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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
3
A collection of brief jokes and anecdotes featuring a carpet sweeper salesman, a dinner date miscue, a quip about arguing with fools, a writing career pun, a post office stamp request, a Shaggy Skunk tale, and a child misnaming a schoolmate. Names and places are generalized.
An elderly Cape Cod neighbor ill from chowder sits at table with napkin tied, insisting her stomach will not dictate her choices. A barber shop quip and waiter joke brighten the scene as the narrator notes women’s final decisions may differ from earlier choices.
A notorious gambler dies and his funeral draws many peers. in a eulogy a speaker claims Spike is not dead but asleep. A voice from the rear counters with a $100 wager that he is indeed dead, provoking a darkly comic moment.
A wary customer eyed a battery radio in a second hand shop and wondered about shocks. The salesman reassured her that she wouldn’t get shocked until she heard a few programs.
Mixed local items recount a boy actor in a printing shop and a lengthy Grayson County Texas foreclosure notice. It describes a sheriff sale set for February 5 1946 of Lot 31 Mershon Addition Tioga Texas and a land dispute case No 54139 by Minnie J. Burkett et al versus T W Taylor et al seeking title quieting and relief in Grayson County Court.
No 54139 The State of Texas to multiple named defendants and their unknown residences heirs and legal representatives greeting you are commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff s petition at or before 10 o clock A M of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this Citation the same being Monday the day.
The Old Judge quips to Dick that he was just reading a piece about the topic, implying familiarity and casual amusement with the subject.
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