Dear Doctor Letter Reveals Abnormal Health Myths
A Chicago Times health editor replies to a reader asking if unionitis and male labor pains are real and contagious. The column mixes medical doubt with wartime superstition and light humor as it frames bizarre anecdotes about a teacher, a father and a jitterbugging youth, and a cautious reply to a joking request. The piece pairs medical curiosity with social quips from postwar life and a child's witty remark at a family party.
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Chicago Times
Teenager Injured in Wreck Leaves Father Frightened
A worried father rushed to his teenage son's hospital bedside after a wreck left the lad with a broken leg and numerous wounds. The father asked how the accident happened as doctors treated the injuries.
Coolidge Joins City Club Form Notation
Former President Calvin Coolidge renewed his City Club of New York membership and listed his occupation as Retired. In the remarks section he added I am glad of it signaling his satisfaction with retirement.
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Calvin Coolidge
City Club of New York
Woman Arrives at Strangely Quiet Hotel Seeks Fire Escape
A fussy woman arrives at a strange hotel and insists on locating the fire escape. She questions staff and examines corridors, highlighting safety concerns as she navigates the unfamiliar building.
Bedroom Door Finds Elderly Man Drugged in Bath
A touring performer enters a bathroom to find an elderly man in a towel. She seeks a fire escape as a shout from behind reveals the man has been drugged. A patrol officer admits responsibility, saying he drugged the man six blocks away.
Farmyard Follies and a Laughing Farm Hand Tale
A five year old girl asks if God will forgive her after slapping a cousin and quickly wishes she had slapped harder. A farm hand bursts in with news that a bull is chasing the farmer's wife, only to be met with the question if she is short-winded, revealing a rural joke tone.
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Mary
Mama
Hiram
Teacher Quips On Summer Fun With A Graded Smash
In a classroom scene a teacher writes a quote about summer fun and asks Harry for a correction. The boy replies with a playful punchline suggesting she get a boyfriend. The exchange captures lighthearted humor in a school setting.
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Harry
Pickets Overpriced Paint Job Echoes Gallant Quips
A man balks at a $14 daily rate for garage painting while a stern painter fires back Michelangelo quips. Nearby at Fort Dix, a veteran recounts waiting for a train as two white haired women gossip briskly, the first real gossip in years.
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Michelangelo
Fort Dix
Allan Shivers Platform Outlined for Texas Lieutenant Governor
Senator Allan Shivers lists priorities including veteran aid, higher teachers pay, a first class university for the colored, improved highways, farm to market roads, redistricting, full payment of old age pensions, 60 day legislative sessions, expanded public health, parole system reorganization, equal labor management responsibility, and government cost cuts. Citation No. 54676 commands Carrenza Mayes to appear in Grayson County District Court July 29, 1946, for divorce proceedings filed June 11, 1946, with the parties Jerry Mayes and Carrenza Mayes.
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State of Texas
Carrenza Mayes
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Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Jerry Mayes
S. V. Earnest
Vermont Valley Exchange Sparks Quiet Judgment
In a sunny Vermont scene a speaker recalls meeting a Vermonter who warns that even in Vermont there is sin, though residents keep quiet about it. An observer notes a tense moment as a woman drowns curiosity with a sharp remark about forthcoming talk on a “hussy” named Mrs Johnson.
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Vermont
Tardy Worker Delights Chief With Timely Comeback
In Washington an attractive government employee faced repeated tardiness. After warnings, her boss suspended her for a day without pay. She replied she would use the day for being late, turning the punishment into a witty retort.
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Washington
Letter on diesel locomotive cross section print from Boston firm
A Boston firm writes to a New York man praising the print of a diesel electric locomotive cross section received with his twenty seventh dated letter. The note begins with cordial remarks and reflects early 20th century correspondence tone.
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Boston
New York
Hints for Home Makers from Practical Advice Column
A series of household tips cover decorating with pressed leaves under lamp shade covers and stain removal with cornstarch paste. Guidance includes knife storage to avoid dulling, cleaning gilded frames with milk or egg white, keeping stiff brushes moist, and improvising a light bulb as a substitute in lighting. Also includes recipes for a fluffy sauce with applesauce and horseradish to accompany ham loaf, plus a note on nail polish remover removing sticky residue from skin.
T. W. A. Route From New York to Cairo Proves Faltering
A New Yorker in Cairo praised T. W. A. service to the British Isles but when booking found the agent dubious saying passengers are not yet organized to handle. He secured a stopover only after receiving a special dispensation.
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British Isles
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