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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1921
Page
4
Mrs. and Mr. Wubbs discuss taking the children to a circus. He mocks the circus trade while noting animal observations and the audience’s reactions. He worries about crowds, packed tents, and the downfall of the show.
A neighborhood tale features a girl known as Miss Longlegs urging neighbors to bite her shiny red apple. After multiple refusals, one credulous neighbor tries it and learns the prank: the mother’s absence left her unable to start the apple, so she begged others to bite first.
A wife of a famed attorney recalls a business trip to Cleveland where lunch with traveling men led to a cartoonish exchange. The men mock the colored waiter George and argue over the menu item chicken gibleta with biscuit. George explains the biscuit is singular and “you all don’t get but one.”
In a dialogue, one woman accuses another of applying rouge to deceive others, with a younger Marjorie pressing that the makeup does not mislead anyone, prompting a discussion on appearance and intent.
A description of Highlanders using tinder, punk, or graces carried in the armpit to keep it dry for starting fires during a foray or cattle theft.
Sergeant Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero, declines fame and movie offers to protect his farm and family. Facing a $12,500 mortgage, low crop prices, high taxes, and growing debt, he relies on faith and seeks to keep his life simple rather than monetize his war fame. He remains confident his Providence will see him through.
In Ceuta Morocco observers note the Moroccan men despise labor yet force their wives to pull carts yoked to beasts. Women carry infants in leather sacks while attached to a wagon as male rulers debate without aid.
The New York Department of Farms and Markets in cooperation with the Dairymen's League will manufacture a 12 ton cheese at Loneville for display at the state fair in September. Commissioner George EK Hogue says the cheese requires 140 pounds of milk per pound and 7,500 cows’ daily output.
A Pullman conductor recalls a demanding dowager duchess who, after a rough ride with four noisy children, is relocated to a sleeper. The woman ends up sleeping calmly while the little mother rests, and the duchess discovers a gentler scene beneath the airline of power.
In a light exchange Mrs. Wurryd replies her husband is temperate yet implies he is irritable on some days. The brief dialogue captures a humorous contrast about household temperament.
The guide explains how to dry vegetables for year round use, noting that only vegetables absorbing water and cooking at similar rates can be mixed dry. It covers suitable vegetable pairs, special handling for corn and beans, soaking, blanching, drying, curing, and storage to prevent insect damage.
Specialists in the experimental kitchen of the United States Department of Agriculture say precise measuring tools, including a half pint glass measuring cup, a metal cup, and a standard set of measuring spoons, improve accuracy in following a recipe.
Leslie's Weekly reports a major auto maker states women decide on about three quarters of the fine motor car purchases in America. Beginners buy cheaper cars and husbands decide while wives lack experience. Women value smooth riding and dislike breakdowns, tolerating repairs less.
A New York Mail observer notes couples reveal marital nerves at hotel tables. Newlyweds discuss familiar topics such as childhood tales, while seasoned spouses know these stories already, exposing the couple’s private dynamics to others.
The editor of Collier's Weekly argues wealth shifts from novelty to habit and must bring responsibilities. He contends wealth will aid poor needs education science and national strength, while luxury like lace and jewelry may become a virtue rather than a vice as society evolves.
A rhetorical meditation on the value of learning. The passage asks if education pays off in personal growth, ambition, and joy, citing Orison Swett Marden on transforming dull work into meaningful living and expanding one’s view of life and the world.
A writer notes that in southern Italy for every boy born two men migrate to the United States. He cites 1902 immigration from Italy at 15 883, suggesting depopulation of that region. He also notes Austrian Poland migration of 32 429 from about 54 000 increase, warning the nation grows more foreignized.
The Sultan of Morocco ranks among the era’s most extravagant rulers spending the country’s revenue and his predecessors savings in a few years. He bought many objects with little pleasure, including a gold camera worth 10000 dollars from London and 10000 francs of photographic paper from Paris in a single day.
A Chicago News opinion urges young men to attend college to learn and practice broad citizenship. It warns that without this, even brilliant or sensational sports or Greek achievements prove a fizzle.
A Russian youth was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for saying of his best girl I would rather kill her than the icon. The Somerville Journal notes the comment amid broader reflections on people busy correcting others rather than themselves.
Perdita chides spending on hats while suggesting clever updates can revive last winter hat. Paul muses about finances and a gas stove, noting economics and evolving fashion. The couple jokes about longevity of hats and the idea that the subject itself grows stronger each year.
A humorous tale shows Betty told she and her mother would have oyster soup without the oysters for guests. She finds one oyster in her plate and whispers whether Mrs Smith should have it too, flattered by her shared sacrifice.
A magistrate questions a prisoner charged with sixteen wives. The prisoner claims he could not help himself after being the only man among women at a summer resort for six weeks. The judge reacts with disbelief, and the prisoner is discharged.
Late panama explorers found large bands of aboriginal Pan ama Indians as the real republic of Panama lies beyond the canal strip. The undeveloped country, about Maine in area, recently gained 9 million dollars from the government and holds fertile valleys and promising resources awaiting development. The region sits at the canal’s center and may become a key stop for global traffic.
A seasonal Lapland Express runs Tuesdays and Fridays June through August. The three day journey departs Stockholm for Narvik, offering wilderness scenery by land and sea. Travelers can connect with Nordkap steamships and extend trips along Norway’s coast or via Trondhjem and the Meraker valley back into Sweden.
Parraffin making up eight percent was found in velvet kisses and other cheap candies sold near schools. Oxide of lead and injurious aniline dyes appeared in several street and store samples. These gastric irritants harm children in hot weather and contribute to enteric illnesses and summer deaths. Dealers should be prosecuted to deter repeat offenses.
A historical critique portrays the retail liquor dealer as a powerful force in Prohibition, arguing he sways opponents and shapes policy through practical arguments. It accuses dealers of selling to minors, keeping Sunday saloons, and operating gambling houses, with city workers and police portrayed as powerless under saloon influence.
The Philadelphia Record argues a coal tax would largely fall on outsiders since anthracite is a Pennsylvania monopoly. It notes substitute fuels set prices and once displaced, producers struggle to regain demand. It doubts a three cent levy could be added to current consumer prices.
The secretary of agriculture notes American grown sugar beet seed yields sugar as high as 24 percent, with 1903 average sugar content at 15.8 percent across beets tested. A English vicar adds 1.36 dollars to wedding fees for confetti cleanup. A Kansas farmer challenges beliefs about Kaffir corn ripening earlier. An Irish schoolmistress is fined 100 pounds for using stamps past postage. Women’s small daily economies can be costly.
A reflective piece argues marriage fails when a wife cannot separate her own needs from her husband’s sense of peace, highlighting gender tension and demand for balance within the partnership.
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