The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1927 Page: 82
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HO)USEHOLI) HINTS BY IO)RTI'ENSI:
To kill sugar ants, run each carefully through the clothes wringer.
To make bread rise, pare off half an inch of a stick of dynamite, add this to dough,
and set near flame.
To stiffen jelly, add one-half cupful of glue to each pint glass.
To freshen linen dresses which are limp but not soiled, dip in equal parts of cement
and mortar.
To remove ink stains from goods, cut them out neatly with a pair of sharp scissors.
To prevent veils from blowing when riding in a car, attach a brick to each end and
enjoy the ride.
Elizabeth I)onnelly: "Give me a sentence with the word 'justice'."
Penson Holly: "I'd 'justice' soon kiss you as not."
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Boyd Pilgrim: "Gee, I'm hungry! I didn't have any lunch. The cook fell down
the stairs and hurt herself in the pantry."
-0OThe grade of a
high school girl's ex-
am. paper will ap-
proach zero as the
number of dates she
has a week approaches
seven.
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M r. Stuart:
"What's up ?"
Sid: "Myv hands.
I was just robbed."
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A heartrending task
is to spell the word
"Otto" backwards.
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Lula Mae: "What
would you give to,
have hair like mine?
Teena: "I d! ino.
What did you give?"Miss Adams said
she never saw an in-
sane person have a fit
until she went to see
1Miss Pittman last
Summer.
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She was only a
dairyman's daughter,
but her face cowed
many a man.
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Coach :Manning:
"Block that kick!"
Pig Thomas:
"\With whose block?"
-o-PERCs lPERcivA.L FITrz ER.t\ iI
Reports for Football PracticeSay,
fellow
thinks
in fourwe know a
so dumb he
he'll graduate,
years.
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Mineral Wells High School (Mineral Wells, Tex.). The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1927, yearbook, 1927; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299186/m1/88/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineral Wells Heritage Association.