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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
5
Miss Marian Barbee visits Leonard to see Mrs. Giles Cobb. Lloyd Moore's Furniture sells a solid oak rocker for 4.95. Numerous locals travel to Dallas Sherman Bonham Fort Worth Denison Whitesboro and Terrell. An apple shipment from New Mexico arrives and glasses are being fitted at Johnson's. City taxes for 1925 are due at the fire station.
The Bonham community reports family attendance at the Fannin County Fair with prizes won by Miss Fay Smith and Miss May Smith. Local residents including Brannon moving to Garland and new barber shop plans are noted. Folklore and region business updates from Davidson Barbee highlight growing enterprise and seasonal stock needs. Two local boys, Guy and Elmer, are praised for cotton picking.
Gray son County tax collector announced a Whitewright visit on Saturday October 24 to receive 1925 state and county ad valorem taxes. A city representative noted parking shifts with horse hitching spaces almost empty and cars occupying all available spots indicating changing travel patterns. Davidson & Barbee report a good supply of the best country sorghum now in Whitewright.
A wide spread rush to get rich quick is blamed for Florida fever affecting day by day more areas. The movement allegedly causes population declines in Atlanta and shifts in banking flows from St. Louis to Florida. Cleveland real estate values also drop as residents flee.
More and Washington report nine phones daily discontinued as residents migrate to Florida. The Dixie Flyer runs daily to Florida in five to seven hours, while Seaboard Air Line carried 3,821 passengers last week. Auto travel likely surpassed rail. Jacksonville urges visitors to return home. Florida lots prove ample for a third of US population, with a bubble destined to burst as swindlers seek quick gains.
A boy reports seeing a man who makes horses finishing one as he returns from a walk. The mother's doubt contrasts with the boy's certainty about the man shaping a horse toward completion. The fragment hints at a craftsman at work and a child’s confident observation.
A brief OCR fragment describes someone wailing on his back feet, signaling distress or an emotional outburst. The readable text suggests a moment of strong reaction, but lacks complete context or identifyable names, places, or events.
A brief quip centers on a joking exchange about words with a wife. The line evokes a courtroom cadence as a defendant admits heated talk without actual opportunity for argument. The exchange frames domestic tension in a historically dated dialogue tone.
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