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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
5
A dense OCR listing compiles numerous service members and unit designations across locations including New York Atlanta Seattle San Francisco Camp Lejeune Fort Hood and Camp Pendleton. The text names soldiers sailors airmen and marines with ranks from Cpl to Sgt and includes APO and FPO addresses, unit numbers and postings, reflecting a large compiled roster or personnel notice from a wartime period.
A humorous exchange shows a customer insisting on returning apples, while the clerk replies that the customer’s word is as good as the fruit. The light banter underscores honesty and courtesy in a small-town shop.
An officer orders a new recruit to work while a veteran doctor explains inoculation. A cautious exchange follows as the patient speaks of prior experience and the doctor tries to reassure him with a mental picture.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a drunken man hides in a woman's icebox. She confronts him and he quips that this is a Westing house, declaring he is just Westing in the peculiar scene.
In The Supervisor, a clerk is urged to stop loafing and practice selling to fellow clerks until a customer arrives. A customer orders pork chops and asks for lean cuts, prompting the butcher to clarify whether they should be forwards or backwards for the request.
A wealthy Texan visiting New York tries to dazzle hotel staff. In a swanky dining room he demands breakfast, instructing the waiter to bring him twenty dollars worth of ham and eggs. The waiter politely explains the hotel does not serve half portions.
A cartoonish exchange has a lady claim tires need chains while a grocer jokes about a chain store. The punchline shifts to a courtroom quip about not convicting a man without hearing him, revealing a legal twist about due process.
Old Zeke, a vegetable peddler, arrived with two pushcarts, inspiring a customer to question the setup. He replied that business is thriving and he has opened a branch office to handle demand.
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