What’ll Ya Have What’ll Ya Have Gent in Drink Creations
A whimsical portrait of a lively soda fountain worker who crafts fanciful drinks with creative names like Love’s Dream. He keeps customers moving all day, serving frappes and sodas with theatrical flair, while prices rise to cover the artistry.
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Ile
Seltzer
Love
NEA Service, Inc
Bad news from Texas and other wise cracks of 1925
Tom Sims reviews social quirks and legal excesses from Texas to Chicago. He jokes on myths about happiness and progress, notes Florida burglars, alimony totals, a Cleveland auto theft, and a barber shop taboo. The column mixes satire with cultural snapshots and light moral quips.
Two Railway Clerks Salary Mystery The Equal Pay Question
Two men started at the same time with New York Central. A clerk rose from 1200 to 100 per year, while a baggage man gained 25 each six months. Each believed the other earned less. The puzzle asks which earned more, linking to a tale about Ruskin’s home sale and a limberlost bridge anecdote with interlaced planks for equal bridge use.
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New York Central
Snakes Die in Sunlight Says Biological Survey
The biological survey states intense sun exposure torpid or kills snakes including rattlesnakes. Cold snaps freeze many hibernating snakes above frost line. It adds midday sun can kill rattlers within about 20 minutes. Berlin reports a new lighter Freund steel may cut costs by 3 percent. Also notes large counts of common surnames in the fingerprint records of armed forces.
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Washington
Associated Press
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Suiss
Mosshard
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