Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30


Plucked From the Plains |
Help In Need
rs Annabelle really so dumb?'
rs she, Why, she's SO dumb she
thinks holdup men are swimming
Back Seat AbIaxe
Firemen were called to North
Tenth street between Main and
Ijlondeau streets this morning, where
an automobile had caught fire from
1 crossed wife in the car.-Keokuk
paper.
Reversed AIiEi
Johnny's Ma-"Johnny there were
three pieces of cake in the pantry.
ana now there is only one. How
did that happen?'
Johnny--"NNell, it was so dark in
there I didn't see the other piece. =
Goblin.
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Jessie-"I wanted to see what BIZ
would do: 80 I refused him when he
first asked me to marry him"
Ioan-"But he might nave rushed
cfe without asking for an explana-
ton"
Jessie-"Hardly, / had the door
iGck ed kansas City Star.
So Now We Know
The Egyptians developed writing
in three stages, first they wrote
symbols for the idea that they want
cd to represent, for instance for a
H. ee they made picture of a bee;
for a leaf a picture of a leaf. Then
they combined both symbols and they
exprest such an abstract thought
as belief, combination of "bee'
and leaf" students examination
paper FOR matriculation at an east
ern college
Ringing the Changes
The latest idea is ladies' stockings
sold with a spare Says a lady,
IF on q rainy day a truck splashes
one stocking with mud presto, 1
slip into telephone booth and pull
on the spare If both are splashed,
1 don't need to do that, because then
10th match"
Qucry-Why not make polka-dot
stockings fashionable during the
splashing season, then the telephone
booths could be used for their aor-
nal purposes ?-Boston Transcript.
Deceptive WhOOp
Road Foreman calling at house
opposite e)-"Excuse me, madam, but
have you been singing this morn
ng?"
Lady Of the House-"Yes, I have
been singing little, but why do
you wish to know?"
II. (with obvious embarrass-
ment)-'|Well, you see, my men have
knocked off twice already, thinking
it was the dinner whistle, so I
thought / had better ask you not to
hang out quite SO long on that Tor
ncte. Wallace Farmer
Liquid Silemcer
''Have you some Of that gasoline
that Stous 1<npcl5iug?"
Yes
"rhen give my wife glass. =
Life,
Doing Good by Health
81 was shocked to hear that Peter
e!oped with your wife. l always
thought he was your best friend
"I1e is, but ne doesn't know II
yet."-1oronto Goblin
Garden Sass
That florest surely keeps in touch
with his slogan, Say It with flow
ers"
WHATS his method?"
We'll, know he has sent me 9
bunch of forget t-me-nots with each
hill. ll."-Christian Register
Easter Lay
Little Buster had persuaded HIS
mother to let him help in dyeing
eggs for Easter. She had planned
to color only dozen and a half,
but the little fellow pleaded earn,
cstly to make it Il full two dozen.
"You know" he said, that we
have to allow something for crack.
age"
! SIXTEEN YEARS AGO |
Mrs. s w French left last
evening for New York to spend
the summer.
Mr.. ana Mrs. c. A. Sherr will
move into their new home on
Eleventh street Monday, Mrs.
Sherr having returned from
trip to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Tuberculosis Sunday will be
observed in the Douglas churches
today. DR.. E. w. Adamson MAX
ing the principal address at the
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