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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
5
Notice outlines that all paid notices including entertainments dinners and other benefits will be charged at regular advertising rates and obituaries resolutions memorials must follow the same pricing. It promises corrections if any erroneous reflection appears and to address complaints brought to the publisher.
A collage of items notes cotton reaching twenty cents, Marconi claiming Mars messages, and reader jokes about the bug house. Weather shows rains Monday and Tuesday with good turnip crop prospects. A dispatch mentions the Anti Horse Thief Association of Oklahoma to meet in Oklahoma City on October 26.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has run editorials for months claiming prosperity and good business are near, but the author argues those predictions have failed reality, likening them to repeated blowouts or chronic engine trouble delaying improvements.
General K M Van Zandt announced the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held in Chattanooga Tennessee this year. After initial hesitancy from Southern cities, Chattanooga extended the invitation last Thursday. The Veterans previously met in Chattanooga six years ago.
A Lewisville Enterprise quote urges that a long face earns nothing and a smile has business value. It warns the danger of grouches and promotes smiling sincerely or not to stay welcome, noting benefits to mood and digestion.
The Governor’s bid to cut state expenses by a third to half is shown as weak. He vacillates over blue pencil vetoes and trims the eleemosynary contingent fund, risking deficits if regular appropriations run out. The piece questions how the mentally disabled and other dependent institutions will be funded if contingencies exhaust the fund.
The review highlights governor vetoes on a $200000 state orphanage, 100000 for related care, and a 12000 cut from the Fire Insurance Commission. It argues keeping the new buildings vacant harms helpless children and notes highway and insurance budgeting aims. The piece notes Shreveport fair and baseball club gains amid union pressure.
The Sherman Central Labor Council placed the Red River Valley Fair on its unfair list, echoing past actions that damaged union support. The piece argues the move harms unionism, notes Dallas Fair attendance surged when on such lists, and suggests open shop workers would bid fairly for contracts. Reports from the period hint at further developments.
In Denison a concert ended with the Star Spangled Banner but few paid respect at attention as the national anthem faded. Ex service men carried a flag draped casket down Main street yet many in the crowd forgot war taught reverence. The piece urges citizens to remember the duty to honor the flag wherever occasion demands.
Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson and a premier 18th century landmark, could become a national monument. The piece urges Congress to buy it for 500000 dollars or form a voluntary association. Endowment and accessibility are cited as major challenges, with the estate currently in private hands under Jefferson M. Levy who has invested in grounds and restored parcels.
Denison Texas September 8 The bodies of Captains J G Bilis and Dan Leeper slain in France arrive with Major Kimball. Funeral for Captain Ellis held at 5 pm with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Forty four Denison boys acting as honorary pallbearers. services by the Elks. Leeper's funeral follows at 9 am at his parents home.
A Ballinger Texas grocery store showcased a two year price comparison in a show window. The display split into two sides, one side listing items and prices that $25 would buy today, the other side showing what $25 bought two years ago, highlighting the reduced cost of living with items such as sugar flour syrup and lard.
In a Mrs. Joanny letter a RAT-SNAP cake is used to trap a dead rat found last fall, claimed to have been dead at least six months without odor. The ad promotes RAT-SNAP in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 with guaranteed results and distribution by Dyer & Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co. 666 cures Yaelarial Fever. 9-23
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