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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1924
Page
7
A dialogue snippet shows Muffler’s salary debated as sufficient for living, a road closure notice referenced, and a cyclist who fell in a hole. Jane and an mistress discuss a cucumber bending incident described as a comic misunderstanding.
A collage of light humor and wry exchanges. Jokes cover deafness cures, ominous warnings about damage to bridges, social slyness, and daily gaffes in a domestic and public setting. The snippets read as a window into quick quips and social mishaps.
A comedian, after about twenty minutes on stage, delivers stale jokes causing audience unrest. He promises sleight of hand and asks for a man to display a trick, prompting a heckler to quip that the show would have begun earlier if known.
Tom Smith meets his old friend Witty Williams in the street and they exchange greetings. They ask about Arthur who has been away to regain strength and has now improved after a week in the country. The banter includes a joke about seven days making a week.
A patient in a hospital creates a disturbance by slamming a bathroom door and confronting a nurse. He complains about the soap and washing facilities while the nurse retorts with a sharp quip about having a tongue. The exchange ends without further incident.
A man rushes by in a village hurry to find work. He crashes around a corner nearly colliding with the vicar, who questions him. The man insists he cannot stop as he just heard of employment offering washing for the vicar's wife.
In a tale from a household, James, a long serving retainer to Mrs. Jones, fails to fetch a fish fork for a guest. The hostess notices and orders a fork for Mrs. Jones. James then quips the last time Mrs. Jones dined here we lost a fish fork and is sent to the garden.
A waitress stands behind a diner's chair and replies shyly to his remark about her thoughts. He asks for a penny for her thoughts while she insists she is busy and jokes about whether he is a tricked rabbit or a boiled fowl.
A maid asks for the afternoon off to see a dentist and returns with a tale that the dentist filled her tooth with something resembling thunder and lightning. The mistress questions if Miss Maud is in and jokes about the maid trimming the window as she approached the steps.
The farmer explains the new man broke two spade handles yesterday while workin g hard. A passerby offers an escritory for the drawing room but is declined as there is no one in the house who could play.
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