05 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
1
The Texarkanian argues that ancient Egypt under Joseph provides a model for modern government control of food, storage, pricing, and distribution. It contends government storage and regulated margins protect consumers from graft while ensuring stable supply, citing coal, print paper, and shoes as examples.
A vintage beauty tip advertises lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a quarter pint lotion that bleaches freckles sallowness and tan. It promises months of shelf life if strained and used daily on face neck arms and hands.
The third called session of the Thirty-Fifth Legislature adjourned after approving many bills. Key actions include creating a Texas home guard, regulating emigrant agents, establishing a school for negro delinquent youths, enacting the pink boll worm bill, allowing wholesale druggists in local option areas to sell to retail druggists, noting the creation of West Texas A and M College and Northeast Texas Junior Agricultural College, suspending construction of three state normal colleges, reducing the Texas National Guard appropriation from 750000 to 400000, and amending impeachment laws to ease convening for impeachments.
The Texas Senate and House appointed their committees to probe all state departments with ten members each. Dan S. McMillin narrowly missed the House chair and became vice chairman under W. M. Fly’s chairmanship. work to start in November. Also, Floyd Badgett, the new driver, effectively controlled a fire at the Kimbell elevator on Cotton Belt tracks, using a new horse on his first run.
Governor Hobby proclaims Tuesday October 9 as Fire and Accident Prevention Day urging mayors fire chiefs schools teachers women's clubs and civic groups to remove hazards. Texas waste tied to fires averages sixteen million annually with half preventable. Whitewright will haul away unburnable rubbish free if collected and made accessible.
Honey Grove Signal reports a theft in a cotton patch near Honey Grove last Sunday night. A thief allegedly stole an open ball of cotton with seed, prompting caution for growers to check patches daily and inspect locks to deter future losses.
Manager S. A. Hayes plans to improve the street from the turn of the good roads to the oil mill by covering it with cinders, signaling work to begin soon.
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