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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
10
Atlanta readers report a local protest by the Cat Lovers Society of South Geneva Street over modern stoves. They complain builders design low, boxy stoves that leave no warm perch for cats. Members joke about wooden blocks to raise stoves, fearing cooking and cat comfort suffer.
An Austin police officer used the force's new alcohometer on a man arrested for drinking. The man quipped to Sgt. Walter E. Carlson that the device is better than television, noting the officer still knows how many beers he had. The Sun does Good Printing. Buy your printing in Whitewright.
EEN Holland reports barber Jan Van Rooyen claims a white liquid can regrow hair. The procedure includes scalp rubbing, optional sun treatment, massage, and brushing two to three times weekly for eight to ten months. Prices range 50 to 300 guilders. He withholds the secret, allows touch but not smell, and draws clients from across the country including women in discreet treatment.
Exterior paints last longer on woods like redwood and cedar than on pine and fir. Repaint old woodwork after washing with detergents or paint cleaners. A dinette set needs about one quart of paint. US employment could shift as government roles rise. 1948 figures show 7,448,000 in agriculture and 5,900,000 in government with possible 1960 changes.
Local ads list house rental, farm supplies, machinery parts, and services from Griffin Dollarhide Jr and area businesses. Entries include eggs and feeds, ice boxes, fencing, plumbing, wiring, and shop tools with contact names and numbers. A thank you note from W C Brown Sr. and family closes the page mirroring community merchant activity.
A satirical survey notes taxes touch light bulbs Watermelon in Little Rock air in Atlantic City and even illegal amusements. It cites Newark and Trenton NJ mailers and a Mount Hebron Cemetery joke about paying debts. Stamps raise millions yearly and 155000 taxing units plus federal collectors drain cash at 1585 dollars each second.
Texas construction awards slid to 8.63 million dollars for the week, the lowest total of the year, with April’s total at 75.35 million. The month trails last year’s 61.88 million April figure by comparison, according to the Texas contractor building trade journal.
The week’s letting figures show non-residential at 4 590 063 dollars, residential at 3 705 278 dollars, and engineering at 1 990 690 dollars. The data indicate broad activity across sectors with significant investment in property and infrastructure projects.
Historical notes describe 1700s Massachusetts Bay Colony punishments for convicts. Flogging and jail or stocks were followed by extended stigma and chastening measures affecting discipline and social standing.
In Austin the State Health Department reports a rise in typhus with 13 weekly cases vs a six case average. Plague remains unreported in humans, but rodent flea findings in West Texas signal possible risk. polio incidence also higher than usual. The agency urges intensified rodent control to curb infection.
The text explains how a large scarlet letter on clothing labeled crimes such as adultery, blasphemy, drunkenness, forgery, incest, poisoning, rape, thievery, and viciousness. The practice branded sinners and was repealed as inhumane. It notes farmers now use twice as much fertilizer and devote three times more time than ten years ago.
Eddie Cantor reported that more than 5 million dollars in gifts were given to wounded and ill World War II veterans during Christmas under the Give a Gift to a Yank Who Gave campaign. The item notes a rural population of about 27 million.
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