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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
7
The article says a Bone Bank program will support medical operations during World War II by providing preserved bone tissue for surgical use and research. It notes military hospitals and medical teams rely on coordinated donations and storage facilities to sustain wartime needs.
Brown assists Jones in hoisting a horse into a bathroom as a prank. Jones explains his plan to his puzzled friend, hoping his brother in law will reveal the joke when he discovers the horse in the bathroom tomorrow morning. The scenario ends with Jones confident he can reveal the gag.
An inspector asks residents about pests invading corn. A native replies that they indeed have trouble but they fish them out and drink it anyway, in a rustic, humorous exchange.
A humorous domestic exchange unfolds as a husband praises his wife’s appearance calling her Venus while she tests the sincerity of the compliment and a lighthearted quip about age follows.
A fragmented line from a lunch counter scene shows a meek man seated while a quiet observer riffs on appetite and identity in a cryptic exchange. The text hints at social observation through dining, with lingering questions about character.
The man of the house explains their watchdog is not a thoroughbred guard dog yet will alarm them by barking. The visitor asks what the dog does and learns it crawls under the bed to alert them, not bark loudly.
Two men leaving a banquet share a risqué home rule about undressing at the foot of the stairs to avoid waking the wife. At lunch next day they compare results and reveal the plan failed as one admitted undressing at the foot of the stairs and folding his clothes.
A Scottish terrier named NGUS MacTAVISH buried five pennies given by his owner. The owner followed the dog to confirm the coin burying and then bought six buns for five cents at a bakery with the saved money.
In Cactus Junction Uncle Zeke vows to quit New York life but is knocked down by a rider on two wheels. He refuses to apologize and shouts at the fallen man asking him to check his oil as he lies on the street.
A collection of brief comic snippets shows a young mother defending neat dress, a neighbor explaining lace edging, a preacher urging attendance, and a tired man declining heaven due to crowding. The pieces capture light social banter and small town humor.
Artemus Ward tells a Civil War era railroad tale about a passenger advising the conductor on safety. He jokes that detaching the cowcatcher and hitching it to the rear could stop a wandering cow from biting a passenger aboard the slow Southern train.
A jeweler notes a man who stops daily to check his watch against the jeweler's clock. The man reveals he times his whistle at the iron works to signal work. The jeweler admits he also uses the whistle to set his clock, creating a mutual timekeeping system.
A chaotic bar scene unfolds with a gangster rushing in and a hail of bullets. Amid the gunfire, an English patron remains seated, calmly surveying the scene as onlookers scatter and the aggressor demands silence.
A fragmentary exchange shows a father demanding a jacket and urging a son to accompany him while a boy named Jock objects in a terse Scots dialect. The dialogue references a supposed joke about settling with a fox and a grocer.
Smith visits a friend in low spirits. The friend reveals his wife has a new hairdresser, but the punchline shows she only arranged a barber for him after admitting he is bald, prompting humorous misinterpretation about hair.
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