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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
2
Agricultural guidelines urge using canning bulletins for home preservation and offer kitchen tips from reducing waste to flavoring with garlic. It covers pears and cucumbers, budget planning, sour cream usage, and fire risk from oily cloths, plus egg substitutes and garlic’s subtle impact on dishes.
Advertisement notes 75 sheets of typewriter paper priced at 25 cents per pack available at The Sun office.
A humorous collage of Hogwallow snippets. Jeff Potlocks paddling a sick boy with a pipe incident. Clotheslines hung chin high. Sid Hocks and the Calf Ribs widow gossip. The Bounding Billows faces new competition from a hardware store selling bologna and soda pop. Moon lore on Irish potatoes and marriage. Tobe Moseley recalls fashion shifts. Sidney Hocks watches mud turtles at the pond. Sim Flinders keeps repapering his house. Slim Pickens on earth’s surface undulation.
A Louisville Times snip notes a dialogue about a girl named Mary claiming ownership of plans for a future flying university. It suggests a shift from a floating university to a flying one, reflecting an audacious vision for youth education.
A business leader describes hiring scrutiny, noting he monitors a promising young applicant with police reports and his son’s observations. He recalls a boy denied a job after using profanity, stressing youth awareness. Also mentions a fiftieth wedding anniversary of a movie couple as a sensational note.
Devonport Variety Store joins the Ben Franklin League a nationwide coalition of independent merchants pooling buying power and market contacts. The group provides buyers staff Broadway alerts and expert retail guidance to deliver better values and sound bargains to customers.
A cryptic wartime telegram reports Cap. Harry H. Birkholm of the General Steamship Corp wiring from San Francisco about the freighter Alaska. It mentions Capt. E. L. Cordin under appendicitis and a second captain Leggoff. Official reply expresses sympathy and notes a severe leg injury and requests further details.
A New York professor quips that married men are more inventive than single men, arguing they have to be. The remark appears in a Punch magazine context, reflecting humorous social commentary.
Mr and Mrs C I Witt visited relatives at Celeste Friday as they traveled through the area to catch up with family members.
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