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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1930
Page
9
An ad claims Cystex rapidly improves frequent night calls backache nervousness and burning sensations by cleansing the system in 15 minutes. Praised by thousands for fast action, it promises better rest and energy with a money back guarantee and a price of 60 cents.
A string of light banter and wisecracks about work and love unfolds through voices in a crowded hotel lobby. A tele phone girl is debated as calling versus career while a dog character riffs on a movie job and a couple jokes about salaries and hospital stays surface amid the chatter.
A pasted page of jokes and quips recounts humorous exchanges about office life, misheard phrases, family banter, a bank cashier near the 400 club, a train conductor's jokes on age and lies, a fire alarm tale, a funeral scene with Flo, and Mark Twain’s spider reply. It blends light humor from many readers and scenes with familiar names and places.
A collection of short sketches and anecdotes features a stagey exchange about four gifts, a child Doris mistaking pie fractions, a backwoods doctor treating a patient before warning, a quip about a dog hunt ending with a five dollar settlement, and similar playful rural snapshots reflecting small town life.
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