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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
2
Will of Peter Thelusson Affects Far Reaching Inheritance
The will of Peter Thelusson, a London merchant who died July 21 1797, left his wife and children £100000 and entrusted about £600000 to trustees to accumulate for the lives of his sons and then pass to the eldest great grandson. If no heir existed the funds would go to the sinking fund to reduce national debt. Estimates valued the fortune at up to £19000000. The will faced widespread criticism but was sustained in court and by the House of Lords. From 1800 a statute barred accumulations beyond twenty years after death. The last grandson died in 1856 and litigation over succession concluded in favor of the eldest son’s grandson. The inherited fortune, due to mismanagement and litigation, remained only slightly above the original £600000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Thelusson
London
House of Lords
Giant rays armed with toothed tail spears alarm fishermen
A historical account describes the giant ray or devilfish common to Western Atlantic coasts. It snarls with a toothed tail spear capable of penetrating a thigh, attacks fearsome when cornered, and can reach up to 18 feet across in Gulf of Mexico waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Boy and a Sermon in a Quiet Church Scene
A humorous Life excerpt depicts a boy named Caro simulating a sermon routine. He sighs deeply, studies stained glass and architecture, and performs odd actions with a hymn book and his body. He drops items, pockets a magnet, pencil stubs, and junk before being offered peppermint by an aunt and ending with a strange choke that is quickly suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caro
He Had the General Idea
Trousy Johnson lacked formal schooling but learned much from a winter with district teachers. He encouraged his children’s grammar education and, after their departure, kept the effort going. A dinner-table exchange shows his insistence on precise speech when Ter, age nine, answered “Uh-huh.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trousy Johnson
Johnson
Rousy
Ter
Old Manses of New England and the Middle States
A Chicago Daily News observer notes interest grows in ancient ministerial homes called manses. These historic manors attract pilgrims seeking ties to past communities, with each residence bearing its own story and the intangible sacred atmosphere tied to church life and local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbin
New England
Middle States
Chicago Daily News
Built in Honor of Buddha at Borobudur
The Borobudur temple in Central Java is described as one of the greatest ancient works, rivaling the pyramids in scale and craftsmanship. Alfred R. Wallace praises the labor and artistry, noting the seventh century origin and its role as a Buddhist monument with 84,000 vase fragments disseminated across Buddhas realms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boro-Budor
Java
Egypt
Alfred R. Wallace
Boro- Budor
Buddha
Food customs of northern peoples and explorers noted
An 18th century survey records extreme eating habits of Eskimo and Yakut peoples including consuming twenty pounds of flesh and oil daily and washing it down with train oil, plus desserts of tallow candles. It adds anecdotes from Frobisher, Settle, Humboldt about grass eating near Hudson Bay and earth bread by Orinoco banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frobisher
Settle
Hudson's Bay
Humboldt
Orinoco
Piazzas and Verandas in American Vernacular
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer argues in Scribner's Magazine that the terms piazza porch gallery veranda reflect regional usage. She notes in the South gallery and in the North porch have displaced piazza though they describe different structures.
Silver Fox Teems In Sierra Nevada Wildlife
The Philadelphia Record notes trappers and sportsmen find abundant wildlife from Mount Whitney to Death Valley. The rare silver fox, valued up to $1,000, has been captured several times, while many are smaller prizes. The fox's coat is coal black with a burnt silver luster and a white tail tip, and it is difficult to catch despite its apparent abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Whitney
Sierra Nevada
Death Valley
California
Philadelphia Record
Boston Street Names Echo a Storied Past
Boston streets and lines reflect colonial origins and changes after the Revolution. Tremont hints at three hills while Shawmut became Tremont. Queen, King, and Court streets retell civic shifts. Alleys, lanes, and tavern-era paths preserve Old World and Indigenous echoes in daily routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bostoun
Tremont Street
Tri-mountain
Shawmut
Mary Harrod Northend
Century Magazine
Queen Street
Court Street
King Street
State Street
School Street
Custom House
Fing Alley
Corncourt
Cory Market
Sumpier Street
Seven Star Lane
Frugal Eaters of History and Their Diets
Massachusetts champion eater Thomas F Curby argues dyspepsia comes from eating too little. He reportedly had thirteen lobsters sixty eggs and a hundred oysters for a Sunday dinner. Old vegetarian Roger Crab died September 11 1680 after showing a man could live on 75 cents a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Curby
Massachusetts
Roger Crab
Chesham
England
Moths Take Big Chances In Mountainous Regions
An American Forestry Magazine report notes high flying morpho moths in western America are easier to trap than plains species but capture is risky. A Bogota naturalist fell from a precipice, breaking an arm, and faced a three day horse journey to reach a doctor. In Bolivia a collector labored to reach a blue morphogodartis on a cliff ledge, needing rope lowering to obtain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Bogota
Bolivia
Franklin's Court Harmonica Story
The article notes an early American mouth harmonica made by Benjamin Franklin during his time as minister to Louis XVI in France. Franklin reportedly played for Marie Antoinette, who enjoyed it and received the instrument as a gift. After the revolution the harmonica had a storied path to a modern owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Louis
France
Marie Antoinette
Franklin
America
The Horse of Thirty Five Compared to Human Aging
A New York Evening Post comparison notes that a five year old horse is as old as a twenty year old man, a ten year old horse equals a forty year old man, and a thirty five year old horse resembles a ninety year old man in maturity and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Father and daughter compare chairs in tech satire
A Massachusetts Tech cartoon parodies academic prestige by contrasting a father who sits as chair of applied physics at Cambridge with a remark about someone occupying the seat of applied electricity at Sing Sing, reflecting campus wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Sing Sing
Massachusetts Tech
Yoo Doo
Nothing to Sing in New Revue Warns Chorus Girl
Stage director bluntly tells a chorus girl she has little to perform in the new revue with no lines no songs and almost no costume left for the number ahead.
Seibo Island Town With No Hotels And Bandit Threats
Seibo on Santo Domingo island is a remote town lacking hotel accommodations and dominated by huts and a ragged servant. Marines camp at its door as locals remain surprised by American civilians. An ancient church with a wireless station atop offers the town’s notable landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seibo
Santo Domingo
West Indies
United States Marines
Marine Wireless Station
Harry A. Franck
Century Magazine
Beyond the Power of Man in a Divorce Case
In a recent court divorce case a wife uses sign language to express her view of her husband. The husband resists, lacking a practical silence plan, and the piece mocks male endurance and gender dynamics with a Detroit News critique.
Lone Jack’s Calamities Signal National Jinx, Says Mayor
Mayor King lists a series of town woes including an exploding electric plant, a bus driver quitting, barber leaving, and a bank robbery as signs of a looming jinx. He notes 25 percent of ills from preventable accidents, 25 percent from crime, and 50 percent from labor troubles, claiming Lone Jack mirrors national life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Lone Jack
Jimoey
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kipling Autograph Values and a Boston Poet’s Framed Check
The Boston Globe notes that a Rudyard Kipling signature fetches more than the check amount. It recalls a Boston poet who received three dollars for a poem and framed the check instead of cashing it, using the display as wit for friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Boston
Kipling
Boston Globe
Burglars tale from Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
A burglar recounts a failed second story theft at a penitentiary visit. He recalls an assistant born in Boston who balked at a planned move, refusing to climb a downspout as police awakened and halted the caper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Acidity of the Stomach Questioned in Ulcer Study
Dr. Frank Smithies addressed the gastro enterology section of the American Medical Association noting ulcers occur with normal or absent gastric acidity and can heal despite high acidity. He called the belief that excess acid causes ulcers discredited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smithies
American Medical Association
Oldest Ohio dog Teddy Saves Child and Earns Pension
Teddy a 22 year old half coyote half Indian dog lives with Onias Swander near Toledo. He accompanies the Swander children to school each day and on a recent trip alerted by furor when a child collapsed nearby. Teddy rushed home with the child guiding rescuers. Swander bought a dog license and vows no dog catcher will claim him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy
Ohio
Onias O. Swander
Toledo
Oho
Swander
Mr. Swander
Coyote
Oklahoma
Charles A. Henderson
Comfort in Airplane Cabins in War Time
Edward P. Warner compares two flights in a fully enclosed transport and a new American fighting plane. He notes stronger air forces at 185 mph, ventilation in the cabin, and the wind threat to hair when peering from the gunner’s cockpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Warner
Yale Review
Chorus Girl Becomes Housemaid Then Leaves for Stage
A Parisian housekeeper hired a promising new maid who started duties well and cooked an early dinner to the mistress’s satisfaction. At 8:30 the maid returned with her hat on saying she must go out to perform in a music hall, risking a fine from the chorus. The arrangement ended due to the mistress’s conventional views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Sleep-Bath Therapy For Disabled Soldiers At Bohan Estate
War born cures include the sleep-bath at the thousand acre Bohan Manshire estate. Patients rest in hammocks as water flows over them in body temperature. The soothing bath aids nerves and can help any non incurable ex soldier via the local pension committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohan
Manshire
Human Fly Polley Declares Safe High-Rise Work
Polley the human fly who scaled 37 stories of the Woolworth Building in New York says building climbs are a balance trick. He spent nine years learning it and believes the trade is as safe as any other, noting one fall when a higher fly knocked him down. He does not smoke drink or take risky habits and avoids dizziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polley
Woolworth
New York
Cappers Weekly
Landlord Calls Out Guest Over Pocket Hook Slipping
A Florida landlord shouts to a departing guest rushing for the train that he dropped a pocket hook. The guest replies he has no further use for it and keeps rushing to catch the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Boston Transcript
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Berald
Greencastle
Ind
Anaries J. Arnold
S. Jackson Street
Fish
City of Boston
Creation
Detroit News
Bank and Trust Company
United States Government
Indiana
the Central National Bank
Central Trust
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Mexico
Standard Oil Company
S. Michigan Ave
Chicago
Indiana Loan Company
Donner Block
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