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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
3
A schoolteacher vents at a mischievous pupil and offers to act as mother. The boy coolly suggests speaking to his father. In a punchline, Al Falfa jokes about a candidate with a glass eye, revealing the gleam of human kindness as the clue.
A fragmentary history notes that pompadour names spread beyond hairdos to pink shades, fashion, and even a fish, tracing to Madame de Pompadour and her era. It also recounts the Teddy Bear origin from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1902 Mississippi hunt and a brief Lavalliere tale tied to duchess Françoise de Lavallière.
A reflective verse notes Clara enjoying a night sky with both the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper visible. The speaker Jack-Q. K. contrasts celestial beauty with a moment of drinking in the scene.
A collection of short witticisms and dialogue snippets features two mind readers debating marriage wants and big vows, a botany course joke about Delirium Tremens and Aurora Borealis, a house cook tirade over bacon, and a paraphrase on a singular mode of address describing a spinsterlike attire.
The customer, in a rough shave, asks the barber for another razor, saying he wants to defend himself. The barber replies that another razor is available.
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