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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
3
A business owner hung Do It Now reminders to spur promptness. Afterward chaos ensued as a cashier stole thirty thousand dollars, the head book keeper eloped with the secretary, three clerks sought raises, and the office boy became a bandit. A recruit joke contrasts fire station duties with a second blaze.
A cow puncher at a restaurant orders a steak. The waiter serves it rare. The puncher insists it be returned to the kitchen and recooked, arguing cows recover from worse injuries.
A stranger on a train offers to sell a cow to two spinsters. One asks if the cow yields milk. the man jokes that the cow is friendly and will share milk if available. After a tunnel, he bows and asks which lady he should thaple for the pleasant moments.
A hired man returns from the city wearing a four carat radiance scarf pin. The gift prompts gossip as his employer questions if it is a real diamond and the man jokes about his showy purchase.
A man boasts about consuming 49 boiled eggs at a public gathering. A listener quips asking why not eat one more to reach 50, while a second jokes about making a hog of himself with just one egg. The exchange highlights humorous crowd reactions.
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