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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
3
Dr. William A. O'Brien outlines mumps care and facts. Bed rest during fever and swelling, clean mouth, soft diet, and isolation of contagious periods. Transmission via droplets, saliva, and close contact. incubation one to three weeks. immunity after infection is common but not absolute.
Description of mumps notes neck inflammation in infection, usually one week, with possible relapses. Gland infection rarely happens before puberty. in adult epidemics 20 to 50 percent affected. Second-week risks include brain infection with headache fever neck stiffness and drowsiness but outcomes are favorable and non lasting.
Editor Roy Fox recalls a tale from Italian march days about a volcano and a Texan corporal who fires back that Fort Worth’s fire department could quell it quickly. A closing note adds advice to shake Turkish towels to remove wrinkles and raise the nap.
A humorous strip of short quips and mispronunciations features a pig sale joke about eight dollars earned from a three dollar cost, a grandmother about to parachute jump, a China linen incident with a nosy houseboy, a timekeeper confused by a croon half chain, and an insurance joke about rubbing parts.
A Negro man injured in a motor accident dies and an insurance adjuster visits. He asks if Washington Johnson lives there and is told yes. When he asks to see the remains the widow replies I’m he remains, showing resolve in the aftermath.
McDougal arrived late to work while a passerby reported a man lost half a crown in the High Street. The fragment suggests an ordinary morning scene with an unspecified consequence.
A pair of long separated friends reunite and joke about aging and health noting births before germs. A second exchange has one friend praising his wife’s beauty while quipping she is slower by half an hour. The third offensive quip mocks intercollegiate sports with a back-and-forth Yale Harvard joke.
The columnist argues against large scale relief for war torn nations, urging seed and plows over grants. He compares to the Marshall Plan and recalls a humorous anecdote about sanity vs lunacy, tying it to personal reflections on speech and judgment. The piece blends political opinion with a memory of wartime service and a comic aside.
Practical instructions advise reheating foods in a double boiler and steaming to preserve flavor. A method to brighten tarnished gold pieces involves brushing with a solution of ammonia and baking soda.
A simple kitchen tip suggests breathing through the mouth while peeling onions to minimize tearing. This method is said to limit the vapor reaching the eyes, easing irritation for the cook.
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