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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
8
A humor piece recalls a music hall pair seeking work in London. They promise a 25 minute act, but the theater owner counters with an eight minute slot, prompting shocked refusals. A separate cartoon vignette shows two drivers apologizing after a head on collision and a doctor patient exchange about giving up drinking and smoking before seeking the “second best.”
A George Town University lecture by Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan was exploited by a broker's lawyer seeking advance market hints. The firm gambled on an anticipated ruling, but the actual decision differed and caused heavy losses. The printed opinion only showed Harlan’s dissent at the bottom.
Pattern 312 shows how to modernize ten old chairs with steps to convert a kitchen chair into a padded slipper chair and to pad and cover an old wicker chair. It explains rehabbing springs and frames with illustrated directions. Pattern price 25 cents. Workshop Pattern Service Drawer 10 Bedford Ulta New York.
Arthur reads of a woman who fell and struck her head on the sidewalk and died without medical assistance. His father notes the story exposes a contradiction in the medical association’s purpose.
A peculiar exchange unfolds as a father at midnight asks his son about self start energy, prompting a witty reply that only a crank in the house matters. The exchange echoes themes of ingenuity and defiance in a homely moment.
A cub reporter, warned to trim copy, described an accidental death with verbose wording. He wrote that J. Jones looked up the elevator shaft in the Blank building to see if it was on the way down. It was. Age 48.
In a park a kind lady spoke with a bright girl asking if she had sisters. The girl replied no but said she had two brothers who have a sister, and she added proudly that she herself is the sister.
The renter challenges a landlord's eviction demand citing state protections. He asserts awareness of his rights and plans to pursue legal recourse to resist immediate vacating of the house.
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