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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
3
Sydney Payne, 49, a WPA timekeeper, won five blue ribbons at the California State Fair for jams jellies and meats cooked with his self made sun oven. He stored heat from July through Christmas and claims temperatures up to 500 to 1000 degrees are possible.
Private Albert de Koninck recalls his Belgian roots and dual citizenship before choosing America. He praises U S freedom as a casual birthright and contrasts it with Europe where people live in perpetual dread. The interview notes his Belgian lineage, Belgian army father, and multilingual background.
In Brussels 1914 financier Adolphe Bioux built a mechanized tomb that rotated daily for a peasant beneficiary. A nephew voided the will and ordered removal of the device. Diggers found a life sized painting and a dog carcass inside. The will also funded village musicians for feast days.
A string of brief jokes contrasts dental woes, work off days, grandmothers parachuting, college names sticking to a future doctor, a minister and a Sunday school query, and a golfer awaiting execution asking for practice swings. The tempo mimics old newspaper humor.
A collection of short quips and jokes includes a five year old recalling being born a girl, a child asking about lightning bugs, a life insurance examiner failing a candidate, a salesman’s defeat, a jealous husband’s violence, a Milwaukee coffee shop sign about credit, and reflections on life in small towns with everyday wisdom and wit.
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