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Willie, Lincoln, Neb: Sorry we have no rvecipe for a remover, but if she chews gum and you are not going .to shave your mustache, you will have to tell her she must forego one or the ‘other. y Student, Red Wing, Minn.: Pant- sylvania is the center of the trouser industry, the Da Coat Ahs of coats and Vest Virginia of waistcoats. . ES ¥* Tk The unemployed have plenty of food for thought. What they need is the other kind. E3 * * FACTS, PLEASE The Harding administration has announced that a new “bureau of in- formation” has been established in the postoffice building at Washington, D. C., “to give full information to the public” and “definitely answer all queries.” . As a starter we inquire to know: Have you reason to believe Colonel Harvey sane? (b) Give his blood pressure. What is “approximate disarma- ment”? Answer yes or no. So this is normaley, is it? (On sec- ond thought, do not irritate us by an- swering this question). % * * ZAP, NORTH DAKOTA, OUGHT TO BECOME .AS IM- MORTAL AMONG PARA- GRAPHERS AS YAP, PACIFIC OCEAN. : Don’t pay for your tires ,' Minneapolis, Minn. RE you good at solv. ing puzzles? Here’s a good one showing the names of five different fish. Example, No. 1 is ‘“‘Pick= erel.”” If you can solve all five names of fish repre= sented in the Quzzle above you may win 'a_new, 1921 Overland or $1,900. ¢ You will not be 'asked to sub-, scribe to the Rural Amer- 25 ican in order to win. THERE ARE NO FURTHER REQUIREMENTS THAN THOSE STATED IN THIS AR- - NOUNCEMENT. We have given away about 150 autos. You may be the next lucky winner. to five people. “Points" Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers 100 “POINTS" GIVEN FOR CORRECT ANSWERS . . If you solve all five names of fish correctly you will be given 100 ‘“‘Points.” 25 more *‘Points” by *‘Qualify- ing” your answer, that is, by proving that you have shown & copy of the Rural American Samples will be Sent FREE 88 800D 88 We re- -celve your answer. The final- will be awarded by 3 independent Judges ac- cording to the best handwriting (10); Neatest style (10); Spell- ing’ and punctuation (5) of puzzle /answers received. Address your Solution to PUZZLE EDITOR, THE RURAL AMERICAN 73 Ner Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. FREE AUTO OR $1000°° 150 “POINTS' WINS OVER- ' LAND OR $1,000. The _Puzzle answer gaining 150 *“‘Points,”” which i8 the maximum, will win the free Overland _or $1,000. Second hest will win $200 Diamond Ring, etc., down list of 25 Grand Prizes. In case of é.le for any prize both winners will recelve prize same as_tied for. Contest closes August 31st,1921. : NOTICE: Write your solu- tion on one side of a_sheet of paper, your name and address 11 upper right-hand corner. Write nothing else on that sheet. Mail your arswer AT ONCE—, ,you may win $1,000 or Overland You can galn WHY FARMERS FAIL Farmer Jones Skun a calf, < Sold the hide For just a “half.” Freight charge ‘Was seventy-five, How can a farmer Keep alive? * * * WILL SENATOR FALL BE PER- MITTED BY PRESIDENT HARD- ANG TO TAKE, ONE OUT OF MEXI1CO? * * * Editor Cut and Dried: The Omaha Morning Bee attacks the Nonpartisan league. Probably been getting honey from Wall street flowers and is out te, sting the farmers. C.T. Wayne, Neb. * * & ’Member when they used to call him “Big Bill Aft”? And when they discovered the hookworm? Ah! them were the heydays of the jokesmiths. And for that matter we moderns will never be able to make such good puns on short skirts as our fathers did in the good old days of the bustle! ES * ¥ AMATEURS “Masked Men Rob Farmer, but Only Get $6,” says a headline. Foolish robbers! Try a middle- man next time, or, if you prefer farmers, join a grain exchange— you’ll get more and won’t have to wear a mask, * * * THE MAN WHO BOASTED HE HAD A SUIT FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK HASN'T ANYTHING ON US. WE GOT IT ON NOW! * * * If your husband has the hives, let him bee—let him bee! * * * A LETTER AND A REPLY Editor Cut and Dried: His brain was always working, He was a busy person, And every one would say of him, “He’s full of exertion.” One day he went up town To confide in those, his peers, That he had, at last, perfected A curb on profiteers. But ah, alas, he showed them— His mind, it wasn’t meager— The diff twixt right and wrong; He was an N. P. leaguer. Because his principles were right They bounced their old leaders, And said they’d wait no longer To become N. P. leaguers. Yours truly, Ashland, Kan. A. E. WURTH. To which we reply, right off the bat, just like this: . 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