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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1951
Page
2
The article calls for reduced show of affection at S H S urging students to avoid hand holding and public demonstrations. It asks for keeping atmosphere and school spirit intact while not shaming couples and to continue friendly behavior without obvious displays.
A humorous exchange starts with tearing a sheet into four pieces yielding quarters and into eight yielding eighths. When the joke escalates to dividing into eight thousand parts the punchline arrives as confetti.
Nosey Nora's column surveys readers on interdigitation and oscillation with quirky quotes from Arlene Wolf Shirley Buckingham and many others. Webster defines interdigitation as joined fingers and oscullation as kissing, prompting varied reactions.
A playful catalog links professions and roles to stones made famous in phrases. Laundresses to soapstone, architects to cornerstone, cooks to puddingstone, soldiers to bloodstone, politicians to blarneystone, borrowers to touchstone, policemen to pavingstone, stock brokers to curbstone, burglars to keystone, tourists to Yellowstone, beauties to peachstone, editors to grindstone, motorists to milestone, pedestrians to tomstone.
A diner scene shows a waiter replying to a crab question with a playful line about serving anyone who sits down. The moment captures a humorous, inclusive vibe in a casual dining setting.
The column weaves a scene of a drunken man in a saloon and a crowd singing old hillbilly tunes, then shifts to memories of Grampy. It recalls his simple joys planting, building, reading, and fishing, and notes his death in spring, leaving a lasting image of a favorite relative.
My grandfather came from London on a large boat and settled in Florida woods. He shared stories of his boyhood and adventures from Spanish American War to camping and cooking for Boy Scouts. He hunted, fished, and gathered rattlesnake rattles from his hunts.
Captain Paxton faces debt as two more whales are needed to pay the mortgage. After weeks without a catch the crew fights rough seas and a harpooned whale lashes from the water. Four whales are sighted. one whale damages a boat but no one is hurt. The other two boats secure whales and the crew receives pay.
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