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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1932
Page
7
A collection of punchlines and playful quips about relationships work and dating. Jokes involve streetcars football referees and quirky misunderstandings. The humor stems from wordplay and social situations typical of light newspaper fun items.
Betty bursts into the house claiming Bob Smith kissed her and arguing about who has the stronger will. The dialogue includes playful name confusion and a note on Roosevelt's election prospects as Tidout and Funnyunk weigh in on party splits.
A Harrisburg woman overheard the end of a sermon and then a football broadcast on another station. The preacher said the Lord was with Joseph and the game announcer followed with a touchdown call.
An amateur asks how to tell young plants from weeds. The old hand says the only sure method is to pull everything and see what regrows, implying persistent plants are weeds and others may be crops.
A Jew and a Scotchman were arrested for drunkenness and brought to court. The judge asked where the third man was, and the officer replied there was no third man because no one bought the liquor.
In a Western company workers described thrift efforts at weekly meetings. One employee boasted saving gasoline by coasting down hills in his territory while another claimed additional frugality measures.
A humorous tale notes a Scotsman who saves money by not crossing t s or dotting i s in ledgers to conserve ink. The prank follows his assertion that economy can be practiced in clerical details as well as dinner.
A Denver Post styled ad lists one room apartments for rent at 2 to 4 dollars with adult tenants and sleeping rooms at 2.50, plus a playful exchange about two gallops of molasses and a quip about a daughter asking to go out with Jim.
A short rustic quip describes a Black man's puzzled reaction to an inscription reading Not dead, but sleep ing. He concludes the dead man is fooling only himself in a folksy humorous aside.
A collection of brief, humorous exchanges and one liners aimed at light amusement. The snippets feature playful arguments about money love aging mosquitoes and comic misunderstandings among couples and professionals in a nostalgic, newspaper style.
Dr C W Kimmins addressed a New York women's club with a humorous tribute to henpecked husbands calling them delightful childish men. He claimed henpecked husbands live longer, a statement the exchange notes may seem longer though not certain. The Sun sells typewriter carbon.
Mrs. Rham T. Pennington hosted a bridge party on Spruce Street to announce the coming marriage of Nell Penn to Jack Hannah. The event featured hyacinth and gold decor, a wedding date of November 18 at the Presbyterian Church, and a star lineup of wedding party members and guests from Sherman, Temple, Denton, Whitewright, Stillwater, and Fort Worth.
An examination shows federal pensions for Civil War Spanish War and World War veterans consuming about a quarter of the federal budget. The article notes cash payments to veterans without disability claims and mentions 1931 pension totals of $120,000,000 annually to Civil War veterans and widows.
The Star-Telegram warns that war disability benefits have grown from 121 374 in 1921 to 690 million in 1982 and that every Congress session enacts new laws expanding compensation to more veterans with non war related disabilities, creating a large dependent class.
An eclipse began Thursday September 1 and ended Wednesday August 31 due to the international date line. The Boston ball game scheduled for the eclipse afternoon was postponed because of darkness.
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