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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
3
A collection of humorous snippets features a teacher and student banter about handwriting and spelling, a diner rejecting dinner, and a film crew using Arizona Indians for authentic smoke signals. The jokes progress through quips about speed, miscommunication, and a courtroom quip about a domestic quarrel ending in a win for the wife.
A man on crutches meets a friend on the street. He explains a date with his girl ended when the music on the radio revealed the old man's deafness.
The chairman proposes a new approach for county fair prizes. The secretary asks how, and a local advocate suggests awarding prizes to entrants who submit the best pictures from seed catalogues. Fourteen year old Henry is involved in the unfolding dialogue.
A city boy visiting his country cousin wanders into a pasture and is warned of a rattlesnake. The boy quips about unions, reflecting the humorous punchline of rural life.
A corporate president's family exchanges quips about daily bread prayers, tonsillectomy and appendectomy, and a humorous question about removing a growth from the head. The punchline, a haircut, follows the medical gag.
A humorous dialogue about love and a boy named George returns home with a black eye after an implied scuffle with Brown, provoking a scolding from his mother who warns him against the Brown boy. George retorts that he has clearly not been playing.
A witty quatrain notes that a man’s resolutions fade, but those made by his wife endure. The short verse contrasts personal will with spousal influence, ending on a playful punchline about domestic resolve.
A discussion on driver safety links repeat accidents to attitudes while highlighting a Texas citation listing the unknown heirs of a long probate record. The document enumerates numerous heirs and representatives tied to the estates of several Fitch Burns Scott and Wilkins lineages with court successors and assigns.
A 1950 citation in Grayson County Texas lists unknown heirs of multiple Wilkins and related parties as defendants in a land dispute. Plaintiff Coach Boaz seeks $5,000 damages and trespass to try title for two Sherman properties described as parts of W. D. Fitch Addition parcels. Court action requests restitution and removal of cloud on title with costs and relief. The case is No. 57900, to appear by February 27 before the Fifteenth Judicial District Court in Sherman.
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