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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
2
A fierce hailstorm near Anhalt in Comal County covered ground four to six inches deep and flattened oats corn and cotton. No loss of life reported. San Antonio's temperature plummeted by 20 degrees in half an hour. Wetmore reported storm effects ten miles north of the city with severe hail damage to oats near harvest.
Abilene Texas May 14 Cowden Hall dormitory for young men at Simmons College burned this afternoon with most contents. Loss estimated at 45000 with 11000 of insurance. Origin unknown but believed from a hot water heater. Flames spread rapidly as the second floor windows burned. fire dept brought equipment two miles but cannot stop the blaze. Building among the first at the institution.
R S Morehead advertises a good stock of auto casings and tubes with competitive prices. Customers are urged to see him before buying to secure a deal.
Mexia Texas May 14 two women died when H L Scott lost control of his car during a friendly racing rivalry with W C Thorpe. The crash near Teague tore the other vehicle to splinters while three men suffered scalp wounds and Mr Summerall received chest concussion and eight head stitches.
Luke Kyle of Combine reported that J. A. Thompson’s ten or twelve year old daughter was bitten by a mad cat in April years ago and treated in Austin. Though declared cured, she now has fits in April and meows like a cat. A recent spell sent her to Austin again, but doctors said she did not have hydrophobia.
Washington on May 13 the allied debt to the United States now amounts to 11 329 000 000 the Chamber of Commerce of the United States estimated tonight This figure represents principal and accrued interest.
A light moment unfolds as Joe asks for nuts and Sophine replies with playful gratitude, turning a simple snack into a friendly exchange. The scene highlights casual banter over modest cafe fare and shared humor.
Geo Bailey notes climate independence and unpredictability. He downgrades psychoanalysis as a practical aid for corn crops. He thanks President Harding for praise of the magnifi cent Lee in the Grant centenary speech. He mentions a revival of uric acid theory of rheumatism and advises dentists to review their defenses.
The piece notes annual cigarette sales reach 800 million, mocks displaying wealth, and predicts Europe will resume fighting. It claims distress among Texas river valley tenants and suggests aid would come if they were Armenians, reflecting satirical prejudice of the era.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes laments border saloons profiting from American thirst while mocking social evolution. A satirical collage riffs on Richard Croker, Southern mummies, corn bread over whisky, John Robinson’s circus, and politicians. It ends with a playful tease about seasonal remarriage notions and Texas romance.
A satirical critique of male attitudes toward women's dress trends. It mocks strict fashion norms, corsets, long skirts, stockings, bobbed hair, and other styles, arguing men endure sartorial constraints while avoiding reform. The piece lampoons humorless attempts to regulate female attire.
A World-Herald clipping mocks fashion reform, arguing a vest with pockets suits a man seeking space for watch, pen, matches, cigars, toothpick, bands, memo book, and bean. It derides evening wear as a joke while noting the silk tie and derby hat demand explanation.
The article argues New England’s complaint rings true as the South shows clear supremacy in cotton manufacture. March consumption totals 518,450 bales with 337,166 used by cotton states and 181,284 by mills elsewhere, eight month totals show strong Southern uptake, and spindles and output per spindle favor the South, signaling expanding industry and labor efficiency.
The Honey Grove Signal notes mill owners moving plants to the South, predicting the region will predominate in cotton manufacturing. It observes a current tendency for mills to cluster in certain districts with North and South Carolina and Georgia receiving most new mills, while Texas, despite producing about one third of the South’s cotton, has fewer than twenty mills, all small.
About ten billion stamps are printed annually by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. Dies are crafted and stamps produced in sheets of four hundred.
After printing and drying, sheets go to gumming machines where a regulated gum stream coats 26 pounds per 1000 sheets. Sheets pass through a 72 foot tunnel at 130 degrees, taking 90 seconds to traverse, then proceed to perforating machines.
A waiter tells a diner he need not dust off the plate, and the customer replies that it is a force of habit because he is an umpire. The exchange plays on professional habits and etiquette.
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