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Newspaper

Thomson Review

Location

Thomson, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1945

Page

9

Jokes and quips from a crowded living room dialogue

A collection of light hearted lines about insurance, marriage, power bills and everyday mischief. The humor plays on misunderstandings and wordplay with a set of characters trading witticisms and one liners.

Vets Answer Questions on Eligibility and Civil Relief Act

The Veterans' Division of the United States Employment Service provides answers for returning service members. Topics cover restoration of eligibility after military service, definition of World War II veteran, and the Soldiers' and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 protecting service members in civil proceedings and safeguarding life insurance during service.

Veterans’ Division United States Employment Service West Second Street Rock Falls USES United States Armed Forces Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Naval Reserve Coast Guard Reserve U. G. Reserve National Naval Volunteers WACS WAVES SPARS Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Soldiers’ and Sailors Congress

Rooster Questions Hen Laying in a Coal Supply

A puzzled rooster asks what the hen is doing in the cellar. The hen replies she is laying in a supply of coal for winter.

Comic exchange on work hunger and loss

A small joke set features a hungry tramp and a housewife suggesting work. The tramp says working made him hungrier. A wife asks what to call a man who has just lost his wife, and the husband replies with a quip about being careless.

Humorous Exchange Highlights Gender Stereotypes

A joke pairs a man obsessed with earnings with a grocer’s wife who finds such a man. Mrs Smith asks why the dentist is needed, and Mrs Brown explains a tooth drives her to extraction.

Mrs. Smith Mrs. Brown

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