prisoners jailed by juries for long terms.
Fifty Democrats in the House plan to defect leadership and join Republican independents to defeat a new revenue bill's sales tax aimed at raising 600 million dollars to balance the federal budget. The piece also urges government pay reform and notes Colonel Jake Wolters seeks removal as National Guard commander over East Texas oil-field duties.
J H Lowry sells his interest in the Honey Grove Signal Citizen to Hugh Moyer and Mrs J D Moyers and retires from publishing. Lowry long led the Signal Citizen while Moyers ran the Citizen. Since three years ago they consolidated as Signal Citizen with Lowry and Moyer as co publishers. The Signal Citizen remains a leading Texas weekly.
The Mississippi Legislature considers barring public utility companies from selling merchandise, arguing such service supports electrical equipment use and lowers power rates. Opponents warn it could harm small towns and set a precedent harming other industries. The piece also notes a British Easter date bill and references Keerville Sun.
Harrisburg reports a booming Pennsylvania deer population near one million with only about 65 000 killed in 1931. Farmers want herd cuts, hunters resist limits as does protected since 1907 and a 1928 statewide doe season failed to curb numbers.
Proposals to standardize Easter fail against centuries of custom. The traditional calculation from the Council of Nicaea, set over 1,600 years ago, still governs Easter dates from March 22 to April 25. Easter remains unusually early this year.
A collection of odd incidents from 1931 includes a German thief strangled by sausages on a spike, a New York officer rushed to hospital after being hit by a kiddie car, and a tiger aboard a plane with its trainer surviving the voyage. Other events involve bee stings causing fatalities, hippo encounters on golf courses, and unlikely strokes of luck.
The text explains Caesar's reform adding a day every four years to align the calendar, introducing bisextile years with February 24 as the intercalated day in Latin nations. In English speaking countries the year is called leap year because February 29 has no Sunday letter attached. It notes the rule: every year divisible by four is a leap year except centuries not divisible by 400.
A newly discovered method allows arteries to be photographed using X rays. The breakthrough promises clearer vascular imaging and could aid medical diagnosis and treatment planning.
Dr. Louis Bisch explains how intestinal parasites such as tapeworms roundworms and pinworms enter the body sometimes via eggs that hatch in the intestine. He notes pork Taenia Solium and beef tapeworms can reach 6 to 20 feet, head removal is essential, common symptoms include abdominal pain bad breath nausea vomiting and diarrhea with possible nervousness anemia and mood changes.
The Irish Free State will construct four room houses with a kitchen to rent at 1.60 dollars per week. The project targets affordable housing and urban development within the territory.
Seen on and off the University of Texas campus recently. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duncan formerly of Whitewright. Mr. Duncan joined the university chemistry department. Mrs. Rush Modrall formerly Miss Mildred Dixon of Whitewright. Mrs. R. C. Hamer and Miss Marcelle Lively of Whitewright before marriage. T. E. Goff appears around the Capitol. Professor Goff, former Whitewright public schools superintendent, now represents a large book concern in Austin. Mrs. S. H. Landrum and daughter Miriam Gordon Landrum, head of the piano department at the Texas School of Fine Arts in Austin.
A painter who restored church decorations presents charges for various touch up and repair jobs. Correcting Ten Commandments 25 dollars and 80 cents. Varnishing Pontius Pilate and front tooth 4 dollars and 5 cents. Touch up and regild guardian angel 3 dollars and 60 cents. Washing servant of high priest and remaining items to be completed.
A garbled list details odd services such as Carmine on cheeks for $1.40 and renewing Heaven and stars for $9.00. It mentions touching up Purgatory, restoring souls, removing spots from Tobias’s son, adorning Sarah, reviving Hell’s flames and the Devil’s horn, and other fantastical tasks with varied prices.
A note on ancient Persian designs depicting elaborate mechanical toys and cartoons. The author contrasts early Persian innovations with modern automatic devices, highlighting their ornate published diagrams now valued as priceless art.
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