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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
4
A fragmentary page presents quick quips and dialogues from feature panels and captions. Characters like Terese, Grace, Evelyn, Butcher, and Mrs. Billine weave playful exchanges about lovers, hats, books, and social manners amid clipped newspaper humor.
A columnist argues the English sparrow faces harsh denunciation and public uproar. The piece notes sparrows ignore public opinion while continuing to nest and chatter, once praised for insect control but now met with restraint. A humorous anecdote about Chauncey M. Depew contrasts train etiquette with a farmer delaying a ride.
A Louisville Courier Journal note cites remarks about welfare work and the impact on workers and their families. The quoted exchange reflects tension surrounding welfare efforts and child welfare in the community.
A Washington fashion club hosts waiters described as high type negroes. A visiting Episcopal bishop is repeatedly misidentified as admiral and colonel by the head waiter, who corrections with polite, humorous insistence that the bishop is, in fact, a bishop.
A brief dialogue notes she seldom loses her temper, though she sometimes does flare up. The other speaker replies she recovers quickly, restoring balance in the exchange.
A bucolic man paused at a news stand and questioned the proprietor about knowing a local man named Collins Joseph Collins. The vendor replied that Chicago houses three million people, but the man insisted the seller should know at least one person from town.
In a domestic squabble Mrs. Whingle persuades her husband to attend a winter dancing class. Whingle frets over past dances and mockingly lists comically awkward moves while vowing to stay in his library chair. She presses, insisting he will come tonight.
A schress takes a hen on her ocean voyage to provide fresh eggs and other stories recall Ceril Rhodes who always traveled with hens. A South African companion explains he tips Rhodes' keeper for eggs, highlighting travel humor. A traveling salesman asks a street car conductor to speed up, only to be told he must stay with his car.
A collage of vignettes shows children and mothers in domestic moments. A girl introduces herself to a “lady,” a boy builds a castle and moat then is sent to bed, a sister accuses a brother of lying, and Pat from the Emerald Isle jokes about meal costs at a restaurant.
A kindly neighbor asks a small boy if he approves of his new sister. Willie says he likes her but would prefer a brother for ball, wrestling, and teaching. He notes they got her a week ago and she has already been laundered a couple of times.
A small girl asks Mrs. Jones to lend 9 dozen eggs so they can place them under a setting hen. Mrs. Jones questions the arrangement, and the girl explains her mother doesn’t own a hen but Mrs. Smith will lend one that will set.
The Sab tath School superintendent explains Gideon did not select those who fled or surrendered but chose those who kept alert and stayed ready, watching with one eye and drinking with the other.
A child asks his father if a cyclone could lift a house, cows, horses, and wagons. The father replies with a calm denial, and the boy laments never having witnessed such a sight at Papa’s age.
A collection of humorous maxims and observations on human folly money and behavior. It features quips about pride fortune love and daily conduct attributed to various voices including a judge and a scientist. The tone is light satirical and reflective on common failings and attitudes.
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