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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1951
Page
6
A collection of brief anecdotes and quips about marriage roles, female friendships, and social trends. A Missouri salesman survives a washout and flood joke while Edison’s self schooling tale highlights perseverance and humor about reading.
Classified page lists used Ford buses with V8 engines and air brakes for conversion, contact Information Transit Buses in Detroit. Also advertises auto wrecking in Southeast Iowa, farm land and equipment offerings in Illinois and Missouri, and job openings for teachers and nurses with details on locations and requirements.
A library stumble turns comic as a book promises guidance on reaching and teaching men but ends with a sharp disclaimer about running a Bible class. The quip notes the humorous mismatch between bold claims and the publisher Sunday School Times.
A professor asks what brings a student to college and accuses him of not studying. The student replies with a humorous family-influenced justification, claiming the aim is to prepare for the presidency, sow wild oats, find a marriage partner, and bankrupt the family.
A middle western draftee sought exemption from service claiming poor eyesight and presented his wife as supporting evidence.
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