Wade's Wide Cracks reflects small town back fence humor
A humorous rough-cut column prints assorted gags and wry observations from a rural paper. Jokes touch on politics, society manners, marital quirks, and local figures with playful misprints and sly asides.
Fractured Jokes and Quirky Lines From a Nightly Quarrel
A sequence of humorous exchanges about coffee, literature, and home life. The couple’s quarrel is playfully described as neighbors stepping in each night. A pun about a cat and frogs frames the closing joke.
Theatres Capitol Theatre Lineup and Mary of Scotland Dramatization
The Capitol Theatres in Clinton and Davenport feature diverse programs with Walkie on Air and The Devil is a Sissy at Clinton, plus Mary of Scotland starring Katharine Hepburn at Davenport. The General Died at Dawn opens Friday with a secondary feature Kelly the Second, amid an all-star cast and lavish production notes.
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Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Iowa
Nufay
Ciene Haymond
Ann Sothern
Wills-Predevic Marek
Katherine Hepburn
Backie Rooney
Devil Is A
Capitol
Davenport
Nothern
China
Kelly
Patsy Kelly
Charlie Chase
Gary Cooper
Kent Carroll
Cooper
Uaviner
Thavinge
Guitter Wilkes
Pert Kelton
Hal Roch-M-C-M
Cecil Callahan
Molly Kelly
Miery
Sealand
Janeen
Haabett
Earl of Bothwell
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