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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1924

Page

4

Cloverdale Social Roundup Features Visitors and Local Events

Cloverdale residents host and visit across Indiana and Missouri. A busy spell includes tourists from Indianapolis, Greencastle, Terre Haute, and Columbia School Missouri visiting Cloverdale. a Dog and Pony show draws crowds. a sidewalk fall injures Patrick Keller. many locals attend Mt Meridian basket meeting and Sunday School. midweek trips to Bloomington, Mishawaka, Bloomington and Denver noted. Midshipman Leonard Branneman returns from cruise with Kenneth O Daniel arriving home. community events at M E Church and school progress wrap the update.

Beryl Sandy Bertha Watkins Greencastle Pearl McKamey Chicago Estes Duncan Indianapolis J. S. Sinclair Hoosier Highlands Frank Vestal Beech Grove Pyotr Elbert Allen Columbia School Missouri Canada Washington D. C Cloverdale Columbia Patrick Keller Roy Keller Mt. Meridian Myrtle Tucker Corns Martinsville Fanny Moran Shirley Shake Sherri Shake Mishawaka Miss Sandys Guenere Vivian Seph Injman Linton Alton Murphy Eugene McKamey Detroit Carly Utterback Margaret May Denver Colorado Utterback Edward Hamilton Leonard Branneman U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland William Branneman Branneman States England France Belgium Kenneth O‘daniel Leonard Brannemah Annapolis Md H. T. Broadstreet Michigan Broady Nelia Wingfield George Wingfield H. C. Foster

Was No Cannibal

A miserly old man visits a relative uninvited and is asked by his five year old niece if he is a cannibal. She says mamma warned he “lived on his relations” and he replies he is not a cannibal.

Good Stock Quip Turns on Watered Stock Facade

A brisk exchange between a stock salesman and Mr. Jones pivots to integrity and utility. The salesman claims the firm has no watered stock while Jones replies with a dry witticism about buying stock with four legs, implying a live animal as collateral.

Cost Him Salary for Life Wife

A light hearted note reports a young man fined 25 dollars for flirting. The columnist jokes that the punishment costs him less than expected, contrasting it with their own finances and future earnings.

Only for Certain Breed Friend Dinner Riddle

A cryptic dinner remark discusses distinguishing old chickens from young ones using a ruse of powder and paint. The dialogue hints at social scrutiny and clever deception in appearances.

Princess Claims Face Is Her Fortune

The princess asserts her face is her fortune while her father, pen in hand, mutters that her fortune will pay the beauty parlor bill.

Pink Lady Slipper Explains Slippers as Heads and Helpers

In a garden chat, Pink Lady Slipper claims their slippers sit on their heads not feet and that each plant needs one slipper. The flowers describe mutual aid with bees, pollen spread, and honey production, noting slippers’ special usefulness and the odd notion of loaning one’s head.

Billie Brownlie Pink Lady Slipper

Riddles and Wordplay Highlight Classic Puns

A quirky collection of light wordplay answers with questions about eggs bricks roses and rooms. The verses play on puns with lines like an egg laid like a brick a rose bough seen with Sweet William and the largest room being the room for improvement.

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Cloverdale News Everett Leonard Sullivan Sarah Branneman William Branham Mann Lucy George Holloway Brazil Carol McCurry Champaign Tls W. B. Burris Mary Hazelett Finn Runyan Bloomington R. S. Branneman John Hill A. V. O'Daniel Cloverdale Friends Hill Myrtle O’daniel Charles McCurry Leon Gray Iowa Bert Hamilton Irma Mendenhall W. K. Prichard Westfield Jean Comstock Harmony Nell Morrison Charles Bowman Fillmore East Main Street M. E J. A. O’mullane Bloomington Bus Castle H. K. Siscoe Mgr Larkin & Denny B & B Battery Builders C. C. Baker Dad Mary Graham Bonner Billy Brownie Billie Brownie William the Herald
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