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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
6
Advice from Hico Eudaly promotes outdoor, self feeder hog-raising in the Southwest. Emphasizes green pastures, ample water, and solar light for healthier pigs and lower costs, contrasting with northern methods. Highlights use of self-feeders, selective protein supplements, minerals, and year round pasture to maximize growth and efficiency.
Tom Marshall, retiring White House staffer after 38 years, recalls how presidents varied in reading. Wilson chose fine literature, Harding took any reads, Roosevelt loved books, Taft read little, Coolidge was austere, Hoover favored science, and FDR collected stamps in bed. He also moved Marshall's library to Oyster Bay.
High voltage expert Karl B. McEachron explains that lightning is guided by earlier feeler strokes from the earth and cloud-to-ground leader sequences. Observations from the Empire State Building show leader steps of about 200 feet before the main stroke, with speeds over 10,000 miles per second.
A Big Spring News editorial warns thrift in youth, noting many men who spent freely now face old age in want. It urges individuals to save for the future, for dependents, and for society, to avoid becoming wards of charity in later years.
The first Vermont pottery, established in Bennington by Capt. John Fenton in 1793, produced dull red wares for household use. A 1845 fire disrupted works, after which Christopher Webber Fenton and partners refined earth enware, white and yellow wares, and Rockingham, elevating the Fenton factory to a leading American pottery maker famed for Rockingham and dark lusterware.
The name Fanny or Fannie derives from Teutonic Frances meaning free with variants Franchon Franchette Fania and Fanya. Figures include Fanny Burney the novelist Fanny Elssler the dancer Fanny Davenport the actress Fanny Crosby the hymn writer Fanny Brough actress and Fanny Fern the journalist.
Bassett notes Lincoln read a tentative emancipation plan to his cabinet on July 22 1862 citing military necessity. Blair feared election impact while Seward urged delay until a victory. After Lee's Maryland invasion, Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation September 1862 and final on January 1 1863.
A study cites four serpent mounds: one in Warren County Ohio two miles west of Morrow, another in Adams County Ohio, a small one ten miles south of Peterboro Ontario Canada, and a fifth near Loch Nell in Argyleshire Scotland. They resemble each other enough to fuel speculation on common origin.
An ethnographic note describes a Zulu custom where a man avoids looking at his wife's mother and speaks from opposite sides of a tall fence if communication is needed. A Zulu wife is advised not to mention her husband's parents, reflecting strict kinship etiquette.
The Daughters of the American Revolution founded in 1890 now comprises 143000 lineal descendants of revolutionary figures. It has 2503 chapters across all states and five foreign nations. Among its most honored members are three real daughters of revolutionary heroes who receive pensions of 25 dollars a month.
A collection of home tips covering coffee in ginger cookies, napkin hemming from tablecloth scraps, beautifying a wash stand with cretonne, softening hard sugar by refrigeration, and using an onion to absorb paint odor in a freshly painted room.
Do not soak brushes. Wash clothes and hair brushes in water with a small amount of borax. Dip brushes in the solution and scrub with a second brush coated in a light layer of soap. Rinse and air dry.
A reader explains how rubbing castor oil into scuffed leather shoes and polishing restores color and protects the material. The note also suggests painting thin white screens doors to view outward while keeping homes private from passersby.
The State Board of Affairs estimated Saturday that Oklahoma's program for sterilizing the incurably insane has been about one fourth completed during the last four years. L. M. Nichols, board chairman, ...
A state official said about 400 mental patients at state institutions were sterilized under his office and at least 1,200 more remain to be examined when the next board forms in January. He blamed legal red tape for the slow process and noted a test case before the State Supreme Court on a bill to authorize sterilization of habitual criminals.
An airline ticket office overhears a passenger object that a Miami ticket should go to Minneapolis. Staff reassure the traveler that the ticket will route to Minneapolis, noting the customary labeling for Mr. Corrigan's Trip No. 7.
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