19 Feb 1953
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1953
Page
1
Mark Twain received letters and photographs from men who resembled him. One Florida man’s image impressed Clemens, who replied that the likeness was striking and that in a mirror he could shave by him, noting he looked more like Twain than other doubles.
Waldo Peirce the artist and poet gave a Paris hotel concierge a thumb-sized turtle then swapped for larger ones each day. The turtle swelled by inches until enormous, then shrank daily. The concierge stayed awake, near madness, until Peirce confessed with pity.
A husband teased his wife about being overweight outside a drugstore. She stepped on a scale with an height based chart and quipped that the chart says she should be three inches taller, ending the dare with a playful punchline.
An old mountaineer with love for corn whiskey Knoxville and the Republican Party meets a traveler who refuses drink has never visited Knoxville and is a Democrat. After a thoughtful silence the host tells his wife to prepare the beds for sleep, signaling the conversation is done.
Neo Warranty Jimmy Faircloth tells a farmer the company will rebuild the barn rather than pay cash. The farmer retorts that this is how they operate, accusing them of canceling insurance on any wife.
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