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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 28, 1948
Page
14
A scattered set of light humor and anecdotes is recounted featuring a colliery manager observing workers removing roof falls, a secretary’s spelling missteps with a pneumatic hammer, a boot polish tale about rapid wealth, a shoe cleaner’s wry remark, seaside gibe about jellyfish, and a seaside family exchange.
A humorous Dora comic scene features Mabel teasing Jack about T as the eighth wonder of the world and a retort from Eleanor. The strip includes a pun about being nothing and unable to do anything as a parallel gag.
A collage of jokes and vignettes features Lord Uppington and his butler Howard negotiating bills in a mock naval of manners. Other gags recall a Scotsman’s quips, Paris misunderstandings, a hospital talk, and Parliament jests about reserved carriages and poets.
Overworked nerves cause distress headaches sleeplessness and irritability. The ad claims the pills restore red blood cells increase oxygen to nerves and tissues and boost energy appetite and sleep with improved mood.
Reliable equipment sale featuring lowdown pump with suction hose and delivery hose, high pressure nogale, mounted on solid base with carry handles. Supplied to roads boards and bushfire brigades.
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