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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1937
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun outlines subscription at 1.50 per year payable in advance and notes post office entry as 2nd class mail matter. It warns that entertainments with admission fees and memorials will be charged at regular rates and calls for corrections of misprints. It also urges poll tax payment, Thanksgiving thanks, and remarks on crop yields and a good year.
Fordham University in New York City addresses its graduates as they finish their studies. The piece notes graduates typically seek jobs in their trained field after commencement. It discusses how employment outcomes vary, with some graduates securing suitable roles and others not.
Fordham University will now train undergraduates after their sophomore year for a specific job. Upon graduation, they are guaranteed industry placement on a replacement basis, with reconditioning if employers are dissatisfied. Dwight Bracken leads the placement bureau and urges job hunters to ask employers questions and follow ten don'ts such as avoid boldness and admit limitations to show intelligence.
The editor recalls errors from the previous issue raised by a subscriber. A mail mix up, incorrect counts by phone, wrong thread size, a late train report, and a milk bill error are noted. The editor cites illness from eating meat and a missing jitney timer as part of a quirky misadventure.
A reader quotes an ex saying a mistake was made in the prior week’s paper and that the publication has since run with the corrected note. The fragment indicates acknowledgment of a past error and ongoing correction.
Texans drank 427000 gallons of liquor and 5153000 gallons of beer in October as drys and wets clash in local option elections. Forty four counties allow beer only, eleven show dry gains, twenty dry wins and thirteen wet wins. In Willacy Palo Pinto Burnet Bosque and Young Counties major dry gains. several counties retain beer or liquor when voting. Statewide enforcement notes include 280 stills destroyed and over 191000 gallons of mash seized in past eleven months. A model salmon fishing exhibit and an electrified model farm are planned for the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco.
Dallas residents are losing about 11000 dollars daily to confidence men and swindlers peddling fake goods. Better Business Bureau head William Collier warns that ersatz ermine coats and other cheap items lure shoppers with claims of being smuggled or government deals. He urges buying only from reputable merchants who will stand behind their goods tomorrow.
Readable listing notes typewriter carbon and pencil carbon plus typewriter paper available at Sun office. Includes items likely for office use and transcription tasks.
The speaker insists the peddler be required to display identification to verify trustworthiness. The remark emphasizes verification and accountability in marketplace dealings.
Methodist Church outlines Sunday services with Sunday school at 10 am preaching at 11 am Epworth League at 6 15 pm and evening preaching at 7 15 pm A zone meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society is set for Tuesday November 30 at Ector starting at 10 am Joe M Connally pastor.
Motor bikes motor scooters chairs and tiny streamlined trains will carry visitors over the 400 acre site of the 1939 World's Fair on San Francisco Bay.
The Sun explains a charge of one cent per word for notices of banks pie suppers entertainments with admission or other fund raising. if no money is raised it is considered news and no charge. Receipts must accompany notices to publish.
Naval recruiting officers announce the Navy will have a prominent role at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, highlighting its participation to attract likely recruits.
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