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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
3
Opinion argues that Prohibition gains reflect opposition to liquor policy details rather than a inbuilt moral mandate. It contends many voters oppose saloons and liquor dispensing rather than liquor itself, suggesting repeal or reform could undermine the movement.
Canadian physician Dr Frank D W Bates argues eye strain drains nerve energy and lowers vitality, creating vulnerability to tuberculosis and other diseases. He cites a diabetes cure after eye surgery as supporting evidence and notes years of study and collaboration with Dr George M Gould.
The village of New Knoxville in Auglaze county boasts abundant artesian wells and no public aid needs. It highlights a large German Reformed church with 960 families, a $70,000 edifice, and a historic pulpit. George W. Hall, a county figure, seeks a third term with no Democratic opposition.
Trustee of Franklin township, Putnam county sets forth estimated expenditures and taxes for 1916 at the Roachdale Bank meeting on September 7. Totals include township, local tuition, special school, road, library and poor taxes with valuations and poll counts. Signed by John T. Sutherlin, dated August 16, 1915, Stilesville area notes follow with local family and social items.
The text argues that a firm should be transparent about its offerings to keep customers. If a business fails to disclose what it provides, customers are free to shop elsewhere without complaint.
J. O. Mullinix, the township trustee, states he will be in his Reelsville office on Tuesdays and Fridays each week to conduct township business.
Edgar J Wilson, trustee, announces weekly business hours at his Floyd township home every Wednesday to transact the office duties.
Emerson E. Ruark trustee states he will conduct township business at his Filmore home each Tuesday and Friday.
Harry Talbott, trustee of Greencastle Township, will conduct township business in the S. G Sayers Book Store office each weekday during his term. For details call phone 35.
The article notes leaves are not fixed in position. Leaves on most plants move and reorient toward light, showing two joints that allow bending. It explains how shoots realign when tilted and that dormancy or sleep can affect movement. The observation emphasizes plant flexibility and positional changes.
An aging note explains that producers film hundreds of feet beyond the finished two reel subject to ensure quality. It says a Biograph two reel photoplay generates enough negative for a three or four reel film and editors trim nonessential or dull sections to keep the 2,000 feet full of action.
Experiments by Elster and Geitel and collaborators MacLennan Henriot and others indicate salts of potassium from Strassfurt mines emit an emanation that ionizes the surrounding air, suggesting potassium may possess radioactivity.
E G Van Zandt of North Euclid ay St Louis retired engineer age 62 completes a 14 room miniature home entirely with a pocketknife. The 4 by 4 by 6.5 inch model weighs three ounces and took 115 days using seven cigar boxes as material.
In a comic exchange a daughter pleads for a new dress while Popslinger rails about youth, reads love salons and old social rules, and threatens to cancel the expense as he laments spending on frivolities. He grants the dress after insisting on durability.
Londoners feel drawn to the city after hearing its call as a bugle calls a war horse. Once they hear it they long to return, yet breakage of hope and spirit often pushes them to seek permanent departure.
In the early search for a spice route to the east Europeans thought America an archipelago. Magellan, sailing for Spain, found a passage at the southern tip of South America on October 21, 1520, naming the strait after the day the crew honored the voyage as the Strait of the Eleven Thousand Virgins.
Mrs Bargainhanter tows her two children in a perambulator down a treacherous street. A workman warns that a trench will be filled, sparking a playful moment about a hat and a curious accident. The Siamese prefer even house counts. Sugar is abundant in about 190 plant species.
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