17 Years Ago In Whitewright
W P Cameron Walter Myrick and J H Waggoner sit on equalization board to adjust city property valuations as the council sets the tax rate at maximum and city indebtedness nears the legal limit. Many local notes of social and health events accompany this weekly roundup.
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the Sun
W. P. Cameron
Walter Myrick
J. H. Waggoner
Mildred Cantrell
J. S. Dillon
History Club
Guy Hamilton
Walter Cox
George Baugher
Force
Will Smith
East Maple Street
Roy Benson
Edgar Montgomery
Carlisle
Herman Denton
R. L. Sears
State Medical Association
Fort Worth
Whitewright Exservice Post Formed in Honor of Fallen Soldier
In Whitewright a new American Legion post named Preston P. Everheart Post was organized by 36 ex service members at a May building meeting. Local bank deposits listed several figures and a gravel road bonds vote, plus marriages, club hosting, and a baseball fund initiated by local citizens.
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American Legion
Preston P. Everheart
Whitewright
Whitewright Banks
Planters National
First National
Dave Taylor
Scott Bros
Ode Crowell
Arlene Annip
J. S. Mason
Central Christian Church
Kay Kimbell
Blue Bird Club
R. A. Gillett
Jessie Fogle
H. G. May
Caddo Mills
Commissioners Court
Whitewright-Ida Road
Ida
R. C. Brown
L. T. Garland
States adopt chemical ice treatment with sand on highways
Several states report using calcium chloride mixed with sand or ashes to curb skidding. The chemical helps the mixture embed in ice and stay in place rather than blowing away or being swept aside by traffic.
First Concrete Pavement Placed Forty Years Ago
Bellefontaine Ohio marks its fortieth anniversary of the oldest concrete pavement laid in 1892 on Opera and Court streets. City engineer Frank Mitchell cites low upkeep with only 300 dollars spent in 40 years. W T G Snyder recalls the accidental start for hitching rack areas and horse traffic. Concrete roads now total about 24 000 miles nationwide plus over 90 000 rural miles.
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United States
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Opera and
Court Streets
Court House
Frank Mitchell
W. T. G. Snyder
Synder
Banquet and visits noted in district headlines
Desert News reports Joe Tate and Maurice Hughes attended a Magnolia Petroleum Co banquet for area dealers in Bonham. The column lists visitors and events including Farmersville guests, commissioners court in McKinney, relatives visiting Sherman, and a barn fire at John Short's. School term ends soon after strong term under Prof. Homer Gentry.
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Joe Tate
Maurice Hughes
Bonham
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Rube
Lota Frazier
Farmersville
S. B. Martin
Tom Terry
Commissioners Court
McKinney
Cleve Trotter Sr
Westminster
Doyle Matthews
Wallace Caraway
Sherman
Celina
Dallas
Fort Worth
Byron Caraway
John Short
Earl Hopkins
Leonard
W. A. Bates
Clay Horton
Whitewright
D. B. Tate
Homer Gentry
Taylor Holcomb
Louise Akridge
Chambersville
Chamberville
Congressmen Open Payroll Graft Debate on Capitol Hill
United Press reports Ulysses Stevens Stone a former Oklahoma congressman turned Senate hopeful condemned graft and nepotism in Washington. He cited time clocks to prove spouses and relatives on payrolls and urged curbing franked mail and telegram use while criticizing the pay scale and perks of lawmakers. Iraq revises income tax law taxing all earnings over 730 dollars a year.
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United Press
Washington
Ulysses Stevens Stone
Capitol Hill
Stone
Fifth
Oklahoma
Congress
Civil Service
Hocus Pocus
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Rep
Mitchell
Tennessee
Sam
Foreign taxes raise public funds across nations
An admission tax on public amusements funds the Polish Red Cross. The South African Union plans a 33 percent hike on gold mining profits and a 5 percent surtax on fixed investment income. Austria’s national bank will pay a tax on note circulation below the legal minimum. Ankara introduces a 43 percent tax on incomes of 3600 dollars and up.
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Polish Red Cross
South African Union
Austrian National Bank
Angora
Turkey
Jokes and Quips From Classic Comic Bits
A collection of quick wit and playful lines features Henry Ford asked why he did not buy from a friend and a milk joke about blue milk. Banter covers sharp humor about crooners and changing tastes with a punchline on ether for crooners.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Witty Exchange on Marriage and Humor
A humorous dialogue about marriage and optimism unfolds between two speakers. One vows to marry a woman who can handle a joke, while the other quips that only such women exist, then reassures despite seeming troubles.
Advertising and Witty Exchanges in Odd Verses
A whimsical collection of quips and lines on work, advertising, and daily life. Jokes touch on fathers sons dance medicine cars and odd wordplay, with a playful editorial voice.
Child jokes about future careers
A father asks his eight year old daughter what she will be when grown. She replies she will choose between becoming an artist or a dancer because she doubts she will be good at motherhood.
Two Suitors Ruined by Love Triangle
In a humorous exchange, Stingo notes two men and a beautiful girl. The right man is a wreck because she rejected him, while the left man is a wreck because she chose him.
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Stingo
Bingo
Farmer's Wife Comic Exchange and Party Prep Lineup
The piece presents humorous exchanges with farm life imagery. A dairy maid jokes about milking a gate while animals react, and a child quips about a barking cough from hot dogs. Another fragment notes a baby choking and a birthday tease, ending with a girl leaving for a party with precocious remarks.
No early train out of the town as worry grows
A grocer and a resident fret over bills and sleep as they discuss the next train schedule. The clerk notes trains run only at the scheduled times, with no earlier departures.
Bandits Rob Texarkana Hotel in Early Morning Hold Up
Two armed men robbed the Hotel Savoy in Texarkana at 2:00 a m Sunday taking 274 dollars after threatening clerk H M Smith with death. The pair, unmasked, demanded money from the register and searched the clerk before escaping by car.
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Texarkana
Savoy
H. M. Smith
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Desert News
Iraq
Condie-Bray
Whitewright Lumber Co
Bassler
Leisenring
Rhodes
Bunk
Keaton
Cantor
Sinclair
Sinclair Opaline
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
Texarkana Hotel
Gulf
S. H. Montgomery Dependable Insurance
L. Laroe & CO
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