Quips and Quirks from a Wartime Style Laugh Page
A collage of brief humor vignettes features fishermen in a capsized boat, a drowning partner quipping about business, a prisoner weeping cake with no file, an archbishop visit, a plumber's delayed rescue, a shy boy learning his age, a widow at a resort, a rabbi and commandments joke, a bath note from Johnny, twins and prayers, a sailor’s tavern visit, and a condemned man seeking mushrooms for his last meal.
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John
Dates and Ancestors Spark Dinner Table Vanity
A cafeteria exchange asks if dates have food value, followed by a witty remark about whom you date. At a dinner a pompous woman boasts about an ancestor to a rabbi seated nearby.
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Stone
Three Problems After Simplifying Finances
A business man tells his friend his worries are overwhelming as creditors close in. The friend counsels to lump related issues, and the man reports a clearer view with three remaining problems: nagging creditors, unprofitable business, and being broke.
Citation Notice in Grayson County Land Dispute Case 66516
The State of Texas issues citation to Tennie Tardy and numerous heirs and representatives regarding a land dispute in Sherman Texas. Plaintiffs Jack Massingale Irvin Suckle James Brownlee and Will Flow Oil seek title and possession of Lot 2 in Block B Bond’s Third Addition. Respondents must answer by June 13 1960 in the 15th District Court of Grayson County.
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State OF
Texas
Tennie Tardy
Tennie Allen
Allen Tardy
Gertrude Johnson
Ethel Johnson
Kate Johnson
Seawillow Winchester Nelson
Wash Winchester
Mollie Winchester Howard
Sallie Winchester
Sallie Johnson
Fannie Johnson
Howard
Seawillow Winchester
Nelson
Sallie Winchester Howard
Fannie Johnson Howard
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Jack Massingale
Irvin Suckle
James Brownlee
Will-Flow Oil, Corporation
Sherman Foundry Company
Dallas
Dallas County
Will Johnson
Gainesville
Cooke County
Clarence Winchester
Nellie Moore
Pig Moore
Angie Miller
Ed Miller
Court For Title
Bond
City of
S. V. Earnest
Tex
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
President Eisenhower Travels Without Passport
When he travels abroad, Presi dent Eisenhower needs no passport. There are 34 corporations in more than 100,000 stockholders each.
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Eisenhower
Buenos Aires Largest City South of Equator
The text states Buenos Aires is the largest city worldwide south of the equator. It also notes St. Louis was incorporated as a city in 1822. The passage includes unrelated phrases about driving caution and child safety.
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Buenos Aires
St. Louis
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Canterbury
Johnny
Karin Nelson
Charlie Nelson
Seawillow Nelson
Pauline Nelson
Albert Nelson
Cleveland
Guyahoga County
Ohio
Melvin C. Nelson
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York
Hydie Nelson, Jr
Los Angeles
California
Maxine Dupre
Charlie Dupre
Anne Boyd
Alex Boyd, Jr
Wharton
Wharton County
Hattie Winchester
Whitewright
Friends OF
Dean Martin
Commissioners Court
W. G. Kaiser
Tony Korioth
He Reetsey
Choctaw Water Improvement District
Clear Creek Water Improvement Dist
Tony Konioth
Texas Legislative Council
National Safety Council
Hale-Aiken Committee
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