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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1961
Page
4
A collection of short humorous quips about love, language, and daily life. A man laments a rejected proposal, a friend suggests misread signals, and a French observer notes seasonal differences between Americans and the French. Other bits include a pastor, a miscommunication about brain injury, and a lighthearted exchange about cigars.
After a colonel and his wife retire from the Army they move to a small town and buy a modest home. Their next purchase surprises neighbors and friends as they unveil a heavily equipped Cadillac claiming they can fund it by educating and marrying off their children to deny them future trouble.
The do it yourself movement is traced to Harold Coffin who noted his wife always insisted on telling him how it should be done.
A preacher confronts a backslider whose moonshine drinking leads to neighborly feuds and occasional gunfire. The preacher laments the harm, while the backslider quips that drinking helps him miss the people he shoots at.
A rich aunt offers a choice between a large or small check, provoking a witty reply about neckties. Mr Smithers and wife attend dinner with their former pastor as guests, while couples discuss grandchildren and light chatter returns after a lull. The piece closes with a playful domestic quip about breakfast and jam in hair.
A tipsy traveler on a plane harasses fellow passengers during takeoff while a seatmate dismisses him. Later a similar scene unfolds on a train where a lone woman admires children, and a mother retorts by noting the children’s cost.
A witty exchange notes a moth living oddly, spending summer in a fur coat and winter in a bathing suit, highlighting its ironic wardrobe joke in a brief quip.
A Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune opinion on front page value. It compares the front page to a store window and emphasizes ads as essential. It notes readers also enjoy personals, social news, sports, letters, classifieds, legal notices, and editorials across the whole paper.
This column offers hunting advice for locating quail after a broken covey by allowing scent to return. It discusses decoy use and taxidermy decoys for geese, and suggests stuffed decoys and nontraditional substitutes. It also includes a rabbit recipe and tips for finding squirrels by shaking vines near the nest.
On muggy and wet days woodchuck hunting is best as activity increases and scent lingers longer on the ground for dogs to nose out. The note also mentions birds becoming more active in damp conditions.
The guide recommends No 2 shot in a modified 12 gauge or 20 gauge for wing hunting. For ground shooting use No 6 or 8 shot aimed at the head. Rifle hunters should use a Hornet or .22 LR loads and also shoot for the head if confident to preserve meat.
A tip for easier lacing suggests holding the ends of rawhide shoelaces over a burning match until the flame goes out or the lace is thoroughly charred. The process is said to stiffen and prevent fraying, improving threading through eyelets.
Speaker James Turman assigns committee chairs from his supporters as the Texas House braces for its session. Opponents of Wade Spilman receive mixed assignments while veteran lawmakers plot to influence the Turman majority. Tax referendum bills surface ahead of the April 4 senatorial election, proposing options on sales income and payroll taxes.
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