Wide Crackers and Wisecracks From Countryside Columns
A collage of humorous lines and gibes from the Countryside column in the Dyersville Commercial. Observations range from advice on courting and economy to quirks of shoppers and a quip about Rita Hayworth.
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Dyersville
Rita Hayworth
Earth
Mars
Alibi Quoted in Court Prayer Meeting Defense
In a courtroom exchange the defendant defines an alibi as proof of being at a prayer meeting, with the judge prompting the explanation. The dialogue underscores the defense strategy focusing on alibi credibility and timing.
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Mendota
Illinois
Milnois
Iowa
Biers Live Stock Commission Co
Herman George
Freeport
E. C. Eells
Harry Kipnis
Mt. Carroll
Leverton Brothers
Warren
Ill
Absent-minded professor visits doctor in comic exchange
The famous absent-minded professor visits his doctor who checks his tongue and jokes about a portage stamp. A playful anecdote follows about Michael MacDougall and gambling tricks, ending with a humorous office-knife gag involving a low-paid clerk and his single pair of trousers.
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Michael
Mickey’ MacDougall
Chicago Herald- American
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Parks Hatchery
Purina Chows
Patek Paints
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Ford
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Buick
Chevrolet
Ray Pfeil
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National Park Bidg
Tel
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E. Wehmeyer
Sterling Sales
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Home Appliance Co
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John Aggen
Sweitzer & McGinnis
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John Deere
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Altman-Shoall Hide and Fur Company
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Colo
Davenport and Chair
John Deere Tractor
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Harry Clark
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Kieffer Canning
Glenn Bower
Ideal Church
Kohler Electric
Ruben O. Lieb
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Victor Oak
William Lundy
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Rt. 2
Te-Co
Morrison Implement Co
Morrison
Pete
Colehour Bros
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U.S. Treasury Department
Francke & Switzer
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Quaker Oats Company
Rockford
Ilinois
Swift & Company
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Second St
Rock Falls
Twin City Motor Coach, Inc
Miles
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Rollingstone
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Carrington
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Rapid City
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Harwood Girls’ School
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America
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School
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King Lalnd CO
Denham Bldg
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Apply Mill Office
Pillsbury Feed Mills
S. and
Union Office
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Walter Maxey
William J. Green
Wells
Lanark
Robert Sargent
Mary
Green
Jerry
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Aleck
T. B
Bangs
Rush W. Carroll
Hiveford
Handy Farm
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Duroc
Jersey
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Reiling
Port Byron
Port
Byron
Joan She
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March Farrow
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Fruin & Bellows
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John Toepfer
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George Henricksen
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Clyde Foltz
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Wisit
Herb Combs
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Polo
Kenneth Knapp
Kent
Flavian Farm
Wacker Road
Dial
Harry E. Fisher & Son
Aledo
Broadmaster
Cardinal
Harry Schubert
Elizabeth
Berkshire
Ralph Boerema
N. E
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J. C. Sweitzer
Ohio
Will Otten
Hanover
Lewis, Thomson
I'nois
James G
Gridley & Son
Morrison, Illinois
A. M. Potts
O. D
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Wade
Wade Guenther
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Stransdale Farms
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