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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
4
Subscriptions priced at 2.00 within Grayson and Fannin counties and 2.50 outside. Foreign subscriptions (excluding soldiers) 5.00. The publisher pledges full correction of any erroneous reflections upon any person, firm, or corporation when brought to attention.
The Fort Worth Press argues for a sane tax system as states meet in session and consider raising funds for schools roads and welfare programs. It urges a division of taxing fields between federal and state levels and warns against double taxation while noting the need for predictable year to year bills. It also highlights a government infant care publication as a best seller.
Boston report lists nine community hazards causing hundreds of child fatalities annually. Water-filled pits, old ice boxes, sand banks, junk heaps, junked cars, unsafe exterior stairs, abandoned sheds, unguarded construction sites, and unprotected chemicals are identified as top risks. Parents are urged to act to eliminate these dangers.
The Census Bureau estimates show farm population fell from spring 1953 to spring 1954 by three quarters of a million to 21,890,000. Over four years total population rose about 10 percent to 161.4 million, while farm share dropped from 16.6 percent to 13.5 percent, continuing a long-term decline.
Robert Mooney slept in a pub overnight by accident and awoke amid empty bottles and spilled beer. Magistrate J H Campbell called it a glorious kind of incarceration and ordered Mooney to pay 50 pounds to the pub owner for damages.
Paris Ky Mr and Mrs O O Kokendorfer bought a parakeet months ago and trained it to answer to its name Boy They reported Wednesday that the bird laid an egg The item invites readers to send in news items
A fragment from a humor column recounts a mother consulting a doctor after a baby swallows a dropped engagement ring stone. It includes quips about trust in doctors and a string of quick jokes about Indians and cows, ending with a school survey note.
The circuit rider asks to speak to the girl’s father. she replies Daddy’s in the pen. The minister then asks about the mother, she says Mama’s in the county sanitarium. He suggests the brother, she says he’s away at Harvard and they’re studying him.
An eight year old girl Dorothy fills in as mother at the dinner. Her eleven year old brother Johnny tests her, asking how much is six times. Dorothy avoids the math, telling him to ask their father.
A mountain boy on guard duty near a Pacific shore kept his position as the tide rose, replying that he was holding his ground while asking when relief would come as the crick rose higher. The incident showcases the Marines’ stubborn tenacity.
City official W. Ralph Hardy warns evaporative coolers may breed mosquitoes around Fort Worth. He advises homeowners to run coolers briefly daily to disrupt breeding in cooler water.
The term private eye traces to the 1880s and the Pinkerton Detective Agency with its wide open eye logo and the motto We Never Sleep. The emblem inspired the public to nickname detectives after the eye, a usage still heard today.
Citation by publication to all interested in the estate of Clifford Rice deceased No 10579 Grayson County Court Texas Myrtle R Harvey administratrix filed Sept 28 1954 final account and application for discharge to be heard on Oct 11 1954 at Sherman courthouse all interested parties must appear by written answer and contest if desired court clerk J C Buchanan seal of court published in The Whitewright Sun Sept 30 1954
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