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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
2
Pathfinder notes debunking a Hindu magic act seen in travel reports. A basket trick uses a slender substitute girl who hides behind screens while the original appears to be swallowed by a bloodied blade and reappears unharmed. The piece calls the stunt common trickery, highlighting stage dexterity.
The article explains that hot air drops dust onto cold surfaces, causing dust streaks on plaster walls. Lath and plaster reduce dust transfer, and heat sources affect dust deposition with radiators increasing dust on furniture. Open fires stay dustier differently from electric lighting, and any surface hotter than the air stays cleaner.
The blind are a peaceable people who do not seek attention. Their teachers at the Hamburg congress work to utilize their shared experiences with infinite praise.
Mrs. Jennie Wood of Danville Indiana reports severe back and head pains from kidney secretions. After trying many medicines she found relief with Dean's Kidney Pills which removed the trouble. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Two middle aged men try to lure pond denizens with a pole and a bent twig, buy fish from local boys for four bits, then lose the catch to two shop cats. The grocer laments the vanished sale as squash cans fly from shelves in the comic misadventure on the city outskirts.
Henry Labouchere, famed for eccentric behavior, serves as attache to British minister in Washington. An American caller asks to see the boss, waits long, and Labouchere jokes he left for Canada and will return in about six weeks. The anecdote underlines his contradictory, memorable persona.
Governor Samuel M. Ralston designates Friday October 1 1915 as Disease Prevention Day in Indiana urging public schools and municipalities to promote public health. The proclamation emphasizes the role of citizens in preventing disease and preserving civil society.
A Monroe county road inspection party, after 1 218 miles over ten days, returned to Bloomington. They toured southern Indiana Kentucky Ohio and New York for ideas for future roads and favor water bound roads from Gallion Ohio to Indianapolis, noting their cost of 2500 to 3000 dollars per mile is similar to current macadam spending.
Local track meet yields five team medals as athletes from Oglethorpe High set an early pace. Rivals struggle for depth while sprint events produce fast times and team scores tighten.
A Lyric double bill contrasts Phillip Morrow’s aristocratic rise and a Prohibition fight shadowed by a lynching and a secret blood taint, ending with his resignation to uplift the Negro race. Opera House sketch follows Fay’s escapades with Maloney as a comic caper unfolds.
Washington Aug 18 The European war raises demand for ammunition and explosives spurs new plants and higher cotton prices. Census Bureau Director Rogers reports extensive efforts to collect statistics on cotton used as a raw material and urges firms to report establishments using cotton since the war began to meet legal monthly reporting requirements.
The article explains the Census Bureau's authority to collect statistics on raw cotton usage in manufacturing especially for explosives. It notes many firms purify cotton themselves or buy purified fibers from others and highlights a surge in linters and hull fiber production, with linters output growing from 144,544 bales in 1899 to 856,900 bales in 1914, and hull fiber production expanding as hull fiber processing continues.
Miss A M Winchester reviews kindergarten work and questions surveys measuring progress by grade speed. She argues the value lies in content and development, not time, and outlines plans for a five year follow up comparing children who did and did not attend kindergarten.
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