The Featherheads court scene quibbles over bags
A lengthy court dispute devolves into talk of full or empty bags and wind among lawyers and a judge. A playwright jokes about a winded speech while a producer laments the length for stage.
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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
4
A lengthy court dispute devolves into talk of full or empty bags and wind among lawyers and a judge. A playwright jokes about a winded speech while a producer laments the length for stage.
Emily Post recalls an occasion at dinner where a woman, ignored by her male neighbor, finally confronts him. She asks him to look at her and ends the exchange by revealing she has married the other man at the table.
A literary remark notes that humor blends with genius though wits are rarer. It cites Shakespeare and Coleridge as exemplars, suggesting wit often accompanies true creative power.
A new Coleman Safety Range makes its own gas from ordinary gasoline. The range lights instantly like city gas with Band-A-Blu Burners producing a blue flame. Tests show a family meal for five costs about 2 cents worth of fuel.
An advertisement urges left side sleeping but promotes Adlerika as a single dose intestinal cleanser. It claims gas pressing on the heart disrupts sleep and says Adlerika cleanses upper and lower bowels, reduces bacteria, and relieves stomach gas, sour stomach, and nervousness with testimonials from Dr. H. L. Shoub and Mrs. Jas. Filler.
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