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Newspaper
Citizen Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1968
Page
2
Brim beds in shallow, eight to ten feet water hold several dozen nests and may cover eight feet square. Drift slowly and cast to either side of the boat, easing anchor at the first nibble. Worms are top brim bait. females can lay over 60,000 eggs and spawn up to three times a season. Catch brim to enjoy a platterful at home.
Classified items include subscriptions as gifts from CITI ZEN TIMES. various for sale goods such as hot plate, room heater, sewing machines, a 1967 Singer cabinet, and a spinet organ. credit offers and storage sale notices with contact addresses in Des Moines and St Paul. a short fiction snippet about two girls discussing ages over tea.
Small desk space available on the southwest side a few blocks from Cedar Rapids center. Contact Box 4278 Cedar Rapids for details and terms.
Classified prompts seek reporters to cover club activities and social groups with payment of 3 dollars per hour for short schedules. Also recounts a Texas rancher buying a Rolls Royce to avoid cows licking his neck to stock shows and a mistaken exchange joke about wives and convertibles.
Business cards offered at 6.50 per 1000 with two color raised lettering at 111 1st St NW Cedar Rapids. Poodles advertised as AKC Silver Miniature puppies with stud service, call evenings weekends 365 4747. A CREATIVE MIND seeks pin and pen money in Cedar Rapids area for adults 18 plus. Write to Dept PRAS Box 4278 Cedar Rapids IA.
A running passenger explains to a station attendant that he did not miss the bus but fled after not liking its appearance. The exchange captures a tense moment as the traveler chose to pursue the vehicle out of the station.
Phone number 363 3680 for inquiries or visit the Store at 387 2nd Ave S W Open daily 9 to 6 Monday through Saturday for shopping and assistance.
A dramatic Texas frontier scene ends with a deputy denying a posse member's plea for prayer for a horse thief about to be lynched. The deputy asks if the man is fit for heaven, criticizing the request as inappropriate for the condemned outlaw.
A humorous heaven tale where St Peter wagers a baseball game with the Devil. The Cubs Saints and Yanks join heavenbound play, with St Peter claiming victory thanks to having all the umpires below. A quip ends noting a wife’s two sides to every question.
A garbled, satirical collage quotes politicians and entertainers. Fragments reference Republican and Democratic tips to taxi drivers, a magician's wife, a shop foreman and a whispering radio announcer, with overlapping comedy lines and misheard dialogue.
A court scene plays out with a sharp judge challenging a taxpayer who doubts the jury. The exchange turns on mistaken identity as a prosecutor is mistaken for a defendant, prompting a quiet correction from the bench. The moment highlights courtroom tension and misperception in a single charged moment.
A visitor asks Bobby how old he is and he answers at the awkward age. The visitor probes what counts as that age and Bobby replies he is too old to cry and too young to cuss.
A quoted line contemplates keeping a crocodile’s mouth shut with one hand and maintaining the status quo until one party starves, implying a stalemate or extreme restraint scenario. The fragment hints at conflict and endurance without offering a clear resolution or context.
A clerk tells a student a book will do half the work. The student asks for two copies. A teacher notes an essay on My Mother mirrors a brother's, and Johnny quips they share the same mother.
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