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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
3
State Health Officer Dr. John W. Brown reports malaria caused 300 Texas deaths last year and estimated losses from funeral costs illness and time at about $660,000. He outlines transmission by mosquitoes, symptoms, and emphasizes elimination of breeding sites and complete treatment under a physician.
A renting agent pitches multiple penthouses to an Indian man who arrived with oil money from Oklahoma. Each view claim prompts the reply I prefer tepee in Oklahoma where we can see to the moon. The scene closes with a quip about singing Good Night.
T. L. Pryor, Houston insurance man, spent Christmas among the city’s destitute to study conditions. He wore itinerant gear, begged at back doors and church steps, and found little aid via agencies. He warned the crisis demands urgent state and federal action to prevent broader social harm.
In Raiford Florida Giuseppe Zangara was executed by electric chair for the assassination attempt that killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak. He shouted insults at capitalists and claimed sole responsibility, while doctors reported his brain was normal and photographers were denied access.
A lighthearted exchange imagines a rooster crow turning into hens reciting a bedtime rhyme. The quip plays on barnyard sounds with playful wordplay and rural charm.
The article highlights Jesus using pointed questions as a persuasive weapon. It recalls two instances: the Sabbath healing trap where Jesus asks if doing good or saving a life is unlawful, and a lesson for followers about anxiety with a question on whether worry can add a day to life.
An Exchange note contrasts grit in machinery and people. It argues grit damages machinery by scratching surfaces and causing wear, while for humans it aids performance by reducing friction and helping things run smoothly, preventing breakdowns or scrap.
Police chief questions the motive as a man allegedly choked a woman to death in a well lit cabaret before about 150 spectators. A responding officer says bystanders believed the pair were dancing.
A humorous column riffs on marriage and divorce with anecdotes about Polk A Long and his wife. It jokes about kissing, women's speech, dieting, fashion, and the shifting norms of matrimony, noting husbands' endurance and the social drift toward quick marriages and quicker divorces.
Tips for cleaning rusted steel with hot vinegar and salt and using wool socks as mop rags. Shells of eggshells mixed with salt clean enamelware. boiling soda solution brightens tin cans and cups. Bread in pot reduces cabbage smells. Iron damp ribbons with tissue. Rubber heel as a door stop. Patch linoleum holes with cork and glue. Laundry blue adds luster to glass. 1932 fire losses estimated near 450 million dollars.
The Nacogdoches Sentinel reports that long hours of eye use generate heat harming eye transparency. Rest periods and cold water refreshment help. sustained heat from fever sunlight and artificial light damages the eye’s internal fluids and function.
The article explains that tree ring width reflects rainfall with wide rings in wet years and narrow in dry years. It notes multi ring years from rapid weather shifts and how to count rings for age. An Irishman jokes about choosing death by action rather than by self.
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