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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
3
In Palestine a traveler, soon to be a father, brings Jordan water for his child's christening back home. At the church the minister whispers that drinking water inside is not allowed. A separate quip contrasts a husband asking about sock holes with a wife balking at a fur coat.
Classified notes list auto shop services from General Auto Co Bear Service Station at 115 4th Ave Clinton offering wheel alignment inspections to improve tire wear and steering. Also mentions miscellaneous ads for plastering cement work and sewing machines with fish market notices and humorous quotes.
Satirical column presents jumbled jokes and quips about rationing shortages, odd epitaphs, a jail scene, a car engine claim, and a warning about math, highlighting wartime era absurdities and social anxieties through fragmented humor. The tone mimics a local paper's light fare column with a scattered collage of topics and wordplay.
The page blends stray typographic errors with a wedding moment where a bride sighs happiness while bridesmaid warns of cynicism. It references 1944 car parts supply and Leslie Howard’s premonition, plus a plug for The American Weekly feature in Sunday Chicago Herald American.
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