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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
7
As war loomed a luxury liner rushed to port carrying two famous gamblers. At the rail they joke about a torpedo sinking the ship, one bets the other that he knows a prayer. The wager: the Lord’s Prayer versus a child’s lullaby, ending in the betting mate surrendering.
A visiting minister tried to comfort an elderly parishioner by shouting into her ear trumpet that she misses nothing in his sermons. Her quick reply, So they tell me, reveals a witty exchange.
A wealthy woman asks a wool department assistant for instructions to knit a dog's sweater. The salesgirl asks the size of the dog and suggests bringing it in. The woman responds that she will, saying the sweater is intended as a surprise for him.
A teenage admirer writes to Gloria from a cinema room after watching Hollywood Halo at Carthay Circle. He pours longing into a letter, imagining her home life and romance, expresses love and devotion, and ends with a wistful wish to be her son and to share ordinary moments like cooking hamburgers.
A brief exchange shows a foreman questioning a worker about why he carries a single plank while others carry two. The worker replies that others are too lazy to make two trips, implying a contrast in efficiency.
A diner in a high end restaurant laments the small portions amid meat shortages. He asks for a table away from the door, explaining that every entrance blows the steak off his plate. The waiter quips about staff fear, revealing the gusting door disrupts his meal.
A classroom exchange marks the Eleventh of November 1918 as the signing day of World War I Armistice. An observer notes two minutes of peace each year since, framing a sober reflection on lasting remembrance.
A sprightly young girl aboard a bus confronts a younger boy in a brief, misunderstood moment. The girl urges resilience and persistence, insisting on not giving up before declaring she plans to exit the vehicle at the current stop.
A three prisoner trial unfolds with all jurists and defendants mismatched signals. Each prisoner says not guilty while the judge asserts contact, prompting a surreal exchange as miscommunication echoes through the courtroom.
A reader notes that a sharp nose typically signals certain traits while a flattened nose may indicate excess. The discussion frames facial features as diagnostic indicators in a concise conversational exchange.
A shopper notes a package of pink dye offered by a druggist for woolen or cotton goods. A little girl explains the dye is for her mother’s stomach and to make a pretty color.
A quirky dialogue features a landlady and Ledger debating soup types with a pun about windmills, suggesting a humorous exchange about what soup could be served if it goes round.
Dialogue fragments show a family ritual and a rambling absent minded professor. Mrs Black mentions needing a new car while Mr Black questions installment history. The garbled text preserves a chaotic exchange with stray words and misheard phrases.
A set of eight trivia prompts asks about historical events and objects including the first issuance of U S postal money orders, the meaning of bouquet in wine, what the Statue of Liberty holds in her left hand, whether pumpkins existed in Columbus era America, the temperature of dry ice, the difference between nautical and land miles, the definition of a lama, and the size variation of jellyfish.
The text presents numbered items with terse answers. It references the Civil War, a tablet of law, a claim about indigenous planting before Columbus, a temperature of 110 degrees below zero, a nautical mile being 800.2 feet longer than a long mile, a Buddhist priest, a yes answer, and a measurement from a pinhead to a great mass seven and one half feet across.
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