Subscription Price and Notice of Rates at Whitewright Post
The notice states subscription price of 1.50 per year due in advance at the Whitewright post office as second class matter. It notes that notices of entertainments meals and other benefits with admission fees will be charged at regular advertising rates. Obituaries and memorials are also billed at regular rates and the editor will correct any erroneous reflections on individuals or firms when brought to attention.
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Whitewright
Man Surrenders After Years Hunted for Bank Heist
A man who vanished with $30,000 from a bank surrendered at a sheriff's office. He said he wanted to face his penalty and felt happier in jail, admitting decades of pursuit harmed him. He spoke of a life spent eluding family and friends and carrying a guilty conscience. A local editorial notes politics often sparks unrest but warns against letting disagreement ruin friendships.
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Sheriff’s Office
Vote Duty at November Election Urges Citizens
A period editorial urges every citizen to vote in November, framing participation as a civic duty tied to democracy and national heritage. It recalls Valley Forge sacrifices, warns against apathy, cites polling forecasts, and quotes Theodore Roosevelt on strenuous effort leading to success.
Annadale plantation home destroyed by fire
Mississippi mourns the loss of Annadale, a three year build starting in 1858 with forty two rooms and the finest staircase in the South. The historic mansion survived the Civil War and its destruction removes a rare relic of Southern heritage.
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Mississippi
Annadale
It pays to listen to the still small voice
A moral reflection on conscience notes how listening to one inner guide often leads to right outcomes. The piece cites Almonse Shearer of Indianapolis as a case where wrongdoing unsettled happiness despite status and respect, illustrating the conscience’s pull to retrace steps and mend wrong.
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Almonse Shearer
Indianapolis
Ind
Editorial sparks on women in authority sparking editor's query
The Boston Post questions whether women are qualified for places of authority while a father notes a local editorial. A Boston Transcript snippet mocks rigid style, and the Spartanburg Sun comments that women shed stiff collars long ago, hinting at changing perceptions.
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Boston Post
Spartanburg Sun
Quotable Odds and Ends From Several Papers
A collage of quotes and snippets from diverse papers. Snippets touch on relatives and kindness, cheap nightly work with children, heaven reforms, farmers and politicians, social reputations, changing female names, waistlines, government checks and balances, and warnings about future wars.
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Columbia Record
Tiny device for hair style photos, rumored in Tribune
A fragment noting a miniature device not exceeding 1728th of an inch when closed, described as used to take pictures of husbands who prevent their wives from bobbing their hair, attributed to the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Pennington Couple Celebrate 63rd Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. William Pennington marked their sixty third anniversary with a dinner in Whitewright. Guests included family from Royse City and local friends. He is in his ninetieth year and she is eighty five.
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William Pennington
William Pennington Jr
Royse City
J. R. Pennington
Pennington
Belle Sears and Rey
J. F. Fender
Whitewright
Mrs. Pennington
Voting the Ticket and the Safety First in Politics
The Van Alstyne Leader notes growing independent sentiment as voters reconsider loyalties amid party reversals. It praises the shift toward an unconstrained electorate and laments politicians who flip positions, urging consistency against expediency.
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van Alstyne
Moonshine Push Sparks Pro American Trade Boost
A Fort Worth Record item notes a bootlegger urging Americans to spur home trade by buying moonshine rather than imported liquor, urging a strong stance that could be seen as a patriotic call to support national industry.
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Fort Worth
Government stats flag pocket gun spending quoted by Seattle Times
Government statistics indicate Americans spent more than $4,000,000 last year on pocket firearms. The piece suggests holding a disarmament conference at home before proposing it internationally. It notes the smallest camera ever built in Rochester, New York, measuring three quarters of an inch.
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Seattle Times
Rochester
Nothing to Live For Dr Harrington Dialogue
Dr Harrington asks what was wrong with the patient and Dr Carrington replies she fretted herself to death because she had nothing to worry about.
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Editorial Sparks
Boston Transcript
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Peru
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Odeon Program
Jack Hoxie
Western Wallop
Western Plains
Betty Compson
Paramount
South Africa
Hollywood
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Irene Rich
Marguerite de la Motte
Charles Post
Harry Myers
Rosemary Theby
Anders Randolf
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