Perfume Should Radiate Mystery Says Paris Perfumer Esme
Esme of Paris argues American women bathe too little and misuse fragrance. Born Esmeralda Consuelo del Delgada de Holland, she built a perfume business after a diverse career. She urges ritual use, applied away from public view, with knee cap emphasis and two aims: convey a message and set mood.
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Esme
Paris
America
Esmeralda Consuelo del Delgada de Holland
West Virginia
Robert Matz Jr
Sells Gloto Circus
Wth Pavlova
Nijinski
United States Move to End Shinto as State Religion in Japan
Washington announces Japan will lose Shinto as a state religion while the faith remains personal. Government support and school status will be removed though Shintoism as a private belief may continue. John Carter Vincent of the State Department outlines the policy to end official privileges.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Japan
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Jokes and Barroom Icebreakers in a Navy Saloon
A collection of old time quips includes a punctuation line between a new boss and Miss Sellers at 8 30 in the morning. Sailors trade jabs about fools. A gangster bursts into a saloon firing, while an Englishman calmly finishes his drink and notes there were a lot of them.
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Miss Sellers
Cats and Canaries and a Witty Road Sign
A spinster complains she hates cats after losses of a canary a parrot and her fiancé. A boy explains he fell in his pants. An English visitor mutters at a highway sign that claims it knows he is over there.
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United States
Wild Bill Bellana Caliber On Iwo Jima Land Mines Tale
Marines swap tales of William Bellana known as Wild Bill for his marked toughness. One story recalls him tossing a land mine and jumping on it to test its detonation while serving in World War II at Iwo Jima.
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William
Bellana
Wild Bill
Iwo Jima
Cherry Brandy Joke and Grand Jury Scene
A minister loves cherry brandy and a prankster elder promises a bottle if the gift is noted in the church magazine. A paragraph later thanks the donor for the fruit and spirit. In a southern town a Negro revival and grand jury session proceed while all but one sinner remains obstinate.
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Shepherd
Tor
Reluctant Candidate Defies Grand Jury Persuasion
An excerpt recalls a preacher urging a reluctant brother to confess as the candidate resists speaking to the grand jury. The pleading figure insists on divine forgiveness while the candidate counters with the gravity of the grand jury. The scene emphasizes tension between conscience and legal scrutiny.
Family tree lookup costs and hush money joke
A witty exchange questions the price of genealogical research. One person says they paid $5 for the lookup and $95 to keep it quiet, implying a hidden cost to conceal information. The quip plays on secrecy and value in family history research.
Glad You Prayed for a Baby Sister
The father asks if the children are glad now that they prayed for a baby sister. The son replies yes after another look at the twins and reflects on the decision he made to stop.
Old Fashioned Gals and Boys Dialogue Quip
A witty exchange contrasts the old fashioned gals who faint at a kiss with the old fashioned boys who cause the fainting, capturing a playful social banter. The line evokes nostalgia for bygone courtship mores and gender roles.
The Average Woman Says Life As a Wife
A satirical tally lists a wife 5 ft 4 in tall and 118 lb until careless about her figure. She marries at 24 and lives five years longer than her husband, quarrels twice monthly, attends 3,087 movies and 18 radio serials weekly, threatens to go home to mother eight times, and spends 3 years 8 months telephoning and 1% years in beauty parlors. She occasionally wishes she had married somebody else, yet remains a pretty darn good wife.
Math and art puns about magnets and painting
A joke exchange begins with a student asked to name natural magnets and replies with hair colors. Later a visit to an art gallery yields the quip that things are not as bad as they can be painted.
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Johnny
Fred
Tea gossip over Mrs Smith’s hard cakes prompt quip
In a chatty moment a listener notes Mrs Smith’s cakes were hard at tea. Another confirms the remark and recalls her phrase Take your pick as she offered them around.
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Alice
Anna
Civil citation notice in Grayson County Texas 1945
The State of Texas commands Frank Pierce to appear and answer the petition by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, to be on November 5, 1945, before the District Court in Sherman. The petition was filed September 11, 1945 in suit No. 53883 with Charlotte Pierce as plaintiff and Frank Pierce as defendant.
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State of Texas
Frank Pierce
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Charlote Pierce
Divorce Granted for Abandonment in Grayson County Texas
The court issues a divorce on grounds of abandonment for more than three years. The order is dated September 17 1945 and filed in Sherman Texas. Clerk S W Earnest signs the document with deputy Nancy Drake.
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Sherman
Texas
A. D
S. W. Earnest
Grayson County
Nancy Drake
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