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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
3
A colloquial montage of summer tales and social quips from a fraternity house. Dialogues range from fashion judgments about long hair to playful bets about life games and dining banter. The snippets mix humor about work, loafing, and joking with waitstaff.
A household quarrel centers on proper speech during interruptions with a wife admonishing her husband to finish his thought only after pauses. The exchange highlights domestic communication norms in a midcentury setting.
In a humorous exchange a child asks Auntie for a kiss in return for a penny. Willie interjects with a quip that a penny undervalues the kiss, saying he earns more from taking caster oil. The brief vignette captures rustic humor and local oddity.
Oliver Wendell Holmes mistook an insane asylum for a college and, after realizing the error, quipped to the gatekeeper that there is not much difference. The guard replied that in this place you must show some improvement before you can leave.
A humorous exchange centers on a lifetime fountain pen that fails. Bill confides a sense of final trouble while Harry asks what is wrong. The dialogue plays on the ironic frustration of a supposedly durable writing instrument.
At a deacon meeting a pastor laments low male attendance. A brother jokes that attracting men might depend on stopping the fish from biting on Sundays, highlighting church attendance humor.
A domineering wife berates her meek husband at a social gathering accusing him of embarrassment and warning him to stop his displays, including a claim about gestures in his pocket. The tense exchange highlights a strained marital dynamic amid a party setting.
A man orders four poached eggs and chips and a dozen oysters at a lunch counter as various legal notices from Grayson County Texas appear. Citations include legal actions for divorce and tax foreclosure with multiple defendants and court dates in Sherman Texas during 1949.
A tramp asks for old pants and learns the doctor is the woman, a pastor laments missing a sermon while cooking dinner, and a distinguished visitor at a mental hospital flusters an operator who cannot identify him. The jokes hinge on mistaken identities and social misfires.
In Ida Burke notes a town where law encourages motorists to leave keys in cars. Railroad tracks run up the sole street and Union Pacific freight trains stop to move autos off the tracks during irregular trips.
Westchester Pa, a 70 year old man, Harry G Lamborn, died leaving unopened weekly pay envelopes dating to 1944 totaling 6291 dollars found in his one room apartment. His will, on wrapping paper, left 2500 to landlady Mary A McLear. Residue likely to go to nine first cousins.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Steen of Denison won a $500 judgment in district court over the death of their mongrel Mack. The dog was killed by two Denison policemen who said they believed he was rabid.
The note payable in monthly installments from June 12 1948 to May 9 1949 carries 10 percent interest and attorney fees. It is secured by a battle mortgage on a 1941 Ford truck registered to Albert Rush and used by both defendants. After Rush’s death, Sam Gentle possession and use of the truck continues. Foreclosure of the lien and court judgment for principal interest and costs are requested along with other relief. Also noted is a divorce case involving Opal Howdeshell and Leo Howdeshell.
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