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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun outlines subscription terms and post office details, warns about corrections to remarks, and notes advertising rates for events and memorials. A set of local reflections questions the value of a Texas Legislature special session costing $2,000 daily and muses on employment and community welcome.
Come to Whitewright on Saturday for a family matinee at the Palace Theatre. Any merchant will be happy to supply one ticket per family member.
Merchants offer free tickets to a Saturday afternoon picture show for local children. The note promises delight for kids and urges attendance. A beauty specialist visited Whitewright Monday seeking a possible relocation, with unnamed local men as potential clients if she settles.
Student writers at Whitewright High School outline key needs for the school in multiple articles. They identify instructional resources, facilities, and program support as top priorities for the coming year.
The piece notes Mother's Day is both ancient and modern in spirit, honoring mothers as central to the strength of nations. It urges readers to observe the day with proper reflection and to recognize those who have served the country in war and peace.
The town of Whitewright approved paving the business district by a four to one vote. Readers note the town's progress and economic benefits as local papers praise the decision and compare with nearby towns. Merchants funded a Saturday matinee ticket program to boost trade.
Rev S L Ball discusses “troublesomeness” as necessary discipline applied with care. He uses farm imagery of yoked livestock to illustrate how firm guidance can prevent greater harm, contrasting harsh enforcement with relief for compliant animals.
A pastor reflects on rule breaking in banks stores schools and churches warning of enforcement with guns handcuffs and chains. He recalls a rural farmhouse visit where a stern domestic scene interrupted by a wife lecturing her husband underscores community disturbance and the need for order.
The speaker recalls a neighbor dubbed a “cat” for causing trouble and mentions a boy fleeing a disturbing lecture he overheard. A husband denying his wife food is noted, alongside broader concerns about how such homes shape children’s futures and behavior.
A narrator visits a two story country home, meets a hospitable family, shares supper, and reflects on peaceable households versus troublesome ones. He warns that homes troubled by mules or cats may breed bootleggers and criminals, while most homes are little heavens fostering saintly children.
Senator Connally in his maiden Senate speech argues farm relief requires action even if it raises prices. He compares debentures to tariffs, saying subsidies to farmers and tariffs both raise producer prices and consumer costs. He dismisses opposition to any scheme as wasteful and unnecessary.
Typewriter carbon paper and typewriter ribbons are for sale at Sun office.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for debility and weak digestion. It claims to purify blood and support liver function, with a testimonial from Mrs. Fannie E. Gean of Dallas, Texas, and offers tablets or liquid and a 65 cent tablet order to Buffalo New York.
A collection of capsule jokes and quips from 1920s papers lampooning politics economy and society. Snippets reference Einstein income tax Coolidges cars hoover horses and shipbuilding race with witty turns of phrase and satirical undertones across multiple publications.
A New Yorker quip humorously foresees women controlling all national wealth by 2035, then notes they might misplace it in a taxicab.
The Border Cities Star notes a writer suggesting scraps can be repurposed into usable goods such as a Spring Hat when a scrap ends in tears, illustrating creativity with everyday material.
The Sweetwater Reporter notes a lazy man from East Texas who travels in a Model T Ford to avoid knocking ashes from his cigar, a pointed dig at idleness in the state.
The New York Evening Post notes that after signing a peace treaty with twenty six nations a nation would have needed fifteen fewer cruisers. If the treaty had not been signed the required number of new cruisers would have been higher by fifteen.
Advertising has made the Victrola dog famous and turned the cash register into a retailer's big brother. It introduced substitutes for sole leather and displaced the truck horse with 40 horsepower trucks. It helped appreciation of Stetson hats Walkover Douglas and Emerson shoes and made the hand written letter an oddity in business. It put Castoria down your throat left bristles in your gums and then came along with a rubber set and took them out. It has put a Billet against your
A historical piece notes how brands from Hayfield to Ivory soap influence daily choices from skincare to plumbing. It lists familiar names like Pears Paris Burns cigars and Wrigley’s, showing advertising shaping habits and consumer expectations.
Bus departures from Whitewright to Sherman run at 8 25 a m 1 10 p m 4 10 p m and 8 25 p m. From Whitewright to Greenville departures occur at 10 20 a m 1 20 p m 4 20 p m and 7 20 p m all listed times.
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