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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
10
A cowboy boasts of a smart horse who broke his leg after a fall. Another jokes the horse would not put him back in the saddle. The punch line arrives as the horse drags him to a bunk then gallops five miles for a doctor, returning with a horse doctor.
In a playful tale a cat watches a tennis match intently while another grows bored. The second cat smirks that he only cares because his old man is involved in the racket.
A sequence of telegrams shows a young husband boasting of promotions like foreman and metaphorically a feather in his cap. Weeks later he asks his wife to send money for return travel, and she replies with a sharp quip about using feathers and flying home.
In a comic court story a wife who struck her husband pays ten dollars but offers twelve, prompting the clerk to ask about the extra two dollars. She replies that it is an amusement tax, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding of court penalties.
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