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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
4
A Philadelphia Ledger essay argues that young men should refuse to lower ideals to fit the mercenary world. It urges choosing the highest standard and striving to live up to it, warning that basing values on common practicality leads to vulgarity and stagnation.
The Mexican Herald notes Mexico City has become cosmopolitan with locals from all classes adapting to metropolitan fashion and manners. Public reactions to foreign dress have diminished, with only minor curiosity from some youths remaining in less central streets.
The article argues marriage improves health and extends life. Statistics show married men over 20 and married women over 40 have lower mortality than never married. Widowed and divorced individuals face higher mortality, and marriage promotes temperance and longer life for both spouses.
The piece argues that capable male dancers are distrusted by men and ridiculed at English public schools where dancing is seen as effeminate. It notes many athletic men cannot dance a simple waltz and that Englishmen dance to their own humor, affecting the girls they meet at dances.
The lieutenant general of the northern command reports officers frequently shaving upper lips despite regulations. Division and brigade commanders are ordered to stop the practice, amid a busy period for mustache producers in the Punjab.
The wettest place is Cherrapunji in Assam with about 37 feet of rain annually over the last decade. Close behind is Bombay’s cavtrona with around 1 foot per year, while Debundusha in Kamerun reports about 34 feet mainly in summer.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes the Howard Court editor saying he enjoys flattery but tires of a persistent claim by an older woman that she is one of his former beaus. The remark highlights local editorial wit and social echoes in Candor.
The American Red Cross focuses on comfort and welfare for soldiers in service. It operates under Military Relief with plans to aid fighting men from enlistment to discharge, covering Miscellaneous Service Home Service and Recreation. The aim is to provide continuous support across all stages of service and recovery.
The Red Cross aids wounded and recovering soldiers with hospital care, comfort kits, canteen service, home visits, and a wide peace program. Five hundred Home Service representatives work in camps and hospitals guiding discharged servicemen through banking and conveyance services.
A Pacific Northwest observer details vast timber reserves across Washington Oregon and Idaho with hundreds of billions of feet of standing timber. He notes high lumber output wages and railroad shipments valued in the millions and describes giant machinery steam loggers and log rafts shaping the industry’s evolution.
Thrushes in England, along with robins, are singing early in February due to mild weather. The piece notes thrushes that winter in woods and hedges now sing as much as they wish, with a reference to an operatic tone and a De Reszke-like voice heard at daybreak as spring approaches. It questions whether weather prompts earlier performance and hints at garden chrysanthemums signaling seasonal change.
The New York World reports thousands of people banks and corporations contact secret service and subtreasury about counterfeits amid a 1917 quarter redesign. The first and second issues differ in eagle position and star counts leading to widespread inquiries and tighter legend clarity.
A delivery driver trotted beside his automobile on a broad suburban highway to keep warm on an extra frosty morning. Passengers in a passing limousine observed the scene as the driver swung his arms and walked alongside the wagon as one would beside a horse and wagon.
A citizen seeks cost details for an elaborate wedding. He asks Morris about the expenses his eldest daughter incurred five years ago, learning the total hovered around five thousand dollars annually according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A band of Crees pursued a pony thief after dawn to a wooded island. They spotted a cave like opening where Piegan Indians entered in sequence, with a dog scenting rocks. Believing a cave spirit trapped them, they halted the chase until one Cree discovered the opening led into rock and the ponies were gone. The Piegan thief used the passage trick to vanish unseen.
Advertisements in British papers offer a ruined castle dating from 1066 for purchase with considerable reconstruction outlay. The seller promises a unique charming home after restoration and notes nearby trout fishing. No ghosts are mentioned, but the age suggests many legends and insects.
Land in the British Isles is changing hands at about 100000 acres weekly with total deals around 100 million dollars projected by year end. Large estates breakup into smaller farms. a 10100 acre parcel in Durham sold for 430000. Syndicates buy estates for resale with gains, while tenant farmers seek ownership and big owners exit at high prices.
Global demand for diamonds soars while supply tightens as importers and cutters exhaust stocks. New York jewelers attribute the boom to wartime prosperity, with wage gains fueling purchases by workers, while higher prices hit both the rich and middle class as scarce large stones remain.
J W H Dew, fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, discovered the process for producing artificial mother of pearl after extensive wartime experiments. He rebuilt the method of manufacture during the war as Germany previously supplied most of the material. The synthetic pearl is used for buttons, buttons and other items.
The agricultural loan movement began in Tamales in 1112 to aid armwall planters of sugar bananas and coconuts whose holdings were damaged by the year's hurricane and drought.
An editorial contrast between the rumored German long range supergun and American design philosophy. The piece details a hypothetical 225 foot barrel, 325 ton weight, 45000 psi, 8500 fps muzzle velocity, 800000 foot tons, 21 mile range, four minute flight and 46 mile peak, costing 2.5 million dollars. It argues the weapon’s impracticality and savagery, praising American simplicity such as Browning automatic mechanisms.
The article details Kei Hara rising from journalism and diplomacy to become Japan's premier, noting he is the first commoner to hold the nation's top post. It outlines his career from consular service in France to foreign affairs, ministerial roles under Count Mutsu, and his gradual ascent to the premiership.
The article traces the origins of the Boy Scout movement to the Boer War and the Mafeking siege. General Baden-Powell, in command at Mafeking, envisioned a character building organization from boy messengers. It notes his influence shifted public view from militarism to character development and mentions his matrilineal descent from Capt. John Smith.
The body of Mrs G H Haigh daughter of the late Sir Robert Harty lies in the family vault at the village church in Waith England. She aged eighty nine was brought from Penrhyndendraeth Wales and conveyed to the church by a farm wagon drawn by four black horses escorted by thirty six men with lanterns. Six Welsh bearers assisted. A single cross of evergreens served as floral tribute.
Cartoon magazine notes a fictional method by Skidley to stage all zero cost auto accidents. It critiques avoidance of safety chains as a prewreck prerequisite.
A young man orders and rapidly drinks four glasses of water then eats a large steak with vegetables, while observers watch. A second man enters, laments failed Plattsburg entry and the paperwork delay, and orders dessert and coffee as the first man weighs in later.
Col 7 A George of South Dakota cites Pershing as a longtime ally of American Indians. He recalls Pershing leading Sioux scouts at Pine Ridge in 1890 to 1891 and participating in Wounded Knee. George notes Pershing’s rise to head American forces in France and predicts a major place in U.S. military history.
The piece catalogs American WWI slang for service members from doughboy to KO and shavetail. It notes terms for shelter mates, officers, and camp life, including food slang like slum for stew and sow belly for bacon, framing the war as the game Kan the Kaiser with French slogans as parallels.
A clubman cites a curiously plausible tale about admiration for a hat and evasions about personal affairs. He recalls a friend who objected to prying and describes a notable display of nerve involving an eel.
Secretary of War Baker urges breeders to create an American war dog by crossing Airedale and Old English Sheepdog. The new breed would be trained for police and sentry duty in the U S Army.
A historical reflection argues that submarines have no place in peaceful commerce. With few neutral ports open to German ships and no commercial submarine voyages to distant ports, the essay doubts a future for submersibles in global trade despite wartime exploits.
In a reminiscence a man recalls how birthdays change with age from twenty to forty. Friends gather for early celebrations, then fade as time passes. He notes the shift to family moments, Europe trips, and the lone quiet of aging with a wife busy in war work and the speaker alone with his pipe.
Charles M. Schwab, Bethlehem Steel president, recounts his readiness to borrow boldly and repay debts. He mentions a Pittsburgher seeking a $2,000,000 touch and a banker mockingly pointing to Schwab’s existing commitments. He also recalls a Philadelphia meeting with Mr Stotesbury and Mr Baker offering large sums, illustrating confidence in credit lines.
A wartime survey suggests about one fifty one quarter of 2 000 000 acres of permanent grassland may be broken up this season. The plan expands arable land to 41 000 000 acres, with 1 000 000 acres to grow higher value or substitute food crops. Farmers push to maximize the cord area.
Siberian Steamship Manufacturing and Trading Co plans July departure from New York for a trading post on the Ob and Yenisei rivers. Hydro airplanes will guide ships through Arctic ice fields along a route north of the submarine zone to the Kara Sea where water is free from ice.
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