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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
7
A reader column presents a collection of kitchen recipes including Cocoa Fudge Cake and Lemon Milk Sherbet, plus varied instructions for kraut, potato dough, and pie techniques. The writeup also offers household tips such as preventing clothes from freezing on the line and softening hard glue with vinegar.
A fictional child preservation recipe describes mixing many children with dogs in a grassy field, pouring a brook over pebbles, and baking under a blue sky, then cooling in a bathtub. The piece uses surreal imagery to evoke a cautionary or fantastical tone about harm to children.
Practical tips for homemakers cover browning vegetables with oil or butter, keeping geraniums alive in winter with sunlight, and ensuring fruits and nuts are evenly distributed in fruit cakes by chopping and coating with flour for uniform pieces.
J F Rosborough, horticulturist at A and M College Extension Service, outlines fall and winter gardening methods. He recommends shallow plowing four to five inches, clearing weeds, adding barnyard manure or compost, and using commercial fertilizer only where rainfall is about 30 inches and soil is sandy. Apply 3-8-7 or 4-12-4 at three pounds per 100 feet, plant heat resistant crops first, and side-dress pepper and other heat sensitive plants with in-furrow fertilizer.
Guidance covers burn treatment with wet soda dressings and baking soda solution. It adds eye fatigue from glare, rectal thermometry cautions, benefits of mother's milk, and the importance of skin cleanliness and daily baths to prevent bedsores.
Mrs. Alex Shell recalls a light moment at a Tennessee post office when a woman asked for two dollars of Victory stamps and balked at declaring her church affiliation. The anecdote is paired with a note from Miriam A. Dozier about more teachers needed in Texas schools.
The scene features Mrs Waggs and Mrs Taggs in a playful chat about papering a house and rising ceiling prices. Little Oliver eats cookies then dozes in a big chair as Grandma questions if he is sleeping. He answers he is practicing being grown up and headed to church.
Tom walks with a large hound while Jim asks if the dog is a pointer or setter. Tom reveals the dog is a disap pointer and an upsetter, a playful pun on dog breeds.
Mrs. Newton recalls her husband the grocer locking up the shop on a weekday and taking a holiday. Neighbors wonder at the odd behavior as Henry explains he felt overwhelmed by stamping ration stamps and adjusting cash register points before mailing letters.
A lighthearted remark by an A-card motorist after using his shoe coupon. He quips that these are times that test men, blending humor with a period voice and local newspaper charm.
A playful dialogue between Jefferson and Mr. Jones explores aging and delight in simple cafe aromas. The banter centers on dishwashing youth versus enduring pleasure from pork chops frying and fresh coffee brewing in a local eatery.
Sally Lou, visiting on the farm, watches Mr. Brown milk a cow and hears the playful remark five quarts today. She notes she will want a quart of cream tomorrow for strawberry shortcake, keeping the exchange light and affectionate.
A chatty sophomore jokes about an uncle who collects moths for a hob by. The jaunty junior asks in playful awe and a line about a large ward robe adds to the quip.
A humorous exchange where a father notes rationing would make him so thin his trousers loosen, enabling him to carry the baby with ease, while the mother asks for clarification.
A salesman visits a farmhouse and finds a boy alone, asking if parents are home. The boy answers Nope to each question. The salesman leaves, and the boy reports to his grandpa that his “Nope” system worked well.
A man recalls a hypothetical moment where a request for candy met a firm no. An elderly narrator sits pondering the outcome, cupping his chin in thought before speaking.
A brief wartime humor item shows a bride asking a clerk for candy to use as a sugar substitute in making candy for her husband. The exchange highlights domestic life during difficult times.
A wartime anti Hitler verse portrays him as a devilish figure defeated by American bombers and ground troops. The chorus mocks his downfall as allied forces approach, ending with the image of Hitler buried and abandoned, amid party glamour and beer.
The London Evening Standard hails Gyp a remarkable naval dog on a British ship. The terrier detects aircraft before crew hear them and is credited with smelling U boats. Gyp earned an Able Seaman diploma and sports a V on his back. Crew credit him with luck and warn that leaving him ashore invites misfortune.
A reader argues that insects are not all pests citing the praying mantis as a beneficial predator. The author describes the mantis anatomy and misbeliefs about venom, honey bees, and birds, sharing personal observation of mantises feeding on flies, worms, mosquitoes, beetles, and grasshoppers and noting their value in keeping harmful insects in check.
Interesting facts note a rust proof transparent plastic spring for metal saving and resiliency. War program allocations list $23 for airplanes $21 for tanks and weapons $12 for transport and supplies $10 for naval ships $9 for industrial facilities $8 for posts depots and stations $5 for merchant ships $4 for stockpile and food exports $3 for pay and travel $1 housing and $4 miscellaneous. A new glass annealing process enables mass production of precision lenses for microscopes projectors and optical instruments.
A University of Texas business researchers note that no Texas-based firm entered bankruptcy in June. The finding reflects stability among regional companies amid ongoing economic pressures.
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