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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
7
Poem expresses faith amid sorrow and hope for relief with time. The speaker trusts divine guidance and renewed light after distress, invoking perseverance and inner fire to reach rest and sunlight at journey’s end. It closes with a quotation on enthusiasm and sincerity from Bulwer-Lytton.
The Truman administration’s proposed comprehensive social security program would raise individual taxes to as much as 156 dollars annually, up from a current maximum of 30 dollars. The plan extends old age and survivors insurance, adds disability coverage, and creates a national health program, with costs shared by employers.
Prof J A Campbell of Oberlin College told the Erie section of the American Chemical Society that the explosive core of an atomic bomb weighs 20 to 30 pounds and fits a sphere 3 to 4 inches in diameter. He claimed 10,000 bombs could be made from known fissionable deposits, with new sources being found.
A set of anecdotes contrasts a picnic plan with warnings about liquor smoking and staying out late. An English squire clashes with a tenant over a sermon about Joseph in Egypt and corn values. Swank and Suburb misadventure leads to jewelry shop humor and a humorous confession scene with a money maker hiding ten dollars.
An ostrich speeds to his favorite oasis hoping to meet friends but discovers six other ostriches with heads buried in the sand and exclaims that there is no one in sight.
Texas court warns unknown heirs and legal representatives of S C Kilgore and Standifer Eppstein of a civil suit filed January 8 1949 in Grayson County. Juanita Weldy sues for title to a west half of Block 86 Miller's Second Addition Denison claiming 25 years adverse possession and bar by statute. The case No 57030 names unknown heirs and J K Miller if living. Court in Sherman set appearance for February 14 1949 at 10 a m.
A frightened spouse recounts a church incident where an apparent ghost vanished after a dramatic confrontation. The pair claim a cash stash was found during the emergency, and a figure named Cee was involved before the apparition disappeared.
Noah Webster, a deeply religious man, accepted a haunted-house challenge and faced a ghost. He admitted fear yet prayed as it approached, then sang hymns louder and louder. The ghost kept advancing, and he improvised a new idea.
Two young girls on a flatbed ride in London are given bananas as a treat during a special journey. The unlit train enters a tunnel and one child warns the other that bananas can blind, sparking a cautious exchange about eating.
A sprightly girl enters a packed bus and asks a young man not to give up his seat. He refuses with a grimace, insisting he will get off at his stop despite her insistence.
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