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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
5
A collection of brief witticisms about feminism, clever women, churchgoers, and a humorous cure for smoking involving pocket stones. It closes with a postcard joke about a patient following a doctor’s odd advice and wheelbarrow humor.
Heavy Cure Young Smithers felt off color and visited a specialist who determined the issue stemmed from excessive smoking. The exam noted no other conditions, urging reduced tobacco use and follow up care.
The State of Texas files a tax foreclosure against H C Magers and heirs in Grayson County. The case 55776 requires appearance at the 15th District Court in Sherman on September 8, 1947 to defend the action and show cause why judgment should not be rendered to sell described Whitewright property on Bois dArc Creek for taxes totaling 34.30 dollars from 1931 to 1939 plus costs.
Doc, said the old mountaineer, leading a gangling youth to the village medic, I shot my son-in-law in the leg yesterday. The doctor scolds the act as shameful for shooting kin, while the mountaineer notes the man was not yet his son-in-law. A steamboat passenger asks why halted in fog. captain says sighting stars won’t help without boilers bursting.
A concise historical quip where a question to the former Prince of Wales yields a wry reply, noting the notion of civilization as a “good idea” and the suggestion that someone should begin such a project. The exchange frames a playful critique of idealized progress.
The defendant admitted no talk with his wife in five years prompting the judge to press for an explanation. The husband answers that he did not wish to interrupt her. Newlyweds honeymooning at the seashore walk arm in arm as the groom speaks of rolling on the deep blue ocean with poetical cadence while the bride listens in quiet reflection.
Citation No. 55770 to C L Patton deceased heirs and J W Biggers Co defendants and lien holders for land in Grayson County taxed delinquent to The State of Texas to be heard September 2, 1947 at Sherman Courthouse. Property on Bois d Arc Creek described as 106 by 150 feet valued at 135.66 dollars with interest penalties and costs. Court date July 22, 1947.
A playful wedding reveal unfolds as a friend presses the bride about her engagement. The bride confides that she and Fred are indeed marrying, noting that she once believed their relationship was only a flirtation.
In a South Texas town a ladies bridge club argued about whether the cutter should reassemble the two stacks after cutting cards. A famous expert advised yes as courtesy, then billed $30. The club then paid a $10 bill from a local attorney for legal advice. A separate tale follows Goldberg and his attorney bills after a profitable deal.
A reporter reads a police blotter noting a farmer losing 2025 pigs. He visits the farm and asks for details, only to learn the tally was misread as two sows and twenty five pigs. The witty note on his copy paper records the correction.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a boy requests six diapers from a store clerk. The clerk items cost ninety cents plus three cents tax. The boy refuses tacks, saying his brother uses safety pins.
A wise guy jokes with the bus driver at the terminal two hours past schedule. He asks if the ark is full, and the driver quips that one more monkey is needed and hops aboard.
A man stops a lawyer to say it’s a fine day, then declares I’m telling you not asking you. In another note, Michigan reports leading sales of game licenses nationwide.
Citation commands Jewel Jackson to appear before the Fifteenth Judicial District Court in Sherman Grayson County Texas by 10 00 AM on Monday September 1 1947 to answer R L Hall's petition seeking title and possession of described real property in Douglass Colored Addition Van Alstyne Grayson County. The document is issued July 14 1947 by Clerk S V Earnest with Deputy Nancy Drake.
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