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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1926
Page
2
Texas planting time approaches as deciduous trees go in late fall and evergreens later. The Texas pecan is hardy drought tolerant and disease resistant, offers shade and valuable nuts, and should be widely grown though it needs careful soil preparation and large transplant holes for successful establishment. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
James ONeill of Moberly Missouri, 75, revealed he was alive after a mistaken identity led a farmer to find a dying man near Columbia and police to declare the man dead. ONeill’s son identified the corpse by clothes and possessions, and the body was buried before the error was discovered. The real man’s clothes had been stolen and worn by the deceased, leaving no clues to his true identity.
The Wall Street Journal editorializes that a new European agreement may be viewed skeptically in the United States, suggesting critics call it flawed and potentially harmful to American interests. The piece frames the debate with cautious tones about the pact’s implications.
Rutgers University leaders in athletics show an average scholastic grade of 75.5 percent versus 79.5 percent for nonathletic leaders. A curriculum committee urges a department of athletics with a full professor to head it, noting athletics training appears mainly physical.
Chicago reports Professor Robert Millikan, discoverer of the Millikan Ray, would choose fundamentalism over atheism if forced, but criticizes fundamentalism for transgressing into the known. He praises Christianity as truthful and serviceable and says its teachings align with science.
Engineers of the National Glycerine Service compared glycerine and alcohol in 35 percent solutions in cars with water pump and thermosyphon systems. Over temperatures from 5 degrees below zero to 50 above, alcohol loss was about four-fifths of a quart per 100 miles while glycerine loss was negligible. One car using alcohol froze. one glycerine car had hose leaks fixed by tightening.
Warning mothers to check children for worms and act quickly with White's Cream Vermifuge. The old time remedy is said to drive out worms and restore health, priced at 35 cents and sold by J. L. Kirkpatrick, druggist.
The article compares using glycerine and alcohol as antifreeze for a car with a three gallon radiator. It calculates weekly alcohol losses at four-fifths of a quart over 100 miles, totaling about four and a quarter gallons for winter. It concludes glycerine, five times the cost, would be cheaper and offer complete protection.
Chevrolet Motor Company set a new monthly record with 81,158 passenger cars and trucks in September and reached 593,281 units produced in the first nine months of 1926, surpassing its full-year 1924 output.
The Chevrolet Motor Company reports new production highs through September 1926 with 81 158 units in September and 76 551 in August. April May and June also posted records at 71 157 74 241 and 76 computed figures. W S Knudson credits public confidence for the surge and pledges continued effort.
A label on a medicinal box proclaims E Grove’s Bromo Quinine tabs relieve cold and flu. The ad emphasizes a single product and features the signature on the box.
A letter from the Marshall Morning News questions court clemency in two Texas cases. One man convicted of forgery, involved amount $7.50, given four years in the penitentiary. Another man, charged with operating a car while intoxicated, collided with four cars, injured a woman and a child, fined $50, and described as from a good family.
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