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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
4
The piece notes neighborly suspicions about a rich new family and a wary, judgmental attitude toward them. It moves to broader editorials on misperceived virtue, social status, and shifting markets from autos to used cars amid a tense postwar climate.
A humor column touches on a Turkish man needing surgery to remove a small snake that entered his throat while a commentary notes two companies facing unspecified issues.
An article notes more athletes refuse to return across the Iron Curtain and suggests it should shake followers of Henry Wallace from the belief that Russia is pleasant. It cites 1947 rental value of housing at about 14. billion dollars and liquor spending near 9. billion dollars per the Department of Commerce.
A city couple visits friends in the country and end up the butt of a long running joke about visiting hospitality. Charlie Harpoon insists on eating three eggs for breakfast though the hostess has only four eggs total. The overheard breakfast banter highlights rural-urban contrasts.
Charlie compares egg prices at home and in the city, noting three eggs cost 27 50 with 500 hens laying daily and pullet eggs cheaper. He jokes about stretching costs and mutual transfer of information as country folks consider a visit to the city for eggs.
A speaker in Columbus Circle uses a fitness metaphor to warn voters that government cannot "put muscle into our arms" without citizens exercising themselves. The narrator reflects on sixteen years of political promises and urges listeners to act before the upcoming Election Day.
A voter urges scrutiny of campaign promises and asks where funding will come from. The speaker argues government cannot give without taking from savers and workers, warning that excess welfare harms initiative and leads to poverty, endorsing candidates pledging economy.
A fragment from a civic discussion emphasizes that any level of government can perform the required task. It argues for letting authorities take responsibility rather than private hands.
Brief poem fragment by Margie B. Boswell offering wry maxims on wisdom, patience, and quirky contrasts. Witty lines compare ideas, timing, and appearances with everyday images and playful wordplay.
One pound of chromated zinc chloride dissolved in half a gallon of water treats one cubic foot of food or a sapling four inches at the base and about 30 feet tall.
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