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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
7
A father tells his son that cooperation is key in marriage with examples like walking, movies, and dishes. A separate patient in a mental hospital holds up a finger to listen to a wall and jokes with a nurse that nothing can be heard all day.
An ad promotes fashion book pages for Spring and Summer styles with fabric information and patterns. The piece also mentions a Bedford Hills New York route sheet and humorous vignettes about vendors and travel options featuring Swain and a tired father outside transit lines.
A stern parent questions a teacher's complaint as a youth protests that a pin left on a chair caused another student to sit on it. The injured boy defends himself saying the pin was harmless and that the other boy forgot his glasses.
An eye witness confirms a woman shot her husband at close range with a pistol. The coroner asks about powder marks on the victim’s face, and the witness replies yes, supporting the claim of self defense.
A husband jokes that he answered an advertisement for a device to cut grocery costs and received only a paper weight. His wife teases his disappointment at the mistaken purchase.
A railway clerk jokes of a farmer suing over slow trains letting passengers reach out and milk his cows. The humorous exchange frames a rural road dispute as a comic scene amid a cold wave.
A junior associate from a metropolitan law firm traveled to a nearby city to meet a client, but forgot the client’s name. He wired the office asking for the client’s name and was told the client was Edgar B. Williams, while his own name was Elmer Johnson.
Small population Portsmouth on the Outer Banks of North Carolina has more buildings than people. Once a thriving town of 1 000 and North Carolina's first port of entry, Portsmouth's population is now 18. Fishing and hunting are its industries.
A scene unfolds with a compassionate customer asking the waiter why flies are not shooed. The reply notes the heat makes it seem fine for flies to roam barefoot, reflecting a humorous exchange about comfort in a dining room.
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