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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
4
A Loud loofing Woman warns her niece about aging and vanity in the 1940s through a satirical scene. The niece dismisses warnings, while the aunt laments wasted time and money on cosmetic routines, dentist visits, and beauty parlors as age approaches.
A jagged clipping notes a driver recalling the fear of running over a person as a moral trial, contrasting it with the less alarming impact when striking a cow. The piece suggests the machine bears the strain in either case, but emphasizes the human fear and ethical weight of such accidents.
Berlin industry exhibit displays small scale handwork with price and time tags. Items include a boy's suit made for 17 cents and lace from Plauen worked at about one quarter of a cent per hour, highlighting stark contrasts between progress and poverty. Washington Star notes public astonishment and sympathy in response.
Canadian authorities crack down on misrepresented apples sent to England. Dealers fined for facing up barrels with fine fruit and inferior produce at center. The note warns American exporters to heed the enforcement to avoid losing markets, as regaining them is hard.
Alpine plants valued in American gardens are mainly hardy perennials forming tufts or rosettes and carpeting soil with continuous blooms. Examples include gentians pinks and primroses from the Alps. They originate from many high mountains and alpine use has broadened. many adapt to ordinary borders despite freezing winters.
A traveller describes the Paddy Bird as fearless and indolent, earning it the locals’ name blind heron. He recalls a bird calmly near a washerwoman at a pond, illustrating the casual, unruffled daily life around Indian washings and waterways.
At a Practiv tioners Society meeting Dr. Robert Abbe used a photograph showing a revolver photographed by one grain of radium. The image revealed the cartridge and internal mechanism, proving radium rays penetrated steel.
The piece notes that artificial lighting can dull eyesight and even turn deep blue eyes gray after long night work without glare protection. It asserts recovery is possible with proper care and medical treatment to restore some brightness.
A physician notes there are over fifty headache types. Common forms include forehead pain from dyspepsia, back of head pain from liver issues, temple bursting pain from malnutrition, top of head ache from overwork, and brow ache from eye strain with guidance for self remedy.
A bride boasts of her husband Henry fixing a broken table bell and the two elders warn that skilled help around the house brings trials. They recount mishaps from blow torches to frozen laundry pipes, noting the burden and humor of a man who loves tools and chores. The bride ponders whether to encourage his helpful ways.
More than thirty regiments kept animal pets among troops from dogs to goats and even a bear. Notable examples include the Fighting Fifth dog and Twelfth Lancers retriever, a queenly drum horse named Billy, a showy goat of the Welsh Fusiliers, Antony the donkey of the Seaforth Highlanders, and a milder memento bear of the Gloucester regiment. </s>
A young woman asks about a cat with its tail. another recalls an accident leaving the cat tailess and unable to land jumps, arguing the tail provides balance. The piece then cites Thomas Asbaldistone on South African baboons ostracizing the aged, claiming Darwinian vindication of the missing link theory.
In Donegal a March hare carries £4 17s 6d in a white handkerchief. A farmer's daughter, returning from market, frees the hare from a trap and ties her handkerchief to its neck. The hare bolts away with both the cloth and the stored money.
Indian circles discuss employing elephants to run dynamos for city power. The plan envisions six hours daily work, charging batteries for nighttime street lighting in Bombay, marking a novel approach to power generation.
Over ten years 193 English clergymen were admitted to almshouses as paupers. Among them one held a Doctor of Divinity degree and others had Master of Arts. About six thousand English Episcopal clergymen earn under twenty dollars weekly, with many earning far less.
The Land of Tips reports the French spend no less than 100 million dollars yearly on tips. In Paris alone fifty six thousand dollars daily is said to flow to waiters cabmen porters and others who view tips as their right and perk.
Strange effects trace the cause to a treaty that brought heavy Portuguese wines to English upper classes. The climate rendering these wines unsuitable led to the goat nickname and a curious social quirk across households.
Mrs. Pringle recalls a morning visit by a polite young book salesman from the board of location who sought to sell a reference book for home use. He charmed her with talk of schoolchildren and the board while she feigned interest, then a telephone ruse to avoid payment. he left promising a return that never came.
A Scottish village tale recounts Sandy McNab collecting church subscriptions while admitting to a drink at every house. The minister expresses concern yet Sandy defends it as for the good of the cause, noting he wrote to teetotal members while still indulging along the road.
A country vicar climbed to the church steeple’ s top using a sealing ladder and told parishioners about his nerve wracking ascent. He asked what he did upon sighting the golden weathercock and an old farmer quipped that he had cheated the weathercock by crowing, prompting the vicar to demand clarification.
A compact observation on education misdirected by a rotating bookcase motif. The verse questions if knowledge comes from a small shelf or a revolving library display, hinting at satire of scholastic breadth versus convenience.
The American Monthly Review of Reviews notes Australia’s unique literary scene with English as the main language and three external sources Britain the United States and local publishers. High readership in a population of four million supports sizable daily papers due to urban concentration.
A young man from Doyies town Ohio regained sight in his right eye and his toothache vanished after his tooth was extracted. Eye specialists doubted a link and had failed to help for two years of impaired vision. Dentists and oculists call it unprecedented and likely coincidental.
A collection of curious claims spans national myths and odd trivia. It notes the Dutch origin of brandy, hollow raindrops, Cape Colony earthworms six feet long, and varied social quips about miners, Queen Elizabeth’s dresses, Dickens novels, and a chestnut tree at Mount Etna.
The orange spread from Africa to Spain via Mohammedan routes and later reached Italy and Western Europe through Crusaders. Its name derives from Arabic naranj, with a debated link to the two word meaning elephant and ill. The French form likely drops the initial n and the article ending.
In German New Guinea a Reichstag report noted 174 missionaries among 466 Europeans, and that for every two farmers a German officer was present. It claimed each farmer cost Germany 5500 dollars yearly, and suggested bringing farmers home with pensions as a cheaper option.
A poetic fragment describes the moon as a fossil world and ancient habitation with life ages that may predate Earth. It notes the moon's past as a seat of varied activities and imagines a maidenhair fern brewing a palatable tea as a surreal image.
A bride recounts a comical quarrel about a husband named Stanley who loves pipes. She cleans and glue repairs several pipes to surprise him at dinner, provoking a furious but dramatic outburst. A veteran wife counsels that kindness often backfires, urging forgiveness or divorce, while praising a husband as a true jewel.
A witty exchange contrasts British and American views on law and humor. The Briton quips that the law favors the bold, while the Yankee retorts that those who mock law may find their own laughter turned against them. The dialogue reflects cultural banter rather than a formal dispute.
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