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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
4
Matrimonial Maxims and Modern Marriage Quips
A collection of satirical lines on marriage critiquing wives, husbands, and courtship. It contrasts old and new views with phrases about independence, jealousy, and gender roles, noting humor in married life and the perils of vanity and reserve.
The Judge's Turn And Legal Jests At The Court
A stage manager laments critics while the company enjoys roast beef. In court, a heated exchange escalates until the judge urges focus. Briefer K C offers a legal joke from his seven year old son about a peacock and trespass, ending with a playful question about age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stormington
Briefer
K.C
Cam
Peacock
The Way of a Man With a Maid A Fable by Lyon Mearson
A man drifts into an engagement with a woman and faces social pressure to marry. He resists, but she forgives him for minor faults until the wedding eve, when she elopes with her chauffeur. He is heartbroken and laments women's fickleness, ending with a wary moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belinz
Parton
George
Old Mra, Lassenberry and a Tableaux Night
A village woman, seen as a faded relic of a past generation, attends a family gathering where tableaux are planned. A joke about smells of tableaux and a later, humorous courtroom moment with a burglar’s wife as witness closes the scene. Prosaic tips end with a coffee trick involving salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lassenberry
Warner's Safe Cure Promoted For Kidney and Liver Health
An advertisement urges women and men to combat common ailments by restoring kidney and liver health. It claims uric and biliary poisons cause widespread pain and lists conditions like rheumatism, indigestion, anemia, and backache. The pitch touts Warner's Safe Cure as a restoring remedy sold in 5 shillings and 2 shillings sixpence bottles by storekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Warner
Aris
Nature
Fata Ong
Franglais Humor At Civic Gathering Ends In Quip Battle
In a fragile English improvisation at a town gathering a French visitor teases the mayor family with musical jibes. A sharp exchange follows about music and marriage motives. A final tip notes ground cloves repel ants inside cupboards.
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