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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1948
Page
4
Hal Boyle profiles Homer Cray’s What Grandpa Laughed At, tracing pre WWI jokes from 1891 to 1905. The piece riffs on enduring quips and the idea that you can’t kill a joke, even as humor shifts with time, citing classics about married life, veterans, and social mores.
Walter Joslin a 25 year old from Toledo was arrested in Milwaukee on a burglary charge after he claimed the urge to steal was sparked by temptation in a big city. He said he reached through a window with a stick and hooked a purse but bungled the theft and was detained by police.
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