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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1928
Page
2
The piece argues that true thrift requires balance between wealth and health. It warns that chasing money at the expense of physical well being damages long term success, noting common habits such as hurried meals, smoking, overwork, and sleepless nights. It stresses health as an asset as vital as credit.
Dallas Times Herald reports a Arkansas arrest of a man thought to be Pete Jones for a Dallas slaying. Fingerprints showed he was not the suspect, illustrating how science saves an innocent man and could have spared heavy state costs and a lengthy trial.
Paris newspaper Le Petit Parisien questions why France relied on American philanthropy to restore palaces and churches. It recalls Rockefeller funds saved Versailles and Rheims Cathedral and notes foreigners funded much of France’s beauty, causing some embarrassment.
J A Pickens aged 85 died Friday at his daughter Mrs P L Owens home in the Ely community after a six month illness. He was a 44 year resident of Ely and served in the Union Army late in the Civil War. Funeral at Randolph Methodist Church occurred Saturday with Rev G M Byers and Rev J F Fender officiating. interment in Randolph Cemetery. Survived by three children R H Pickens Uvalde L A Pickens San Marcial NM and Mrs P L Owens Whitewright.
Clarksville reports mixed demand for long and short staple cotton with little interest in short staple and a recently unsold bale from Blossom Prairie. Farmers seek markets in Mt Pleasant or other towns while mills in Clarksville seek a distinct cotton type, sustaining the market’s status as a strong southern staple hub.
A dialogue shows a dietitian prescribing a simple daily diet of lettuce leaves without oil and orange juice to a Mrs Overweight. She asks whether to take it before or after meals as she plans her daily spending in Whitewright.
Two Whitewright women with identical names attend the College of Industrial Arts. Evelyn L Wilson senior art major and Evelyn L Wilson freshman literary major must daily phone each other to avoid mail mix ups as 7000 letters arrive daily. Both daughters of Wilson families from Whitewright.
Whitewright residents travel to the National American Legion Convention in San Antonio where about 50,000 visitors are expected. Attendees include Percy and Mrs Darwin with daughter, Arthur and Mrs Badgett, L. O. Lackey, F. O. Mangrum, Red Pace, Elmo Wallace, Clay Horton, Joe Riddle, and John Hollingsworth who serves on the reception committee during the event.
A temporary promotion combines the Semi-Weekly Farm News and The Whitewright Sun for one year at 1.85 dollars. Existing subscribers can switch to the offer to extend by one year. The Sun costs 1.50 dollars and the Farm News 1.00 dollars, a 2.50 value for 1.85.
Rev J C Skaggs pastor of Forest Avenue Baptist Church Sherman was elected county missionary by the Grayson County Baptist Association executive board in Sherman. The county missionary assists churches without pastors and conducts meetings in areas with no regular services.
Six members of a Tulsa fishing party perished when their boat capsized on Spring Lake near Bushyhead Oklahoma. Mrs. G H Shepherd and four of her daughters died, C E Saunders, a brother-in-law also drowned, and a fifth daughter survived by reaching the bank. Ambulances arrived but could not resuscitate the victims.
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