The Curse of Progress
Mr Dolan and Mr Rafferty discuss a boy named Mike carrying a golf outfit and joke that it looked like a pick and shovel would complete a fine kit of tools. The exchange frames progress with a rural, humorous tone.
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
7
Mr Dolan and Mr Rafferty discuss a boy named Mike carrying a golf outfit and joke that it looked like a pick and shovel would complete a fine kit of tools. The exchange frames progress with a rural, humorous tone.
Traveling man asks about the new jail. Cactus Joe says Crimson Gulch builds it well and comfortably. The warden anticipates a long waiting list of prominent racketeers from the town.
A small man faced a judge over a minor offense and admitted a past trouble, joking that he once kept a library book too long and was fined six cents. The light moment comes from the El Paso World News record of courtroom humor.
A collection of practical homemaking tips from the Rio column covering silver polishing after use, safe chocolate melting in the oven or hot water, orange stuffed salads with pineapple and mayonnaise, removing thread knots on the right side, making jelly sauce from jelly and hot water, liver sandwich filling from leftovers, butterscotch recipe with brown sugar and vinegar, and cleaning badly soiled wood with hot water linseed oil and turpentine. WNU Service.
A list pairing 12 trivia items with concise answers. Topics include geography, mythology, finance, biology, law, history, oceanography, and civics. Notable items identify Zeus as Jupiter’s Greek counterpart, Napoleon’s Bernadotte, tidal bores, and the habeas corpus ruling Lincoln disregarded.
A concise list of classical and modern phrases with translations and origins. Items include Simplex munditiis plain in neatness, of simple elegance and Flag rante delicto meaning while committing the crime caught in the act.
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