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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1925
Page
10
A series of light anecdotes features a farmer and a hand chased by a bull through a rocky field as they repeatedly vanish in and out of a hole. Other pieces describe a magnate shopping for a department head, and a streetcorner exchange about optimism from an umbrella maker amid a rainstorm.
The passage records quirky exchanges between a maid, mistress, guests, a mother, and a child. Snippets mention a new fire escape device, cash terms for guests, a boy named Tommy Jones, and a fashion-conscious friend praising a dress, all in a domestic setting.
A fragmentary court transcript shows a defendant questioned about alibi and literacy while a witness speaks of deceitful courtship. The exchange includes a question about time and a claim of being in Roxbury at 4:30 on the stated Wednesday with unclear surrounding context.
A determined man enters a barber shop and orders a haircut without conversation insisting no chatter. The barber explains he is unable to answer questions as the regular barber is at lunch. The scene shifts to a street piano incident with an irascible old man, and jokes about doctors and soap eating follow in a series of quick vignettes.
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