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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
3
A light exchange between a hotel clerk and a visitor features a joke about a visitor carrying a new fire escape. The clerk notes guests with fire escapes must pay in cash in advance, delivering a punchline on hotel policy.
An office manager, famed for efficiency, noted a young man and stenographer embracing and admonished him for three unnecessary movements in the act. The remark highlights a blunt, practical critique of conduct in a workplace romance scenario.
A classroom riddle shows a student named Oliver answering three apples minus one as two outside and one inside. The exchange captures playful misdirection in a school setting.
Hollywood gossip notes Gene Autry top idol with five thousand fan letters weekly more popular than Shirley Temple or Clark Gable. Nancy Kelly Gary Cooper and Lucille Manners highlighted with radio work offers and cross studio ventures. Odds and ends mention Gary Cooper saddle and Constance Bennett rumors plus a field for the We the People program.
A mother should consult a doctor before giving unknown remedies to children and ask for Phillips Milk of Magnesia. Phillips’ products have three generations of physician trust and come in chewable tablets and liquid form, both affordable at 25 cents.
A quotation notes that the peak effect of eloquence comes from both an eloquent speaker and an eloquent hearer. It emphasizes mutual responsibility in effective communication.
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