Smile as the world’s greatest PR gadget
A cheerful mood and a smile are highlighted as powerful social tools. The piece notes how a simple grin can lift moods, spread positivity, and even influence others to smile. It urges readers to share warmth with strangers and consider smiles as a beneficial, universal “wonder drug.”
Headstone Humor Across Towns and eras Narrated
A noted headstone reader recalls quirky epitaphs from Trinity Churchyard to Tombstone and beyond. Vignettes from Jacksonville to Scotland reveal witty lines about love, death, and fate, including I Promise Never to Marry Again and Here Lies Lester Moore.
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Matamoros
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Robert Ripley
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Fla
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Torryburn
Scotland
Eppie Coutts
Eppie
Pawtucket
R.I
William Rothwell
Thurmont
Tasmania
Dear Abby and a Police Officer Surplus Advice Column
A single woman reports a prowler police officer who visits her apartment too often. She asks how to end the visits without jeopardizing future help. Abby suggests politely asking him not to come and, if needed, notify the police chief. The column then shares light jokes and quips about anonymous epitaphs and humorous tombstone inscriptions.
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Sear
Issippi
Norwich
England
St. Giles
Ruidoso
N.M
John Yeast
Uniontown
Jonathon Blake
Sheffield
Perthshire
John Knott
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Storrington
Glasgow
Enfield
Mass
Oversight on CBS Fitness Show Missed World Series Reveal
Hollywood CBS-TV’s fitness program glossed over the top sports event of the moment the World Series between Los Angeles and Baltimore. The quiz cites competition with NBC-TV and notes the Yankees’ poor season, including management and broadcaster changes, as context for the stumble.
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Giants
Danny Kaye
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