The Jackson Daily News actually attempted to give advice to husbands in 1940. Read it for yourself. Warning: make sure your mouth is empty if you are in front of a computer and ladies should make sure they lock up their cast-iron skillets first. Click on each image to enlarge to a readable view.
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Good advice. If the C/L wants to grow subscribers, it should run useful content like this.
I couldn't read past the "Hitler Bird" part. No wonder my Greatest Generation relatives were so messed-up. In their youth, they read garbage like this, in newspapers. And one couldn't say "in heat", apparently. I assume this would be considered obscene.
Was this satire? Parody? Was it meant seriously? America was only then emerging from the Great Depression, and people had basically been driven insane by hard times. The parlance of the day reflected that, and so I can't make much sense of it.
It's interesting, though, that Hitler was still seen as a 'strongman', in '40. Later, he would be portrayed more accurately, as a criminal and a lunatic.
Anyway, could someone who understands that sick era (and who has more patience than me, with this style of writing) please set this within context, and then explain what the author is saying? Is he saying ANYTHING, or just being "funny"?
Well . . . at least the headlines back then didn’t have an articles like “Call me Caitlyn” on the front page.
5:26 is a good example of somebody devoid of common sense, sense of humor and general horse sense.
I don't have time for people who would say, "I don't understand humor. Will someone please explain humor to me?" They have no peripheral vision, can only see straight ahead and think inwardly. He begs for 'context', yet, to him, there can be none.
Will 5:26 be able to understand the cartoon appearing on this page...the one featuring Carly and Trump and the GOP leadership character? Probably not.
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