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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
5
The column lists residents and visitors including Sam Brents in Terrell with sister, Mollie Burris in Denison, Louis Daniels and others in Dallas, Sherman and Durant. Canary birds for sale appear at Giles Variety Store and several locals travel for family and medical reasons.
Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. and family visited Garland friends while Mr. and Mrs. McKee from Paris spent the weekend with sister Mrs. H. H. Smith. Several Sherman area families visited, moved by travel to Dallas and Fort Worth, and Johnson’s ads promote school supplies and discounts. Dr. J. L. Johnson offered eye care as patients seek better glasses. Mrs. C A Wilson and Mrs. D W Haliburton underwent surgeries with favorable recoveries. George W. Ford wed Ora Emma Magers at Rev. W A Kirkpatrick’s home. groom is son of local residents.
Chesley Rutledge returned from Forney with a bounty of candy made with Pat Zarafonetis. Rutledge has trained under Zarafonetis and now calls himself a full fledged candy maker. Weldon and Aubrey Wilson of Dallas and Miss Evelyn Wilson of Denton visited to be with their mother, Mrs C A Wilson, who underwent an operation at Bonham hospital Saturday.
Sam Wilhoit offers guaranteed watch and clock repairs at the Dyer and Jones Drug Store, providing local service for timepieces. The notice highlights his repairs and the location at the drug store for customers seeking clockwork maintenance.
The Sun offers a special deal with Semi-Weekly Farm News at 1.85 dollars for one year, delivering 156 issues of both papers. Renewals advance subscription dates by one year if already active. Names added to The Sun honor roll this week include Jesse Melver and others across several families.
A high school poem honors H. C. Willis former Whitewright Board of Education president. It laments his death last Tuesday afternoon and praises his service to the town and school. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Robbins of Greenville visited Sunday with Mrs. Robbins's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Smith.
According to latest estimates the state has 2,680,000 persons of voting age. The figure reflects updated population measures and electoral potential within the state.
Governor Dan Moody granted general parole Saturday to R. C. Hendrick, convicted in May 1926 for involvement in four Harris County robberies. Sentences ranged from five to twenty years, with five years for the other three. Hendrick, then 20, had a good prior record and was praised by supporters in Alabama.
Reports from farmers indicate the Lampasas area will see a turkey crop about 50 percent larger than last year. Most farms raise turkeys with 50 to 200 birds common per farm as farmers and wives note the birds are highly profitable. After one month the birds largely sustain themselves by foraging for grain, grass, weed seeds, and insects.
A box supper will be held Friday night at the Pilot Grove school house to raise funds for the school. Proceeds will benefit local education efforts. Advertisement.
The pennington family thanks neighbors and friends for faithful attendance and ministrations during our father's illness and for the sympathy shown in our sorrow. Your deeds will not be forgotten and are held in loving appreciation by his children.
Chicago engineer Bernays Johnson sat in an electric chair for 60 seconds and endured 2200 volts at 350 amperes in a public demonstration. He rose from the chair but collapsed immediately after, during a radio show event in front of a large Coliseum audience.
Electrical experts say Johnson suffered no body burns from the electrodes. The top-head connection sparked and threw sparks under the face mask during the incident.
A jeweler warns a young man against engraving George to Alice fearing future regret. The man asks for alternatives and the jeweler proposes George to his first and only love as a safer, sentimental choice.
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