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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
2
Notice lists subscription price of 1.50 per year payable in advance and classifies notices of admissions dinners and other paid items at regular advertising rates. It also states obituaries and memorials are charged at the same rates and invites readers to report errors for correction. Includes quotes from Abraham Lincoln and Congressman Upshaw.
Whitewright reports over 2000 bales received by midweek, surpassing 1921’s 1101 as yards run full and farmers wait overnight to load wagons. Dallas hosts new group Ladies of the Invisible Eye with masked adherents policing women’s conduct, tainting Honey Grove with mock advocacy for a local lodge.
A compilation of quips and editorial jabs from various papers. Items joke about coal strikes, gas safety, Columbus, singing stars, European diplomats, Harding, life insurance, and aging. Notable lines critique politics and society with a dry humor tone characteristic of era opinion sections.
In Dallas on September 17 anti Klan Democrats nominated George E B Peddy assistant district attorney at Houston as their candidate to oppose regular Democrat Earle B Mayfield for the United States Senate. The mass meeting urged the Republican committee to place Peddy on the ticket and the Republicans acceded. Henry D Lindsley will manage the campaign, accepting the post after declining earlier nomination. The plan has the Republican State committee and allied groups leading the effort against Mayfield.
Dallas September 17 Independent candidate for Senator George FE B Peddy traces his path from a Shelby County farm five miles from Tenaha to the University of Texas. As the youngest of seven sons his father died before his birth. he worked through Tenaha High School and UT, supporting himself and entering politics while still a student. In 1916 he was elected to the legislature and left college in 1917 to pursue military service.
The article recalls Peddy, a UT student cadet who as president of the Students' Association led a parade against Ferguson's veto of the university appropriation bill. He served overseas from 1918, spent six months with the Ninetieth division in the occupation army, then finished law at UT and became assistant district attorney in Houston. He backed ex Governor Ferguson in a recent primary, prompting his resignation as president of a Sunday school class.
In its first year in the county, weevil control measures include catcher deployments and arsenic poison trials. Frank Newberry of Selfs reports thorough testing in bottom fields with promising results, noting one treated field could double the yield over nearby untreated fields per the Honey Grove Signal.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Ed relieves itching piles does seven p and after the first application.
In Greenville Texas on September 13 Ed Paris a 13 year old was struck by a racing automobile going about fifty miles an hour as he tried to cross the track during warmups for the afternoon races at the Fair Grounds. The accident occurred on the city race track. Paris died from his injuries at the scene and the driver was not identified in the report.
At a county fair a car driven by Jack Hall crashed and was demolished when Hall attempted to miss Paris, slamming into a fence. No further details on injuries or casualties are provided in the readable text.
An old advertisement notes that colds cause grip and influenza and promotes Bromo Quinine tablets to remove the cause. It emphasizes a single product, reads E W Groves signature on the box, and lists a price of 30 cents.
A brief guidance note urges readers to place want ads in The Sun to advertise purchase needs. The suggestion highlights using the newspaper’s classifieds to reach sellers and secure items efficiently.
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