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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1938
Page
6
A Bonham Favorite editorial argues property taxes burden the poor in East Texas with many sales under a hundred dollars. It warns that seizing homes for small sums harms the homeless need for aid, urging tax relief or reduced public expenditures to avoid greater future burdens. It also notes typewriter supplies offered at the Sun office.
The Sun lists Democratic primary candidacies for Fannin County in 1938 including for Congress the candidate Sam Rayburn Grayson County. It names several local posts: J H Jim Waggoner for Representative Place 1. Sewell R McKinney Ed Miller for County School Superintendent. J Benton Davis for Sheriff. John C Eyridge Pleas Porter for Public Weigher Precinct 3 Harold Doss re-elected with Walter W Compton Bennie Ball Tom Brice for Constable. W A Fain W H Horton for Justice of the Peace. Fannin County.
The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads shows how soil from any county plus moisture and calcium chloride create stabilized roads that reduce dust and mud. States like Michigan Indiana and Ohio have implemented low cost stabilization using moisture absorbing chemicals and topsoil or pebble mixes to build durable dustless roads over time.
A 1929 clipping from a St Louis paper recounts E P P’s 1886 forecast for a world with a world court and air mail, predicting 94 US states, paper houses, photophone news, and longer lifespans. It notes some items already partly true by 1929.
Little Mary Ellen, distressed by a toothache, asks her father for teeth like Mama's that she can remove when they ache, hoping a birthday gift could ease the pain. The exchange shows a child's clever, comical wish reflecting household dental woes.
A writer in a farm magazine outlines early agrarian practices after Israelites settled in Canaan. Farms remained with families, could be leased for up to 50 years, and fertility was preserved. Land lay idle every seventh year, crude wooden plows broke surface, seed often sown before plowing, barley and wheat as winter crops, Hebrews acquired many domestic animals during wanderings, horses arriving around 1100 B C, cattle sheep and goats key farm possessions.
Chicago psychologist Dr Robert McMurry warns that certain neurotic drivers dubbed Dr Jekylls and Mr Hydes are likely to cause more highway accidents with warm weather. He says anxious individuals express impulses through cars, preferring power speed and showy driving, and may use vehicles as weapons or outlets for aggression.
Shawnee Oklahoma records 102-year-old John Ferguson sharing his strict rules for long life. He blames wimmen for shortening lifespans, notes mild whisky is acceptable, coffee is to be avoided, and tobacco kept to a few puffs daily. Ferguson, born 1836 in Smith County Texas, moved to Oklahoma in the 1870s and farmed until five years ago.
A dialogue reveals Clara asks about her husband’s rank. He is a corporal now and has been indicted for bravery, with plans next week for a hospital visit to deliver a major oration.
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