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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
6
A lighthearted column of jokes and quips about marriage money and manners. It opens with Mrs Sandy MacDougal praising her husband and moves through lines about wealth laziness and social payback with a cannibal island cork leg gag and a newspaper editor’s payback tale. The tone is breezy insouciant and locally worded in humorous exchanges.
A shopper hurries into a store asking for a large mouse trap to catch a bus. A clerk jokes that traps aren’t that big. Multiple light exchanges follow, including a child and parent quips about spouses and a humorous chin-wipe remark.
A humorous exchange lists ten reasons for not marrying Joe, the first noting his lack of money while the remaining nine are personal desires. The joke hinges on the speaker valuing independence and personal preferences over financial constraint. The line reflects witty, lighthearted social commentary on marriage expectations.
Peggy L. Craig sues Johnnie Craig for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Citation requires appearance by August 18 1947 before the District Court in Sherman Texas. Petition filed March 11 1947. Case No 55466. Clerk S V Earnest with Deputy Iva Davidson.
Plaintiffs seek answer to petition in Grayson County Texas before 10 a.m. June 19, 1947 at Sherman Court House. Case No. 55700 names Anna N Hunter Ernest H Hunter Roy F Hunter Carrie Hunter Overcash Walter L Overcash Gertrude Hunter Ghantt Sadie Hunter Mary Hunter Christmas Malcomb B Christmas W C Hunter J Clyde Hunter Ruby Hunter Wilson Walter B Wilson Aileen Hunter Fite plus other heirs and legal representatives.
Plaintiffs led by Grace Hunter Simpson and others seek partition of 816 acres of land in Grayson County tied to several Grayson County deeds. The suit requests appointment of commissioners, issuance of a partition writ, sale of the property, and division of proceeds among parties per their undivided interests. The action names numerous heirs and executors as defendants and references multiple recorded deeds.
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