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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
2
A vacationist on a hike meets an inmate painting a fence at an asylum. The inmate denies craziness and claims a tree holds gold. The next day the vacationist returns and is paroled by the inmate to help with straw gathering.
A pompous county official visits the local insane asylum and attempts a crucial telephone call. He grows impatient with the operator and demands to know his identity, only to be met with the operator’s calm retort that she knows his location rather than his name.
A personnel manager interviews a young lady for a bookkeeping post and jokes about responsibility while she boasts she is responsible due to past "discrepancies." Henry Peck laments missing credit for arriving early as his wife slept, preferring to stay out with friends.
A hungry tramp comes to a kind woman who offers food. He eats a hearty meal and she asks about his life. He sighs that his life has been full of trials and admits the worst part is he was always convicted.
A husband finishes a电话 call as his wife asks who he spoke to. He explains the caller was his mother and responds that she is about the same, unfair to meddling.
A quirky exchange shows two men plotting a quick money scheme. One convinces the other to glue a device to the floor as a get rich plan. The dialogue hints at a comic, absentminded scheme rather than a serious enterprise.
A rural guide asks why the hunter did not shoot at a distant flock of birds. The urban hunter replies he fears damaging a new gun before it is broken in, avoiding strain from long-range use.
A married man asks a lawyer friend if he can avoid paying alimony. The lawyer replies with a blunt two word answer suggesting how to evade such obligations: stay single or stay married.
The page features scattered lines about Bulber’s nightlife and a humorous exchange on reading conflicts. Characters Victor Vinnie and Tux contribute short quips, reflecting light social chatter and casual banter typical of the era.
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