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Whitewright Sun in Whitewright, Texas

14 May 1936

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Whitewright Sun

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Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1936

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2

History of Whitewright Founding and Rise to Town Status

Among Texas histories none is more interesting than Whitewright. The town began after 1878 when the Missouri Pacific line arrived and merchants moved from Kentuckytown. It incorporated in 1887 with W. Benedict as mayor and grew as a cotton market, with early stores, churches, schools, and multiple fires. Whitewright now hosts numerous businesses, two newspapers, and a population around 2,000, boasting strong cotton trade and prosperous farms amid local option success.

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Texas Whitewright Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Missouri Pacific Kentuckytown Jas. A. Batsell J. H. Reeves Reeves Batsell Perry Scullin & Co Jones & Fennell Christian Church Lewis Holland H. S. Ellis Whitewright Eagle Plow and Hammer A. L. McCampbell Messrs. Batsell & Reeves St. Louis Henry Griffin Cullers & Henry Sherman J. W. Connelly Gillet & Reinhardt D. M. Ray Jesse Rathbun Lingo, Waples & Co Merchants and Planters W. B. Womack & Son Dave Ray Hez Ray J. A. Batsell Peter McKenna N. J. Renshaw Messrs. Butler, Anderson and Piner Grayson College Denison W. B W. O. Womack W. T. Sears Hoard & Lively C. B. Bryant R. May Jones Reinhardt Dan and Tom Gillett E. S. Jones W. H. King Henry Sears J. D. Patterson W. D. Fuller J. L. Bradford T. E. Everheart J. T. Burgher W. J. Rutledge M. L. Franklin Eli Smith J. B. Woosley
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So You Swallowed a Bug!-Well? Fact or farce in court

The tale features Perry Wilbur Fatting of the Museum of Emory University who supposedly testifies by eating bugs found in Coca-Cola bottles. It claims he has swallowed over ten thousand creatures to prove harmlessness of drowned insects in soda and even bit a black widow alive. The piece notes a glass-in-drink suit where Fatting allegedly chewed 16 glass fragments in court.

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Coca-Cola Perry Wilbur Fatting Museum of Emory University Atlanta Fatting
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Tall Texas Tales Sought for Centennial Curator Launch

The University Centennial Exposition seeks Texans to submit tall tale type stories, verified as true, with Miss Billy Young of Corsicana as curator. An example describes a fish tale where McAllen and Brownsville residents claim to caught coyotes 75 miles south of Brownsville, baited with catfish and pulled by a 75-pound line but the line broke and the coyotes escaped.

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Last of Nomad Cowgirls Vanish From Range

In Houston, Mrs. W. E. Harris and her daughter Leta recount life as the last nomad cowgirls. Once deserting wide open ranges they now cope in Aransas Pass cannery work after fences and progress clamped down on the West. They cling to memories and wild- land skills.

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Houston West W. E. Harris Leta Mrs. Harris H-bar Portales N. M Deaf Smith Country Texas Edmundton Canada Peace River Prairie Canadian Rockies Tom Green Harris Roma Davey Aransas Pass
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Women Seek Ring Places Beyond Deeds in Old West

Women live where they can and prefer ring places without deeds. They talk of better days but know they will never return and that the old free West is no more.

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Old Free West
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Kipling Erred About Women

UC Berkeley scientists refute Kipling's line on womankind with a humorous chemical analysis. The piece lists quantities of sugar, sulfur, lime, iron, gluten, fat, water, glycerine, carbon, and magnesium attributed to the average woman, contrasting poetry with science.

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Berkeley Rudyard/Kipling University of California
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Five Vowel Sisters Named Ara Era Ira Ora Ura

In this community five sisters share a unique namesake set Ara Era Ira Ora and Ura. The unusual list includes all five vowels as the core sequence in their given names.

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Jackson Ara Era Ira Ora Ura
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Plow & Hammer Stephens & Bryant First National Bank Kipling Mr. Merchant Whitewright Sun
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