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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
3
The Whitewright Sun lists post office mail matter status and general notices for entertainments box suppers and other benefits with admission fees charged at regular advertising rates. Memorials resolutions and re spect items also incur charges. Publisher J H Waggoner Glenn Doss managing editor. Publication is weekly with a $1.50 yearly prepaid subscription.
Texas Highway Laws Section E Article 801 states that unless local ordinances apply, the driver approaching an intersection must yield to a vehicle coming from the right. This means on streets without stop signs, yield to vehicles from your right at any intersection.
The century old Market House in Fayetteville North Carolina, once the Old Slave Market, has been refurnished for the sesquicentennial. Built on the Old State House site where North Carolina’s General Assembly met and the US Constitution was ratified, it has served as town hall market house Masonic temple and bank and now houses a library under the Women’s Club.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace warns parity payments for farmers face a narrow margin and may end unless a regular revenue source, like a processing tax, is established. He argues cessation would be disastrous and that tariffs and high tariffs shape policy, with the burden eventually falling on consumers and farmers alike. Commentary cites related editorials from Miami Daily News Richmond News Leader and Winston-Salem Journal.
A quotation from Beecher proclaims that God’s men should act morally, paired with a note on sawdust and lumber scraps heated by a chemical process yielding excellent heat. The item reads like a brief column mix of quotation and utilitarian tidbit.
A fragmented satirical travelogue about California life and Los Angeles quirks. The narrator notes beach real estate hours, breakfast hash, odd kitchen practices, and backwards newspaper pages while riffing on cuisine, doughnut shops, and weather. The piece leans into place names and quirky imagery.
After a five minute walk you are soaked as moisture fills the air. The writer recalls an earthquake and jokes about unusual weather while touring California fruit stands selling carnations figs pomegranates dates and walnuts. A Florida origin joke about watermelons ends with a quip about olives.
The Sun advertises a Christmas card sale with 50 cards printed with your name for $1 in a boxed set. Orders must be placed by December 10 to ensure delivery before the holidays, with extra cards available from $4.50 to $35 per 100.
Oil scouts report a wild Winn No. 1 Ramirez well in Zapata County tore up about 20 acres near a coast rig. The casing parted and the well blew out from shallow sands. Gas from lower sands surfaced 0.75 miles away, tearing up the surface. No crater yet.
London report says 13 year old John Clough of Utley devised a new type aerial bomb with two peers aged 12 and 14. The device passed preliminary inspection by the supply ministry's scientific research section, described as a first class idea. The boys conceived the weapon from an idea while in the school sick bay.
Health notes warn that tularemia or rabbit fever increases during hunting season due to exposure from handling wild rabbits. Transmission occurs via wounds and contaminated hands, with symptoms like headache fever and vomiting. Use rubber gloves when dressing rabbits and avoid slow-moving prey.
The text notes that a large aggregate of animals makes undue risk unlikely and that thoroughly cooked rabbit meat remains harmless despite tularemia exposure. Therefore, people who enjoy the game can consume rabbit without qualms.
Los Angeles report notes Ernest Vincent Wright’s introduction to Gadsby a bold 50 110 word book with no letter E. Wright spent 50 months and cut common pronouns and abbreviations to avoid using E, proving it not indispensable.
State police reported 127 traffic fatalities in October, bringing the ten month total to 1,225. This is one more than the same period last year, reflecting a rise in fatalities.
A doctor jokes about a patient who claims he recovered before all the medicine ran out. The nurse notes the patient’s complaint as a humorous remark reflecting hospital bedside banter.
A recruit wearing size 14 shoes is noted as enlisted in the army. One day an officer asks for the recruit, and a voice from Bear reports he has gone to the crossroads to turn around.
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