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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1952
Page
12
Property listed for lease by private bid on a 48 by 89 foot main floor area with a jet wing and leanto, natural gas heat, and a small lake nearby adjacent to the fairgrounds. Potential uses include general store or oil field service. Includes a rude neighborhood note about spouses. A joke about a boy dining with a professor ends with a pun on tough meat.
A brief exchange shows a shopper asking about the old car, and the response notes the offer was so low it felt like a prayer. The remark captures the humorous sting of appraisal humor in a casual exchange.
Groucho Marx jokes with a contest ant about age. The ant estimates fifty, Groucho retorts he is going on penicillin and makes his own from moldy jokes. The exchange showcases sharp humor with quick verbal spins.
A young man asks his sweetheart’s brother Jimmy to obtain a lock of hair for a quarter. Jimmy agrees and promises a dollar to secure a wig, revealing a plan to profit from the request.
The National Association of Retail Grocers promotes National Husband in the Kitchen Day on January 27 to have husbands learn simple cookery and support thrift. A pamphlet What Every Man Should Know About Cooking is distributed, with tips on making burgers and canned stews, while stressing that the wife remains in charge.
National Thrift Week runs January 17–23 with the National Thrift Committee promoting thrift education for budgeting and community programs. The effort collects usable optical frames and scrap to fund New Eyes for the Needy, Inc. and distributes glasses via hospitals and clinics.
A detailed guide discusses cane selection for fly rods, including cane split from grain, staggered nodes, hulls, and waterproofed fittings. It warns against relying on winds for strength, explains tournament rod differences, and notes dry and wet fly actions are the same, with emphasis on precise casting and durable joints.
The article explains how to use a floating bug lure. If a fish does not strike after a six count, keep the bug still then twitch six to eight inches. Wait patiently and resist rushing to cast again. The lure only works when it is in the water.
Senate investigations scrutinize William O Dwyer while his aides face critique over handling of Murder Inc the Anastasia gang and its alleged allies. Witnesses including Joe Adonis Frank Costello and Virginia Hill illuminate ties to New York crime and Tammany Hall influence.
Oliver S. Powell of the Federal Reserve Board's thrift committee says National Thrift Week, tied to Benjamin Franklin's birthdate, urges Americans to save now as defense needs push up demand. He promotes U S Savings Bonds, higher saving deposits, and cutting debt to strengthen future supply.
Dark wood window sills show rain damage and warping that prevent full window closure. Remedy by rubbing on a coat of boiled linseed oil to rejuvenate the wood and improve fit.
Greene, Tweed and Co of North Wales voluntarily refunded 68126 to the Army ordnance corps after supplying 1200 bogie wrench assemblies at about $50 each. The company produced each unit for 5.18 less than the expected sum, calling it the moral thing to do.
The article advertises five pattern sets with actual-size cutting diagrams for model village structures. Trace outlines, cut, saw, assemble, and paint using scaled patterns. Patterns cost 25 cents each or five for one dollar from Workshop Pattern Service Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York.
The dialogue features a boy named Johnny explaining a school mishap after mishearing a request to name a photographic invention. His mother asks how it happened and he responds with a pun about a window allowing photos through walls.
A teacher and student debate Washington's feats with one citing the Rappahannock and the other the Delaware River as examples, reflecting on history book claims about colonial pitched camps during pursuit.
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