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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
4
A traveling salesman sells shoddy goods to a small town shop and gets rebuffed when the bank, post office, and lawyer are asked to collect. The tale contrasts a sharp rebuke with Celia Cole's guidance to view family members as fellow humans and seek better mutual respect. The piece blends a cautionary anecdote with moral exhortation about empathy and personal growth.
Montreal Herald reflects on collective disappointment with unmet visions and dreams. It questions whether the fault lies in the vision or in perception and urges consideration of faith and wisdom guiding realization beyond imagined forms. It cites Columbus to illustrate faith fueling discovery despite differing outcomes.
The article recounts Alfred Lord Tennyson’s lifelong love of tobacco, arguing against the claim he never repeated a pipe. It notes his distaste for new pipes, his irritation with Florence’s tobacco, and his insistence on smoking wherever he visited. Descriptions from Carlyle and anecdotes about Royal Society soirées illustrate his obsession. It mentions a request to Gladstone to allow pipe access in his room during a visit.
A contemporary notes Cervetto in London in the eighteenth century sought four pound pieces for Stradivari violins but failed to sell them at that price and sent them back. Today these instruments fetch ten to twenty thousand dollars, illustrating how money compounds over time and how the early price would not have yielded heirs substantial value.
A discussion of a man called an iinite of a Devenslure who memorizes psalms by number and hymns by date. He can recite verses from any hymn given its number and tell the weekday of any calendar date. The piece questions how such memory coexists with impaired reason and wonders whether intense memory practice narrows sane judgment.
A French writer reports a seventy year old Bolshevik republic unearthed in Chetuga Mnehuria. It was said to be founded by Chinese imperial scribes who mined gold and enslaved locals. The tale describes a brigand class policing Manchuria for Japan, using exiled thieves to guard the region while shielding them from Chinese and Russian pursuers.
The son of a wealthy man seeks guidance on becoming an aucioneer. His father hopes for a learned path, but will consider options. A friend, Mr. Risen-from-the Rank, offers blunt advice comparing an auctioneer to a hammer and the head, stressing practical skill over wealth.
In church this morning Mrs. Brown suffered a coughing fit while Mrs. Jones noted the crowd’s stare. Mrs. Jones then quipped that Brown likely did not mind the attention since she wore a new fifty dollar bat.
The article notes stone and wood carvings in a Memphis museum showing ancient knowledge of anatomy, compares science and art, and mentions Italian excavations uncovering ceremonial tools. It also explains ocean surface motion, defining waves tides currents and drifts.
The old FPogy reads a newspaper and notes that regular exercise improves development. The Grouch retorts by implying women’s jaws would grow with such a fact, citing a crude comparison. The exchange mirrors a Cincinnati Enquirer style jab about fitness and gender stereotypes.
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