Not So Bad and Laundry Humor in Rural Tales
A humorous rural snippet from American Legion Weekly describes an old farmer noting things washed away by a creek and neighbors reacting. The exchange includes lines about Flaherty and Larsen losing items and ends with a quip on a family crest mistaken for a laundry mark. It also includes a joke about De Golds and country cousins and a family crest mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaherty
Larsen
American Legion Weekly
de Golds
Poet's Last Poem Affects Wife And Circulation
A witty exchange reveals a wife nearly stopped by a poem while the editor jokes about circulation. The quip highlights newspaper life and reader reaction in a compact, period-voiced aside.
Out of Danger Thunder and a Rainy Day Cartoon
A garbled collage of dialogues and jokes from a London humor column. It includes quips about a secretary applicant, a driver suing a railroad, a boastful sponge cake remark, dancing daughters, a green grass widow, and scattered slang from American and British sources. The readable bits sketch a vaudeville style sampler of pulp-era humor with mixed names and places.
Miss Stanton Returns to Thomson School Post
Former Thomson schoolteacher Miss Stanton, previously serving in Waterville and Fram Wash areas, is reported to have resumed duties after a period away. Local readers are advised to consult The Review for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stanton
Thomson Unrh Schaat
Thomsen
Mrs ii de Grossman of Witten HL Visit Mentioned
Inquiries note Mrs ii de Grossman of Witten HL is here for a short stay at the Henry Jobim home. The group plans a diurnal routine of rest and travel, with a two week duration ending around Porneyiaanat, and will bring a complete camping outfit for a forthcoming trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
II de Grossman
Witten
Henry Jobim
Mondiorong
Porneyiaanat
Albert's Dry Cleaners Savanna notice and bids
Notice to Mammoth Jack service at the farm with all days open and a $15 cost. During O C Griswold illness all Dues to Myst ic Workers Lodge No 7 may be paid to Dr Mary Sagner. Sealed bids for north south bus service in District No 74 due August 10 1925 at 6 PM. Board may reject all bids. Sealed bids for cleaning interior of school building and furniture in Consolidated District No 74 due 6 PM August 10. AE Sheridan Clerk STATIONS Mt Carroll Glen View Hotel Sasanna Radke Hotel Thomson Newell Lewis Fulton Johnsons Book Store Clinton Lafayette Hotel Clinton Hotel Turner Hall Bldg Bus stops for passengers en route. Tight express and parcel service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O C Griswold
Mystic Workers Lodge No 7
Mary Sagner
Mt. Carroll
Glen View
Sasanna
Radke
Thomson—Newell and Lewis
Fulton— Johnson’s Book Store
Clinton—LaFayette
Clinton Hotel
Turner Hall
Territory Tuition Notice and Community Sale
Consolidated School District advertises a sale of produce with sweet corn two dozen for a quarter and potatoes and cabbage, listing Wm. Hawk as seller. Andy Sheridan takes a two week vacation from duties as cashier at Thomson State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hawk
Andy Sheridan
Thomson State Bank
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London
Drake
the Reilroad
Blake
Lisa Jane
Menmph's
Bao
Amerian le Pick
Fred
Tedtie
Sydney Bulletin
Albert's Dry Cleaners
Savanna, Nl
Mammoth Jack
Lee Morgan
The
College of Commerce
Clinton
Iowa
AE Sheridan
Savanna Motor Bus
Ween
Savanna
Thomson
Fulton Clinton
Adams Prep
Homson
Clintor Clevion
Fulton Ly
Mt Carroll
ILLYS
Ridings
F.ob
Toledo
Lewis Motor CO
West
Western Lines
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harmeony
E Byram
Mark VW. Toner
Edw
J. Brundage
Puget Sound
A. Thompson
Robbins- Hutson Co
Tri-City
Fulton
Illinois
P Hendricks
Allison Building
Telephone Bisck
Joseph A. Hopkins
Greison Eld
Ill
B. J. Snyder
Abrams
Robbins
Vincent Bell
McMahon & Bell
Attorneys AT Law
Allison Block
John R. Beearton
Ilinois
Co. J. Neumann Laples’ Fine
Fifth Ave
Booth-Paddock Music CO
2Nd St
Kaye.Smith
Towle and Hoes
G. W. Blohm
Hiropractic Health Service
L. L
Mary Alagner
F. E. Melug
Metugin & Sagiel Glasses
C. T. Bigelow, M. D
Wilson
Helen L. Clizbe
Clinton, Iowa
J. R. Bather Co
5Th Ave
Bell Phone
Nestle
Lanois
Cora B. Hufman
DeLange
A. M. Blodgett
Clinton National Bank
E.A Young
C. H. Young
Albbert B. Rathbun
A.f.johnson
Clinton Savings Bank
Sixth Avenue and
Second St
Savings Bank of
Kewanee, Ilinois
W. H. Foster, M. D
Ralph Bollious
Reimers
M. G Rogers
F. J. Cheney & CO
Ohio
K. B. Carpenter
A. E. Sheridan
F. Roe Cramer
Kodak and Gift Shop
Kodak
Sixth Avenue
Clinton, Towa
Paint and Paper
Fulton III
A. Wythe, Prop
Julius Stoecks
Howes
Christian Church Notes
E. P. Schaich
Virginia
Francke & Switzer
Board of
Board of Directors
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