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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1925
Page
13
The notice invites original jokes and humorous pieces for publication. Submissions should be single-sided to Standard Fun Shop Headquarters 33 West Park Street Butte Montana with payment rates of 1 to 10 dollars for contributions and 25 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Unaccepted manuscripts not returned.
A satirical piece recounts Dr. Traprock’s fictional facial lift tale where two women Miss A and Miss B gain new faces. Miss A seeks a dramatic change, Miss B is promised radiance, and the operation yields fame and a hefty price, reflecting era vanity and media spectacle.
A playful classroom recital features Mr Crab and Mr Downs performing wordplay with prompts from a teacher. Mr Crab laces a verse about a late sweetheart using the word portrait. Mr Downs delivers a rhyme about mosquitoes and night time dangers and a somersault.
A 1925 playful vignette shows Amelia Meelie Mouth and Rose Upp using words like acquaintance and guile in light dialogue. Adults gently guide the children as they perform verbal exercises and humorous mispronunciations.
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