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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Trivia

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

To hug her or kiss her or just give her a box of candy, young fellow, was the same as asking her to marry you, if you did any of these in the presence of her parents. Such was the construction of an old law in Minnesota.

In China now, you can get a bicycle that converts into a tricycle, a backward-pedaling bike, a cargo carrier or a wheelchair.

Baseball’s Casey Stengel once said, “The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.”

Q. Can you name the last president who was not a member of a Christian denomination when he took office?

A. Abraham Lincoln.

Overheard: “My car is so old the insurance covers fire, theft and Indian raids.”

In Ethiopia is a stream called the Awash River.

Illiterates of the Middle Ages signed with an “X.” It did not represent the crucifixion. It was St. Andrew’s mark, a vow to honesty in his name. They kissed the signed “X” to pledge sincerity. Eventually the “X” came to represent the kiss, and now you see it on your valentines. All things lead to Love or War.