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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
3
A rural dialogue mix features a mean man declaring fatigue from moving and a family exchanges quips about aging love and hard work. A prison shortcut moral is delivered by a father. A pun about debts and a joke about insects closes with a mirror and table wordplay.
A couple at the cinema argues over a seat swap. The wife accuses her husband of selfishness after asking him to yield his seat. The exchange ends with her exasperated demand for his seat.
A social worker visits a convict in prison who laments the theft charge of a diamond ring. Despite a strong defense with a lawyer and six alibi witnesses, he was still found guilty because the ring remained on his finger when arrested. The dialogue shifts to a quip about trading a car for a smaller one suitable for cold starts.
A tourist stopped in a remote mountain area to change a tire. He tells a local observer that necessities of life are costly in such isolated parts, while the native laments that life isn’t worth drinking when you get it.
In a snippet from a humor column Mrs Wiggs asks Mrs Skinner if Billy is sick. Mrs Skinner replies he is not exactly sick but cannot stomach thirteen apples, calling it an unlucky number.
A family friend asks Tommy if he fears late suppers. He says he isn’t late because he has the meat. Parson and strangers swap quips on profit from others mistakes and a wife brags of a young woman earning a sales manager salary.
A small man speaks on humanitarianism claiming never to strike a child. He cites raising six boys as evidence. An audience member questions the claim, and the lecturer insists he has not laid a hand on any of his children except in self defense.
A fragmented classroom dialogue features a teacher and students trading lines about poison and painting a door, with wary exits and a distant note of confrontation. The exchange includes a warning about one drop causing death and a painter referenced as staining a door mahogany, ending with a stern vow.
A four-person scene quotes Theodore Roosevelt, an author, a New Jersey girl, and a cowboy reacting to the Grand Canyon. Roosevelt praises God’s creation, the author laments language limits, the girl expresses awe, and the cowboy calls it a hole.
Texas schools reopen soon and the State Department of Health urges vaccination against typhoid diphtheria and smallpox to prevent illness and keep children in class. Parents should seek physical exams eye and ear checks dental care and monitor weight gain for overall health and ready performance.
Washington reports that top government officials who use a news wire ticket service at 75 dollars a month must pay personally or discontinue. Postmaster General Farley Secretary Morgenthau Attorney General Cummings and Hugh S Johnson are affected. Comptroller General McCarl ruled federal funds cannot cover the service costs.
To protect delicate china avoid chipping in the dishpan place a thick Turkish towel folded to fit beneath the bottom of the pan preventing contact with the sink and hard surfaces.
Grayson County school board approves multiple bus routes and extensions including Trenton southeast corner, Gunter two routes, Howe via Celtic, Tom Bean to Cedar and Celtic, Elm View Dorchester extension, Collinsville to Dawkins and Ethel Welch, Van Alstyne, Hagerman via Denison, South Mayd, Bells to Pink Hill Cannon and Hebron, Woodville Oklo to Preston Bend.
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports July retail sales in Texas fell from June though they remained 13.4 percent higher than July of the previous year. For the first seven months of 1934 sales are up 26 percent versus the same period in 1933.
The column reflects on upcoming Austin election, local preacher topics, weather talk, and community events. It notes support for Mr. Waggoner, a donkey baseball game, Sunday school turnout, and a building campaign urging 100 percent cooperation. It urges punctual attendance for all services and constructive criticism away from conflict zones.
Line the baking pan with parchment paper when you bake fish to prevent sticking and make washing the pan much easier. This simple step reduces cleanup time and keeps flavors from transferring to the pan.
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