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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
7
A dim midweek vesper service in a small town church fails to draw a crowd yet moves a dying girl. The visiting minister recounts the Christ child story and, by blessing, awakens hope, transforming a scarce audience into a lasting resolve to keep the church open for future services.
A quip from the Ohio State Journal notes that absent-mindedness is said to be more common in men, but the joke suggests a woman could walk down the street with her hat on backward and be unnoticed.
A collection of satirical remarks on politics and public life from various papers. Quips reference crooks, bunks in politics, religious arguments, bobbed hair voters, census lists, and leaders like Coolidge, with varied humor about elections and social issues of the time.
A collage of humorous and political quips traces American views on governance taxation morality and progress. It mentions Lincoln Star New Orleans Times-Picayune Minneapolis Star San Diego Union Peru Tribune St Joseph News-Press Governor McCray Philadelphia North American Detroit News and a remark on national wealth.
A Spokane Press note in a stylized phrase suggests circles indicate a found share. The message implies completion of a grouping or distribution as the last three formations signal inclusion.
An advertisement urges workers to take Herbine when feeling languid and blue from liver issues. It claims the remedy purifies the system, restores health and ambition, and is sold by Dyer & Jones for 60 cents.
A brief discussion notes that despite widespread use of simplified spellings in 56 newspapers and magazines, overall progress remains slow as elision of unnecessary letters persists. Columbia University context appears in the fragment.
The notices list candidates for Democratic primary action. For Congress Sam Rayburn. For Judge 15th Judicial District Silas Hare. For County Clerk J A Dixon Royce Q Loving W W Morris.
A Denton Record Chronicle commentary notes general agreement on twelve shortened spellings such as tho altho thru and thru out with certain variants like program prolog catalog and decalog. It states program gains acceptance while programme remains unusual and about 60 000 other words show no partial change yet.
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