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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 16, 1948
Page
16
A famous Hollywood producer hears a new play from an unknown writer with a stutter and immediately orders the author signed. The anecdote includes a sharp line about a twist selling box office and a classroom joke about Armistice day.
A father jokes he will spend a day without scolding his son Johnny who shows politeness by offering an empty bus seat to a passerby. The anecdote continues with a playful exchange about manners and a missed seat.
A string of light humor and social quips fills a page segment. Jokes touch on English class missteps, dating, hospital mishaps, and a personal column exchange about a marriage proposal. The dialogue snippets reveal witty bars about manners, love, and modern life with playful tone.
The text advises that nerves fatigue and depression in middle age stem from poor blood. It promotes Dr Williams’ Pink Pills as a remedy to restore vigor, alleviate headaches and sleep problems, and revive the whole system. An implied consultation with doctors ends with a costly bill and poor condition.
An advertisement urges readers to take De Witt's Antacid or its powder in water for relief. It promotes the giant 4/6 size as the best economy, claiming it contains two and a half times the quantity of the 2/6 option.
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