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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1923
Page
7
Superintendent Durham asks The Sun to announce that every student in Whitewright schools will receive a report card today. Distinct cards exist for high school and grammar school with full instructions to compute grades. Students must take cards home to be signed, and any grade below C in any subject indicates unsatisfactory work.
The Whitewright negro school opened Monday morning and will complete two full months before Christmas. Opening day attendance was 32, about one third of the expected term peak.
Farmersville high school defeated the local team on Friday afternoon 12 to 6 in a well matched contest. Farmersville is among North Texas’ strong small-town programs this year, while the local squad, 2-3 this season, had faced top teams including Sherman, Denison, Paris, Ladonia, and Farmersville. Next, the locals host Whitesboro high school on Friday afternoon with both teams described as evenly matched in size and speed.
The notice urges fan support for the home team with an admission price of 35 cents. Proceeds help defray visiting team expenses and cover the home team’s season costs.
The Tem ple Singers opened the season at the grammar school to a large audience, delivering ecumenical religious pieces, light English ballads, operatic selections, and the Sextette from Lucia. Miss Margaret Nye accompanied piano pieces, and the ensemble featured Lu cille Buzzo, Lou ella Ensworth, James R. Evans, and David Davies. Sarasota Times.
A BYPU program lists subject lessons on contentment and happiness by multiple authors led by Zelma McFatridge with songs and a concluding message. An accompanying ad from M. C. Spivy & Co. promotes a high Nov sales record and a Foley remedy mail offer, urging public-spirited business conduct and customer welfare.
Stop itching with Blue Star Remedy for eczema, itch, tetter, cracked hands, ring worm, chapped hands and face, poison oak, old sores, sores on children, and sore feet. For sale by Dyer & Jones.
A Bonham advertisement by M C Spivy & Co touts well made shoes for men women boys and girls built to stand up under winter wear. It ends with a prompt to try their better brands.
A humorous exchange notes a mule bearing U. S. branding on its right hind leg. The speaker explains U S stands for Uncle Sam, then undercuts the meaning saying it is just a warning and stands for Un Safe. The line ends with a cue to await New Mexico apples.
John Hollingsworth advertises general blacksmithing and horseshoeing services with skilled workmanship, woodwork, and fair pricing, inviting patronage and promising good service.
Advice praises Chamberlain's Tablets to ease ill feeling and aid sleep with a single nightly dose. Claims no unpleasant next day effects and encourages trying the 25 cent remedy.
A teacher asks what binds people together and a witty eight year old answers with corsets. The playful exchange showcases childlike humor and social norms reflected in a classroom vignette. The line highlights gendered fashion and the cultural idea of shaping bodies.
An efficiency expert questions his own sea voyage routine joking that the sea air is wasted salt. The quip underscores his obsession with optimization and waste reduction on a voyage.
A fragmentary note describes a hunter mentioning large tiger tracks about a mile north of a Sun office, with a jokey exchange about direction and a mention of adding machine paper and typewriter paper.
The Carolina Pythian Bulletin quotes a line about a poet who is labeled a liar while noting a political or rhetorical stance. The text also advertises five sheets of bond paper for 25 cents at the Sun office and promotes M. C. Spivy & Co. winter offerings for November shopping.
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