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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1933
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun lists a $1.50 yearly subscription payable in advance and notes second class mail status. It states notices of entertainments box suppers and benefits with admission fees will be charged at advertising rates and promises corrections for erroneous reflections on request.
The column discusses unemployment ending for Quadruple, upcoming holidays, state tax changes in Oklahoma, and proposed relief bonds amid a red general fund. It argues beer and sales taxes could fund bonds, mentions prison for the Kellys Shannons and Bailey, and critiques Rockefeller liquor taxation aiming to curb bootlegging.
In Pelham Georgia doctors and druggists publish a half page notice declaring no credit will be extended to anyone with unpaid accounts. They will still offer charity work and aid to those who cannot pay but cash must be paid upfront for services and goods. The piece argues medical skill is the doctor’s stock in trade and must be paid to sustain practice.
In Pelham the Dallas News notes doubts about widespread alarm with illness risks and comments that some people remain unconcerned while others fear sickness and disruption.
Rip wakes from a long snooze to a home scene of chaos as a radio, piano lessons, French lessons, and marathon talking contests replace his old life. A neighbor reveals the wife’s radio and the family’s new routines leaving Rip overwhelmed and longing for sleep.
Hogwallow correspondent reports Atlas Peck rising as a notable figure while a Dog Hill preacher assigns blame to him. Slim Pickens ends an engagement with a widow on Gander Creek. Poke Earley trades mules. A break in at the Horse Doctor’s office on Musket Ridge netted two quarts of horse liniment. Tobe Moseley notes old-fashioned girls blush to appear rosy. Whitewright merchants tout better values.
The American Cotton Cooperative Association and 250000 growers demand 15c cotton to meet pre war parity pledges. They urge federal action to loan a pound to plow-up option holders to curb market dumping and support 15c parity after growers meet 1934 acreage reductions. E H Linsteader urges a nationwide mobilization to back the drive.
State Treasurer Charley Lockhart announced a Texas general revenue fund deficit of 7,566,944 dollars. A call for 921,882 dollars in warrants was issued for warrants through June 21. The treasury will pay general revenue warrants up to No 177549 and proceed with Confederate pension fund warrants through July 1932 and highway loan Confederate warrants through May 1933 if properly endorsed and unpaid.
New York 17 year old Mary Jane Dane who weighed 200 pounds died after a personal crisis triggered by taunts about her size. She had been missing since Saturday after a note from her school principal to her mother raised questions about her absence. A bullet ended her life in a furnished room and a goodbye note to her mother lay on the flyleaf of Sabaini’s Captain Blood. She wrote I have caused you enough trouble now you are free of me.
S F Snewin, registrar at Hackney, England, reports more than 28 000 marriages in thirty four years. The figure reflects long tenure and steady wedding records in the borough.
A San Diego story on Tia Juana and Ensenada, booming border towns fed by American prohibition era tourism, facing declines as 3.2 beer limits and repeal pressure bite. Bartenders and cafe owners retreat toward the United States as Mexicans search inland for work.
He claims readiness for employment as a bartender, asserting his experience and ongoing training since Prohibition. The statement highlights a push for qualified personnel in the hospitality sector as era restrictions ease.
Oklahoma City court ruled a key nine month foreclosure delay provision invalid while upholding two year discretionary continuances for foreclosure trials with pay clause. The decision preserves judge discretion but limits the moratorium's reach under state law.
In Clarksburg West Virginia an unemployed miner Homer Benedum and his wife welcomed quadruplets. One girl died soon after birth while the remaining three are thriving and will be named Nina Rose and Albert in tribute to the NRA.
A reflection on happiness versus wealth noting that those who pursued money to buy happiness falter when funds run dry. The piece questions whether money alone can secure true contentment and hints at mixed feelings about the fate of the unhappy who chase riches.
The Albany News argues that wealth does not guarantee happiness and criticizes advice urging purchases to boost mood. It praises those who grew up with little, saying they adapt better to life’s realities and find contentment through inner resources rather than material goods.
A young woman excitedly reveals a new jazz record to her father who dismissively recalls a distant noisy crash involving a wagon and ducks. The exchange captures playful intergenerational contrast and a hint of rural life.
Toledo's famed swordmaking endures as the city's most distinctive trade. For centuries the Toledo blade has been renowned, reflecting a long history of craftsmanship and regional identity in Spain.
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