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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
1
A coroner questions an eye witness about a wife who shot her husband with a pistol at close range. The exchange notes powder marks on the victim’s face. A second, unrelated gag line about a man responding to a grocery device ad with a paperweight appears in the same row.
A father quotes marriage advice to his son stressing cooperation in daily tasks. A nurse recalls a patient listening to a wall and the wall’s purse replying it cannot hear anything, delivering a quiet humor punchline.
After rinsing lamp shades turn on a fan to speed drying. Airflow prevents color running and helps shade finish dry faster.
A fragmented consumer note discusses preserving soap by drying wrappers and using it amid household tasks. It includes advice on drying hankies, rolling through fabrics, and dusting windows twice a year, with mentions of ironing boards and oiling cloths for upkeep.
Very stern parent questions a youth as the school master contends with a complaint. The injured youth explains Jimmy Hughes bent eight pin and Jody left it on the chair but he sat on the plug, blaming him for the accident.
Two mountain men drafted for camp buy bananas from a food seller aboard a moving train. One bites and jokes about blindness after entering a tunnel, while the other wonders if his friend has finished his fruit. The scene captures a humorous moment amid travel and army drafts.
A household bill exchange turns humorous when the man of the house returns a bill from his family physician Tamarrow stamped a year old with a birthday quip. The exchange contrasts formal statements with a lighthearted personal note in a domestic setting.
A junior associate from a metropolitan law firm travels to a nearby city to consult an agent and learns upon arrival that he forgot the client's name. He wires his office asking for identification and receives a reply listing Williams Edgard and Elmer as the mistaken names.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a speaker arguing about heat and chores while another character questions produce handling. The exchange hints at a stalled plan and tension over tasks, but lacks clear context or outcomes.
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