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Graettinger Times in Graettinger, Iowa

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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1950

Page

3

Cleaning tips and painter’s path cross centuries

The article offers kitchen how tos such as whitening enameled pots with bleach and water for twenty four hours, thickening gravy with rice water, and unclogging cereal and rice residue by turning the pot upside down, plus percolator maintenance tips. It also explains the origin of the term Journeyman Painter from Renaissance painters and defines modern usage as three years’ training.

Humorous Vignettes and a Gutter Truths Gag Reel

A passerby quips to a police officer about a man who fell in the gutter as the officer tries to help him. A film magnate mistakes a short actor for a Napolean while entering a studio. Burns and Allen recall a vaudeville gag about a newly built swimming pool. A joke ponders why cities get called she because every city has out skirts.

Napoleon Burns Allen Gracie George

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