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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
2
A reader finds a promising title in a public library but is disappointed by a filler line stating Tells How to Run Your Bible Class from the Sunday School Times. The item recounts Edison teaching himself through library books, noting his humorous measure of progress as “15 feet” read.
A salesman in Missouri, delayed by rain and a railroad washout, tells a waitress about a flood story. She replies she has not read a paper in four days due to continual rain. The exchange captures a local humor tone amid travel disruption.
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