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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
2
James K. Patten, famed grain trader, declares Gov. Alfred E. Smith is deceiving supporters on prohibition and the Volstead Act. He says Smith’s proposals would not aid opponents of prohibition and notes Smith does not advocate repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
Cuban sanitation department moves to fight phthisis among tobacco factory workers. Reports show alarming conditions in cigar factories and among rollers. The plan includes compulsory physical exams, health certificates for applicants, and further factory investigations.
A farm near Eden reports a turkey gobbler showing unusual maternal instincts by sitting on guinea eggs before Garrett moved them under a hen. The same gobbler later sat on guinea eggs again, while a quail was observed mothering a lone baby chick. The chick left for the field after being moved.
A man with a suspicious package delivers it to 735 Cass after dawn. A neighboring woman calls police, who hesitantly inspect the parcel and learn it contains two kittens, not a bomb, ending the scare as a case of abandonment.
Sun office advertises carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale, highlighting supplies for old machines and office work.
DeWitt McKinney sits in Dallas County jail facing four counts of slaying and one assault to kill after a mass shooting at a Rowlett card game left four men and a woman dead and another man, Haywood Washington, wounded. McKinney says Sparks shot at him first, then he fired a single shotgun blast, killing Fayte, Adams, Sparks, and Lewis and wounding Washington. He surrendered to a nearby farmer.
Hongkong port scene after the steamer An king arrives with looting by Chinese pirates. Chief Officer David C. Jones of New Quay and Chief Engineer Henry Thompson of Greenock were killed. Captain Plunkett Cole and Third Officer A. I. Campbell were wounded. The Chinese quarter master who rushed the bridge was shot dead.
Chicago report quotes Dr. J. F. Roemmer of Waukegan on anger and hostility shortening life. He tells the American Association for Medico-Physical Research that bursts of rage create acid conditions in body secretions, upsetting acid alkali balance and prompting rheumatism arthritis neuritis and lumbago. He links immediate effects to disturbed vital functions and notes peaceful minds aid digestion even with poor meals.
This revised version of The House That Jack Built is used by local police to test motorists arrested for drunkenness. The test aims to reveal impairment by requiring repetition of a long line and the first five motorists failed, losing their licenses.
A newspaper note declares ten cents per line for obituary notices from businesses that do not advertise while living. Delinquent subscribers face a fifteen cent per line charge.
The Wagon Mound New Mexico paper notes advertisers and cash subscribers receive a goodwill sendoff at no charge. It urges readers to advertise and pay subscriptions as hog cholera spreads nationwide.
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