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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
6
The secretary is told to transcribe orders exactly without adding ideas. The manager pressures for a writer to draft a letter to Browne with a firm markup. A discussion follows about quoting prices and increasing the margin by twenty to thirty percent.
The mother suspects the doctor’s hint of a foreign substance in Willie's stomach while blaming last night’s Brussels sprouts and Irish potatoes for the trouble. A separate exchange features a boy named Sonny describing his father’s tree-chopping work and humorous reactions about cutting down and cutting up.
Betty recounts a joke where her uncle commanded over 50 000 men in an air plane era. The exchange highlights humorous misperceptions of rank and scale in a lighthearted family tale.
A local humor column features a joke about tombstone inscriptions and a man’s quip that a sleeping figure isn’t fooling anyone but himself. It then shifts to brief exchanges about a dime’s worth of poison, a fish tale, a father’s fishing trip, and a barbering remark.
Dialogue fragment shows a humorous exchange about college, age, and vanity. A father comments on value, while Mabel and Helen banter about appearances and a veil. The snippet reads like a stage aside with witty, sharp lines.
A humorous dialogue features Mrs and Mr discussing an engagement ring reminding of a state capital with a Little Rock joke. In a separate gag, The Last Installment Collector asks a boy about his parents, learns they are moving out Thursday and to come back Friday.
In a spirited exchange, Mr. Smith notes a new government design on the nickel while Mr. Jones adds that every penny may bear changes, highlighting public concern about currency redesign plans. The brief captures a debate tone about federal design choices and monetary imagery.
The article notes service members favor tobacco gifts from home and that Prince Albert is a popular choice. It suggests sending a pound of the recipient’s preferred tobacco for Army Navy Marines or Coast Guard friends who smoke a pipe or roll their own. Local dealers now feature Prince Albert in the pound for service members.
In a curious probate note from Georgia a man deeds to his oak tree possession of the tree itself and all land within a radius of eight feet. The unusual will provision asserts the tree as holder of the surrounding plot pending legal formalities.
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