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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1920
Page
4
A Berlin official report compares 1914 and 1920 prices showing sharp cost of living increases. An unmarried clerk’s monthly costs rose from 177 to 600 marks, a four-person family’s essential foods about 650 marks, with clothing up over 1,000 percent and soap surging 1,556 percent.
The report shows eggs up 4 066 percent to 2144 marks per egg, lard up 3 782 percent, rice cereals butter and bacon over 2 000 percent. Sugar rises 816 percent from 25 pfennigs to 1.04 marks, milk up 320 percent. Monthly earnings of German middle class run 800 to 600 marks, highlighting their dire struggle on meager wages.
New York reports internal revenue agent Herold B. Dobbs followed a drinking cat along Sixth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street to a cellar stash of about 50 gallons of alcohol and other beverages in a saloon. Thomas Fitzgerald and bartender Hugh Leekey were arrested for violating prohibition laws.
Paris reports the government has created a 30 member natality council to reverse France’s population decline after wartime losses. Led by Hygiene Minister J L Breton the group promotes family growth with subsidies and legal measures.
A New York photo features Sari the Virgin of Stamboul said to be the most beautiful girl in Turkey and heiress to 100 million dollars. Discovered in New York by Sheik Ben Mohammed, brother of Hedrox’s emir, she came with an American army officer. They traveled from Marseilles. the officer fled while Sari washed dishes and sold flowers. Now she stays at a loading hotel and plans to return home with the sheik. her parents reportedly died of grief. She is said to be affianced to the emir and may be placed under his jurisdiction upon return.
Tower of London authorities plan new thief preventing devices for the crown jewels. Custodian Sir George Younghusband orders enhanced protection with wiring connected to guardrooms. The article notes 1671 jailbreak attempt by Colonel Blood as historical context. Jazz music faced restrictions in Wabash Indiana due to dancing concerns. police matron Mrs. Wirtch cites dance programs improving after cuts.
Miss Alice Wade, a society secretary in Brookton, is swept into a cult led by Professor Aboukar Hamad. The group stages a weeklong hermit retreat at Prospect Hill, but the professor and aides are arrested for counterfeiting. Robert Simms rebukes Wade, pledging to help her recover her regard for him.
A Pittsburgh station inquiry office becomes the setting as Supt J E Oursler of C Steel runs a cost-price store for 12 500 aurnerie. A profiteer questions the move while Oursler quips about harvest questions and a Pike County farmer’s comic plea about engraving a watch.
The Ohio State Journal notes that many American women marrying European nobles pursue glamour and status but face high failure rates. Marriages often end in heartbreak and financial strain, as social prestige tempts brides to gamble on penniless nobility.
The article argues that modern medicine credits science with war-related medical advances while noting disability from the war arises mainly from disease rather than wounds. Pensions up to Sept 1 1918 show 85 percent granted for disease, tuberculosis and skin ailments account for 12 percent, rheumatism 6.5, heart disease 0. The U S veteran figures up to May 3 1919 show 7,710 cases handled by the pension board, most due to disease.
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