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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
4
A New York Globe note praises growing bi partisan friendships between Republicans and Democrats. It contrasts modern cordial interchanges with earlier sharp rivalries, citing senators Edmunds and Thurman and praising cleaner campaigns and mutual respect as key to national progress.
The Engineering News observations cited by the Denver Post argue women take longer to use elevators and suggest segregating sexes on subways and surface cars as a remedy. Critics call it primitive and note some colleges already favor coeducation, while proposing trials on routes with worsening conditions.
In Papua's northeastern district tree houses once used as refuges are disappearing as civilization spreads. Government control drives natives toward simpler homes while officials often sleep in high laddered huts perched eighty feet up. These cool, picturesque structures feature thatch roofs and wattled walls.
The Florida guava, a fruit grown to about twenty feet with fruit size from a small hen's egg to a large lemon, offers tart winter and fine summer varieties good for jelly. Its perishability limits shipping, delaying widespread popularity beyond Florida.
The Great Western Railway of England tests a new electric signaling system to prevent fog and storm accidents. A seventh rail between tracks activates a bell or whistle in the locomotive cab to convey safe or danger, depending on semaphore status.
The article weighs whether any single Shakespeare play is the greatest noting candidates like The Tempest Julius Caesar Hamlet Lear Macbeth and Othello. It cites varied opinions among readers and critics with Hamlet and The Tempest singled out as top contenders.
Southern France holds the world’s most remarkable caves with wall pictures by prehistoric people who roamed with mammoths and reindeer. Many images are engraved or painted, often depicting extinct animals such as cave lions and bears. A Font de Gaume find shows a rhinoceros with two unequal horns. Paint was made from ocher ground and mixed in mortars. Four phases of troglodyte art have been identified by explorers, mainly in the last four years.
A Bible tale from II Kings shows Elisha turning one widow’s oil into abundance by filling many vessels. The piece urges readers to assess their own resources and seize everyday opportunities, arguing success comes from using what you possess and recognizing hidden potential.
Odd recipe fragments describe puddings custards and fruit nectars with directions for crumb pudding noodles ham noodles and mutton with peas. Instructions cover orange lemonade syrup freezing cream and fruit ice. text ends mid recipe with 1921 Western News attribution.
The Siege of the Dardanelles will be staged at the Indiana State Fair as a night feature with scenic effects and fireworks. It recounts the World War naval failure to capture Constantinople and includes life size bombs and dramatic climaxes shown on the race-track infield for five nights beginning September 5.
A state fair feature brings expert riders to the Indiana State Fair during the week of September 5. Cowboys and cowgirls will perform on the race track and in the hippodrome show with trick riding lassoing and Roman standing races. Headliner Leonard Stroud will crawl under a galloping horse. Mayme Stroud and Beatrice Kirnan are among noted riders from major ranch shows.
The Indiana State Fair opens September 5 with a large auto show capped only by the Manufacturers' building capacity. Exhibitors include all popular makes and agencies, plus the latest accessories and showroom features from leading firms.
The Indiana State Fair expects many visitors arriving by touring cars and has arranged parking for 30 000 cars daily. Cars will enter through the north, east and south gates and boy scouts will guide motorists to parking fields.
The Indiana State Fair will showcase extensive educational displays during the week of Sept. 5 featuring Purdue University exhibits on soil, livestock, and home economies. New cattle classes, record swine and poultry shows, Tractor displays, and a fall style show for women will accompany farm machinery and home economy programs in the Women’s building.
The Indiana State Fair schedules a big sports week starting Sept 5 with twenty races on the mile track and four events daily. Purdue band and open air vaudeville will entertain, while cowboys and cowgirls perform bronco riding and lasso throwing. Auto polo features nightly hip cord shows and daily excitement. Saturday Sept 10 includes six dirt track races for AAA Championship and Barney Oldfield trophy with drivers such as Tommy Milton Jules Ellingboe Bennie Hill Dave Koetale and Charles Corum.
Indiana railroads publish a special one and one half fare round trip rate to the State Fair. The discount applies to the outbound trip on Sunday September 4, the day before the fair opens, marking the first wartime reopening of such a rate.
The Purdue University Military band of 100 men will headline the Indiana Fair the week of September 5. They will use a new seven foot diameter bass drum crafted at an Indianapolis factory, thick over three and a half feet, carried on a wheeled chassis. Hundreds of skins were examined to select drum heads.
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