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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
6
A reminiscence recalls the old time school as a strict business, where teachers ruled with a switch and fists. It describes long days, diverse curricula, and rowdy pranks from a self described webbed foot boy and a mule named Jackson.
A mule named Jackson rammed the schoolhouse chimney struck trees and knocked out mortar. The crowd feared a mad animal and volunteers prepared to shoot. Turpentine on the beast revealed the prank as the teacher vowed to find the culprit.
The narrator recalls the Webb-footed boy who betrayed him, suffering a severe whipping from a teacher and a harsher reckoning with his father. He notes long recovery, later predictions of hanging or prison, and the last sight of the traitor as a sanctified man hauling wood and voting Populist.
The State of Texas Grayson County sheriff announces a sale under an order of sale in the case Lester Haile vs A J Reeves et al on October 4 1927 at the courthouse of Grayson County Texas to satisfy a judgment of 7550 99 plus costs and interest. The described property comprises 43 45 acres along Bois d Arc Creek including a vendor lien foreclosure and is levied on the defendant A J Reeves. The sale is conducted by J A Vaughan sheriff with deputy Will May.
The pre Aztec race that built Cholula’s pyramid remains unnamed and its purpose is unknown. The structure’s base spans over 1 500 000 square feet, highlighting vast ancient engineering.
Six inmates tried breaking from the second story and tore up steel cots to reach the final door to freedom but were thwarted before exit. The incident occurred at the McKinney city jail on September 21.
Mrs. West wife of Jailor Phil West discovered the escapees near the jail door and alerted Officers Blake man and Hollandsworth as the inmates reached the exit threshold.
A trainload of automobiles caught fire in Detroit with bystanders narrowly avoiding injury as flames spread. No precise totals given, but observers say several pedestrians were saved by quick action and distance from the blaze.
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