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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1960
Page
8
A collage of light humor stories and quips. A doctor misreads a patient’s ailment while a Vermonter explains summer tourism, Irish aging wisdom surfaces, and a hospital patient wonders about leaving home and mother.
A Vermont summer visitor questions an elderly townsman on land values taxes wages laws and ordinances seeking local insight. The old man listens, then, after a long pause, glances at the hills and offers a single monosyllable.
A salesgirl and customer exchange in a short scene about a 12 ounce perfume bottle meant to arouse passion. The clerk calls the request unsportsmanlike and compares it to dynamiting fish, adding a quirky moral aside.
A mistress jokes about her husband recording engagements on his shirt cuffs while a new washlady expresses enjoying a bit of scandal, hinting at underlying secrets and social intrigue in a household.
Comic exchange shows a stenographer asking how to prove love while a clerk and father confess sleepless nights over thoughts of a loved one. The joke hinges on the idea of proof through personal sacrifice and devotion.
A foreman rejects a Bricklayer applicant saying only bricklayers with chauffeurs are wanted, revealing a humorous hiring criterion about parking and status. The jest underscores workplace snobbery in a historic construction setting.
A heated exchange appears between a customer and a pastry cook. The customer quips about making pastry before the cook was born, while the cook retorts with a sharp jab about selling it now.
Maine fishermen deploy air curtains to guide sardines into nets, avoiding heavy seines. Two ships form a bubble barrier around schools, steering fish toward shore nets and cannery boats. The method promises steady supply and easier work, while noting sardines share human traits in facing unfamiliar barriers. Benjamin Franklin also noted as a multi sport athlete.
A light verse on aging and retirement contrasts fading energy with humor. The speaker recalls childhood vigor, notes aging changes such as slippers turning from red to blue to black, and ends with starting the day by reading obituaries and recalling the Texas Rangers.
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