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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
4
A trio of verse snippets moves from a dainty waist and a heart squeezed by fashion to a comical misadventure about hearts in hats and throats. The Unknown God follows with a temple built from dreams and a welcoming roadside lodging for wanderers. soft moral musings mingle with plainspoken humor.
A murderous jealousy drives a man along foggy marshes after his rival drowns in a wherry. Pursued by guilt and nightmarish visions he flees through danger and ooze, ending swallowed by the bog in a grim, supernatural-sweet vengeance.
A storyteller recounts a Western tall tale about a giant hollowed tree used as a bridge in Texas. The audience laughs at the improbable crossing as a driver explains you can back a wagon into a hollow branch to let another pass.
Mr. Brown shifts opinion on landladies after observing kindness to a cat. He reasons that those who are kind to dumb animals will be kind to humans, praising Mrs Miss for giving scraps to the cat and noting the wash- up savings.
A solicitous lady asks a wounded soldier if he was hit in the head. The soldier replies that he was wounded in the ankle but the bandages slipped, revealing the true injury. The exchange humorously downplays the pain and ends with a light note on misdirection.
A lady teacher muses that Noah spent his days in the ark fishing while The Bright Child adds humor noting two worms would limit any catch. The exchange captures lighthearted education period chatter.
A tiger escape from a traveling menagerie shocks a small town near Peterhead. Fawcett saves John by lunging with a pocket knife as the beast is killed. Fawcett explains he fears tigers due to a past family tragedy.
A collection of humorous vignettes and wry witticisms contrasts missteps in arithmetic with modern politics and sensibilities. Tales include a boy who insists six and four equal ten, parsons debating power, and jokes on traitors turned converts.
A Minnesota inventor replaces the old months long pickle vat with a segmented long tube and closing barrel. The device inserts into the ham center allowing rapid, uniform curing as solution flows inside and reaches all parts before smoking.
Skeletons dug from English gravel reveal burial habits with bodies tightly curled, knees at right angles, head arched back, and arms folded across the chest. A Garton Slack woman's skeleton shows a crude hairpin behind the skull and a flint tool near the teeth.
An English entomologist examined gypsy moth specimens and accidentally let a half dozen escape. The moths multiplied rapidly and infested a locality, causing $500,000 in suppression costs. It is estimated to require $100,000 per year to keep them from spreading beyond the affected area.
The guidance advises teaching pigs to eat quickly by offering a mixture of midlings and milk in a shallow trough and then shelling corn for them. Do not overfeed. keep growth steady and begin clover when ready, then resume feeding corn twice daily.
Horses need daily outdoor exercise for muscle and bone development. If pasture is short, provide daily exercise in an open lot. Work horses stiffen from prolonged stall confinement and should not be kept idle.
Advice notes that during hot seasons bees need shade and cooler hives. Place a few boards on top with about an inch gap to lids and some against the sides to improve comfort for the colonies.
The note urges close watching of the sheep at lambing to help newborn lambs survive. It emphasizes that the lamb is helpless at birth and small aid may determine whether it lives or dies.
The passage counsels frequent watering for horses to prevent choking and advises wearing light clothing in the apiary to avoid bee stings. It stresses economy in the bee business and notes discrimination against Hebrews in Spain, denying civil rights and restricting worship.
A writer describes a girl who embodies old fashioned virtues through simple chores. She rises with her mother, sets the table, cooks, washes dishes, cleans, mends stockings, and aids others, all while resisting contemporary flirtations. Her wholesome heart and domestic duties illuminate a valued, antique ideal in present times.
D Frank Allen of Indianapolis traveled to Greencastle on Sunday to visit Dr. Eugene Hawkins.
Ernest G. Cox of Seymour Indiana describes long liver and kidney troubles and four month indigestion. He reports pain in back and sides, poor sleep, and poor appetite until taking Trutona. Cox says he now sleeps through the night and can eat without pain. The tonic is being introduced in Greencastle by P Mullins.
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