The Silent Observer Parody of Small Talk and Vanity
A collection of wry quips and snippets on births, gasoline costs, daily annoyances, and aging teeth. It playfully critiques human vanity with witticisms about life, money, and common frustrations.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 2 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
6
Flossie and the Hen House Joke
A brief oddball humor item shows Mrs. Jones ill in bed while her husband nails in the yard. A neighbor asks about her cough and the husband replies it is a hen house not illness, then jokes about a burglar in stocking feet and ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
United Effort
Also Mentioned on This Page
ED Dodd
Archie
Daltadd Featere Syndicate
Lil Abner Gran'pappy
Part
By AL Capp
Walt AL
Baldy Crumb
Hezekiah
Geo’ Heerd
Baldy T
Flossie Belle
Pickedyo
Baldy
Flossiebelle
Leite Tamer US
Little Mary Mixup
Mary
Lppito
Dingle
Barkis
Bertie
Rome
Omaha
Ste
Have & Wi ‘Lee
Timur House
Lheae
Ney
Pat Aeyr
Fritz
Frit2i
Olga Klunk
Olga
Joe Jinks
Dynamite Dunn
Tha ‘Gia
The
By Ernie Bushmiller
Neeu Maid
Ad Dea
O.K
Fritzi
Llanuza
Chad Cost
Oma Wan
Ella Cinders
By Bill Conselman
Charlie Phimb
Joes Aris
Aalan
Ayster
Harry F, O’neill
Ned Blaine
Doodle
Yipee-E-E
Bill
Nell
Kidwaper
DIBA
By Ben Batseord
WSI
Jerule
Aur
Nsw
AAA
Briak
Bush
Danny Dingle
Nery
BY Bernard Dibble
BY Rudolph Dikks
P. T. Barnum
Bobby
Utopia
Adam and Eve
Flossie
plen‘Fe
Search the The Chronicle Telegram Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The The Chronicle Telegram?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.