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The April Fool Archive
The Smart Boy
(April Fool's Day - 1939)
"The smart boy who stepped on the string before picking up the wallet."
[
The Abilene Reporter News
- Apr 1, 1939]
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April Fool's Day, 1939
The April Fool's Day "Wallet on a String" Prank
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