Local Courtroom Satire and Morning News on Meridian Street
A column mixes social notes on Meridian Street residents with a courtroom tale about a would-be murderer. A narrator recalls birthdays and daily life while a judge rules that an attempt can be guilty even with no real chance of success. The piece ends with a tailed legal guidance note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gehrke
Meridian Street
Frey Hood
Charles Brown
North Anderson
Elmer Hardy
Anderson
Markleville
Tom Dillman
Fari
Gooday
Jack Misner
Fall
Creek Township
Julian
Rita Berkebile
George Lee
Cooney Arnkens
Sigma Chis
Ruby
Hitchmough
Notre Dame
Dick Roberts
Bud Meister
Paul Hamilton
Therese Bowen
Ralph Jones
Minnesota
Jim Robinson
Kelley Organization
Fairy Stanley
Victor
Toj
Five Sons Solve a Money Raffling Puzzle and Local Notes
A mixed-page item shows a puzzle about five sons and dollars left or short when giving different sums. The page blends Odds and Ends notes, local chatter, a cryptogram, a crossword, and a real estate ad claiming 115,000 acres offered for sale in California with a large asking price and planned developments.
HouseHold Tips and Decorative Ideas Column
Household scrapbook offers kitchen linoleum cleaning tip using kerosene for tough soil, flower packing in corrugated boxes with waxed paper, a hint to add salt to after-dinner coffee, a note on Haleakala as the world’s largest dormant volcano in Hawaii, and guidance for long lasting sprayed fruit holiday decorations with fresh fruit and foliage.
Chicago-Bound Student Faces Summer Choice In Montana
Cay Karsten flying home to Chicago recalls a summer offer from Alec Richards to sing at Buffalo Lodge Montana. The proposal promises exposure and a route from college recital fame toward professional opportunities while avoiding a rich social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cay
Karsten
Chicago
The
Fine Arts College
Montana
Roger Owen
Alec Richards
Day
Buffalo Lodge
New York
Buffalo
Alec
Dotty
Denver
Try and Stop Me Old Timer Definitions
A collection of humorous 1957 definitions by Bennett Cerf describing an old timer. The items mix memory of past street life, monetary value, fashion, parking, and a family joke about a boy losing teeth. The passages lampoon changing times and social quirks with playful nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Moom
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
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Gaylord Webster II
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