Question Box by Ed Wynn The Perfect Fool
Dear Mr Wynn answers a flood of jokes and quips from readers. The items include jokes about rich parents, a gentleman farmer, horse sense, tunnel married life, and a policeman stopping a one eyed driver. The column preserves era humor and names readers.
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the Perfect Fool
Mr. Wynn
Comic-Opera Bandits Explained in Morning Paper
Reader asks about the phrase comic opera bandits and learns it refers to robbers who gag victims with theatrical tricks after tying them, as described by the Associated Newspapers NU Service.
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Nario
Make Ahead Pastry and Ice Box Prep Tips
Practical kitchen guidance from the Western Newspaper Union on chilling pastry dough to yield extra flaky crusts, using leftovers for tarts cheese straws meat pies and ice box rolls, plus advance prep for potatoes dressings sauces and condiment storage to ensure ready meals. The article also offers make ahead storage tips for lettuce parsley and other greens.
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Western Newspaper Union
Inferiority Complex Advocated for Success in Life
A Pearson's Weekly writer urges cultivating a healthy sense of inferiority. Readers should feel awe and silence before great art and buildings, and moral inferiority when considering the lives of great men. The piece extols awe reverence and respect as essential qualities the world needs.
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Pearson's Weekly
The Gift of Friendship
A poem about a friend returning home and giving intangible gifts. The speaker receives cheer, a smile, and kind words that lift courage. The piece declares such friendly warmth priceless, surpassing material gifts, and praises the beauty of a generous heart.
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WNU
New Style Creation by The Smart Set
The Smart Set debuts a coordinated hat gloves and bag ensemble in beige and black. A hand stitched felt hat features grosgrain trim while gloves and a suede bag with silk fallle complete the set.
Reddy Fox Tracks Down Danny Meadow Mouse at Smiling Pool
Reddy Fox stalks through tall grass chasing Danny Meadow Mouse toward the Smiling Pool as Redwing the Blackbird warns of danger. Grandfather Frog dives in fear while frogs on the lily pads scatter, unsure where the mouse can hide.
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Chamaia
Danny Meadow Mouse
Reddy Fox
Reddy
Redwing
Blackbird
Grandfather Frog
Smiling Pool
Danny
Meadow Mouse
Pool
T. W. Burgess
Sakhalin Island Slowly Turning Over Says Geologist
Vladimir Koudrey reports in Asia that Sakhalin, six hundred miles long and up to a hundred wide, is gradually turning over like a fowl on a spit. Eastern shores rise while western shores sink, with coal and chalk layers evidence and rare underground thunder.
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Sakhalin Island
Siberia
Oknotsk Sea
Japan Sea
Sakhalin
Vladimir Koudrey
Asia
Bayer Aspirin Fast Cold Relief Advert
Scientists tout a quick Bayer Aspirin method to ease cold symptoms and aches. The ad promises instant dissolution and complete gargle dissolving with Bayer tablets, urging readers to buy the genuine Bayer product at reduced prices.
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Bayer
Ground Grip Tires Promise Mud and Sand Ready
Firestone presents Ground Grip Tires for motor cars trucks and tractors. They offer strong economy and relief from being stranded on mud roads and soft ground, reducing the need for chains.
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