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Show day COMIC SECTION in un COMIC SECTION PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1937 DEAD MEN TELL MO TALES. TIE MlNA TO A CHAR ) I MOW, HERE'S THE POPE. BOYS -WHEN KIKl SHOT THAT TEG. U. S. PAT. OFF? . 3 0.0 c WELL WOTTA ) SHOOT TOE 'BLANKET OLD FUS5-WE FUS5-WE GOIN' TO BUTTONS, SO HE CAN'T SQUEAL. DO WIT' MMJy ! 1 - h- V 7 7 pool V oaoqN i , 1 (kit 'IM ntu& tooo 1 DROP HIM OUT A WINDOW WIT' A ROPE AROUND HIS 1 KILL GOOD HEAVENS " I t 141 MISS KIKI . MO' , (I II X GOTTA DEA. HEV, DOORKNOB, OH, YES INDEED! I'M A MEMBEk, OF THE QOO. I'M VERY PROMINENT, I ASSOCIATE WITH THE VEreV BEST PEOPLE. AINT SOU IM SOCIETV? ' 3 XT- n Va A I PRETTY RICH, W OH, MY VES! WHV, LAST VEAR. MV INCOME GEE! PRACTIC'LV TA WAS NbARLV $6,000,000. 'AT'S 1 A PAUPbK TOU6H AE VOO Y ER, MO. SOU MARRIED i SEE, I'M ENGAGED y TO MISS PATRICIA VAK PRATTLE, OF THE NEWPORT VAN PRATTLES SPLENDID' SPLENDID'. EVERYTHING'S SETTLED, BOYSi I'M GONNA ARKY tke ulu uul g AJfflL A! V to o O oo o o o o o o o ooo op. x n "X. b l4j o VKlUA-fl CH4 MV 5 TARS! HEV HECK, HO! THERE'S A LAW,STUPa THAT SAVS NO A VJrA ; J Wmk op My rfo) CRAaVX husband can testipy in c6urt against his wipe. S RE P LJ TAT I ON ' yXSj: GONNA MARRY OLD DlNWlDDV SEAL HIS LIPSAND s S r -O" c MVSELF APEW MILLION DOLLA Brt VWUTM IDFA.' LET'S GO. WE'LL HEV! VOL) BETTER GET A MARRIAGE LICENSE. SOME- GET SOME SMELLINl' BODV 6ET A MINISTER . 7r SALTS, TOO. THE BRIDEGROOM'S FAINTED! 2-2 1 A DVENTURE Stamps bij I. S, KleiiL Bulgaria's Invasion of (?) 1 M7 BY HEA StftVlCE.INfc. A 1 URKEY was in command of the Balkans, some 50 years ago, and the people squirmed under the heavy rule of Islam. Secret patriotic organizations sprang up in every province, preparing for the day when they could free themselves them-selves of the Turkish yoke. In Bulgaria, Chrteto Boteff was the leader of a defiant group of patriots. pa-triots. He traveled from village to village, bolstering the spirit of the oppressed peasants and adding more volunteers to his organization. organiza-tion. The eventual revolt was near. The angry peasants needed little encouragement to rise against their foreign rulers. In 1876, Boteff completed his plans. He went to. Rumania, out of the realm of the Turks, and gathered gath-ered a small force of 200 men. He was ready forth attack. Quietly the men moved to a port on the Danube. There the Austrian vessel Radetzki docked, and Boteff and his men, disguised dis-guised as gardeners, boarded it, one by one. After the departure, Boteff went up to the captain and demanded de-manded control. A menacing band of "gardeners" scowled at the officer, and he had to turn over the wheel. The ship was steered toward the Bulgarian shore, where the 200 invaders landed. Soon a Turkish army met them. They fled to the mountains, fighting all the way. Boteff was killed, and his little band of patriots was scattered. On the 50th anniversary of Boteff s death, Bulgaria, . in 1926, issued a stamp bearing his portrait. - Cm, "x. ... |