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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1947
Page
7
A traveling man at a southern hotel asks a sleepy waiter for honey. The waiter retorts in folded dialect about who works there no more. A fisherman meets a boy with a dog who claims it is divine by fetching coins but often returns a catfish and change.
A compact case stating that before colonization the country had no A bombs jazz taxes debts radios and women worked while a white man thought he could improve the system. The remark contrasts past native life with later industrial and social changes attributed to outsiders.
A village faces an epidemic as a doctor asks a father of a large family if they are taking precautions to prevent contagion. The father replies that he has bought a sanitary cup and that the family is using it conscientiously.
In a Carthage style quip, Pat rick Clancy lies dying as Father Flanagan offers last rites. The patient replies he will accept God but declines renouncing the devil, saying he does not feel ready to antagonize the devil at that moment.
Mrs Jones asks her young niece to spell horse. The girl pauses then sarcasm surfaces asking if spelling is old fashioned. The exchange reveals tension over schooling expectations and modern attitudes.
Attorney Frank Richey declares he has counseled over a hundred grooms on the eve of marriage and reports high success. His precepts include do not anger the wife, if she does rise in temper mope instead of speaking, and if all else fails pretend you are hurt to appeal to the maternal instinct, a device he says works.
The sheriff of Grayson County Texas will, on the first Tuesday in December 1947, sell at the courthouse door between 2 and 4 PM the properties of O W Myrick et al and C W Gee et al to satisfy delinquent tax judgments. The described tracts include Whitewright additions and O T P Whitewright lots with right of redemption preserved. Proceeds apply to taxes interest penalties and costs per court order.
A teacher who favors Socialism tells Mary to inform the inspector that her cat has five new kittens all Socialists. Six weeks later the inspector arrives and Mary says the kittens are Conservatives, noting they now have their eyes open. The piece ends with a quip about aging and doctors.
Mr and Mrs Newlywed ride home from their honeymoon with the husband broke and two weeks from payday. The wife laughs and reveals she hid ten dollars in the dresser before they left. He sighs, replying that he already found it.
A Yank and a British Tommy were halted for passport inspection by a customs officer at a European border. The officer remarked with a bemused, “Ah, you’re a subject of the king.”
An officer questions a GI’s passport and the man responds with a defiant, proud retort. He asserts ownership of the country, declaring I own part of it as he salutes and stamps his chest with confidence.
A postwar tale from Alabama features a Marine returning with a pet monkey able to pick cotton faster than him. He seeks a loan to buy 100 monkeys to cut costs, but the banker warns of risks and Yankee interference. An accompanying French valet and a wealthy interviewee provide satirical exchanges on wealth and marriage.
Notice of sale in Grayson County for the property of M G Davis et al and related heirs. Court sets December 2 1947 at the courthouse door between 2 and 4 PM for cash bid to the highest bidder. Plaintiffs P D Lazenby and Veda Lazenby sue Sumner Bacon and others for ownership of 48 acres in Grayson County near Mill Creek, with possessory and tax payment history, action filed October 10 1947 under file No 56038.
Notice of Sheriff's Sale No 55774 in the 15th Judicial District of Texas against Joe Huff and others for 287.40 dollars delinquent taxes with interest at 6 percent per year plus costs. Foreclosure of plaintiff's lien and liens of taxing units applies to the property in Grayson County described as 25 acres from the James Bragg Survey about six miles east of Sherman, bounded by Alex Boyd James Gilliam Salem Kumler R F Matthews estate and George Boyd estate. Sherman Texas November 1 1947.
Sheriff's sale notice for case No. 55756 in Grayson County Texas against M. G. Davis et al for total debt of three hundred ninety and 43/100 dollars plus costs and interest.
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