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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1921
Page
3
Local items cover Rev. V. L. Raphael preaching at the Presbyterian church at 10 40 Sunday and residents returning from interrupts of six weeks at Martinsville Florence Gambold and Gladys Ames visiting Effingham and other towns. The notes list moves, travels, college ties at DePauw Baldwin Wallace and Indiana area events and social visits across Greencastle.
Classified notices urge subscribers in arrears to pay. Wernke’s Jewelry seeks a young lady clerk. Paul Jackson advertises a good cook stove. Miller Meat Market promotes home killed steak. John J. Black seeks farm for sale details. fireplace wood offered at four dollars a cord. O J Rector Auctioneer advertises selling dates during sale season.
An advertisement urges women to use Triumph Pills when irregular or suppressed and promises safety and dependability in proper cases. The offer notes the pills are not sold at drug stores and invites readers to write for “Relief” and particulars, free, with the address listed in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
North of the Mason Dixon line the grass season is brief, about four months, with pastures usable from May to September. Plan silage and silo size for eight months of feeding. The key is to keep stock from thinning before frost.
Do not expect 200 egg pullets from 10 egg hens. Like begets like. Keep lime in reach, provide grit and a dry dust bath. Excessive fatness reduces egg production and raises risk of disease.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes financiers claim the United States holds excessive gold in circulation and that the discussion is framed as a computation rather than targeting the public.
Following dissolution of partnership a public sale is set for August 23 1921 at 10 a m on the O P Vaughn farm 42 miles west of Mt Meridian along the National road 7 miles southeast of Greencastle. The catalog lists 22 head horses and mules 18 head cattle 84 head hogs plus implements and harness. Terms require cash under 10 and credit on larger sums with notes and 6 percent interest. delivery after terms are met. Lunch by Mt Meridian Ladies Aid.
The USDA notes no uniform nutritional difference between brown and white shelled eggs when size and freshness are equal. Shell color affects market value regionally, with brown eggs often pricier. yolk color relates to feed and may influence flavor, though not nutrition.
There is seldom anything gained by keeping more than one breed on the farm. Good feeding, good stock, no lice, and no carelessness insure success for any poultry keeper.
A public auction will be held at the Walter Cooper farm twenty miles south of Greencastle near Cloverdale road on Monday August 29 1921 at 1030 a.m. The sale includes 80 Hampshire hogs 40 Hampshire shoats and yearling two and three year old sows bred to Sun Beam King plus three horses and a cow herd with calves tools and equipment such as a Webber wagon mowing machine hay rake hay tedder plows discs drill and a cream separator. Terms five dollars and under cash six months on notes with eight percent interest from date two percent off for cash. Dobbs and Vestal Auds Albert Albaugh Clerk. Dinner served by Ladies Aid of Mt. Meridian.
MARC COOK muses on aging from ten to sixty and beyond in a reflective verse. He notes how each age brings a new sense of wisdom yet keeps a resilient sense of youth as he wonders when a man truly grows old.
The article describes vipers as widespread pests in America and across continental Europe, with France particularly plagued. A notable hunter named Jobin the Serpentor tracks and kills vipers in vineyards, earning pay by snake size. vipers reach up to 6 or 7 feet, with gray brown bodies and red markings, while females show green and yellow tones with black and red spots.
John Pomeroy known as the sailor of London arrives in San Francisco on his way home from Australia. He claims invention of an explosive bullet that limited Zeppelin damage and says the British government awarded him 125000 dollars. He produced six other war inventions and plans talks in Washington. He credits his wife who was decorated by Britain and given a 25000 dollar bonus.
A note is handed to you by a feller who says the giver added a nickel as payment. The other person suggests this may be interest on the note.
Miss Kate O'Brien of Philadelphia and Charles Barker of Vancouver were married in Moosejaw by Rev. Father O'Brien through a glass pane that separated the fever-stricken bride from her groom and the priest. O'Brien left Philadelphia a week earlier, caught fever en route, and halted in Moosejaw. Barker went to Moosejaw and urged no delay. A room was prepared for the bride and a speaking tube allowed the priest to receive her assent.
Poultry specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture say Guinea fowls utilize waste escapes both hens and turkeys. They favor thickets and weed patches, cause fewer depredations than chickens or turkeys, require little feed, and lay eggs prolifically with a rich flavor.
The text explains keeping board floors aired by foundation openings, closed in winter, with a sand layer and scratching material for a good surface. It notes removable otter and sand, and warns that wooden floors near ground require foundation walls rats cannot access beneath.
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