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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
2
The Bureau of Standards warns gravel in concrete can burst under extreme heat, weakening structures. To protect heat exposed gravel concrete, coat with an inch of cement held by wire mesh or use asbestos-rich plasters, as noted by Scientific American.
A historical reflection notes the demolition of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia once a pride of New France. It recalls the 1713 Utrecht treaty the 1745 siege led by Pepperell and New Englanders the 1748 Aix la Chapelle handover the 1760 final razing and the present ruins with memorials guarding the site three miles from the town and railway.
A 1559 royal document linked to Scottish land wards requires heirs to marry by royal pleasure. If unmarried at possession age twenty one for males or fourteen for females, penalties apply. Refusal to marry incurs a fine double the marriage’s monetary benefit, deemed almost the value of the lands.
A century old maple known as the tree in the road near Hartford Michigan was felled to clear a new concrete road. The landmark served as a traditional measuring point for distances, until modernization ended its central role in local navigation.
In China the education system remains in transition with continued emphasis on classics and memorization alongside growing demand for practical training. The minister of agriculture in Peking urged forestry recruits to grow trees rather than pen essays.
A ten year California romance ends in a Sunday wedding at the Lawless home near Temple. Corporal Arthur Elmore of Greencastle marries Miss Leora Miller of English Indiana. Elder Leonard Cummins performs the ceremony. Elmore is the son of Alford Elmore and Miller a Miller Sisters stock farm owner. The couple met in Oakley California while the Miller sisters ran a business. The courtship continued through correspondence during farming and Elmore’s nine months in France. He returned June 26 and soon claimed his bride.
The first shift of boiler makers helpers boiler washers and tankmen at the Big Four Moorefield roundhouse reported back to work at seven this morning after quitting last week to join an unauthorized railroad shopmen strike. D J Mullen says about twenty men are responding as called and officials warn that back shop work delays will affect trains only after repairs.
A large birthday dinner was held Sunday August 10 at Mrs Eva Herbert’s country home north of Reelsville to honor her forty seven birthday. About 225 guests attended including Cyrus Clark clark family Verner and Bertha Clark and other extended kin from Bainbridge Indianapolis Terre Haute Florida and Georgia. The notice mentions jars apples for jelly or canning offered at a very cheap price at Wetz’s apple house.
Putnam County auditor Joe M. Allen itemizes disbursements including Elliott-Fisher Co. and Wallace Co. salaries, poor farms, jail and farm supplies, medical and disinfection costs, court costs, tax adjustments, and various G RR and GRR disbursements totaling substantial sums. Names listed include W. K. Stewart Co. and Bicknell aay Co. among others.
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