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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
2
State closes fiscal year with a 11,710,436 surplus over expenditures but an overall deficit of 11,37,349? The general revenue fund shows a 6,495,578 shortfall and the Confederate pension fund 4,841,771 debt. The school fund, by contrast, starts the new year with about 3,250,000 cash.
Twelve states plus existing ones move to require safety glass on all sides of new automobiles registered from January 1. The new states are Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Connecticut, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont, Wisconsin, Illinois, Massachusetts, and California. Nine states already had such laws including Iowa, New Jersey, Delaware, North Dakota, Maryland, New York, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, with Michigan’s law dating from July 1, 1934.
Unofficial results from 231 counties show the Texas prohibition repeal winning by 47 976 votes with 593 480 total. For repeal 293 728 against 245 752. Five counties未 reported Bor den McMullen Robertson San Patricio Yoakum cast 7 786 votes. National repeal 1933 totals 304 696 to 191 966 total 496 662. Hidalgo Titus DeWitt counties did not report official results.
A temporary writ of injunction from District Judge R. M. Carter closes the Blackbridge common school west of Sherman. It restrains W. J. Butler from acting as trustee and Ed Miller from approving teachers’ salaries or contracts, while Hugh Campbell and Wade Simmons are barred from approving Butler’s salaries and contracts. The school remains closed until the Civil Court of Appeals in Dallas rules on the district election tie between Butler and Charles Duke, due Sept. 20. Teacher Metta Kern is restrained from teaching until the higher court acts.
A Kerrville Sun feature riffs on how kisses symbolize marital ties and finances, noting pre marriage affection and post marriage duty. It humorously catalogs kiss types from the duty dad to political and double barreled kisses, then urges readers to read ads and buy.
A famed teller of tall tales buys scales to prove his catches by weight. A doctor borrows the device to weigh a newborn and the infant is recorded at forty seven pounds, confirming the joke of inflated claims.
A church column covers Labor Day reflections among local faith leaders and residents. It notes a Presbyterian pastor’s return, upcoming ordination of seven deacons, a three month tithing campaign, and praise for church programs and member dedication with details on meetings and leaders.
The Department of Agriculture notes that from 1920 to 1929 wealth moved from farms to cities via estates. Inheritance drains farm wealth as heirs in cities receive shares while those on farms incur debts against property. This helps explain smaller, less substantial farmhouses built in recent decades.
In Amherst Massachusetts Miss E Louise Jones library adviser for the Massachusetts State division of public libraries says light reading yields to study among financially stressed people. Early in the downturn there was strong weekend fiction demand but now readers pursue more serious subjects.
In Texas, predatory animals including wolves coyotes bobcats and mountain lions have cost ranchers over 100000 annually. Assistant district agent E T Personett notes about 200000 such animals have been killed in 21 years of government work with 500000 still in the state. Four months in 1934 saw 8 calves 580 sheep 314 goats 8 pigs 6 chickens 72 turkeys 2 deer among losses. Government hunters killed 993 animals including 33 mountain lions 453 coyotes 151 bobcats 225 wolves and more.
Memphis Michigan reports Mrs. Annie McKnight, Michigan's oldest woman, celebrated her 103rd birthday with a simple philosophy. She attributes longevity to long-lived parents and a thrifty life, noting she never ate pie or cake, avoided movies, worked hard, and preferred small-town living near Detroit.
A visiting girl exclaims to her mother about a duck seen on the country trip. The scene notes the duck walking peculiarly as if from a rumble-seat, capturing a quaint rural moment.
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