25 Oct 1945
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1945
Page
1
A humorous panel presents banter between a butcher and a customer about prices and a playful hospital visit. The exchange touches on a romance subplot where Myron compliments a nurse, while Byron misreads intentions and a woman rejects a marriage proposal in a brisk, witty interaction.
A jumble of classroom lines and shopping chatter. Phrases mention mushrooms, Lettie, Mrs Smith, Dottie and a math problem about four, six and nine apples. Other snippets reference a clerk and worn slacks. The text reads like stray OCR from a dated page with unclear context.
A playful exchange shows a City Boy asking about leaves and a Country Girl horrified to identify poison ivy. A Postwar Planning Veteran jokes about earning a living by wit while a Girl Friend dreams of a better half living.
A road crew worker Angelo ignored rattlesnake warnings believing a strike would come with a signal. A rattler struck a log near his leg, causing dust and a near miss. A whispered quip followed as Angelo reacted to the peril. The dialogue shifts to a marriage age debate between Joan and Jane revealing humorous banter.
A collection of short quips and exchanges. The humor spans marriage, love, work, and everyday irritations with punchlines about theft insurance, bread shortages, and aging relatives. The piece mirrors a late era jokebook style.
A humorous exchange features John Mary and Dora with quips about alarms and letterheads. A Parsonage Pun line up includes a couple planning marriage and a preacher's daughter commenting on the match.
A series of unsigned quips and puns touch on manners and wordplay. Jokes include playful exchanges about tightropes and water tide, a cousin relation causing mistaken looks, a polite child avoiding pointing, and a pun on an octogenarian.
The text notes cleaning damage in early cotton season due to green damp seeds and high moisture. It describes how leaves must be removed chemically for optimal picking machine performance and explains dyeing issues from green leaves. It adds a 1740 New England superstition about potatoes harming health.
Increased towel use prompts regular laundering with guidelines to hang towels straight, dry on racks, and avoid wet piles to prevent mildew. Palm wine is noted as a yeast substitute in Liberian bread making. A Minnesota firm plans to can carp and market it as Lakefish in a tuna-style product.
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