Bizarre rural quips and wisecracks from 60 years ago
A collage from The Wapello Iowa Republican and other papers recaps rural humor and remarks. Jokes touch on horse accidents, fashion gossip, generational shifts, pocket-picking laws, vacation digs, and cosmetics taxes amid midwestern towns and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Iowa
Marshall
Republican
Wehmeyers
C. S. Reynolds
Stratton
Muscatine
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By Bill Stokes
Redfield
S.D.) Press
Ogemaw
the Tribune and Register of
Tyndall, S.D
Portageville, Mo
Lewistown
Ill
Clay City
Ind
Reese
Webster, S.D
Angola
Herald
Carlisle
Milbank
S.D.) Herald Advance
J. H. Benedict
Mr. B
Mr. Benedict
Mackinaw Valley
Minner, Tl
Woonsocket
S.D
Minerva
Ohio
Fellows
Ox Information Center
Chicago
Jamaica
Prestige Vacations, Inc
N. State Street
Chicago, Ill
Farm and Home Pattern Department
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y