Proverbial Bits and Wisecracks From a Historic Page
A collage of humor and quips from a bygone era touching on war memories names in towns a magician’s trick morale jokes and proverbs. It includes lines about a sergeant a K P assignment and many one liners reflecting social norms of the time.
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Ceerall
Rock Island
Choice Seed Bailey
J. L. Oosterryk & Son
Morrison
Lloyd C. Guyer
Maquoketa
Peter Temple
Fenton
Loomer Downing
Mt. Carroll
Farm Seeds
Postal Card
Us Today
Hall Roberts’ Son
Postville
Iowa
Jim Bull
Union Grove
Sterling Mattress Factory
Ave. A. Sterling, Ill
Thomson
Guy Turney
S. Blake
U. S. Defense
George Oliver
Hillsdale
George W. Ivey & Sons
Clyde Groharing
Lanark
Robert Sargent Lanark
Ill
A. L. Boothby
Flgor National Bank
Savanna, Il
Herbert Rawlins, Jr. Thomson
Hil
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co
General Automotive
Cut Rate Auto Supply Co
2Nd St
Clinton
General Auto CO
Bear Service Station
4Th Ave
Burroughs Electric
R. G. Truman Howe
Lanark, Ill
Delmar D. Darrah
Jesus of Nazareth
Scottish Rite Auditorium
Bloomington, Illinois
Bloomington
Illinois
Morris-Barrick Cattle Company
Dixon, Ill
Kipnis Sales
MT. Carroll Sales CO
O. P. Miles
Roy Fritz
H. Kipnis
Sterling Sales
Sterling, Ill
Brookville
E. Wehmeyer
Harry Kipnis
Wm. Ehredt and Son
Savanna
Milwaukee Stock Yards
L. W. Swett
H. Bristol
H. P. Hartman
Hope Church
Chadwick
Bangs
Rush W. Carroll
W. B. Drury
Garden Plain
Albany
Fowlers Farms
H. Blackett
F. A. Vegge
DeWitt
Earl Kauffman
Thomson, Ill
Belgium
F. W. Bender
Alvin Provant
A. J. Knuckey & Son
Scales Mound
Glenn Gill
Elizabeth
Jake Kerkstra
Fulton
John Renkes
Fulton, Il
Hatchery
Bruce Groharing
19Th Ave. N
Clinton, Ia
Argo-Fa
Clyde Foltz
McCarthy Feed Co
Rock Falls
Robert Groharing
White Rocks
Miller Hatchery
Miller Drama
ANARK
Bloomington, Ill
John Carroll
Jess Wood
Morrison Hatchery
Clarence Schwan
Prop
American Weekly
Chicago Herald- American
H. A. Challand
M. Sterling
M. L. Sutton
Canavan
South 4Th St
Ilinois
Moline
Logan F. Valentine
2Nd Ave
Great Falls
Montana
Blackhawk Co-Operative Hybrid Seed Corn Co
Polo, Ul
Baby
White Leghorns
New Hampshire
Reds
Milledgeville Hatchery Join Parks
Milledgeville
Wade
Lester
K. P
Potts
Nev
Pottsville
Ark
Pottstown
Potts Camp
Miss
Chambersburg
Sandy
Maggie
Swain
St. Louis
Many & Woman
Jones
Smith
Wisconsin
McKay Nursery Cmpany
Madison
Wis
Holstein
Stransdale
W. H. Foster
M. D
Wilson Bldg
Joslin
Erie, Ill
Alfred St. Ores
U. S
Per Bu
Eine
Traver Bros
Elvira
Elvira Ph
OUR
Wesley Sack
Hartman Implement Sales
Wm. Goddard
Clarence Hanson
Morrison Implement Co
Robert Acker
Paul Graehling
Anderson & Jacobs
Sterling
C. A. Kinsel
Naprapath
Morrison, Ill
Hulting’s
G. E. Hulting & Son
Geneseo
Joe Feldman
Albany Shipping Association
Vernon Reiling
Port Byron
Matt Smith
Prophetstown
Rock River Lumber & Grain
Lyndon
Heaven On Earth
D. Ornsteen
Box
Chicago
Featuring
PMC
Gus A. Brumer, Jr
S. 2Nd St
Western Union
Blackhawk
Blackhawk Hybrid Seed Corn Co
Polo, Ill
Carroll County
Representatives
Abe Reiff
John M. Fogel
John M. Miller
Kirby Thomas—Lanark
Andrew Miller
Henry Miller
Evan Rahn
Harry Horner
Shannon
Godfrey Wolfe
Elkhorn Grove
Dr.e. J. Musk
Musk Optical Company
Tchat
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