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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
2
Public notices outline charges for cards of thanks obituaries and poetry. Obituaries cost 1 each with 5 cent per line poetry, cards of thanks 50 cents each. Published daily except Sunday from 17 and 198 Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana.
Hendricks County candidate Jacob E Cravin seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fifth District subject to the primary election. Cloverdale resident W E Gill runs for Putnam county representative nomination. Vigo County Democrat Charles S Batt seeks the Congressional primary May 4 1920. Fay S Hamilton aims for Putnam county prosecuting attorney subject to the Democratic primary. Otto G Webb of Marion township announces candidacy for Putnam county treasurer pending the primary decision.
A series of notices announce candidates for sheriff of Putnam county subject to the Democratic primary on May 4 1920. Fred Lancaster Edward H Eitle Jr Allen Eggers Will Glidewen Jesse M Ham tick E S Lige Wallace Harkins L Jackson are named with hometowns Green Castle Marion Warren Jackson townships and Madison.
Reese R. Buis of Marion township declares candidacy for Second district commissioner subject to the Democratic primary on May 4 1920. David J. Skelton of Washington township announces run for Third district commissioner with Democratic primary on May 4 1920.
J. J. Hendrix of Washington town seeks the Democratic nomination for Putnam County Commissioner from the Third District. O. A. Day of Marion Township announces as a Democratic candidate for the same county post.
The notice states a candidate runs for commissioner of the Second district contingent on the outcome of the Democratic primary on May 4, 1920. The phrasing implies eligibility hinges on the primary result and party designation.
L Chamberlain of Cloverdale announces his candidacy for commissioner in the Third District, subject to the Democratic primary on May 4, 1920.
Roger Pocock portrays Greenland Inuit living with minimal supplies and abundant arctic home resources. Seal provides meat and internal organs, fur yields clothing and gear, driftwood builds structures, lamps and knives come from natural materials, with luxuries remaining scarce.
Doctors J Diner and G Horstman tested stamps from 50 places for microbes and found infections on every stamp including colon bacilli staphylococci streptococci pneumococci and diphtheria bacilli. The Medical Times notes widespread oral germs but urges that licking stamps is a dirty habit and easily acquired.
An ad touts P. D. Q insecticide as a powerful liquid spray against bed bugs roaches and fleas. It promises eggs and nests destruction with hospital grade performance and notes sizes and pricing with delivery via mail order or druggists, listing Ow Chemical Co and R P Mullins Drug Store as sellers.
The article notes that 500 year old Arabic dictionaries outrank many great nineteenth and twentieth century works. It highlights a 20 volume quarto Arabic dictionary weighing about 100 pounds as the standard reference, plus a 10 volume home abridgment. It attributes these works to the era of Harun al-Rashid.
The fragment shows a man driving a car with a girl hugging him. The observer notes the scene does not appear to be a success from either perspective.
Jud Tunkins relates a man who kept so busy devising schemes to boost wheat prices that he forgot to rise early or produce any actual crop.
The algaroba or mesquite tree was introduced to Honolulu’s mission grounds in 1828 by Father Bachelot. It grew to 60 feet, later topped in 1906, and became Hawaii’s most valuable tree providing 80,000 cords of wood, 160,000 dollars in honey, and abundant beans. It spreads via stock and has a shallow root system prone to windthrow in heavy storms.
Dr Ditmars notes chimpanzees in a Bronx park collection express emotions with roaring bark chatter and fear screeches while stating all animal life communicates some way. Lions use ground as a sounding board and roars trigger female responses guiding pair bonding.
A discussion of the origin of the phrase you lie like a tooth drawer. It cites Le Roux de Lincy and the Dictionary of the French Academy noting traveling mountebanks as crowd pullers who hawked quack medicines and told Rabelaisian tales.
A colored preacher extols a church organ, praising its mission and goals. He describes the missionary bulletin as young and unfinancial yet destined for growth through backbone and grit, rooted in moral and religious good. The bulletin is to mingle in social life and yield harvests of legitimate social products.
A Sumner quote extols true national greatness through moral elevation. It argues that literature and art adorn a nation, but true grandeur lies in Christian beneficence and just, God-like state conduct toward its citizens and others.
A dispute arises over wartime tax on a charitable tent show. The Revenue Collector insists proceeds must be taxed, while the Owner Manager defends the charity and argues accounting and ticket-area exemptions.
Unfamiliar driver Murphy enters the 500 mile grind at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a $50 000 purse on Monday May 1 following a breakthrough Los Angeles event where the racer drew attention.
European racing star Porporato advances toward the 1920 Indianapolis 500 with American financial support from Clifford Durant after Durant rejected a Parisian partner. The pair plan a 50-50 split, while Porporato debuts an advanced chassis and eyes a record pace as Los Angeles race form signals a strong Indy bid.
Paris plan proposes a supplementary 10 percent tax on bachelor incomes approved by the finance committee as it drafts the new tax regime. The bill caps at 40 percent for incomes above 1 million francs with reductions for lower incomes. Wage earners face a 6 percent levy with deductions allowed.
Deputy sheriffs Kennedy and Nelson report several swarms of bees in the Ridge area went on a spree. A large truck carrying wine wrecked on the road and spilled its load, tempting the bees which appeared to be under the influence.
Mrs Katherine B. Reddingfield is described as the only New York woman who is both granddaughter and grandmother due to a birth in her family. The great great grandmother is Mrs Elizabeth Belasco of Brooklyn, who remains active at seventy seven.
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