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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1950
Page
3
A set of humorous vignettes and anecdotes from everyday life. Patricia, seven, asks why cream is for beauty and replies it didn’t work. A proud bachelor declines dinner then wonders if he was invited. A Quaker ponders fate and defense with a gun. Light exchanges on time and duty appear in playful dialogue.
A light dialogue features Mike asking why Ike joined the police force and Ike replying his doctor urged more exercise. the banter ends mid-sentence about the benefits of increasing activity.
A playful exchange features riddles and wordplay about an Indian speakeasy named a swigwam. A coffee invite and a medical gag about a second appendix lead to a punchline about a second wife, delivering lighthearted banter in a vintage parlor setting.
Colonel Boyd at Stockton House in Cape May, Pennsylvania advises young lawyers to audit weekly fees and refund overcharges. He says he has practiced this for 40 years and has never had to repay. A witty punchline follows about mailing an advertising message to married men marked Personal and Private.
Washington debates a 50 million dollar appropriation to study rain making and sea water distillation as potential cures for the West’s growing water crisis. Dr. Schaffner argues cloud seeding could help, while Dr. Wexler cautions there is no proven impact on precipitation.
The notice explains this newspaper welcomes items and welcomes readers to mention guest visits in the pages. It invites submissions of any kind as a courtesy to friends and hosts.
The Defense Department said lumber requirements are rising due to the developing situation but there is no program for large scale buying to build a stockpile. A spokesman said wartime camps reopening and growing construction will require additional lumber for crating and material preparation.
In a message of gratitude, Edger Jackson thanks voters of Precinct No. 2 for supporting his lead in the first primary and urges them to back him in the August 26 second primary to continue his administration's service.
Wiesbaden Germany. German women and girls complain that true love is rare as a white raven. They say men seek material gain and possess a superiority complex. A Frankfurt marriage bureau head notes men favor money and flats over romance. Women also criticise rude manners and vanished romantic letter writing in postwar Germany.
Fragmentary text suggests reflections on postwar German youth and a shift toward renewed sentiment, ideals, and reevaluation of material desires amid cultural change.
An angel guides a man through serene natural scenes and peaceful realms only to reveal the place he lived was the world he never truly saw. President McKinley is noted as having tossed the first ball at the opening of the baseball season.
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