Fishermen's Poker Stranger Steals Crew's Pots
A fishing trip ends in gloom when a fellow camper joins a poker game and, after bluffing with four aces, walks off with six watches rings diamonds and four pistols amid a fatal blow to morale. The party returns home defeated as they explain the losses to their wives over the next two years.
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Fritz Shantz
Bill Allen
Tom Nelson
Dick Howard
Sam Douglass
Frank Hawkins
Bruce Ward
Fritz
Bill
Impersonating an Officer Over a Street Corner
A terse courtroom quip features an officer charging vagrancy and the defendant being accused of loafing near a street corner. The exchange underscores a legal point about conduct and appearance in a humorous local narration.
Where the Trouble Was First Doughboy Caption
A humorous wartime caption contrasts two doughboys discussing Paris. It pivots on a quip about language and cultural takeaways while noting a medical claim of 666 cures for chills and fever.
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Paris
Census figures show Texas white population near four million
Washington reports Texas white residents number 3,918,136, up 712,288 in a decade, as total Texas population reaches 4,663,228. Black population stands at 741,723, Indians 2,110, and Mexicans listed as white, with Oklahoma whites 1,822,541 and its Black population 149,407, while Northern and Western states see large percentage gains in Black populations.
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Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
United States
Oklahoma
Interior Department
West
First class watch repair at Dyer and Jones drug store
Mrs R H Jay offers first class watch clock and jewelry repairs at Dyer and Jones drug store with prompt service and reliable workmanship.
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R. H. Jay
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Two In One Love Advice Playfully Echoes Wisdom
A witty quip suggests choosing the second option to gain both romance and challenge. The remark contrasts loving a great problem with loving a beautiful woman, inviting readers to opt for a fuller, intertwined path.
A SAFE RISK First Undergrad and Second Undergrad Dialog
Two undergraduates debate plans for an evening outing joking about a coin flip. One suggests cinema, the other a dance, with a humorous edge joke about study and a quip about Rub-My-Tism for rheumatism.
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By Joe Sappington
DELCO
Delco-Light
H. E. Miles
Sherman, Texas
S. H. Montgomery
Luther Smith & Son
W. J. Looney
Fordson
Detroit
Sears Auto Co
Ford Motor Co
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