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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
14
A humorous piece shows a granny scolding her granddaughter about using words like swell and lousy. A dog joke follows with Fido given something to eat. A judge asks a thief about clothes stolen from a beach. the accused claims the items were left off clothing.
A collage of light humor and vignettes features a Dora strip setup with landlady bartering for advance rent, theatre misdirections, wife and husband banter about clothes and appliances, a park leafleting blunder, and quick quips about dentists, sales pitches, and a mischievous Aberdeen stall prowler.
A comic strip features a cigarette smoking private’s averted salute, an officer’s admonition, and a train station delay. A farmer returns home furious at losing money on purchases tied to a joke about a Burke girl and mosquitoes. A girl asks directions to Percy Street with a punchy line from Knut.
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