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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
5
The Whitewright Sun notes its editors and publisher, price $1.50 yearly, published Thursdays, with notices of entertainments and benefits at regular ad rates. It warns that erroneous reflections will be corrected upon notification to publishers.
The article notes house to house peddlers and itinerant salesmen invading homes. Professor Conrad of New Jersey Teachers College suggests these peddlers try to turn homes into stores and should be discouraged by homeowners. He advises homeowners to refuse, saying this is a home not a business, and to end interruptions.
Miller Seed Sudan Seed Cane Seed and Cotton Seed line up high grade field seed options. The ad highlights affordable prices across all seed types available for growers.
A Kerrville Sun excerpt emphasizes taxes license fees and other contributions as essential to supporting community welfare. The brief note frames these payments as public duty and communal benefit.
Editorial notes Hamilton’s past escapes and continued threat. It argues he is a public menace who would reoffend if freed, citing auto theft kidnapping bank robbery and armed associations. The piece asserts no leniency and calls for consequences for defying organized society.
A reader asks for copies of the obituary of an aunt, publication of a clipped niece’s marriage in Verham, and free notice of two bull calves for sale as a subscription ends. The letter ends with a polite plea to stop the paper due to hard times.
Claude Callan criticizes a banker for ignoring spiritual treasure as collateral. He notes the banker, who attends their church, refused a loan after prayers and insists on worldly wealth as security. Callan predicts the banker will regret this in the afterlife and suggests replacing the note with a poor man.
A Houston pastor asks the Governor to commute death row inmate Raymond Hamilton’s sentence to life imprisonment so his congregation can use the case to demonstrate conversion and religious power. He argues execution signals society’s failure, while others warn against turning crime into a public clinic for reform.
The article recalls a two century struggle over tithes in England. It notes constables at a cattle sale, a widow losing most livestock, and farmers blocking police with their bodies to stop raids. The conflict traces to Queen Anne's Bounty of 1708 demanding a tenth of profits from farms.
An adult human has a total of 32 teeth in a full set. The count remains standard across typical dental charts and oral health references.
The column honors Hopkins County’s notable citizens, recalls funeral tributes to a local leader, and notes ongoing church outreach. It recounts a sermon on conversion, social anecdotes, and upcoming events led by Dr. Wallace Bassett and Dr. Scarborough with Dr. M. E. Davis directing revival.
The Dallas Times Herald notes that paying farmers to reduce output is seen as ruinous by critics of economic scarcity policy, while the Hoover era paid farmers to raise crops and buy surpluses via the Federal Farm Board. It argues acreage control was opposed then, but price assurances could boost output through intensive cultivation.
The Dallas Journal notes NRA officials now advocate leaving price determination to the open market. The piece highlights the shift from earlier laissez faire rhetoric to an official stance endorsing competition to set fair prices, labeling the change surprising and potentially hypocritical.
Dr Franklin Ebaugh and Dr A J Schwenkenberg urged against narcotics for insomnia. They cited preoccupations and rumination as main causes and recommended cold wet sheets or tepid baths under medical guidance. They noted insomnia can stem from emotional life problems and warned of narcotic habituation risks. The piece closes with a unrelated line about Antarctica.
A survey shows retiree farmers leading a back to land trend in the Middle West this season. Tenant farmers face displacement as owners quit town, while young men seek land amid unemployment and higher living costs. AAA benefit issues are addressed by James W. Burch, noting landlords must prove a living purpose to reclaim contracted land and avoid tenant loss.
State Highway Commission Chairman Harry Hines plans to ask for a federal grant of 100 million dollars to improve Texas highways in preparation for the 1936 Texas Centennial. He spoke at a North Texas highway meeting at the Baker Hotel in Dallas on Friday evening.
Los Angeles mass media reports Paramount has signed Amos and Andy for the Big Broadcast of 1935. The radio stars, famed for their blackface radio act, join a lineup including Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman.
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