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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
6
A train car yields a string of jokes and cartoons with passengers trading gags about golf, in-laws, dishwashing, mustard plasters, and domestic quirks. The humor centers on family, mischief, and everyday mishaps.
A light classroom exchange features a nature study lesson where a teacher asks why chicks hatch and a student quips they’d be cooked if left inside. The moment captures classroom humor and curiosity.
A patient quips about treating rheumatism by avoiding dampness and jokes about sitting in an empty bathtub to self-clean with a vacuum. The exchange highlights the humor in medical advice and modest embarrassment.
The Federal Security Agency estimates the United States must spend 11 billion dollars to modernize and expand school facilities to accommodate a wartime baby boom and rising enrollment through the mid 1950s. It warns of a severe building crisis and widespread obsolescence across public and private K12 and higher education.
Coral Gables Florida reports a cat named Kitty receives 15 dollars annually to patrol the city equipment yard eight years after arriving to curb rats and mice. Truman Smith, shop maintenance superintendent, says Kitty has mothered about 20 litters during her tenure and milk is her reward.
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