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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1960
Page
13
Uncle Dan From Coolie jokes about honesty and bragging in society. He skewers politicians, car salesmen, lawyers, and rich folks, noting how money breeds excuses and how even revival sermons fail under scrutiny. He taunts the gap between public virtue and private vanity with humor.
A father jokes about his son’s report card saying with grades as they are he couldn’t possibly be cheating. The quip plays on the idea of honesty and academic standards in a light domestic moment.
A collection of short, dated humor includes a missionary and a kneeling lion, a village speed quip, a shopper refused gifts for her husband’s birthday, a battleship plaque gag, a skunk misadventure, a trio of old profession jokes, and a wife dishing out hair tonic to a husband’s secretary.
An eccentric old woman from a neighborly tale stores savings in a shoe box under her bed. A neighbor jokes about earning interest with a loan, and the woman hints she is protecting funds for future costs. A singer boasts of insuring her voice for ten thousand dollars. A quiet man asks what happened to the money.
A reader oriented page highlights neighborhood business support and community activities in Franklin County. The section blends advertising with local news to showcase neighbors and shops sustaining the publication.
Vera Dewey of Weston hears of a birth a 9 pound 7 ounce boy born March 2 at Air Force Base hospital Harlingen Texas to Lt and Mrs Thane W Dewey. Grandfather Reed Campbell of Dayton and grandmother Mrs Herbert Williams attended a Danish mission reunion Feb 26 in Salt Lake City. Other Weston residents visited Ogden Salt Lake City and Salina High substituting for a teacher. Mr and Mrs Fred Bingham announce the arrival of a new daughter born Feb 27 at Preston hospital.
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