A Good Wall Joke At Pending Cottages
A contractor hurries a row of cottages to finish by the month’s start. Foreman hidden behind a wall answers yes to hearing but no to seeing, prompting the contractor to declare the wall a good one.
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1947
Page
7
Sewing Circle Patterns Sport Suit for Sunny Whaikee
Sewing Circle Pattern No. 8163 offers a sporty ensemble with a top, shorts, and a full sun skirt. Includes sizes 10 through 20 with yardage for 35 or 39 inch fabric. top uses % yard, shorts 114 yards, skirt 1% yards.
Dejected Sailor Despairs Over Lost Town Phone List
A civilian finds a sailor sitting on a park bench looking despondent. The sailor says he is listless because he has lost his list of phone numbers for the town, sharing his distress with the passerby.
Judge rules on case as counsel protests reopening
A judge declares he will not reopen a case after delivering a decision. The plaintiff's counsel retorts that continuing is pointless. The judge retorts that no one else could perform the operation with less personal injury.
Two Countrymen At Fair Trick With Water Pump
Two men at a fair approach a stall with bobbing balls on water jets. One fails to pot a ball with a rifle. The other takes the rifle and shoots, making every ball drop. Walking away the unsuccessful man asks how it was done, and Will replies he shot the pump operator.
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Will
Simple lace edging keeps shirts tucked in
A mother asks how neighbors keep four sons neatly dressed. The neighbor says she sews lace edging around the bottom of each shirt to prevent shirt tails from flapping.
No Hope in the Market as Man Faces Collapse
A worn businessman returns home to a vanished cook and a market of low spirits. Facing financial ruin and a farewell note from his wife, he resolves to end his troubles by taking a fatal dose.
Reason to Rise
A father questions a son’s reluctance to wake early. The son replies that flowers rise from beds at dawn and would do the same if his own bed were as dirty as theirs. The exchange blends humor with a fablelike lesson about diligence and appearance.
Well Worn Junior's Dad and the long trousers wish
An old joke recalls a father who longed to wear long trousers in his youth and finally achieved the look. He jokes that if anyone wears them longer, he would like to see him.
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Dad
Long-Term Approach Ashy Proposes Buried With His People
Ashy plans a future with Julia but cannot speak of marriage. He asks in a whisper how she would feel about being buried with his people, signaling a lifelong commitment through death.
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Ashy
Julia
Rare medieval armor exposed in Mantua church figures
In 1937 an antiques expert examined 17 life sized figures lining the Madonna delle Grazie church interior near Mantua and found they wore rare medieval armor rather than papier mache, revealing the true armored curation behind the church walls.
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