Whitewright Sun notices and agricultural roundup
J H Waggoner publisher announces annual subscription at 1.50 payable in advance and notices of entertainments and memorials will be charged at advertising rates. Election coverage and legislative turnover noted alongside a special Fort Worth to Beaumont train for the State Democratic convention with delegates aboard. Cotton pickers, yields, and farm income discussed amid summer harvest.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Corrected Caption Shows Cotton Liner At Matamoros Crossing
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported a photo last week of a long line of trucks carrying about a dozen bales of cotton each waiting to cross from Matamoros, Mexico into Texas. Despite a U S government campaign to reduce cotton, Mexican cotton still enters Texas at Rio Grande, aiding local markets.
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Fort Worth
Mexican cotton enters U S market via cross border trade
The piece notes a Mexican grower supplying American mills with staple cotton as Texas needs a market. It explains the transfer across the border in bond for export, and shipment from Brownsville or Corpus Christi. It argues U S consumption would face a 7e per pound import duty, and calls for a law to address the issue.
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Brownsville
Corpus Christi
United States
Uvalde Leader
Names and spellings in print across the press
A discussion on how editors mispronounce and misspell names, noting the owner’s preferred spelling and the burden on writers. It cites Bob Ripley’s list of thirty six spellings and quips about misrendered names like John Henry Smythe versus Smith, underscoring the care editors take with proper names.
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John Henry Smythe
John Henry Smith
Smythe
Booth Tarkington
State Press
Dallas News
Unconscious Arsonist Reducing Fire Hazards Questioned
A Huntsville Item editorial condemns unconscious arson by careless acts that cause fires. It argues negligence and ignorance should not excuse damage and cites European law where owners may be liable for fires started on their property. The piece urges recognition of fire hazards and accountability.
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Huntsville
Looking Backward recollections of simple midcentury life
The writer recalls bygone small town scenes from Sunday school picnics with fried chicken and lemonade to cheese stocked in grocery stores with two kinds. They describe store cutting methods for cheese, early automobile trips without punctures, and individual shaving mugs at barbershops as quaint memories.
Old English lettering on names amid aging town fire lore
The passage recalls customers’ names etched in Old English style, mentions hose carts and bucket brigades as firefighting tools, and notes that only the "pikes" or roads linking towns remain usable in good weather while turning impassable during bad weather, per Hico News-Review.
I Give You Texas Q A: Quick Quips and Quirks
A collage of light quips on books radios and history from Texas, referencing W. Lee O Daniel, T C U S M U and T in sports. A Dallas drug store sighting and a Baylor Texas Christian University football moment recall sharp wit and a library in a former church with sunlit stained glass.
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Beaumont Public Library
When the Lights in the Church Went Out
Austin Callan recalls a cholera era churchless night when epidemics closed doors and silenced choirs. He warns of insidious forces that would shut churches again and urges vigilance to protect worship rights and the community’s moral core.
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America
Star Spangled Banner and the creed dispute debate
A brief note discusses accusations that the Star Spangled Banner promotes disloyalty to the American creed, lifestyle, and God, reflecting tensions over national symbols and allegiance during an era of cultural debate.
Whitesboro Faces Return of Slot Machines
The Whitesboro News-Record urges action as slot and gambling machines reappear, risking children’s welfare and city morals. Citizens suspect outside machine interests, not local residents, profit from the devices, and call for immediate removal before schools reopen and daily life is disrupted.
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Whitesboro
News- Record
Whitesboro News-Record
Satirical plan to end a drink habit in a home saloon
A satirical warning proposes a household liquor scheme for a married man unable to quit drinking. It suggests starting a home saloon with the wife as sole supplier, allocating funds to buy whiskey, and humorously tracing how the wife would accumulate money to invest, bury, and move on after years of drinking together.
Did You Know That Hikers Use Roller Skates This Season
A fragmented survey lists curious facts from history and geography. It notes England hikers roller skating this season, Germany’s high density of 360 inhabitants per square mile, and the tango’s origins among Africans. It also recalls early telephones in Europe and the United States and the 1790 U.S. census.
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England
Factoids from a Historic Data Sheet
A collection of varied estimates and statements cites global coal reserves at 7.8 billion metric tons, 9.3 million miles of world highways, 20,000 years since the last glacial period, New York panhandlers earning about 50 000 dollars daily, ancient Egyptian glass making over 4,000 years ago, Canal Zone cigar prices at 6 cents versus 15 cents in the United States, Eskimos with a declared flawless dental record, and references to average tolls.
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United States Department of Commerce
Panama Canal Tolls and Historic Ship Facts
The Panama Canal tolls for a commercial ship stand at 4500 dollars while a large liner such as the Empress of Britain paid 18941.25 dollars. Only two vessels were too large to pass the canal, the Normandie and the Queen Mary. In 1462 the King of Bohemia proposed a federation of Christian nations with an international parliament to review disputes.
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Bohemia
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