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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
4
A professor commands students to stay seated as papers are passed out. He jokes that standing could form a circle making him liable for arrest. Students probe the joke with a surprised chorus asking why. The punchline references maintaining a dope ring.
A brief humorous exchange shows a golf pro chiding a novice for misplaying the ball while the learner notes patience and politeness to the club. The light moment reflects common golf etiquette and frustration on the links.
A pupil named Junior, idle all year, finally solves a quiz question. The prompt asks for the annual coal moved by railroads. After a pause he writes 1492, followed by none, as his answer.
A wealthy but stingy guest completes a month’s hotel stay as workers cluster for tips. He pushes past attendants to his car, but the porter who opened the door offers a hopeful farewell. The guest pauses, then promises to write him, words charged with emotion.
A reflective column on Sunday as God's day for all people, linking the Sabbath to Christian Sunday, and noting Mother's Day in May. It urges using the day to grow mentally socially and spiritually through reading, prayer, and honoring mothers, with emphasis on the Lord's Day as a time for God and humanity.
A garbled plea appears to request chemistry tutoring or collaboration in a classified context. The text shows broken phrases about expanding something, mentioning a company or machine and a vague meeting or message. No clear names, dates, or places emerge.
Two farmers on a store porch speak as a flashy vehicle arrives. One asks how dead the town is, and the other retorts the first bustle only just began. The skit sketches small town life and wary humor.
A lax performer in front of about fifty spectators steps to the ball and misses after three tries. He responds with a cool grin and tells the crowd the course is tough, amid embarrassed hum behind him.
Fragmentary text presents unclear dialogue and garbled names. One line mentions a teacher and a person nicknamed Fretvoo in a confused exchange. No coherent event or identifiable entities for a substantive summary.
Young couple in a tender display at a railroad station attracts a redcap who humorously suggests they move to the bus terminal where a bus departs every two minutes, as they embrace before departure.
The cashier vanished with the day’s deposits prompting a detective to scene. When asked to describe the missing cashier the bank president quipped that he was “both tall and short,” signaling a sly riddle amid the crime.
A humorous exchange where a husband explains his wife argues by bringing up the past. It concludes with a pun about her bringing up history and becoming historical rather than hysterical.
The service will feature a May reading from the Bible with a Golden Text from I Corinthians 15 22 and passages from Thessalonians 5 5 6 9. Selections from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy emphasize man as the true image of God and the cure of disease and sin through divine science.
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