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Word: trippe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Editors asked for more. Dave invented Rochester's Mayor Walter Tripp (in real life proprietor of the Jiffy Lunch), had him announce a Reduced Production County Fair, dedicated to New Deal crop control. Prizes were offered for the scrawniest pig, puniest pumpkin, cow yielding the least milk, the most sterile quart of soil. A special prize awaited the farmer entering fewest exhibits. Appreciative, Associated Press sent the tale over its wires. From all over the U. S. letters poured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Taleteller | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...fair opened, Dave quoted Mayor Tripp's report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Taleteller | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

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