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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
3
A Negro preacher seeks shelter in a haunted house with his Bible. Cats of increasing size enter, demand to begin, and insist they wait for Martin. The preacher escapes by car after noting he could not stay until Martin arrives.
Serouel Crowther in System argues regular saving hinges on a strict routine and withdrawal penalties. He warns against easily accessible funds and urges a balance between penalizing frivolous withdrawals and preserving access for genuine needs.
A Los Angeles woman notes the contrast between reform efforts and prevention in aiding troubled girls. She argues that society favors charity after crimes over proactive support to deter temptation, predicting a harsh outcome if help is delayed.
In Europe slate pencils are made by hand, but in the United States they are produced by machinery. A Pennsylvania quarry supplies fine slate for millions of pencils. Slab material is shaved into pieces, cut to length of five inches, and formed into cylindrical rods. They are painted with emery wheels by boys using careful, rapid movements, then packed in pasteboard boxes of 100.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls old Virginia gala customs where neighbors share treats. A boy, Wiverly Widren, jokes about earning more cake by talking more, after overhearing a saying about who talks the most.
The lodestone, a mineral believed to be a stone, always points north when suspended or floated. It acts as a natural compass used by Vikings, with Sweden supplying the strongest lodestones. Galileo’s six ounce lodestone, 300 years old, is shown in Florence, Italy.
A stick sea chart of the Marshall Islands, gifted by Robert Louis Stevenson, is exhibited in New York. Distances were measured in hours, and youths learned the charts by heart as a sea exam. Some say the sticks show currents with four swells from different seas.
The Dickcissel is a small migratory bird six and a quarter inches long with a yellow white and gray body and a black throat patch in males. It thrives in dry bushy fields across the central United States and sings a simple chip chip che che chee even in July and August. It nests on the ground or in bushes using weeds grasses and corn husks, with four to five bluish white eggs that resemble bluebird eggs.
Beads are essential in Levantine life, worn by all ages to ward off ill luck. Horses, donkeys, and work oxen carry beads to protect against disease. In Athens, Constantinople, Tiflis, Smyrna, and other Levant cities, people use short fidget beads in public spaces. Bead shops fill larger cities while markets and peddlers sell them everywhere.
Old wallpaper can look fresh with a new top border and changed color scheme. A DIY border helps the average person apply it, while hiring a paperhanger saves time. A rye flour paste dries heavy paper well, and patching torn sections keeps walls looking neat.
Mrs Gasaway says her husband sentences tramps to beat her carpets and help with cleaning, making her the most fortunate woman in the world. Mrs Lissen asks why with envy. The judge’s wife is described as enjoying exclusive domestic labor.
The piece surveys competing theories on why pantomime clowns paint red scarlet triangles, fishtails and half moons on their cheeks. It links medieval makeup to myths of Momus, demon imagery, and burlesque of Col umbine, noting ordinary circus clowns use only a colored nose.
The Philadelphia Inquirer recounts a curiously addressed Madrid letter that passed through the post with a rebus. A lady signal for Aurora, a bill with a castle for Montes y Castello, a city plan for Granada with a pomegranate, and a street number. After three days, Senorita Aurora Montes y Castello Aracayas No. 20 Granada received it, and authorities photographed the envelope for proof of the department's intelligence.
Personal and Dr and Mrs Cassell C Tucker are the parents of a son born Tuesday evening. Both mother and baby are doing well. Dobbs and Vestal cancel Land Cow Sales near Clayton due to Dick Land's illness after weeks of jaw surgery. Mrs Fannie Walls learns of granddaughter Gretchen Lynn’s diphtheria in Pensacola Florida. Committee canvass meets at 7:30 pm in Locust Street church. Mrs H C Clippinger visits Indianapolis. Mrs Ida Cooper and Miss Helen Hathaway depart for Boston and eastern points. Evens car group to Bay View Michigan for a few weeks. Prof H B Longaon returns from Bay View. Mrs A L Tidrick and son return from Sullivan county. Mr and Mrs Lester Cunningham visit with Mr Tidrick’s family. For sale Carmen peaches and other varieties. contact R A Oge.
Classified ad notes a six room one and a half story cottage at 810 S Locust Street in good condition offered by Theodore Crawley. Also lists farm loans from Brown and Moffett and W H Evans of Greencastle Indiana. Ends with a pest control ad for RAT SNAP sold by local merchants. Job listing for a girl to do general house work by Maude Bridges and a public sale notice from Dobbs and Vestal.
An old Herald ad touts RAT SNAP as an effective rat and mouse killer and repellent. It claims no lingering smell and internal drying of killed pests. Sold in three sizes 25c 40c and 1.00 by John Cook and Sons J Sudranski & Co and R P Mullins.
Mrs Emily Shaw endorses Rat Snap pesticide saying a 50 cent box caught 12 rats in a week after a two dollar trap failed. The ad notes RAT SNAP comes in cake form in 25 cent 50 cent and one dollar sizes and is guaranteed by John Cook and Sons J Sudranski Co and R P Mullins.
The piece argues youth is a mindset as well as years and that people need not retire age in spirit. It notes older adults can stay active, balancing work and play, and suggests age is a habit anyone can reshape by choosing a youthful outlook.
N Windsor, a Greencastle farmer, laments years of rat trouble until a neighbor recommends RAT SNAP. The ad notes three sizes 25c 50c 1.00 and lists sellers John Cook & Sons J Sudranski Co R P Mullins. Also for sale two registered Duroc boars and two sows from breeder C J Arnold and an employment notice seeking a refined woman to represent a high class business in Indianapolis area with commission bonuses and possible big income.
A terse exchange questions the witness’s reliability with the remark that the claim may be mere inference. The dialogue suggests skepticism about the credibility of testimony in a tense judicial setting.
The text presents a disjointed conversational snippet featuring phrases about marriage timing, an aunt’s remark on baptism, and a coffee tasting comment. No clear event, person, or organization identified.
Plano building requires varied timber from Canadian spruce American oak and whitewood Honduras mahogany and English beech. Sounding boards use Swiss pine the Ahles Excelsa heated in a drying chamber for days. The piano only became popular after much of the eighteenth century passed.
Agnes spreads rumors about everyone she hears and other gossip escalates. The exchange cites continual chatter and a feisty reaction, implying a long running habit of sharing private information.
In a terse dialogue a woman offers marriage on one condition. She clarifies the prerequisite is Harold securing a fiat, while the other party asks if her father would consent. The exchange centers on consent and an unconventional stipulation.
A local proprietor advertises a grand coastal panorama offering a three mile sightline at sea. The boast highlights the vantage and appeal to visitors seeking expansive ocean views.
Second Dit to What did you do with the other twenty seven dollars refers to a dialogue about missing earnings and an inquiry into the remaining funds.
Washington Irving remarks on rural England comparing Sunday morning churchgoing peasantry in best finery with evening gatherings at cottage doors. He notes sober melodies from bells and the simple comforts created by the people themselves, highlighting humble living and modest cheerfulness.
A young girl named Betty-Lou watches her father struggle with persistent flies in his work on an automobile. She offers a practical, humorous line proposing he “shimmy that fly off your face” to end the annoyance.
Greencastle resident Frank Roberts, a local blacksmith at 401 S Jackson St, reports back and kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy brought almost immediate relief during attacks and recommends it to others. price is 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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