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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for Grayson and Fannin Counties and outside the two counties. One year costs 1.50 within the counties and 2.00 outside. six months cost 1.00 within and 1.25 outside. It states no subscription accepted for less than six months.
A Mother's Day message reflects on mothers as sources of love and virtue. The author recalls a departed mother, praises maternal guidance, and links memory to Handel's trumpets and triumph over death. It honors past and present mothers for shaping hearts with nurture and admonition.
Fort Worth disclosed a will by Tom B. Owens directing one half of his estate to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas upon his daughter Mrs. Henry Buchanan of Fort Worth’s death. The estate exceeds one million with oil interests stocks cash and notes. Buchanan’s heirs receive the other half. Officials say the trust will fund long needed facilities for crippled children in Texas.
The article states that admittance requires a child to be fifteen years or younger and that the affliction must be relievable or curable. No other conditions are noted in the readable text.
In the House a Republican South coalition defeated Truman labor legislation and passed the Wood bill 217 to 203. The Wood bill repeals Taft Hartley in name while re-enacting most provisions. Sims bill failed 211 to 183. Rayburn faced a rare defeat as administration efforts to salvage a compromise bill failed amid a stalemate on labor policy.
A fly buzzing around a person’s ear is described as carrying about 20 diseases. The note notes its brief travel from fifth to, implying a spread of illness.
The passage explains how a female fly can lay up to 2730 eggs in 2 to 12 weeks, with offspring maturing quickly to create many generations in a season from disease-bearing sources. It highlights risks of transmitting tuberculosis cholera dysentery typhoid and polio via contaminated food or humans.
Washington report shows Texas farm real estate values fell six percent in four months, the first significant drop since the 1930s. The decline mirrors lower meat and wheat prices, erasing gains from earlier months while Texas remains well above 1912-14 averages. Montana led declines at ten percent.
In St Louis the bock beer season winds down and brewers note demand could sustain year round. Edward J Vogelin of Griesedieck Bros describes pure tradition bock as simple beer with roasted barley and possibly vegetable coloring, if producers pushed for it.
The piece traces bock beer origins from spring brewing traditions and a comic tale of two Bavarian brewers Otto and Heinrich. A buck goat wandering the brewery sparked the joke Its not the beer its the buck. Vogel urges preserving postwar bock beer traditions with seasonal offerings.
The text notes sighing is not a sign of heart disease but may relate to eating acid foods like meat fish and eggs. It describes chest tightness and increased heart rate with health anxiety and recommends calming nerves and reducing acid foods as part of treatment.
College Station reports a 1949 model catalogue compiled by W. S. Allen from Texas A and M College offering plans for farm buildings and home equipment. The catalogue lists houses and home-made machines plus numerous supporting farm publications. County agent or home demonstration agent can supply the catalogue.
The Texas Extension Service announces a new catalogue listing numerous house plans from five to nine rooms and many barn types. It includes 19 five room houses, 10 six room houses, 21 general purpose barns, seven horse and mule barns, plus hog houses, poultry houses, cattle feeders, sheep barns, grain storage, sheds, garages, and more. Free copies available via county agents or the Extension Service at College Station.
The origin of chopsticks is traced to antiquity with a popular legend about an ancient Chinese emperor who banned metal utensils to prevent uprisings. In that era, people preferred not to eat with fingers, leading to the invention of chopsticks and etiquette rules for their use.
In 1870 about 6,850,000 farmers produced a crop valued at about 2% billion dollars. By 1946 with 20 percent more workers the crop value rose to 20 billion dollars.
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