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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1950
Page
6
A vacation job hunt leads a youth through local shops in Los Angeles. After a bold pitch posing as a confident young man, he asks for an opening. The manager replies with weary humor and a decisive rejection as the interview closes.
In the New York garment district a Seventh Avenue manufacturer cheerfully says business is fine and notes the slump has not yet crushed spirits. He declares that current activity is already 50 percent ahead of what was projected for the next year.
A father explains why U S coins display an eagle symbol. He calls it symbolic of swift flight and ties it to national imagery in a simple family exchange.
A dean of women at the coeducational college announced that the college president has decided to stop neck in campus, signaling a new policy shift. The remark emphasizes a formal move to curb intimate conduct within campus grounds.
A bored guest at a tea party interrupts a stale Tory monologue on nationalization of steel by striking the hearth with fire tongs and declaring that a fanatic is someone who cannot change his opinion or subject.
A sign above the hook rack reads Reserved for Professors Only while a vulgar note below jokes it may be used to hang hats and coats indicating a Democratic cynicism toward the German professional class.
On a street corner two men observe a couple in a passionate embrace. One quips that it was love at first sight and he waits for a lull to introduce them. The scene captures a witty moment of urban romance and timing.
Aprof ends his final term lecture by urging students to devote all time to final exam prep. He notes the examination papers are with the printer. After a pause a student asks, Who is the printer.
Bernard Shaw declined a celebrity hunter invitation after receiving a card stating Lady X would be at home Thursday between four and six. Shaw returned the card with a brief reply: Mr. Bernard Shaw likewise.
A girl declares Norwood as the man for her and imagines their embrace with a pounding heart. Her mother warns to beware as her father once fooled her with a dollar watch in years past.
A judge asks for the defendant’s veracity and a witness responds with a humorous remark about admitting he fished all day without a bite. The exchange highlights courtroom wit over credibility.
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