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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1951
Page
6
A West Point physics instructor traced a five electron discrepancy across a board of equations and asked where the missing electrons went. A student from the back called for staying put, declaring no one would leave the room until the mystery was solved.
A girl named Pat strayed from her mother during a downtown shopping trip. After a thorough search, the mother located Pat in a store where a clerk asked her name and what others call her. The child shyly answered that her nickname is Stupid.
On a visit to Radio City Music Hall a man admires a life size bronze statue of a girl while his young son climbs nearby. The boy asks if Mother is a woman, prompting the father to reply with a pun about fundamentals as Mother approaches.
Walter O Keefe asked a woman contestant her pet peeve and she answered that people who ask a woman's age annoy her. O Keefe joked with a line about not asking ages, likening it to car salesmen turning back a speedometer.
Editor recounts a three week fishing trip in Colorado with no fish responses. He notes he sent lines twice daily but received no replies, illustrating the quiet difficulty of angling there.
A husband and wife argue over their relationship with the wife lamenting the ten years she gave. The husband reacts in disbelief asking if those were her best years.
A boastful local athlete bets ten dollars he cannot be wheeled in a wheelbarrow from one street lamp to the next. The stranger agrees and orders the athlete to get in the wheelbarrow for a test of speed and strength.
A young girl who became a model recalls being kissed by her first artist. She asks if she was the first model he kissed and he confirms. She asks how many models he had before, and he counts four, naming an apple two oranges and a vase of flowers.
Mrs. Lydia Pfeifer of Detroit shares her experience with Hadacol claiming relief from aches and sleep problems due to lack of vitamins Bi Bs Niacin and iron. The ad urges readers to order Hadacol from The LeBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana with money back guarantee and sizing options.
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