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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
4
A Varied Van Buren column urges steady advertising growth citing Pears soap and business wisdom, warns about Bolshevist influences in schools, casts doubt on public service commissions, and jests at social trends, with civic and political commentary threaded through.
The item cites a Newport woman claiming five thousand dollars yearly suffices for proper dress while noting a man requires only two pairs of suspenders after essentials. The humor shifts through jests on funerals, telegrams, and social mores.
Poem fragment tells of a man who hoped to outrun a train with his car and again to miss the engine, but ends with the claim that there is no longer such a man.
A man once selling lightning rods gold bricks and crayon chromes now has a son who trades in auto accessories. The line contrasts old family business with new generation choices as the speaker notes the humor of shifting trades.
A collection of offhand notes includes a mother child quip about spanking and suffering, a joke about French dressing on salad not girls, and a political jab urging city officials to steer straight for four years. A Van Buren husband quips that dodging experts must endure what comes.
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