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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
8
A collage of humorous quips about money houses doctors and pets from the Indianapolis Star and Philadelphia Ledger print items. The jokes touch on investment bad luck hotel rooms and a dachshund missing a call with light satirical tone.
J Wallingford Speed wins a dramatic race beating Skinner of the Centipede ranch after a tense contest at Flying Heart. Helen Blake and Jack Chapin witness, with Speed and Covington amid plans and wagers as Larry Glass escapes before victory. The scene closes with Speed and Helen in a quiet triumph and the Echo Phonograph playing.
In a Puck excerpt, a scowling socialist argues wealth is not equitably distributed. Mr. Scadds concedes and boasts about possessing two hundred fifty thousand while knowing a dozen men with more than a million each.
A bride lavishes praise on her husband using layered chocolate cake metaphors. When the mood shifts she replies with increasingly negative checks until her mother humorously concludes the husband is “dog biscuit,” illustrating domestic teasing in a National Monthly joke excerpt.
A recipe mixes cornmeal borax and magnesia to clean woolen goods. Dry scrub for shawls and sweaters involves dusting the mixture then beating inside folded sheets. The note highlights borax as a helpful cleaner and mentions bronchial trouble and Dean's Men cough drops. A brief quip on Jones and a widower's heartwarming line conclude.
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