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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
8
Hopi medicine men call clans to gather for the annual snake dance in Flagstaff Arizona. Date not set but expected around August 20 with the moon sighting 14 days prior. Dancers and priests prepare and the ritual ends by releasing snakes to seek rain and thunder from the rain god.
A parade of short rural curiosities: Slim Pickens comments on rings during boat trips, the Hog Ford Church organ issues, Sim Flinders laments failing post office thermometer readings, Atlas Peck critiques Musket Ridge, Bounding Billows barber’s odd customers, and a quip on modern courtship. Slim Pickens also notes new mail order sex awkwardly fitting with pliers.
An average colony of bees may produce 500 pounds of honey a season.
A potpourri of quick facts spans cultures and history from Ladakh’s marriage customs to Constantinople style quips. Tales of rainbows in Hawaii, faster ice from boiling water, emeralds in North Carolina, and a parade of curious claims paint a snapshot of late era trivia and curiosities.
A compiled Q and A notes law questions and answers on deposits earning interest, foreign corporations, county creation and boundaries, suing counties, moving county seats, bigamy defenses, race definitions in marriage, judge disqualification rules, and hold time on bond. It outlines procedural steps and penalties per the Texas legal framework.
In a family with many small children, six year old Willie visits his influenza ill father. After a quiet, reverent moment by the bedside, he asks to see the baby, and the father confirms, in a touching family moment.
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