𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭: ‘Bert-isms’ have been salesman’s personal trademark; now collected in a page-turning, groan-inducing book

by Louis Hoglund

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Well-known his career in sales—and for his vast inventory of bad jokes—Bert Nelson has packaged enough humor to get readers groaning for the duration of the century.
Also widely known for his leadership in the Lions Club; locally, regionally and internationally; Nelson is campaigning for a global position with the Lions—and his book is his novel version of campaign literature. He’s been passing them out at Lions Club functions like Halloween candy. Will Nelson’s famous jokes win him enough votes?... Or get him impeached?

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Decked out for the holidays,
horse-wagon teams parade
through Pelican Nov. 29

𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑹...𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝖫𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖫𝗎𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋...

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𝖡𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗌—𝖺𝗍 𝖤𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖦𝗋𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗖𝗼...

𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝖱𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗌?

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