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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
11
In Whitewright a Baptist service drew 65, led by Superintendent Smith. The piece recalls past Sunday crowds and laments modern leisure like golf and trips, urging Christians to defend church life and resist secular temptations for the sake of children. The pastor, G. C. Ivins, emphasizes prayer and fidelity.
The text offers advice on kitchen hacks to save food and resources. It covers measuring spoons and budgeting for canning, laundering tips to remove grease, glycerin on flannel for coffee stains, butter in boiling rice to prevent foaming, and salt plus vinegar to keep eggs intact when poaching. It also notes the Midway Islands in the North Pacific fall under the U.S. Navy Department.
A reader asks how to discuss his business with him. The answer: prompt with a question about when he plans to buy a new car.
A quirky dialogue captures a moment with a light exchange about a picnic location and a humorous remark about fifty million in sects allegedly backing it. The tone hints at satire and social commentary within a conflicted scene.
A pun about period and sentence enders arrives with a quip on an electric chair being a period. The exchange plays on punctuation as a household joke in a brittle remark.
A poem noting how visitors to the President are treated with direct channels like radio and quick arrival, while other guests encounter slower, more formal welcomes. The piece contrasts personal hospitality with formal reception, presenting a national figure as a benchmark for local manners.
The exchange features Senator Sorgum admitting he avoids disclosing gaps in understanding by speaking offhand about certain topics. The dialogue highlights a self aware moment of political rhetoric and uncertainty.
A light humor exchange features Mr Brown asking why his wife is called Honey and the reply that honey has always disagreed with him. The quip plays on literal and affectionate meanings.
A light exchange jokes about wife satisfaction with the latest wrinkle and a playful reply that it must not appear on her own face. The quip reflects humor about aging, cosmetics, and marital banter.
Beryl says Harvey has not married and does not intend to, as he is busy studying for a bachelor’s degree. The exchange reveals personal plans contrasting with social expectations.
A hotel dining room scene shows a scientist claiming food shapes who we become while a guest seizes the menu and jokes about ordering something rich. The exchange highlights appetite and self perception in a playful moment.
A humorous exchange centers on golf instruction as a club expert chides a novice for not addressing the ball properly. The novice retorts that he was polite to the ball as long as possible, highlighting lighthearted user frustration with etiquette.
A series of brief humor bits unfolds around a family and social interactions. A daughter jokes about debt and credit within the family while a stern officer critiques clear writing. A salesman faces comical complaints about a washing machine and a man laments low graft wages, ending with a quip about pay.
A collection of light humorous exchanges from a past era. The jokes skew toward marital mischief absent minded professors and everyday absurdities. People joke about gadgets grafts perfumes car trouble and vanished minds with playful crooks and wry banter.
A Kansas City paper notes a joke bridal width about eight feet from buttress to buttress. A Halifax paper ad seeks a farm hand near Bedford offering cash price and quick sale.
A brief Ohio paper notes experiments with draperies woven from silk rags and angora kitten fur, alongside photo tinting techniques, illustrating wartime resourcefulness and craft innovations of the era.
Bland soup used as shampoo for white hair reduces yellow tint, Detroit Michigan advice column notes.
Report notes that several homeowners asked about loans and were told to wait for the proper loan application blanks arriving from Washington. In a Habit A one month campaign in the Lushai Hills in Eastern India twenty five prisoners were captured, including a woman who claimed to have killed herself twice and would not again unless the Army aided her.
Recipe notes two cups flour two teaspoons baking powder a half teaspoon salt one beaten egg and water to mix. Drop on boiling broth simmer twenty minutes covered for light dumplings. Albany paper claims reliability. Mentions seventeenth century beehives shaped like human figures still in use in Selesia.
A flood of petitions to War Minister Sadao Araki seeks leniency for 11 cadets in a court martial over last year’s assassination of Premier Inukai. The strongest petition includes nine bloodstained fingers packed in a paulownia box, signed by 20,000 supporters.
Readable fragments show laid petitions before the war minister and Shoju Koyama the vice speaker of the parliament.
A British invention replicates a dead man’s switch for trains and adds a spring grip on the steering wheel. If the operator dies or faints the wheel relaxes, cutting current, while a shrill buzzer warns others and wakes the driver if possible. The device requires constant wheel grip, though some may defeat it by keeping the button pressed.
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