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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
4
A Chicago American column argues that self control defines leadership. It recalls a fighting man who walked away from an attacker, showing restraint. The piece urges readers to master impulses to guide others and stay ahead as leaders.
A passage warns that a hole in a tooth caused by decay fosters germ growth. These germs enter the digestive system and bloodstream, potentially causing tuberculosis pneumonia sore throat appendicitis and other diseases. Decayed teeth hinder chewing and nutrition, leading to physical and moral degeneration.
A storyteller recounts a 10 to 12 year old oil field accident in southwest Kansas where a well shooter and his wagon carrying nitroglycerin fell from a bridge onto rocks. A friend informs the wife by phone with careful phrasing, suggesting the husband may not return for supper.
William Warfield describes the Abbasid era city of Bagdad and the Harmacid Persian advisers. He notes Mansur relied on Persians for builders and guidance, and recounts Harun al Rashid’s rule with a notorious feast massacre of the Marmecid family, a tale now proverbial.
The springbok, chosen as the emblem for the South African contingent in Europe, was named by early Dutch settlers from a habit of leaping into the air. The antelope is widespread from the Cape to Rhodesia, with prodigious migrations that can sweep through flocks and even carry lions, guided by an instinct signaling recent rain and new grass growth.
Amber, used for pipe stems, has inspired legends about a soul and mysterious powers. Modern science calls it fossilized tree resin found mainly along the Baltic Prussian coast with mines nearby and coastal finds. in America it gathers on Maryland and Massachusetts shores.
A piece from the Ohio State Journal extols the happy man as honest, frugal, family minded, and hard working. It links prosperity to good conduct, saving, and reliable labor while warning that mean conduct undermines lasting success and happiness.
In a New York town Hiram spends time at the livery stable. The proprietor warns him to speak to horses before approaching from the rear or risk being kicked. Hiram responds bravely that he is not afraid, prompting a sharp rebuke about avoiding lame horses.
A Judge tale about Edwin who earns one cent daily for daily chores and saves seven cents weekly in Sunday school. He takes medicine early to fund a movie night with Hill Brown, prompting a moral reminder on thrift and honesty.
A craftsman explains razor sharpening rules. Razors must lie flat on bone to create a fine edge on hollow ground blades, while pocket knives need a stilt edge. Laying the blade flat on a stone can injure the edge, so angles of 20 to 26 degrees and a chisel-like edge are recommended.
A comic breakfast table dialogue unfolds as characters debate the difference between a successful poet and a phrenologist. Skinny asserts the poet earns from his own head while the phrenologist profits from others. The exchange features a blond typewriter, a brunette bookkeeper, a nervous bank clerk, and a sentimental wristwatch wearer.
A Glenville high school crew hunted for news on Old Tronsides the Constitution. After checking the library with no luck, a student called the Dorothea armory and spoke to the secretary who refused to reveal any military details insisting secrets are guarded.
A Wall Street office worker saves cigar store coupons, hoping for an automobile or plane. When a boy tries to grab a transfer coupon, the man shouts protectively, accusing the boy of stealing and driving him to race after the exit door.
In Notes and Queries 180s lodged a strange ghost tale told by Edmund Switte keeper of the crown jewels He and his wife sister in law and child witnessed a hovering cylindrical glass tube that approached the supper table before vanishing after a chair strike
The piece notes Harold, the sole son of a wealthy widow, being drafted for military instruction and assigned to K. Vv. duty. He reports in a letter that he spent the day washing dishes sweeping floors making beds and peeling potatoes, joking he will make some girl a fine wife upon return.
The fox is called cunning in many lands and has developed near human acuity after centuries of pursuit. Trained fox hounds catch him, yet many sly old foxes still elude hunters for years.
Fremont Herald recalls a drizzly night peeping on an aging couple. The old man and wife share a tender, unchanging love as time passes, a moment of beauty that endures beyond age. The piece stresses timeless affection over aging.
A Kansan recalls arriving in France en route to Bordeaux and being struck by the winter landscape. The lush green fields along the river impress the observer, who compares the scenery to Kansas grass in a remark from a Midwest newspaper man.
A brief meditation notes that dogs may have learned to look both ways before crossing streets as autos replace horses. It recalls early auto era dog fatalities and suggests observant dogs in rural areas and city lovers have noted such cautious behavior.
Forbes Magazine argues that nations have strong recuperative powers and hope persists as long as vitality remains. It warns that a necessary break between efforts to rebuild poses danger, though largely imaginary, as public measures to dull the reactive period fade and sober reasoning returns to leadership.
Notice urges ladies to remove their combs as oversized tortoise shell combs become a luxe fad among London smart women. The vogue includes vast combs and a tortoise shell dressing set valued at $1,000 or more.
John Lay refutes a claim that his tonsils were sunburned by looking at an airplane cutting hides in the sky. He says the aircraft moved often, causing him to turn and shade his mouth part of the time.
The article describes the underpaid Eskimo and native Indian sled dogs that haul mail in interior Alaska. They receive a pound and a half of dried salmon per day, work daily with harsh treatment, and rely on seasonal feeding from fishing dump scraps during summer before rivers freeze.
The piece explains cornerstone laying by government and Masons, noting sealed cavities with copper boxes and cement. It recalls Taft laying a Washington cornerstone for an unbuilt church and Roosevelt inaugurating the Masonic temple, an event held high in the air with timbers beneath.
The Western Australian agriculture minister tested two pig self feeders, a hopper grinder and a delivery platform with ten divisions. Pigs push the platform to access ground wheat, each pig feeding without waste, crushing only what they can eat, with ten pigs fed simultaneously.
Frank Pinckley, custodian of the Tumacacori ruins, reports a first clue to the padres buried treasure near the mission gateway. Legends tie the site to maps and plans that allegedly point to gold and silver, with the ruins linked to the Seven Cities of Cthola and mineral-rich hills attracting early settlers.
United States lifesavers reportedly achieved a rescue after a victim was submerged six minutes in water. The public often believes resuscitation is possible after long submersion, but drowning remains a rapid hazard and the water carries significant dangers.
Quote by John Horace Lockwood from a Mother's Magazine discusses faith within marriages and family. It outlines five interlocking beliefs shaping child character and lifelong influence: faith between spouses, child in mother, child in father, parental faith in child, and faith in life principles.
Harvard professor Dr. W. B. Cannon argues thirst is a local mouth and throat dryness issue rather than whole body dehydration. He cites reduced salivary secretion as the true cause and notes dryness signals the body’s fluid need.
Professor Rosenfeld of Breslau cites a Zentralblatt fur Innere Medizin article showing wartime food shortages reduced diabetes deaths. Berlin deaths fell from 264 in 1917 to 177 in 1918, with Munich and Breslau also reporting declines across 1913–1918, suggesting rationing indirectly benefited diabetics.
The article explains that rapidly rotating smooth steel disks cut metal more efficiently than toothed saws. Heat from friction melts the metal at contact while the disk remains cooler and self sharpening is unnecessary. Higher speeds generate more heat and speed up cutting.
Canadian commerce reports two announcements for the British public. One states large scale exploitation of Western Canadian oil fields is being contemplated. The other notes large discoveries of helium in Western Canada, a nonflammable gas suitable for airship envelopes.
Declared exports to the United States from Bluefields Nicaragua totaled 2715 dollars in 1918 an increase of 1 256 452 dollars from 1917. Ba Dants were the chief export with a value of 1 dollar the 101 in 1918 a large rise over 1917 shipments of 204 002 dollars.
At the midwinter sales, Hebrew and Irish flags were presented at the exchange. A committee unveiled a white silk flag with a double blue star, symbolizing truth, amid applause from about four hundred dealers. The Irish flag followed, green with a golden harp, drawing similar cheers.
The Swiss Association for Geophysics Meteorology and Astronomy has urged the government to adopt a 24 hour clock for daily timekeeping. The Swiss Army General Staff and leaders of the federal post office telegraph and customs departments favor the change, aiming to reduce a m and p m confusion and simplify timetables.
The Allied powers at war with Germany and Austria agreed to a five year postponement of China’s indemnity payments, Russia remitting one third. China gains access to 100 million dollars for five years and hopes for further remission. They also may raise customs duties to five percent, doubling revenues based on 1902 and 1858 price levels.
The article traces historical notes of colored snow and hail from long ago, citing events in Tuscany in 181% orange hail, 1803 red snow in Carniola Austria, brick red snow in Italy 1815 and Tyrol 1847, and red snow seen near Sir John Ross explorations with crimson cliffs ten miles away.
Onlookers praised a young woman described as sweet with a delicate waist as she fainted in public. An Irish observer asked about her condition and quipped that the outcome matched feared concerns, noting concern and haste from passers by.
A playful exchange sets characters Hubb and Gotham debating whether Boston streets are straight. Hubb confesses living on a main street in Boston while asserting the city has no truly straight roads, prompting a humorous exchange about urban geography.
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