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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1951
Page
7
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from rural life. A Tennessee wife complains of mule labor, Johnson brothers are mocked as lazy, and an elderly governor features in a chestnut about favors. Dialogues reveal regional humor and social quirks.
The U S Treasury urges February observances of Abraham Lincoln birth day and extols thrift. It promotes Savings Bonds through employer programs or the Bond-A-Month Plan at banks, presenting economy as a key American virtue.
The Farm Journal warns that rising government aid to agriculture housing education and health threatens future freedom. It compares increased taxes and regulation to historic collapses and asks how near the United States is to a literal point of no return for safety.
A rediscovered Lincoln missive to Mary shows the future president offering to suppress his feelings and urging her to drop the subject. The Greencastle discovery by Jesse Welk reveals Lincoln's early, untutored mental approach and his sense of duty toward women.
A scanned excerpt presents President Lincoln writing a chillingly formal love letter in which he offers to release or bind a correspondent based on her happiness. The text ends with calling himself her friend and notes the letter’s peculiar mix of affection and restraint, remarking it as a strange marriage proposal.
London hairdressers report a rising fashion for dark gunmetal grey among British women, led by early 20s clients and mannequins. Costs to grey hair run five to fifteen dollars, with cold chestnut as second choice and blonde now out.
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