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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
3
A series of brief jokes unfolds a front yard quarrel between two suitors for Nellie, a hotel phone prank at 3 AM, a farmer and a junior wife, a foreign editor's boast on speed, an extra edition jab, and an audience member demanding louder sound.
A guest complains about the host’s barking dog and says they would visit more if not for the animal. The host replies with a classic line that a dog is man’s best friend, delivered without hesitation.
A man notes rural teachers earn $967 yearly while city teachers earn double that. A woman counters that city folk take twice as long to find a husband in town. The exchange blends economics with social humor.
A larger couple returns to their seats after intermission and argues playfully about row positions. The wife notes the low mood as everyone works yet remains broke. The scene hints at a speed minded editor named Arthur Brisbane.
A college athlete tells his father he is on the dean’s list. The father asks about grades and the student replies with three C’s a D and nine touchdowns. A mother asks what Johnny is shouting about and the father reveals he has dug a hole to bring into the house.
A London newspaper offered a cash prize for the best definition of money. The winning line declares money is an instrument that can buy you everything but happiness and pay your fare to every place but Heaven.
A playful exchange between a woman and a man centers on a compliment about brown sugar. She notes its sweetness yet lack of refinement, prompting a lighthearted, flirty response about rustic charm.
A humorous exchange shows a suitor declaring intent to marry, while the father replies with a dry condition asking for name and address and suggesting he may be notified if no better match appears. The lighthearted vignette reflects period social mores and wit.
A quotation on how a narrow outlook confines one's world and obstructs engagement with broader affairs. Prejudice builds walls that invention cannot remove, limiting horizons and understanding.
A study by the Newsprint Information Committee reveals publishers spent nearly a billion dollars in 1957 on newsprint and utilized over six and a half million tons of paper. The effort supported advertising across vast forests, mills, and production facilities valued at around one and a third billion dollars, involving 26,000 workers annually.
A writ commands the Bolen and related heirs to answer a petition filed February 6, 1958 seeking appointment of a receiver or partition of land on Red River in Grayson County. The notice specifies court date July 14, 1958 and details land description and related deed references.
A statement emphasizes paying the wages of lumberjacks timber cruisers paper mill hands railroad men sailors and truckers as well as enslaved workers at home who produce the newspaper.
A lighthearted note author Arthur Frederic Otis leaves, declaring a well earned vacation with milk and paper cancelled, neighbor key given, mail arranged, and plans to enjoy time away. A quoted reflection follows on evaporation at the equator and a critique that human actions spoil good intentions.
A column argues that Mother Nature could make men redundant through pathological parthenogenesis in fish, suggesting female toothcarps birth only females without male contact. The piece cites A Stolk and Nature magazine, then shifts to legal notices and sheriff sale records from Grayson County Texas dated June 1958.
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