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Cash Customers
0"Ur grocer, who does a large
Cl"edit business, says he's always glad
"hen he hears his gum machine
^°rkin’ because he knows a “ cash
0l% ” transaction is bein’ completed.
What Hit Him?
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Topeka
millman
tells about
a
ln roof of a Kansas store that was
i01"11 off and rolled into a compact
Ufidle by a cyclone. Having a sense
* humor, the owner wrapped a few
,afids of baling wire around the
\u*n and shipped it to Henry Ford. In
. Ue time came a communication say
ing;
‘It will cost you $48.50 to have
your car repaired. For heaven’s sake,
us what hit you.”
All Was Explained
. 9Ustomer: “ If this is all wool, why
ls it marked cotton on the label?”
Clerk: “ That’s to fool the moths,
^adam.”
Step in Line
Take out an accident insurance
Policy! One customer got her arm
f°ken the other day, and we paid
er $500. You may be the lucky one
°oiorrow.— Adv. in Kansas City Star.
The only place you can get a
^hicken dinner fo r a dollar or less in
^ese days is at a feed and grain
store.
Mrs. Theodore Hoffman, of New
0l>k, recently received a postcard
failed to her in 1915 from a point
^enty-five miles from her home.
© International Arcade Museum
Remarkable—What?
Small Nephew: Tell us about the
time you were frozen to death at the
North Pole, Uncle Jack.
Small Niece: No, Uncle Jack,
please tell us about the time you were
killed by wild Indians.
Biddy Ann, a white leghorn hen,
in Iowa, being deprived of her set
ting of eggs, flew to the top of a tree
and took possession of a crow’s nest
and eggs. She comes to earth twice
a day for food and water.
Americanized
“ See here,” the Indian inspector
declared, “ it is a violation of the law
now to have more than one wife and
the law must be obeyed. When you
get back home, you tell all of your
wives, except one, that they can no
longer look upon you as their hus
band.”
“ You tell ’em,” suggested the In
dian, after a moment’s reflection,
Parlor Set or Law Suit
Prospective Bridegroom (in furni
ture shop): “ These prices make me
give up all thoughts of marriage. I
now realize it’ll be cheaper to let her
sue me for breach of promise.”—
London Opinion.
Advice From Headquarters
“ Dear Editor—I am in love with a
homely girl, but she doesn’t seem to
care for me, while a pretty girl with
lots of money wants to marry me.
What shall I do?”
Marry the one you love and send
me the name and address of the other
one.
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