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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1915
Page
2
The Newcastle Times portrays the Democratic party as cohesive with clear principles under Wilson. It lauds the financial measures stabilizing credit, aiding business, and stopping perverse pressure from big interests. It notes defense plans and calls six years of Democratic rule debt-free and self-supporting in the state.
Campbell Morgan, a 65 year old deputy US marshal for White, Jackson and Putnam counties, is famed as a former illicit distiller and leader of the Mountain moonshiners. He helped raids against revenue violators and is described as a steadfast lawman with intimate knowledge of the Cumberland mountains.
A recent New York antique shop find presents The London Dispensatory by Nick Culpeper from 255 years ago. It catalogs curious herbal cures and potions including hounds tongue for dogs, earthworms for nerves, viper flesh for poisons, and metals like gold and emeralds for health and fear, ending with Culpeper’s humorous self apology about his dialect.
The note surveys languages in Russia and Britain’s demography, notes street sweeps in Chicago and Boston using cap lamps, and cites world race estimates. It mentions electric flat irons as an early household heating device and reports German cholera germ experiments showing spread above and below pollution lines through fish.
In a San Francisco police court a line of drunks and disorderlies stood awaiting judgment when a former opera singer among them began singing. The courtroom mood shifts as prisoners sob and react, and the judge dismisses all cases with a compassionate note, saying the song did more good than punishment.
Berkeley scientists test a wireless telegraphy system placing a receiving station in patrol helmets. A bell in the officer’s pocket rings when a message is sent, the signal recorded in dots and dashes for rapid summons during emergencies.
A pyramid monument marks James Buchanan birthplace at Stony Batter near Foltz Franklin county. Erected by niece Harriett Lane’s foundation the 31 foot high stone on cement and a granite inscription records the president born April 23 1791 and died June 1 1868 near the original cabin site.
Australia imposes a heavy duty on magazines with advertising content exceeding one fifth of general matter. Mutilated issues spike as advertising pages torn out, blamed on agents with ministerial permission. Publishers granted four months to adjust. price likely rises from 12 to at least 20 cents.
The burial registry for Galdanger Essex records 14 residents with a combined age of 1105 years. Ages listed include 83 82 85 70 91 72 73 78 79 76 67 86 and others. Before these entries 14 months passed without a burial.
Leyton England parishioners complain that the curate sent to fill a vacancy cannot play cricket as well as Rev. F. H. Gillingham an army chaplain whom the parish had requested.
Canadian MP for Yukon Mr. Thompson says Klondike gold output will reach 20 million dollars annually within five years due to large dredging operations. He predicts sustained gains as companies modernize and expand mining activity in the district.
Four Wilkes-Barre hunters were arrested in Tunkhannock after a hunt. The group was fined $60 each. A detective discovered a ferret concealed in the trouser leg of one participant.
J. W. Lawson a 30 year old blind man of Leeds England travels to Bucharest at the invitation of the Queen of Romania to act as instructor in cabinet making in the settlement for the blind she is establishing there.
The piece lampoons glove complaints called glove wailing, noting women returning gloves after defects. It cites Miss Emily Talbot and Miss Alice de Rothschild as wealthy individuals and mentions birds as weathercocks and France reviving the guillotine. It also jokes that an automobile is only the spark plug.
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