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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1951
Page
6
A newly hired trackwalker found a washout and alerted the dispatcher. The dispatcher issued a five mile an hour slow order and instructed the worker to stay at his post. A train approached, the trackwalker checked the bed, and reported the track safe after the pass. The engineer followed the slow order but the caboose reportedly moved too fast.
A Georgian man sought fertilization advice from the Department of Agriculture and received five conflicting recommendations. He notes this oddity and asks in what other country would a farmer face such mixed guidance.
A man and a woman rode a New York taxi as the driver sped erratically across the streets. He reassured them with a boast about spending a year overseas in a hospital, then quipped he was a mental case.
In an offbeat exchange a man recalls meeting his wife at a dance, while his partner dismisses the moment as awkward. The conversation hints at mistaken assumptions about domestic life and romance.
A hostess questions a guest about why he objected to a tune. The guest recalls that the husband asked not to play a certain song titled For the Love of Pete. A second item presents a lawyer who lectures his office boy and overheard pay: five thousand dollars yearly, with ten dollars weekly in cash and the rest as legal advice.
A humorous exchange notes why there are no pictures of angels with whiskers. The line answers that men get in by a close shave, delivering a light aside about appearances and admission.
A dinner encounter shows Woodrow Wilson, then a former college professor, pressed by an anxious job hunter asking to fill a recently deceased state department post. Wilson calmly replies and twists the moment with humor about the undertaker.
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