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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
2
Ruth J. Cooper promotes milk as a vital food and offers home beverages to disguise milk intake. Recipes include a basic milk shake with add-ins, orange milk shake, grape and chocolate flavor options, and an egg nog variation with whipped cream and nutmeg.
Austin reporters note new health department rules for meat and meat products. Limits include cereal or starch additives capped at 3 percent, water or ice up to 3 percent for grinding, no artificial coloring, and total dry milk or silicone-like additives not exceeding 3.5 percent when combined with cereals or starches. Milk products may be used if moisture stays within 3.5 percent. The rules aim to prevent adulteration and ensure purchaser trust in ground meat.
A Texas study from Texas State College for Women found the average fall winter and spring wardrobe of a Texas girl collegian is worth 371.60 as accumulated wardrobe value across two Texas colleges. Seniors carry about 100 more in vested clothing than freshmen and about three fourths of purchases are ready made with expected lifespans of two to three years.
A quirky exchange recalls a man who cannot bear car horns after a spouse’s elopement. He jokes that every horn sounds like the lover returning, revealing how memory and fear mingle in everyday sounds.
The 28th convention of the National Association of Chiropodists heard from Dr. Joseph Lelyveld that a typical housewife walks about eight miles daily, or roughly the Boston to San Francisco distance in a year. He noted varied daily distances among workers, with farmers and mailmen among the highest.
R P Willis of Atlanta used jar gifts to raise funds for the Methodist Orphans Home in Waco Texas. After striking oil on his East Texas farm he turned 20000 to the home for a new building, joining a January gift of a senior girls home from Wichita Falls. Methodists statewide note rising aid and rising orphan admissions.
A brief exchange highlights a student noting stagnation in math progress. The father recalls his own childhood arithmetic, suggesting generations reuse the same foundational challenges. The moment underscores intergenerational attitudes toward schooling.
Washington announced a lower rate for government insured FHA mortgages for small homes effective tomorrow. The maximum rate drops from 5 percent to 4.5 percent and applies to new loans not yet insured. Housing Administrator Steward McDonald said the move broadens access to lower money market rates, with a 10 percent down payment and about 5.81 dollars monthly per thousand financed.
New York reports a Brooklyn employer Louis E Immersheim of the Novelty Card and Tassel Co and Mrs Anna Ditalia indicted for wages and hours act violations. They allegedly ran an outside store buying raw material and selling the finished product paying homeworkers 4 to 11 cents an hour, well below the 25 cent minimum.
A brief dialogue shows a citizen arguing about government power and personal loss, with the other admitting that authority either grants everything or takes everything from him. The exchange reflects tension over state reach and individual rights.
Mrs Bernard Claytor from the Extension Service at A and M College urges safer homes in College Station. She notes about half of all accidents happen at home and recommends better lighting stairways removing waxed rugs and periodic checks of electrical connections and appliances. First aid stations and kits should be available and family members trained to administer aid.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Merle Mosier, a state probation officer, uses a lawn mower as a fishing aid after lacking an anchor. At Gun Lake near Middleville, he hoists an old mower to pull up a fish line that yields a bullhead, while rod and reel fail to work.
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