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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
9
The next issue reveals Josh Weatherby will advertise in response to a flurry of wits over a humorous page. He promised to stand by any publisher explanation, and the following issue notes his decision to advertise.
A soap box orator in the park protests living on fifteen dollars a week and questions how one can be Christian on that wage. A crowd member retorts asking how anyone could be anything else on that income.
A New York banker overhears a mother explaining F. O. B. in a family moment. The phrase stands for feathers on bird and ties to live versus dressed poultry pricing discussed by Dorothy and her mother.
In a wartime Pacific landing a colonel orders action as an unloading net rips and sends duffle bags cascading from a transport. A private notes the sergeant should know, and the sergeant is implied to be under heavy load during the incident.
Anonymous notes praise for Sunday morning church life, praising love and singing. The writer enjoys the preacher and sermons on Sunday morning and attends worship at 11 a m. but prefers rest and slippers Sunday night, praying for blessing and to fill the pews.
A 1949 legal notice commands John G. Hagan to appear in the District Court of Grayson County Sherman Texas by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance. Beulah Mae Hagan sues for divorce on abandonment over three years. filed February 25, 1949. citation issued February 25, 1949. case number 57130.
A playful exchange follows a long public talk as a listener in the front row denies yawning. The friend insists the gesture was a silent Indian war whoop. A child brags about a school score of two subjects.
Legal notices announce sheriff sales for delinquent taxes and judgments in Grayson County Texas. Multiple parcels across cases Nos. 57006 57005 and 56730 are listed with dates on April 5 1949 and March 1949. Property descriptions include Lot 24 Block 9 O T P Gunter and various tracts in Collinsville and Pilot Grove Creek areas. Sheriff M G Dicken Deputy J H Brown Sherman Texas provided sale details.
Sheriff sale sought in Grayson County against Frank Tomlinson and Ann Tomlinson deceased and unknown heirs for 421.53 dollars with 6 percent interest and costs. Foreclosure of plaintiff's lien and taxing unit liens, plus accrued costs, as approved by the court.
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