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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
3
A jumble of rustic quips about teeth, fame, romance, and kitchen scents. The fragment references a Sabula girl comparing a beau to a baseball player and recalls a traveling salesman, a coroner’s exchange, and old-time manners. It notes tooth brushing as child discipline and suggests autumn baking aromas as seasonal temptations.
A dialogue notes a boyfriend buying a reading lamp as a gift. One person explains they are heading out to buy a book, prompting curiosity about the lamp gift. The exchange suggests a cozy, introspective moment.
A collection of light anecdotes from Sabula covers single life jokes about bachelors and married plans, modest cafe fare like beans and Boston brown bread, local hair-cutting pride among Sabula youth, a Maquoketa recital misprint dispute over a Stradivarius claim, and a jibe about newspaper advertising rates.
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