We the Women: Why Women Struggle to Tell Jokes
Henry Morgan argues women face scorn when joking while men receive ready laughter. The piece cites lingering biases that push women to build up husbands, leaving them with less opportunity to entertain. It notes men often monopolize storytelling despite shared stories.
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Henry Morgan
Woman
John
Catone Gives Up Bid To Be Girard Mayor Nominee
Joseph Catone withdraws his appeal to be the Republican candidate for Girard mayor. Earl Williams will run in November after a May primary, with election-board changes and ballot recounts affecting the final tally. The Ohio Supreme Court approves dismissal of Catone’s appeal. registration closes October 16.
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Joseph Catone
Girard
Trumbull County
Earl R. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
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Election Board
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Willaams
Trumbull County Common Pleas Court
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Wishing Well Puzzle Message from Patent Office
A short puzzle note describes a daily fortune game titled WISHING WELL. It instructs players to count letters in their first name, adjust by four or three, and use the result as a key to read a hidden message from a letter grid starting at the rectangle's upper left corner.
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft ads offer pattern 747 and book
Modern linen fashion and monograms for a daughter's trousseau are promoted with Laura Wheeler patterns 747 and 12 motifs. Send twenty cents for the transfer pattern and fifteen cents for the Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book, both via Middle town Journal in New York. The book features 104 illustrations and concise directions.
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Laura Wheeler
Middletown Journal
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Court notice on mortgaging land in Butler County Ohio
Legal notice from The Church of God Tabernacle Middletown seeking court consent to encumber by mortgage the west half of Lot 19 in Oneida subdivision, sections 19 and 20, Town 2 Range 4, Lemon Township along the Miami River. The petition cites reasons. members and attorney H Taylor are named. dates October 6, 13, 20, 27 are listed.
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Yankee Road
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Vet Education Abuses Given To Congress
The Veterans Administration shifted blame to Congress to tighten GI bill education benefits amid sharp restrictions. VA chief Carl R. Gray warned costs could reach 60.9 billion by July 25 1956 without stricter law. Acting Chairman Pepper held closed session with a report noting abuses in veterans education.
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Carl R. Gray
Congress
Gray
Pepper
Dfla
Senate Labor and Education Committee
Prague Sees Mass Church Arrests and New Controls
Prague reports mass arrests of nearly 1000 citizens and a government plan to inventory church property. A new Cabinet Ministry for Church Affairs would control church assets and dismiss clergy with questionable citizenship, under a Communist bill tied to Gottwald. Speculation linked arrests to potential treason trials like Budapest.
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Czzechoslovakia
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Klement Gottwald
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