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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
4
A homespun advocate argues that household budgeting mirrors business records. He cites lazy housekeepers and a past country storekeeper as examples, stressing that no one can run a home or business well without keeping accounts.
Obituary reports the death of poet Peter Burns in Dumfries on December 22 at age 66. It notes his honors and influence, references associates and mourners, and mentions funeral arrangements and public procession in the town.
A Victorian critique praises The Faery Queer as a work of art full of imagination and musical verse. It laments occasional monotony and notes the author’s indiscriminate borrowing from older tales, sometimes transforming but often unchanged. There is criticism of carelessness in handling materials.
A Chinese merchant notes that delicate china with hairline cracks can be tempered by placing it in cold water and slowly bringing it to a boil, then cooling gradually. Repeating the treatment is unnecessary, as it allows the china to withstand sudden heat expansion.
A note on the ancient origin of village flower shows dating to classic times, with a possible English spark in 1567 when Flemish weavers fled religious strife. It mentions how Elizabethan gardens adopted favorites like the gillyflower and carnation, tracing a long cultural thread.
Brigham Young led 147 Latter day Saints into Great Salt Lake valley on July 24 1847 at Salt Lake City founding Utah. Early ascent saw Young ill but resolute as the valley appeared marking Pioneer Ways. The territory later organized with Young as governor amid rising non Mormon opposition and publicized concerns over Mormonist doctrine. There were about 44000 Latter Day Saints in Utah.
The excerpt discusses how the word esperkenem and experience are defined by Archbishop Whately in Elements of Logic. It notes two senses of experience the past and the future and how knowledge may be derived from experience and data to apply to future events.
The text describes four stage funeral rites for a deceased person among the Anankn coastal community. After four days of mourning, the body is prepared with foods reflecting the deceased’s preferences and placed in a ceremonial tone unit. The corpse is ferried through the roof via ropes to prevent passage through living doors, and remains are stored in large wooden chests in a grave house. Modernization has altered these rites, though avoidance of door entry remains.
Charlotte Cushman one of the era’s leading tragediennes born in Boston July 23 1816 rose from early musical ambitions to stage stardom. She first appeared as Lady Macbeth in New Orleans and became renowned in England and America. In May 1875 she gave her final Boston Globe stage appearance ending her farewell American tour.
G W E Russetl argues Palmerston was born a Tory, not a Whig, though he spent most of his career in Whig administrations. He valued power above party labels, asserting that Palmerston’s motive was controlling power rather than upholding a Whig creed.
An Africa Congo chief reportedly keeps many wives, but a favored "pet" wife bears a massive brass neckpiece weighing about 25 pounds. The necklace, worn for years, ends when a new beauty is chosen, at which time the captive’s head is severed to remove the neckpiece.
A historical note extols smiles as a political asset and social glue. It contrasts gruff politicians with cheerful figures like merchants and lawyers, arguing that a smile wins friends, quiets fear, and fosters good health, wealth, and happiness for all involved.
Descriptions of Haitian dances held on Saturday nights led by William Alroon. Drumming outside with a flute, rare saxophone, and a common cadence. dances resemble Australian Aboriginal ritual spectacles without personal storytelling.
The frogmouth, labeled the laziest bird, sleeps all day and awaits prey at night. It inhabits Australia and Indian Ocean islands, resembles the whippoorwill, and lures insects with its wide mouth as it hangs on limbs or perches on roofs and fences after sunset.
For centuries the people of Mexican In-Mans feared a pest spot on Lake Chapala near Tizapan. They later painted boats with an oily substance from the lake, discovering it to be petroleum. A vast, steady flow emerges about two miles offshore, with solid petroleum masses weighing around 25 pounds when water is low.
Notes on the largest Bible in Stockholm with thick covers and 800 parchment leaves. A New Yorker owns a meticulously handwritten Bible by his crippled son, written over two years with red verse headings. London shorthand Bible from James II era. an American lady keeps an aged cherished Bible. Soldiers searched unsuccessfully for one copy in a house on Grafton Street.
Reports describe Merida residents largely avoiding beds and sleeping in hammocks that swing with the breeze. The climate limits bedding to January and February, and crafts from the Mother of the Fondle, with steel-tone hues, are noted in regional scenes. A steel needleweight of 200 pounds appears in the fragment.
The article describes flat rings used in a quoits game where players from two sides toss two quoits toward holes in the ground. Points are awarded for closeness or surrounding a hole, with near throws earning one point and surrounding earning two. It notes similarity to ancient discus throwing.
In 1607 at Port Royal now Annapolis Basin Nova Scotia Champlain de Monts and Marc Lescarbot grew and harvested the first wheat crop in what would become Canada. They planted fall wheat sown from France and with sickles cut the ripening harvest.
The English income tax was first imposed by Pitt in 1798 as a war tax, abolished in 1801, reimposed in 1808, and ceased for twenty six years after Napoleon’s defeat. It returned in 1842 at seven pence in the pound, raising about five million pounds, and by 1910 yielded two million six hundred ninety one thousand four hundred twenty two pounds per penny. The tax's yield has grown with prosperity, now exceeding three million pounds per penny.
Mount Desert Island on Bar Harbor Maine emerged from a name suggesting desert sands to be recognized as a national park. The island’s scenic mountains lakes and birds drew artists poets and fashionable visitors to Bar Harbor a premier summer resort on the Atlantic coast.
A lecture argues work should be done with utmost care and skill to achieve happiness. It claims honest effort, whether in sweeping streets or painting, elevates a person and that true satisfaction comes from a will to excel in one’s task.
The Seven Wise Men of Greece, from the sixth century BC, include Solon Chilo Pittacus Bias Periander Cleobaldus and Thales. Their famous mottoes appeared at Delphi: Know Thyself by Solon Consider the end by Chile Know thy opportunity by Pittacus Most men are bad by Bias Nothing is impossible to industry by Periander Avoid excess by Cleobulus Suretyship is the precursor of ruin by Thales.
The dividing line between lamb and mutton is not fixed by age alone. Well bred animals may stay lambs up to 18 months, while underfed yearlings yield inferior mutton. Best mutton has heavy fat. palatable lamb is leaner. Lamb is rarely economical. meat color should be deep red and firm. Mutton absorbs odors and must be kept cool.
Poem reflects on soldiers praised as fearless knights who fought for home and liberty. It contrasts heroic image with critique of conquest and crucifixion of Caesar, noting no captives or vengeance, and praising the soldiers for compassion while condemning imperial violence.
The Carnegie Institution botanists develop a dendrograph to record growth in trees. Two belt and contact-plate types track trunk expansion with plungers and a moving pen. The instruments log daily and seasonal changes in forest tree dimensions.
The item describes a makeshift match safe using a nutmeg pocket and wood plug. A larger end hole is covered, the bottom of the pocket removed, and a wood plug driven in to leave height for matches to rest under the pocket rim. A rough surface is cited as suitable for striking.
German forces are charged with destroying religious monuments and desecrating graves across devastated areas. In a hilltop cemetery near a town close to Paris aerial torpedoes fired five times, all hitting their marks, leaving monumental crosses twisted and vaults burst open.
A reader expresses disapproval of Bolshevik ideas, arguing the social system should prevent crude interruptions when people are comfortable and content. The exchange centers on whether Bolshevism can provoke social unrest.
A wartime office ad shows creative wording as managers sought pulling power, reading Boy wanted Young or old Elther sex, illustrating humorous typographical slips used to attract help during labor shortages.
Before the war sugar beet leaves in Holland were plowed under as green manure. Now they bring as high as $65 per acre for cattle fodder.
Experiments are underway to replace copper with iron wire as a conductor of electricity. Researchers test iron wire performance, seeking viable alternatives for electrical systems.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports Ostend’s casino reopening amid wartime ruins. After near five years of conflict, the famed sea front venue resumes life. extensive damage from bombardment and looting has been repaired with nine tons of glass, yet interiors were stripped and mirrors removed by German troops. The reopening is imminent, with limited evidence of the former grandeur remaining.
The Roumanian remnants in Traian Province of Thrace retain a distinctive matron’s outfit. A short white woollen trousers and an embroidered coat once defined the Me ginniries attire adopted during Turkish rule. War looting and relief garments threaten the traditional dress though theatrical use may preserve it.
A 70 foot diameter, 75 foot high gas container weighing 20 tons was relocated three miles in Portland Oregon. The operation began with a 19 foot lift onto rollers, then a four block street move, lowering 28 feet onto barges. The barges towed to a shipyard, lifted 26 feet, moved 2000 feet over fresh ground, crossed a rail rack, and set on a new foundation, taking 71 days.
A man sentenced to Sing Sing in May 1917 has served over fourteen months and refuses to go home. He works on a prison construction project and earns 14 4 cents a day. He was relieved when officials said his pay would not be withheld to force a parole application, which he still refuses.
As World War II ended the British navy prepared large submarines with a novel feature a 12 inch gun mounted to fire with the muzzle above water. Submerged firing required a quick rise to the surface to reload and could be completed in about thirty seconds.
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