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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
5
Waiting for the downtown express, Nussbaum uses a locked weight scale that prints a card with his name and weight. After misreading praise, a red headed Irishman volunteers then weighs 126 pounds. A final card warns Nussbaum that he has just missed his train.
A humorous exchange about hiding bar gain sale ads by burning clippings reveals a quirky domestic motive. The speaker jokes that the clippings are useless except to avoid arousing suspicion from a spouse. The gag hinges on a simple, lighthearted twist.
Jenny finally addresses her fiancé Jock about their unromantic betrothal. She argues no kiss has occurred since dating, while Jock responds with auto corrected confusion. The exchange reveals strain in their approaching marriage.
An Indian named Joe impressed a small Canadian community with uncanny weather predictions. On sunny days he would slink in and mutter that rain would come. One day a hunter asked when the miserable mix of rain wind and cold would end. Joe shrugged and said radio he broke.
In a boarding house scene a smart aleck taunts a new waitress asking her name. She replies Pearl, prompting the retort that she is the Pearl cast before swine signaling a moral twist in a domestic tone.
An officer confronts a sailor wearing a barrel and asks about the outlandish attire. The sailor explains he spent hours with men who are poker players, denying the look was for disguise or duty.
The jokes editor laughs at a note from MacTavish warning no more Scotch jokes or he will stop borrowing material from the paper.
A wife insists she has only one dress to match two hats while a husband complains of extravagance. The exchange hinges on fashion economics and domestic budgeting in a humorous tone.
A long nostalgic monologue recalls Tru mans shift from a 40 acre Jackson Missouri farm to the White House. The piece contrasts country toil with political life and laments misplaced guidance while praising simple labor and honesty. The text also includes satirical jabs at public life and a boxing fiction fragment with a wager and a fallout between Hill and Logan.
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