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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1955
Page
7
A sequence of clipped exchanges features a clerk repeating train times to a woman and child, a diner requesting precise oysters, a quip about cold or hay fever allergies, and a humor set involving Whistler and Turner. The miscellany captures light urban humor and snapshot banter.
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In a Health For Today column Dr Bauer advises letting young parents manage their children with minimal meddling. He notes historical shifts from Spartan upbringing to pampering and back to moderation, urging grandparents to offer help only when asked and avoid conflict over hygiene and sun exposure.
Whistler notes a Ferenc Molnar tale about a Don Juan who brings his supposed wife to meet the producer. The leading man’s gallant deception backfires when the boss insists on referencing his own wife, turning the vanity on the lover in a witty reversal.
A fragmented humorous excerpt features Ned Wadlinger describing a home with a clear view and high price. In a related sketch a one armed man enters a restaurant and an inquisitive patron questions the loss of the arm. The dialogue moves through playful mishearings and a dog anecdote about Dr. Freud.
A fragment describes a man wandering in the Prater park, hailing a taxi, and paying the dog’s fare as a doctor looks on, with the subject being driven home after a display of style.
The Morgan County High School PTA held its final meeting of the year in Hartselle with Mrs. E R Roberts presiding. The Glee Club directed by Mrs Earnest Greer performed songs to be aired on a Decatur TV program and introduced new officers for 1955 56.
Some octopuses lay about 45 000 eggs at once, each roughly half the size of a grain of rice, forming a massive broadcast of offspring in the ocean.
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