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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
3
Texans face a combined tax bill near 700 million dollars with 120 million from local governments, 170 million from state government, and 400 million from federal sources. Voters expect sharp economy and thoughtful reform, including possible constitutional changes and local government reforms, as wartime demands press for action.
A chemical firm reports widespread use of chemical salt impregnated lumber as a substitute for steel and concrete. Engineers aim to prove the treated wood does not match other materials in permanence.
A collage of jokes and quips on love death duty meals and daily life. Lines include a rejected suitor dying as foretold a waiter patron mismatch a teen bedtime jab a drill sergeant gag and a playful exchange about yachts and imitations.
Bob Burns claims to be an inventor of quirky items such as a spot remover that tackles spot remover stains. He touts a cellophane newspaper for breakfast viewing, a cereal box without cereal to save box tops, and hollow soap that leaves no soap pieces after use.
A collection of short jokes and anecdotes. It features a wedding ceremony exchange about becoming hitched, quips about an eligible groom's age, a pair of Irishmen choosing diamonds, a frightened schoolboy, a name change riddle, a telegraph boy in an elevator, and a recruiting officer with a confused recruit.
Fragmentary OCR shows a dialogue line in which Mrs. Black condemns the actions of young girls. The context and full narrative are not legible.
An audience disruption ends when a heckler declares he is not sick but allergic to mud slinging. The speaker, irritated by constant coughing sneezing and nose blowing, suggests fresh air but the man replies he has no cold only a dislike for mudslinging.
Misquotes attributed to Hirohito Mussolini and Hitler surface in a wartime exchange. The claimed lines about ruling the world are disputed with denials and counter claims. The discussion touches on power and destiny amid global conflict.
Antigonus, distinguished general of Alexander the Great, goes to visit his ill son. He stands at the door of the sickroom and contemplates his child. The fragment hints at a personal moment within the era of conquest.
In a brief moment a man narrates meeting Antigonus as he enters a room where his son appears remarkably well. The son says the fever has left him and confirms the meeting occurred just as Antigonus was coming in.
A clergyman prays for Anna Bell at a Sunday service. Days later he asks if the prayers should be repeated. The member declines, noting she won last Wednesday 7 to 1 in a sporting contest. A poem-like quip follows about a sultan and a mouse triggering a haremscarem.
Quips and wry exchanges fill a domestic scene as Mrs. Weatherbee laments losing her canary sold after her son left the cage on the radio and learned Static. Unrelated bystander quips touch on wit about conversation and debts among mourners.
A farmer boy is rejected by a doctor for his bad feet and inability to march. The next morning he returns, explaining he walked 187 miles to reach the place and would hate to walk back.
A boarding house misadventure unfolds as a maid admits she woke a traveling salesman by shaking him after failing to rouse him following instructions from the mistress. The exchange exposes risk and naiveté of the country girl in a tense domestic scene.
A pair of sailors argued about the creature in question. One claimed the heifer belonged to hogs while the other said it was a sheep variety. They finally summoned the Boatswain to settle the dispute.
Boatswain Bill admits ignorance about poultry while crew debate what a heifer is. The exchange shows sea life humor as sailors compare livestock terms and question farm animals.
Helen age five, excited by a new classmate who wears a metal band on her teeth asks her mother if she may also have a bracelet for her teeth. The anecdote captures playful curiosity about dental adornments in schoolchildren.
A colored applicant admits prior military experience to the recruiting officer. The reply notes Isaah has been shot three times before any war. The dialog reflects race and wartime recruitment tone in the period.
A village doctor, who led the Sunday school, asks Willie how to reach heaven. Willie answers that people must die, then adds that before dying they must get sick and send for the doctor.
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