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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
13
A collage of humorous lines and short anecdotes from a vintage newspaper feature. It includes a sobbing boy at school, a mayor’s quip about small towns, a nurse’s reply to a patient, a drunken tale with a reporter, and wordplay on isms and peace among evacuees with a concluding note of an English soldier and a German prisoner.
A vivid collage of quotes and vignettes spans war thoughts on a bicycle trip to Germany, a student misreading a chapter as a test, courtroom wit about knowledge, child humor about faces and haircuts, a hog sermon, and light gossip about memory tests and family finances. Includes humorous exchanges from children and teachers on manners, letters, and even freckles beside the nose.
The registrar questioned the film star about prior marriages during a ceremony. She grew frustrated as the clerk asked if she had been married before and to whom, revealing uncertainty about whether this was her fourth or fifth venture into marriage.
The new Monte Hale Western Along the Oregon Trail plays at the Grand theater opening Friday. The family friendly film features Monte Hale as a frontier man who thwarts an ambitious adventurer. Also listed are stock sale notices and cafeteria menu items for the week.
John Harold Benson, once stationed at the Arco naval proving grounds, is transferred to the civil autonautics department at Salt Lake City airport. He visited here Friday with his mother Mrs. Lillie Benson en route to his new assignment with Mrs. Benson.
Notice lists delinquent stock assessments for the Preston Riverdale and Mink Creek Canal Co for 1947. Names include Noel J. Carter and others, indicating failure to pay the specified assessment on their stock.
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