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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1951
Page
3
Washington writes that inflation risks grow as arms spending rises and a new $5 billion package plus $56 billion for military needs passes, with more military and construction costs to come. Deficits widen, price controls ease, and civilian shortages and higher taxes threaten, while stock markets hit new highs.
Miss Alice Jones promotes honey as a sinus and asthma remedy citing personal relief and a Mayo Clinic doctor’s endorsement. She learned of the approach from Thomas S. Rose, Chapel Hill town manager, after his own positive sinus experience and a reported asthma case.
The Federal Reserve Board on Sunday night issued rules to curb fictitious trade in allowances used to evade down payments on consumer credit. It warned violators face up to a year in prison and a 5000 dollar fine.
In Chapel Hill North Carolina a woman asks her friend Mrs. Emily Chapman to bring honey, which she does and provides immediate relief to a boy. This brief rural item highlights quick neighborly care.
When headaches occur not from biliousness or indigestion the eyes are first suspected. If eyes are not to blame a physician and dentist search is done. X ray pictures of the whole face help find impacted wisdom teeth pressing on facial nerves and are a good investment for face and head pain. Campers douse campfires to keep the state green.
A collage of wry quotes and wordplay on pipes water and wit. The piece blends dialogue about English plumbing and a pun laden exchange between a husband and wife, ending with a short verse by Florence Pedigo Jansson.
In Sofia a comrade visited the office of Bulgaria's Premier. He asked about the telephone with a receiver but no speaker. The Premier replied that it was their direct connection with Moscow.
A census-taker asks how many in the family. The woman replies five including herself the old man a kid a cow and a cat. She notes mixed politics with each member labeled Republican Democrat wet dry and Communist respectively.
A couple receives a private instruction to hide their newlywed status on a train. One partner suggests not letting others know, while the other engages with a stranger in Section 13 as a distraction.
Dialogue captures a character named James reflecting on his past and belief he has changed, while another questions the extent of that change. The exchange hints at internal self-perception and external judgment without revealing concrete events.
A joke piece blends a lodge satire with a tax quip and a deer hunting gag. A couple quibbles about a grand potentate's wife precede a punchline on dodging taxes and misdirection. Two hunters, lost in the woods, panic then propose poaching to attract a warden.
A construction foreman recounts preventing a brutal clash on the site as a worker threatened violence with a shovel. His calm intervention stopped the escalation while his family listens, including a quivering Junior who absorbs the moment with mixed feelings.
Late last summer a drought devastated a West Texas county. Two cowmen met at the county court to discuss losses and potential remedies amid scarce forage and declining cattle values.
Two farmers joke about hardship as one says his cattle are so thin he can brand two at a time with carbon paper. The quip highlights prairie tough times and farm life wit.
A church meal scene ends with humor as a woman asks a minister which chicken part he prefers. He answers with a Bible quote about nature joining, saying let nothing break what God has joined after being offered leg or drumstick.
A light exchange between Bill and Mike about farming prospects. Mike lists a chain of daily tasks from waking up to paying up, highlighting the busy routine and economic concerns surrounding farming.
A strict aunt overhears a girl’s prayer for angels to improve bad people and ease living with good ones. A joke resolves at heaven’s gate where John Williams must wait twenty years. the punch line credits his doctor.
Two farmers clashed after a weeks long dispute and sought official pardon. The feud escalated until authorities intervened, but no resolution was reached as of the report, with tensions continuing on the rural boundary.
In a dialogue about resolving a deadlock two disputants consider hiring lawyers and going to court. The exchange suggests legal action as a solution beyond reasoning and compromise.
A tramp pleads for ice cream or strawberry shortcake but is declined by a kind housewife. He thanks her and asks for bread and butter but declines. He explains this is his birthday as he shuffles away.
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