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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
4
A humorous collage of vignettes and quips from a Texas segment. Includes a Pine Hollow Bank president borrowing a typewriter from a hardware store, a glacier joke, a Memphis tourist exchange about Texas lights, Joe Frisco on a future subway, a steak salt tip, a brief office boy gag, Uncle Henry beard humor, and a cross eyed store detective joke.
A tourist stops on a hilly Vermont road to watch a Yankee farmer remove rocks from a cornfield. The farmer works amid a boulder-studded plot as the visitor contemplates the scene and the crop.
Postwar whisky will nearly double aged stocks this fall as whisky distilled after V J Day reaches four years. About 51 million gallons of 4 year old whisky will become available, with total aged stocks near 55 million gallons. Losses from leakage and evaporation are factored into the estimate.
In Kankakee Illinois Harm Neeland found a tiny space behind a 1940 car’s motor housing an eight month old cat. Three mechanics spent six man hours disassembling the engine to free the animal. Meanwhile a Texas citation announces a divorce suit case No 56998 filed December 14 1948 in Grayson County with Margie Marie White as plaintiff and J C White Jr as defendant. The court sets a May 2 1949 appearance.
Prairie Farmer Magazine warns small towns about a new flood of magazine agent racketeers posing as veterans to recruit for GI schooling and future jobs. They promise opportunities such as doctors, veterinarians, or drive-in ventures if targets meet “500 points.” Subscribe via trusted dealers to avoid the scheme and its false incentives.
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