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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1950
Page
6
In a country town a visitor is shaved by a barber who cuts his cheek. The patient customer forgives and tips generously, joking that the barber has three trades. The barber is puzzled by the remark as the man reveals the quip.
An irate traveler confronts a small-town hotel keeper over a towel ban, arguing the rule applies. The hotelier explains the towel in question was displayed before the law's passage, highlighting a legal timing loophole.
A husband, aiming to curb his wife’s spending, gives her a ledger and $50. He instructs her to record receipts and expenditures. When he later checks, she proudly shows the page "Received $50" and the opposite page "Spent it all."
Circulation of diverse sale items includes tables chairs counters and backbars plus floor plans. Meads Cafe Loose Creek Missouri offers lease options while Rainbow Valley Farm Redfield Kansas sells acclimated Korean Lespedeza seed for 1949 crop at 5 dollars per cwt with 97 percent pay and 93 percent germination.
Mrs Jones asks for collars for her husband and the shop assistant quickly guesses thirteen and a half. The amused salesman notes that men whose wives shop for them tend to wear that size.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a waitress offers the full menu and a customer requests a clean one, highlighting light dialogue in a dining room setting. The moment captures casual restaurant humor without additional context or actions.
An ardent youth grovels at his beloved in the parlor confessing love. She reacts to his groveling and the dust he has insulted by cleaning all morning, highlighting a melodramatic domestic moment.
A young man asks if he is good enough while the girl answers candidly that he is not for her but too good for anyone else.
Jones and Brown chat in the street when a distressed donkey brays and wheezes, prompting Jones to remark on the animal’s cold and to ask about Brown’s cough. The moment blends humor with a light local scene and casual dialogue.
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