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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
3
A family visits a daughter's stylish city home where modern appliances line the dining room table. Dad quips that the daughter once mocked their kitchen dining while visiting, arguing that cooking in the dining room is not worse than their prior kitchen meals.
In a busy intersection two truck drivers jumped down and exchanged taunts. One hurled a crude insult while the other retorted with a tired smile and a compliment as tensions cooled.
A boy recalls a news reel of mounted police and jokes about their outfits being like Nelson Eddy. In another scene Johnny sobs over losing a dime given for being the best boy, explaining he wasn’t the top student.
A mother pleads for daily baths to a skeptical five year old Dora. Dora replies that she believes in baths only after noting a duck’s appearance. The anecdote highlights maternal persuasion and child humor.
A collection of short exchanges and puns from a rural setting. Villagers discuss fire rumors about a neighbor’s house, a lost ten dollar bill, and misheard pro and con meanings. A delivery boy joke, a zoo visit gag, a turtle sighting, and a caretaker remark about a begonia plant add humorous texture to daily life.
A witty exchange defines diplomacy as the art of guiding others with charm. The line—What’s a diplomat? A person who can tell you to go to the devil so pleasantly that you’re rarin’ to go—frames diplomacy as persuasive and sly.
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