Whitewright Sun publisher and notices policy
J. H. Waggoner and Glenn Doss as publisher editor with subscription 1.50 yearly. Entered at Whitewright Texas as second class matter. Publication weekly on Thursdays. Notices of entertainments box suppers and bene fits with admission or monetary consideration charged at regular rates. Memorials and resolutions of respect also charged. Correct any erroneous reflections on character when brought to publisher.
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Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
All I Ask by John C. Metcalf poem excerpt
A simple verse describes a parent’s quiet wish to keep their sleeping child. The speaker notes two turned up shoes and star dust in the bedroom as symbols of a peaceful, cherished moment. The tender scene centers on the tired tot asleep, underscoring a parent’s longing for stillness and safety.
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John C. Metcalf
Watching From Heaven's Window
Poem by Margaret Widdemer about a mother watching over children from heaven, anxious for their return. It reflects enduring maternal care and memory across heaven and home. The speaker imagines the mother waiting at a window and gate, always watchful.
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Margaret Widdemer
Home fires burning sustain Stafford business and community
The Stafford Courier reflects on how local shops and professionals kept the town alive during hard years. They extended credit, paid taxes, kept shelves stocked, and supported schools and churches out of pride and loyalty. As recovery begins, residents are urged to remember those who kept the home fires burning and to show gratitude.
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Stafford
Kans
Courier
Who Invented Woman’s Tears in Marshall News
A reader recalls a girl selling trinkets door to door and crying to induce purchase. He notes two identical trinkets sold and asks who invented woman’s tears, highlighting hunger and manipulation in the scene reported by Homer Price.
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Homer Price
Marshall News
All Alone in Death Note Cited by Chicago Man
An old man who died by his own hand in Chicago left a note saying No wife no money no home Too old Not Wanted The Denison Herald reflects that crude explanation carries a deeper tragedy of loneliness and neglect.
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Chicago
The
Denison Herald
Loneli
TEACH THE YOUNGSTERS THE WAR ON TRAFFIC VIOLATORS
A Texas focus on teen drivers as the most dangerous on the road. Studies show accidents involving youths are more likely to be fatal due to lack of training and judgment. Schools nationwide are teaching traffic safety. Texas has not yet begun compulsory teen driver instruction but may soon.
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Texas
Old age pension could ease lonely lives in city
The piece argues that a government old age pension would reduce poverty and loneliness among the elderly. It portrays pension as humane yet notes loneliness remains unavoidable, urging action to provide basic monthly support to those aged and destitute. Marshall News.
Time Standard Over Wealth In Life Begins at Forty
Walter B. Pitkin argues we are born with a chance to gain capital of time rather than money. The aim is to maximize happiness growth service and peace by using minutes wisely rather than chasing endless wealth. Those who burn out to accumulate wealth ruin their sunset years and fail to value time.
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Walter B. Pitkin
You
Enduring Happiness Over Time Not Wealth
A reflective remark highlights that time spent with loved ones brings lasting happiness, not the accumulation of money. The quote emphasizes valuing hours over wealth as the true measure of a meaningful life.
One Born Every Minute Swindle Exposed in Clarksville
Detroit News Herald reports two Clarksville teachers were duped by a man posing as a magazine salesman. He offered free subscriptions and asked for signatures after giving checks marked not to be cashed. He then clipped and cashed the checks at local stores, hoping to have their names appear in national magazines. The case hinges on vanity and trust in a stranger.
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Clarksville
Detroit News-Herald
Wife Sits and Smokes After Husband's Death in Fairfax
Fred Roche 45 lay dead two weeks in his Fairfax home while Elizabeth Roche, his widow, sat among cigarette stubs on the kitchen floor. Coroner J Ray Keaton said death was from natural causes and she was taken to the detention home weakened by hunger, surviving on water and cigarettes.
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Fairfax
Calif
Fred Roche
J. Ray Keaton
Elizabeth Roche
Roche
Keaton
A Simple Twist and Bulbs Give 10 Percent More Light
J E Kewley at Nela Park announced a new electric lamp that yields 10 percent more light with a double twist filament. No extra current is needed. The design shortens the filament and widens it, increasing heat retention and light output by reducing cooling from the gas.
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Cleveland
Advanced Lighting Conference of Utility Engineers
J. E. Kewley
General Electric
Nela Park
Cold Water Dangers Warn Of Summer Drownings
Dr. Bayard Horton warns vacationers to heed cold water risks as drownings rise each year. He notes hypersensitivity to cold can cause collapse and outlines a desensitization method by dunking a hand in ice water for short periods daily over weeks to reduce danger.
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Bayard Horton
Minnesota
Horton
Ten Thousand Dollars Sought for Austin College Campaign
Campaign seeks ten thousand dollars from Sherman for Austin College. Fundraising effort aims to support college programs and facilities. Local supporters urged to contribute through community drives and donor channels.
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Sherman
Austin College
Texas synod backs five year drive for funds
During the week of May 17 the drive aims to supplement existing gifts from the Presbyterian Church in Texas to raise 25 000 dollars annually for five years. A special Texas synod committee will allocate the total funds to areas where they can reduce debts most effectively under a defined plan.
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Presbyterian Church In
Texas
Texas Synod
New London Petitions Call for Explosion Inquiry
Tyler Morning Telegraph reports petitions from 222 London consolidated school patrons urge President Roosevelt to order an investigation into the March 18 explosion that killed hundreds of students and teachers. A separate petition signed by 109 parents asks for liability, while 113 guardians withhold children from class pending inquiry and a third petition of 323 patrons asks Superintendent W S Shaw to resign.
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Tyler
Roosevelt
London Consolidated School
Tyler Morning Telegraph
The
Telegraph
W. S. Shaw
Low-cost chemical houses hailed at Mellon Institute event
Pittsburgh scientists heard Dr. G O Gurme describe homes built from chemicals and telephones without wires as new products of organic chemistry. He claimed such houses would be sanitary, noiseless, fireproof, moisture proof and vermin proof as part of the symposium closing the Mellon Institute Temple of Science dedication.
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Pittsburgh
Mellon Institute
Temple of Science
G. O. Gurme
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
U S Public Debt Breaks 35 Billion Mark At Rise
Washington reports the U S public debt crossed the 35 billion dollar line for the first time in history with Treasury figures showing 35,039,956,335. A year earlier the debt stood at 31,953,247,000.
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U. S
Washington
Treasury
Refrigerator Pitch Ends With Self Pay Promise
A salesman guarantees a refrigerator will pay for itself in a short time. The prospect agrees, asking to reserve one and have it delivered to his house once it has paid for itself.
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Glenn Doss
A. T. Short
Sanitary Barber Shop
National Safety Program
Jack O’ Diamonds
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C. H. Stuteville
C. H. Stuteville Meat Market & Grocery Store
Stuteville
Kirkpatrick
National Safety Drive
Nyal
Gomer May
Sinclair Gasoline
Sinclair Opaline Oil
Sinclair
G. M. Gann
Tri-Sun
Mangrum Grocery
New London
Whitewright Fri. & Snt
Jack O
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Pure Park
Ted
Lipton
Maxwell House
Mangrum
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