Whitewright Sun notices and advertising policy
Subscription price is 1.50 per year payable in advance. Entered at the Whitewright Texas post office as 2nd class mail matter. Published every Thursday. Notices of entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at advertising rates. Memorials resolutions of respect will be charged. Corrections will be made for erroneous reflections on character upon notification.
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Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright Sun
Free picture show in Whitewright on Saturday
Readable notes mention a free picture show in Whitewright this Saturday inviting families and children to attend. The piece also covers Governor Alfred E. Smith winning victories in New York state elections and multiple constitutional amendments passing or failing, highlighting his influence in politics. It muses on spring imagery and farming, plus light editorial banter about old age and voting.
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Whitewright
Alfred E. Smith
New York
New York State
Smith
al Smith
World improving, says local reader in Sherman Democrat
A Whitewright woman asks what the world is coming to and the paper responds that the world is getting better. It praises young women for outperforming their mothers and urges that paint, powder, and silk stockings do not negate progress.
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Whitewright
Sherman Democrat
Editorial Sparks and Sidelights Across 1930s Papers
A collage of quips and observations from diverse papers. Snippets cover hair lore, frugal money savers, jazz fads, travel reservations, elastic tariffs, jail terms, radio pronunciation, fight film legality, cheerleading as training, and a humorous Army dog anecdote.
Humorous Observations From The New Yorker
A collage of witty quips on college harp classes at the University of Kansas, late office husbands avoiding telephony, tariff walls trapping French customers, and a carpenter stuck in a self built chicken coop, illustrating the magazine’s humor style.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
New York Evening Post
The
New Yorker
Notable Newspaper Typo Tales From City to City
The Scranton Sun recalls famous edition mistakes from New York Park Row where Adam Good the shoemaker was misread as dead and from St Louis where 10 000 Democrats were printed as snouts The jokes also include a bride’s trousseau described as ferry boats due to a printer’s whim.
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Scranton Sun
New York
Park Row
Adam Good
St. Louis
Planes Use Cotton on Atlantic Flight
The article notes airplanes crossing the Atlantic were covered largely in American made cotton. Lindberghs plane used over 125 yards of cotton fabric on wings fuselage and tail with 400 yards of cotton tape for seams. The fabric endured sleet and strain and demonstrates new cotton uses beyond clothing.
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Lindbergh
Sinclair couple relocate to Tulsa after fire loss
Mr and Mrs W H Sinclair who had been living here for months moved to Tulsa Oklahoma on Monday. They lost their household goods in the fire that destroyed the S H Jared home last week.
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W. H. Sinclair
Tulsa
Okla
S. H. Jared
Vernon guest Miss Clara Skipworth visits Cates kin
Miss Clara Skipworth of Vernon spent the week end here as guest of her sister Mrs C C Cates. She was accompanied home by her grandmother Mrs A B Skipworth who will spend the winter in Vernon.
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Clara Skipworth
Vernon
C. C. Cates
A. B. Skipworth
Wallace buys two adjoining farms south of town
Ralph Wallace purchased a 30 acre tract from Fred Cook for 3150 dollars and a 10 acre tract from W C Cook for 1050 dollars. The parcels are adjacent, forming a combined property south of town.
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Ralph Wallace
Fred Cook
Mr. Wallace
W. C. Cook
Sun Honor Roll Growth Adds Many Names
The Sun reports a new wave of subscriptions with numerous readers added to the honor roll in the past week. Names listed include E. T. Doss, R. B. Owens, H. M. Hamilton, Mrs. J. D. Williams, Miss Elizabeth Groves, Rev. W. N. Carter, R. F. Beasley and others.
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the Sun
E. T. Doss
R. B. Owens
H. M. Hamilton
J. D. Williams
Elizabeth Groves
W. N. Carter
R. F. Beasley
D. M. Pope
A. W. Stedham
H. B. Barnett
D. A. Ray
C. R. Blakey
Z. W. Binion
C. H. Taylor
F. P. Cantrell
A. G. Bradley
P. M. Jarvis
H. H. Sears
H. R. Neathery
R. J. Phillips
M. L. Patton
W. J
Binion Family Active at Sherman Club Council
Mrs Tom Binion and Misses Sarah and Pauline Binion attended the Home Demonstration Club Council meeting in Sherman last Thursday. S H Jared, whose home was burned last week, plans cleanup and construction of a five room cottage in the coming days.
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Tom Binion
Sarah
Pauline Binion
Home Demonstration Club Council
Sherman
S. H. Jared
Injuries Fatal To Sherman Fireman
Sherman fireman Donald W. Sharp, 36, died Sunday morning from injuries suffered when a Central Station pumper collided with a Fifth Ward hose wagon at Jones and Maxey streets East Sherman. Both trucks answered a St Vincent’s Sanitarium alarm. drivers Clem Calhoun and Earl Wright escaped injuries as the crash halted near Wallace Hill residence.
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Central Station
Jones Street
Fifth Ward
Maxey Street
Clem Calhoun
Earl Wright
Calhoun
Wallace Hill
East Jones Street
Rummage Sale At McMillin Building This Saturday
The Missionary Society of the Methodist Church announces a rummage sale at the McMillin building offering garments at buyers’ chosen prices. St H G Webster elected to the Planters National Bank board succeeding the late H C Willis at the regular monthly directors meeting. Typewriter ribbons also available at Sun office.
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McMillin
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
H. G. Webster
Planters National Bank
H. C. Willis
Firemen Hurt in Wall Collision During House Incident
Firemen H. L. Head Earl Wright and Charlie Kidd of the Fifth Ward truck were thrown from their vehicle when it grazed a west wall of a brick house. Head suffered a broken right leg and two broken ribs while Wright sustained severe injuries and bruises. all are hospitalized in the sanitarium.
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H. L. Head
Earl Wright
Charlie Kidd
Fifth Ward
Head
Wright
Montgomery closes 80 acre Ely farm deal with Nevills
Crawford Montgomery has finalized an agreement with Walter Nevills for an 80 acre farm in the Ely community. The property adjoins a 194 acre farm Montgomery traded for two or three years ago, marking a notable local land transaction.
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Crawford Montgomery
Walter Nevills
Ely
Mr. Montgomery
Cook family relocates near Lubbock after land trade
W. C. Cook and family moved to Lubbock last week. He traded property here for 320 acres eight miles southwest of Lubbock and will live in Lubbock until early next year before moving to the farm.
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W. C. Cook
Lubbock
Mrs Lankford Names Seal Campaign Director
Mrs. Wm. Lankford of Shermar visited Friday to appoint Mrs. Lester Haile to direct Christmas seal stamp sales. Funds support the Texas Public Health Association and a disease prevention drive focused on tuberculosis.
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Wm. Lankford
Shermar
Texas Public Health Association
Lester Haile
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J. H. Waggoner and
T. G. Doss
Winter
Jim Waggoner
Ernest Parker
Editorial Sparks
Publishers Syndicate
Columbus Dispatch
Bishop Hughes
Los Angeles Times
Arkansas Gazette
Asheville Times
Springfield Republican
Easton Express
Bellingham Herald
Reveille
Punch
Atlantic
Santa Claus
Evry
Sun
Lloyd Moore
Sun Office
Family All Sound
S. H. Montgomery & Son
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Marks Bros
Sherman’s Greatest Department Store
Fashion Park
O’coats
Alexander & Coldwell
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