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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
2
A migrant who arrived with little money rose to head a large U S corporation by translating ideas into action. He cites courage, hard work, and sacrifices as the keys, warning that many with good ideas fail because they do not implement them.
Hardy borders become home fixtures with varying widths and plant choices. Most perennials can be grown from seed, while irises, peonies, and select phloxes or delphiniums may require buying plants for desired varieties. Named plants originate from a single ancestor, making each plant a clone, and gardeners should grow many seedlings to select top types for permanent borders.
A dean informs Cedric’s parents that their son suffered 16 cuts. In a later note Cedric receives gauze rolls and adhesive tape. The exchange highlights concern over a student injury episode and parental reaction.
Martin J. Insull, president of the Middle West Utilities Co., notes Texas shows rapid development with villages turning into towns and towns into cities, alongside booming smelters, mills, oil wells, pipelines, refineries, mines, farms, and ranches filling open lands. He highlights month by month money demands as proof of the state’s promising growth.
The Houston Chronicle editorial warns against keeping up appearances and overspending. It argues extravagance fuels domestic trouble, pride, and debt, urging prudent budgeting to avoid financial and personal stress. It notes creditors and the sheriff would not intervene to help those who overspend.
A Starkville News report compares 1927 cotton value in Oktibbeha County with dairy earnings. Milk and cream payouts reached 1.348 million dollars, more than the estimated cotton crop value, and dairy payroll rose by 667 thousand dollars from 1926.
John Finck of a farm two miles north of Miles reports 550 Brown Leghorn hens produced about one dollar per hen from eggs sold between January and May. His income for four months lists 110, 125, 176, and 146 dollars. He uses home grown seeds and sour milk tonic, rotating cotton with feed crops to maintain year round cash flow.
The Daily Times received an electrotyped advertisement plate from Cincinnati that cost 8.25 in postage. The five pound plate for Lucky Strike Cigarettes was air mailed via Cincinnati to Chicago to Dallas to meet schedule. The cost included special delivery and is noted as possibly the highest postage for a common mail item in this city.
A progressive real estate agent questions a prospect about the town and is told this is the first cemetery he has seen lit with lights, highlighting local ambiance and a striking urban feature.
The most dissatisfied people lack a life goal and drift in indecision. A family’s first goal is to own a home, a secure place where burdens lift for a time and peace and happiness become real end goals.
Advertises engraved or printed cards invitations and announcements available at The Sun office at reasonable prices for readers seeking personal or formal communications.
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