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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1933
Page
2
Washington payroll reports 40 251 VA employees paid about 68 million annually. High wage brackets describe 12 000 a year directors and 219 Washington staff earning 4 810 or more a year. Field staff total pay nears 57.45 million with travel costs over 14 000 a day.
A short quotation lists eight verb based imperatives urging deeper engagement with life. Attributed to John H. Rhodes, the lines contrast surface actions with deeper comprehension and cause to reflect. The piece functions as a motivational motto rather than a news item.
A humorous exchange: a wife with a superb memory. A tramp thanks a lady, asking what he can do in return. The housewife briskly replies no. The wry dialogue highlights irony and social attitude in a compact domestic vignette.
A readable snippet shows a Young Author stressing the craft of storytelling by omitting what should stay unsaid. A Married Rounder responds with skepticism, claiming experience proves she reveals what matters regardless.
A comic exchange unfolds as a man returns home after midnight claiming hard work. His wife quips that his grindstone should be clean of rouge lipstick and powder, turning a tired excuse into a witty domestic moment.
A teacher asks about events in 1483 and 1487. A student answers Luther was born for 1483, then Matthias Luther was four years old in 1487, prompting a concise classroom joke about the dates.
A humorous scene shows Sir Walter Raleigh parading a new cloak over a muddy puddle while newsreel cameras click. A bystander faints as Essex suggests to Queen Elizabeth that Raleigh never paid for the cloak.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer verse mocks a daughter's flapper persona and a son who follows strict paternal rules. It contrasts Beautiful but Dumb with Dutiful but Bum, presenting satirical portraits within a family scene.
A soldier asks his colonel for leave to help his wife with spring cleaning. The colonel learns via a letter that the soldier is “no use around the house.” The soldier salutes, then admits, despite the claim, that he is not married and that two in the regiment “handle the truth loosely.”
A dealer says they have all linoleum stock but can get more from the factory. A customer asks for a neater small square pattern for a bird cage. Rastus mentions a groom finding a bride himself while Sambo and Bradder Brown gossip in dialect.
A lighthearted scene unfolds as guests react to an automatic fire sprinkler activating at about one thirty. A quip about a son crying over a clash with his father’s wife follows, while a young lady jokes about capturing the booby as the mother urges affection.
A humorous dialogue sketches a train car scene with exchanges among a roving group and passengers. Jokes about marriage prospects, work security, and opportunity mix with lines from a junk man and a student as conductors question behavior and signage prompts. A conservative tone frames quick punchlines.
This Washington overview notes Roosevelt’s rapid banking actions after his March 4 inaugural, the new Congress in session under strong executive power, and looming measures on veterans relief funding, government health consolidations, and a possible Volstead Act amendment to raise beer alcohol content.
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