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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
3
In Springfield a man placed worded shipping tags on corn kernels to deter hens from his garden. The next morning the birds ate the kernels and the tags drew the neighbors’ notice as the birds carried a confession to their owners.
A lady watches a friend's small son struggle with cutting meat and the boy replies that they often have it as tough at home, quipping bravely about his family's meals.
Henry Ward Beecher read a mail insult aloud in a sermon after opening a letter marked Fool. He quipped that the sender signed his name yet failed to write his letter, noting the oddity as a humorous caution about pride and accountability.
A notorious Broadway spendthrift accosts a former college friend. He mocks the man’s shabby look and claims the coat is his grandfather’s topcoat. The reply says he also owns his grandfather’s land and implies envy.
A charming six inch kitten motif to transfer on tea towels is offered. The Kitten Romance pattern No 5095 uses bright outline and darning stitches and comes as six transfers with a color chart. Send 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number to obtain the items.
A quiz list of ten questions covering topics from ship sirens on the Queen Mary to solder temperatures and geographic quirks. Includes questions on highest US peaks by state, Revolutionary War wounds, Big Ben drials, legal confrontation bases, a famed newspaper publisher presidential candidate, equator degrees, genuine caviar, and a Mexican herdsman name.
A former marine recalls adventures on a Pacific island describing impenetrable jungles and the need to hack through dense growth. His wife jokes that she will stop weeding the garden since the tales help her avoid garden chores this year.
After his defeat for re election Indiana Senator Harry S New is accosted by a lost woman in the Capitol. He suggests she run in an Indiana primary to exit the Senate, delivering a tongue in cheek remark.
An elderly man tried a claimed fountain of youth and took six pills before bed. He slept through the morning, and after his family roused him, he declared he would not get up for school.
A joke recounts three partners riding a train and one exclaims they forgot to lock the office safe. The others respond that since they are all together, the risk feels negligible, highlighting a humorous misplaced security concern.
A humorous dialogue features a guest asking for very young chicken and the waiter suggesting eggs as an alternative. The quip plays on culinary expectations and wordplay.
A compact list presents ten trivia items: noting a lower bass pitch, a temperature at 356 degrees, Colorado as a location, James Monroe as a figure, a count of four, the Law of Imperial Rome, Horace Greeley, a 360 degree claim, sturgeon, and Ranchero.
Collier's notes Gone with the Wind at three hours and 50 minutes as the country’s longest released picture, more than twice the average feature. It also mentions Greed, once 11 hours 40 minutes in Latin America, though cut to 2 hours 56 minutes in the United States.
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