Probing Taste for Women Sparks Comic Reversal
In a London magazine fifty years ago sixty notable men asked to name their preferred wife traits. Most favored clever wives yet the public reaction mocked the idea. A Los Angeles writer notes many men claimed clever wives, while women rejected the notion and emphasized wit over vanity. The tale ends with a fatherly quip about the honeymoon as the calm before the storm.
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Best Buy Savings on Reading Matter for Waterloo Area
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to Waterloo Evening Courier for local affairs and to renew for Warmer and Breeder, a Northwest agricultural weekly. It touts practical content by expert farmers and authorities and suggests sharing the offer with neighbors, with delivery to different addresses.
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