The Spice of Life and Clever Poems in a City Tale
A collection of brief, humorous vignettes features a polite six year old boy who spots empty seats on transit and races for them, Amy Lowell’s letter misstep about daughter, Grandpa Tubbs embracing contentment without effort, and a quip about an employment service bringing hired hands who mishandle an electric milker causing cows to be turned inside out.
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Amy Lowell
Amy
Grandpa Tubbs
Grandpa
Jones
Suitor Yearns Then Earns For Shoes In Advent Punch Note
A daily paper advert mentions a suitor who yearns for love but loses the y after marriage and earns for her, offering two shoes in suede size six for four pounds each. In Cleveland a famous author signs copies in a department store where a gentleman gifts signed books and reprints as a birthday present.
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Punch
Cleveland
Surprise on the Rails and a Marriage Mixup
A traveler thefts a scene on a moving train as a youth jumps aboard and brags, a cynic elder mocks fitness, while a starlet tells her fiancée they must postpone their wedding after she reveals she married someone else.
Domestic Strife A Man Laments Wife’s Absences
A man complains his wife drives him to distraction by mooning at home or spending money downtown. He describes her actions as either pensive or expensive, signaling strain in their marriage.
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Pop
Army mule joke masks unsafe branding
In a brief quip, a back-and-forth exchange features a man asking if a mule branded “U. S.” is an army animal. The reply clarifies the letters actually stand for unsafe, turning a potential military association into a cautionary pun.
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U. S
Daily bread prayer question from a child in a family scene
A bedtime moment features Jackie asking why daily prayer is needed and whether weekly or monthly prayers could suffice. David answers with a simple, hopeful line about fresh bread and daily faith.
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Jackie
David
Ladies Ready to Wear Clothes Sign Slogan Sparks Banter
In a light exchange Pat and Gene discuss a shop sign reading Ladies ready to wear clothes. The joke remarks on wives helping husbands pick outfits and others only picking pockets, reflecting a playful take on fashion and shopping dynamics.
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Pat
Gene
Conversation Sparks at Breakfast Dalliance
Dialogue snippet shows George approving kisses for breakfast as a maid’s eggs burned. Clegg asserts independent thinking while Hames jokes about marriage. The exchange reveals social dynamics and playful tension among three men.
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George
Suitor’s tale reveals old family courtship values
A man asks Mrs. Farmer for Rachel as a suitor. She rejects him, recalling her own marriage when her father forced consent by climbing the fence, strangling the watchdog, forcing the window, locking the old man, and ordering the marriage that night. The exchange lampoons harsh, patriarchal marriage norms.
Penicillin Atomizer Treatment Spreads in Winter
Chicago doctors may adopt penicillin inhalation via hand atomizers following Dr. Frank W. Morse of Law rence Nova Scotia report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The method treats coughs influenza and pneumonia with 24 successes in 26 cases offering a portable low cost option for home use.
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Chicago
Frank W. Morse
Lawrence
Nova Scotia
Morse
Journal of the American Medical Association
Whooping cough toll in Kansas City area rises yearly
Between 3000 and 5000 children die annually from whooping cough, mostly under one year, Dr. E. H. Watson of Ann Arbor, Michigan, told a Kansas audience. The warning underscores the disease’s deadly impact and the need for vaccination and preventive measures.
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Kansas City
E. H. Watson
Ann Arbor
Mich
Watson
Immunize Children Early Says City Conference
The City Southwest Clinical Society Conference urged physicians to immunize children against whooping cough at three months or younger rather than waiting to seven months. A salesgirl quip about girdles appears as a satirical aside in the text.
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Sas City Southwest Clinical Society
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DODGE
Dick Montgomery
Mgr
W. Main
Denison
K. Wolens
Clegg
Hames
Cave Man
America
James Melton
Howard Barrow
Lyn Murray Chorus
NBC
International Harvester
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Kingston
KRRV
Rexall
KRLD
Jimmie Durante
Jerry Moore
Kingston Drug Store
Texas
Palace Theatre
Durango
Buddy
Jovie
Util Sa
Cameron Broderick Crawford
Frank McHugh George Cleveland
Wana Bryant
Joan Fulton
Universal Presents
Tr Lucille Brent Ball
Vera Lorina
Charles Winninger
Carl Esmond
Raymond Walburn
Elisabeth Risdon
Louise Beavers
Wallace Ford
Franklin Pangborn
Errol
Don Ameche
Universal
Bobby Driscoll
Richard Gaines
Frank Ryan
Jack H Skirball
Hick Chick
Mr. Chimp
All Hope
Menor Pater Peds
Litany
Roe
Corry
LI TY
Pathe
Frank James
Jessie James
Doris Houck
Zeke Clements
Grand Ole Opry
Robert Lee Johnson
Colbert Clark
Ray Nazarro
Columbia
Klondike Casanova
ACOA
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