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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
9
James K. Patten, regarded as a top grain trader, charges Gov Alfred E. Smith is deceiving his supporters on prohibition and the Volstead Act. He claims Smith’s Milwaukee speech offers no path to repeal and doubts any wet promises will help opponents of the Eighteenth Amendment.
Havana reports Cuban sanitation department moving to curb phthisis among tobacco factory workers. The effort includes compulsory physical exams and health certificates for applicants, with further factory investigations ordered to check the tobacco dust plague. Includes new health policy across the island's cigar industry.
A farmer, Andrew Garrett, reports a turkey gobbler showing mothering instincts by trying to hatch guinea eggs and later guinea eggs again. He removed the eggs to a hen and plans to test the gobbler as a hatch parent while a quail tends a chicken found in grain. The odd scene includes a baby chick helped by a quail before returning to the field.
A man with a package places it at 735 Cass Street Chicago and a resident reports a bomb. Police discover the parcel is harmless and return with two kittens, treating the scene as a prank rather than a threat.
Local shop Sun Office lists carbon paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. Includes assorted sizes and packs, suitable for administrative use and classic typewriters.
DeWitt McKinney, jailed in Dallas, faces four murder charges and one assault to kill after a wholesale shooting ending a Rowlett card game. He says he fired a single shotgun at five people after being fired on by Walter Sparks. four others including Willie Lewis die, including Crip Fayte, C. B. Adams, and Haywood Washington wounded.
The steamship An king reached Hong Kong after a pirate raid. Chief Officer David C. Jones of New Quay Wales and Chief Engineer Henry Thompson of Greenock Scotland were killed. Captain Plunkett Cole and Third Officer A I Campbell were wounded. The Chinese quartermaster who defended the bridge was killed.
Chicago report notes Dr. J F Roemmer of Waukegan Illinois told the American Association for Medico Physical Research that bursts of rage produce acid conditions in the body harming health. He cited acids affecting secretions and contributing to rheumatism arthritis neuritis and lumbago.
Bournemouth England report notes a revised version of The House That Jack Built used by local police to test sobriety of drunken motorists. The first five subjects failed to repeat it and lost their licenses.
A local notice states ten cents per obituary for business men not advertising while living. Delinquent subscribers face a fifteen cent per line charge for notices.
An obituary notice from the Wagon Mound New Mexico paper appeals advertisers and cash subscribers to send a proper sendoff at no charge while urging payments, warning that hog cholera is abroad in the land.
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