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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1932
Page
4
Trades Day in Whitewright Brims With Trade and Parade
Monday marked a festive Trades Day in Whitewright with a crowded parade trading lot and busy merchants reporting robust buying across all sides. A miscaptioned newspaper photo on Tuesday stirred doubt by showing two separate images posed as Hoover and Roosevelt in conference, illustrating typical advent of misleading illustration.
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Whitewright
President Hoover
Roosevelt
Alligator Spotted On Whitewright Streets by Claud Phillips
Claud W Phillips found an alligator about three feet long on a farm south of the Kentuckytown area, three miles west of Whitewright. The animal was alive when located but died shortly after.
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Claud W. Phillips
Whitewright
Kentuckytown
Sherman Democrat
Sun
Alligator Found in a Dry Kentucky Field
The Sun reports renewed subscription by Mr. Phillips and notes no statement about a three foot alligator found in a dry Kentuckytown field. The writer questions Claud’s claim but treats the tale as noteworthy, pondering the unusual sight in two months without rain.
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Mr. Phillips
Phillips
Sun
The
Kentuckytown
Claud
Republican Blunders in Campaign Heard at Chicago Convention
Arthur Mullen, former floor manager for Roosevelt at the Chicago Convention, notes two GOP errors early in the campaign that alienated voters. He cites Hurley and Mills speeches as missteps that drew heckling, eroding support and contributing to Hoover's defeat. The piece argues these incidents shattered a traditional Democratic vulnerability to self-inflicted blunders.
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Arthur Mullen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
War Hurley
Hoover
Hurley
Mills
White House
Mr. Mullen
Campaign blunders blamed on Republicans by Greenville Banner
The Greenville Banner blames Republican missteps for missed chances while praising a smoother Democratic campaign led by Big Jim Farley and Arthur Mullen.
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Big Jim’ Farley
Arthur Mullen
Democrats
Greenville
Thanksgiving parable of Pilgrims in a stark wilderness
Hubert Kelley recalls a Kansas City Star meditation on the Pilgrims as they endure storms and scarcity yet cherish fire, grain, and the first harvest. The story frames gratitude amid danger, hardship, and Odyssean uncertainty, with a vow that only death could dispossess them.
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Dark Sea
Black Forest
Hubert Kelley
Kansas City Star
Marker Highlights tale of Maggie and the mill singer
In Ducktown Tennessee a historic marker recounts George W. Johnson who wooed Maggie Harris at a mill by Spring Creek. The tale links the couple to the song When You and I Were Young Maggie, a romance recalled after aging, with Bell-McGill history noting discovery of the poem and its later music.
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Ducktown
Tenn
Maggie
Adeline
George W. Johnson
Maggie Harris
Tennessee
Johnson
East
Hiwassee River
Spring Creek
J. A. Butterfield
Irishman's Bear Tale Ends With A Splash
An Irishman recalls landing his boat on a remote island in Alaska and meeting a massive bear. He attempts to reach a high tree limb about twenty feet off the ground but confesses he failed on the way up and managed to grab it only while coming down.
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Alaska
Oil of carrot used in tanning leather
Anon notes carrot oil is employed in the leather tanning process. It is valued for its potential effects on the texture and durability of hides.
Poke Eazley Falls From Housetop in Chimney Fix
Poke Eazley fell from a housetop while repairing his chimney this week. If his residence had been taller he would likely have been seriously injured. Cricket Hicks reported a black cat attempting to cross a high powered car roadside. Sidney Hocks attempted to sing at an entertainment event, while Miss Peachie Sims compared his voice to a calf at a fence.
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Poke Eazley
Cricket Hicks
Sidney Hocks
Peachie Sims
Col umbus Allsop Observes Church Sermon Loudness Trend
Columbus Allsop notes that smaller church congregations correspond with louder preaching, highlighting a behavioral trend among clergy and faithful in local religious gatherings.
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Columbus Allsop
Club Hancock Keeps Immunity Myth Alive
Club Hancock believes he never gets sick, a claim shared by many. Sap Spradlen recalls always returning from any trip, joking that he would not be where he is now if he hadn’t gotten back.
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Hancock
Sap Spradlen
We Have Been Cheating Ourselves by Our Votes
A Batesville column compares a parable of a builder who cheats himself to voters who fund poor government. It argues taxpayers built a flawed democratic house through past spending and lax scrutiny, and now must accept responsibility and vote for honest, economical governance.
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Batesville, Ark
The Kiss Poem Verse on Love and Social Roles
A compact aphorism on kissing as a social proposition. It contrasts how different people receive or pay for affection, from a baby to an old maid, highlighting moral labels and varying leverage in romantic contexts. The author V P I Skipper is cited.
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Faith
Hope
Charity
V. P. I. Skipper
No-Ma prescription claimed to relieve joint and nerve pain
An advertisement for RU NO-MA proclaims rapid relief of throbbing joints and aching nerves, asserting the remedy dissolves toxins and requires no opiates. It urges readers to ask their druggist and notes a guarantee on every box from DYER & JONES, Druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Texas University earns over 15 million in oil royalties in 11 years
The University of Texas has received 15,560,576.69 dollars in oil royalties over eleven years, funds placed in the permanent university fund with interest used for building construction. August royalties totaled 102,580.70 dollars, with June and July also near 97 thousand dollars.
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Texas University
Austin
University of Texas
State Land Office
University Permanent Fund
Land Office
Reagan County
Texas
Boy interrupts repairmen in schoolhouse switch work
A boy wandered into a schoolhouse where workmen repaired electric wiring. He asked what they were doing and was told they were installing a switch. The boy replied that he did not care because his family had moved and he no longer attended that school.
Quiet classroom exchange hints at school day fatigue
A student asks to be awakened in thirty minutes while the other questions the need. The pair jokes about memory fading by half after learning, reflecting classroom weariness and a teacher warning on retention.
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