Life, 1927-06-23 · page 10 of 38
Life — June 23, 1927 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains local humor about Binneyville. The main content includes: **"Snared by Sirens"** - A stereoscopic image (viewed with a special viewer) showing three fashionably dressed women with umbrellas, likely depicting an outdated Victorian or Edwardian entertainment concept. **"Binneyville Bugle"** - Local gossip items about town events, including a dramatic club performance and mentions of residents like Miss Sweetpea Thompson and Charley Betts. **The central cartoon** shows a couple in a train car. The woman says she's "sick of the weather" and wants to "talk about sex"—a mild innuendo joke for the era about marital conversation. **"Retraction"** - A brief humorous exchange between father and son about allowance and money. The page represents typical early-20th-century American magazine humor: local social gossip, mildly risqué domestic jokes, and small-town entertainment references.
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THE STEREOSQOPE M at last located the squeak in the rear of her car which has been bothering her for the past few days. It was her husband requesting from the back seat that she drive a little slower. * * * d Sweetpea Thompson, who ected to be “Miss Binney- vi at Atlantic City next fall, may have the honor taken away from her by the local commit- tee in charge. She has been vaccinated since the contest was held last month, * 2 # The fastest thing in this town is news when it travels around the Franklin Street Sewing Circle, a sixteen-lap track. se # The clectric lights we out during a thrilling scene of the Binneyville Dramatic Club's __ presentation of “The Sock of He: She: ou, VM Sick OF THE WEATHER. LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX. "SNARED BY. SIRENS" Binneyville Bugle Socrates” Friday evening at the Op House, but Gilbert Braxton, the club's efficient fe carpenter, saved the performance by stepping out from the wings with a lighted lamp and following the various mem- bers of the cast about the stage so the audience could see the acting. **e * Our Betts. loneliest. man is Charley He was judge at the baby Ji__ WNOIDLNGZANI MAN SIKL HLIM SON3IAIJ ANCA NIVIYALNS show last month and the winner and parents have since moved a 8 # The recent wreck at Jasper Creek been prevented if styles of women’s dress were what they used to be. Miss Orchid Bygarry, daughter of Jim Bygarry, section foreman, was walking along the track and saw that the bridge was washed away, but she naturally didn’t have on a red petticoat so couldn't rary) IT’S BEEN A NICE DAY, HASN'T IT? flag the approaching train. She did wave her lipstick but the engineer merely waved back, he evi- dently thinking she was only flirting. Fred B. Mann. Retroaction FeatHer: Here is your monthly allowance and re- member, a fool and his money are soon parted. Son: Don’t worry —I will never forget your kindness, Dad! comicbooks.com