Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 July 1941 — Page 26

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’ r " HERBERT WAS henpecked. He TOWN! Jy Ir), ~~was henpecked and he worked for of =the Century Wrecking Company. : hel : 2, mm Ne -In the morning his wife always : : =22~N = AT handed him his lunch and 14 cents , : : . Ee A = carfare and offered her right cheek to be kissed. Then she nagged at him until he was out the door and “‘half way. down the stairs of the 2 tenement where they, lived. » a Ne : : ~ : + This one morning he took his : A {E : : k 3 o’ - courage in his hands, looked up 0 ; x $ > d : £ ws ) ~ from his cereal and said, “Let's go \ \ A > c to the carnival over: on the big A: : = 1 A 3 AN oe 0 Pat OBA riche S : A — ERIE BUSHAVLLERS w JULY-1S, n enply lot tonight.” : 3 . " ; : in : pe a 4 2 : Ra bad : - a “Stop being a fool,” she said. |} 8 RED: i 1 E NEV ~ . “Id like to ride on the merry- 8 5 Bolt : E EAT A ae BL 2 cer Ru . go-round,” he said meekly. “I g . ] / | . WHE NEVER. HAVE TO SLING “THAT YOUNG FELLOW | iain’t rid ‘en a merry-go-round , & ] 3 HASH AGAIN. HANDSOME ? _ Since I was a kid.” “That's one for the books,” she . sald with deep sarcasm. “You pinoan you ain’t’ never been off one. : en you can get a job that pays ~~ for more than day-old bread and “Take heart—once he was a sick m sy neck-bones, we’ll talk about car- : i 4 oA _ _ nivals.” THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson - Se ihe. OnE don’t know no| . \ other business but. wrecking.” Ty : % “If you could wreck houses like ie. MERCHANDISE. GO ALONG, R' ! you wrecked my life, you’ could| [| MART SUILDING ,; TN o J L CAN Nes eff -. stop Hitler,” she told him. She | 5, . : \ x : / LOTS EASIER: THAN raised her voice: “Well, don’t lay . DPW | AUN Gs y WORKIN’ FOR. 1T/ there and bleed! Go to work; it’ RES 2A a : : lime! als» a NOW THAT \ OH, DEAR! THAT'S ¢ ; 7 CAROL PHONED, SHE'S : ; : ; | | | YOUVE ELOPED, \ WHAT WEVE BEEN i . OUTSIDE IT was very gay. Early \ BOL i HOW ARE YoU - WONDERING NER at any HEART TROUBLE. ARID - “summer it was, and the sun was : \ SY BREA HOUR OF ' | WISHED ME TO BE HERE 7 just spinning up over the rooftops.| © ° \ \ ) “WHEN YOU vee AH.oo He boarded the streetcar and in RECEIVE THE SHOCK

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19. «ge 9 - = WONEX, WN! WIRATT N REMY MEAN Es SE ek. 5s word oss So of Era || SER ED IW Swen “ride -g0- said. He pulled out a flock of A . ) — a . 5 + ose . _biue in the face” He had $10,000 and ordered more tickets. YOUTH CLUBS 10 HOLD RNY 3 3 WANT PERV SHR vo eva __ Seni " “to spend, and he’d never had any| The young man’s eyes bulged. “I . oI : = | =N 2 - “money in his life. - |think you've got almost enough n “Gimme a couple of shots before money to buy the thing,” he said. PICN 0 AT LONGACRE “1 go,” he said. “And have a couple «Then you could ride it as much as © ~yourself.” As'he gulped his shots, yoy pleased. And you'd make a good| Members of the Sixth District Chis eyes traveled to the stores across living, too. You could clear almost ill. bag “the street. On one window Was $1000 a week and yowd never haye| ural Youth Clubs will be guests qf set down his glass, threw a $20 bill ow Club at ‘a picnic Sunday at Long-

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black coffee first” the salesman [Sure-fire.” S ing will et pies tape : : : ; “Well, I got more than $9000 5!R8INE precect , ME, THE rs : BAH! IF I COULD (CHEMICALS, EH po all right,” Henry said here,” Henry said. He waved the Per 8t 5p. m. : EXPY EKER | ( oruerwise YOU'D'VE GOT GET MY HANDS “on | | TWA SaRERES A FORT w..THEY 3 ; . bills unitiop the’ Ine’ HOSE Jack Jones, Marion County. club OF ALL TI . | CUR POWDE! YER FOOL HEAD BLOWED SOME CHEMICALS, MIGHT NE ONE, ND. PLENTY ie sn = : : member, will be the speaker at ves- FLIGHT A OFF, THE WAX YOu I'D MAKE YO GO0D PO! TOO IF THERE COOL SUMMER air ini face and [times ooops Man swallowed five) orvices at 6:30 p.m. - STUFFED IT INTO PR CROJECTILE NA NL PIM N/R FOR the motor purring between his legs| . “That ought to swing it,” he said,| Francis Lamb, New Castle, Sixth AR CANNON 4 DREN ours : ’ d a song in his throat. With his{«1t cost me about 60 grand, but my |District president, is general chair- : tches overalls beating aginst his|yife’s: in Colorado for. her health, | man of the picnic, assisted by presins and legs he tore in and out of I'm pretty anxious to get out/dents of the county clubs. Group ts protected by the law that ere.” ny | recreation will be Ted by -Alice Gens after an arcs. Buti - “would you sell it to fne for this|try, Viola Lewis and John Busby. spite of himself—because he was|money?” Henry To fue : C. ©. Cochard and Harold; Haskins be was—he was drawn Irrevo-| The young man shook his head|are in charge of group singing. ly toward the direction of his|e,q1y ang sighed. Then he held out .

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