Waste Saving Breakthroughs and New Food Trends
The bureau of standards advances waste reduction by reclaiming paraffin paper scraps and other refuse, boosting usable materials in clay, concrete, paper making, and buttons. The fisheries service reports growing tilefish and sea mussel consumption, with tilefish rising to 20 million pounds annually since 1915. A stray poultry joke ends with a police reveal of a chicken riding on a car’s rear axle.
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Department of Commerce
Thomas F. Logan
Leslie’s
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Fisheries Service
Man Held In Odd Columbus Farm Entry Case
Neal McLeaster of Hill Crest farm near Columbus took a car trip four miles out and back for a lunch break. Police officers Boese and Wood overheard a noise and laughed at the idea of a chicken sound turning into a human intrusion.
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Neal McLeaster
Hill Crest Farm
Columbus
Boese
Wood
Boeese
Eastern Medicines And Pictorial Beliefs Across Asia
The article describes traditional remedies in Japan and China using animal parts and products. It notes snakeskin as a supposed abdomen cure, tiger bones and carbonized skulls, carbonized birds, and swallow nests as tonic components, illustrating widespread belief in potent natural cures.
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Japan
China
A Man's Woes Toward Marriage and Elevators
A humorous old remark notes that a man may find it easier to obtain a wife than to keep one. It adds that a man with an office on the tenth floor will complain about the climb when the elevator is out of service.
Crawford Motorcars Face Up as Dangerous, Crabsaw Reacts
A courtroom quip in the dialogue shows Crawford motorcars deemed dangerous with Crabshaw expressing intent to buy one, while a judge weighs the remark.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Judge
Born to Be Popular Says A Quiet Social Guide
The text argues that natural popularity hinges on contentment and the ability to reflect others mood. It notes that popular people need not be amusing, but their presence eases self consciousness and disrupts social stagnation.
Train speeds questioned in puzzled passenger exchange
A humorous exchange on a stationary passenger train features a passenger asking the conductor about speed and the conductor’s curt reply, highlighting a moment of dry railway wit.
Pugilist Quips About Dad as Infighting Digs In
The exchange shows a challenger and veteran boxer weighing odds. One taunts the other’s heavyhanded style while the rival criticizes the opponent’s inside fighting as weak. The dialogue hints at a high stakes clash between two fighters.
At the Tailor's Lampoon Clip
A humorous cartoon caption mocks tailor shop talk with quips about cuffing trousers and slapping the mouth in a satirical tone typical of a lampoon.
Explaining the Dog Bite Comment
A dialogue fragment shows one speaker asking how a dog bit them while another retorts with a cryptic remark about being a bonehead. The exchange suggests confusion or insult without broader context or names.
Peculiar Gait Quip Follows Fence Remark
A colorful remark mocks a fiendish figure for straddling lines. The exchange plays on a fence motif as a witty jab in a social quarrel.
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Sitka Oo
Voilea
Fon Taffeta
Weven Celer
Imperial Sea
Zephyr Gingham
Beese
McLecaster
McLeaster
McLcaster
Indianapolis News
THE
Tailor’s
Ra Pat Atte Ermene
S.N. Hamilton
S. N. Hamilton
Legal Loan Company
Citizens National Bank
Kokomo
Ind
Athees Ethic
Observer
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