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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
4
Having rented my farm I will sell at public auction all my personal property located nine miles west of Greencastle and one mile south of Vivalia on the County Line road. The sale will be conducted at the described premises.
Sale to begin at 10 o'clock a m. Property offered includes plows cultivators harrows mowing machines and rakes with many other items. Isaac Brattain offers fine registered Duroc hogs to be sold at the same time and place. Terms: cash under five dollars and credit on larger sums with six percent interest and secured notes if unpaid at maturity.
An infant snake emerges fully formed and independent at birth, able to care for itself immediately. Mother snakes may briefly nurture young in warm pockets, but offspring quickly scatter to avoid predators. If snakes could be conserved completely, the Americas might become a vast snake den in two decades, prompting calls for a St Patrick.
The article catalogs 48 snake species across Florida and nearby regions with details on habitats and venom. It notes nine water snakes, two ground snakes, five bhicksnakes, a coach whip, gopher or indigo snakes, three pilot Wacksnakes, and various kingsnakes. It mentions immunity to poisons in king snakes but susceptibility to cobra venom, plus other regional varieties and four harmless species.
The article describes Sir Joshua Reynolds as the greatest English painter of his era. It notes his habit of using a stade shaped palette, brushes with 19 inch handles, and a studio in an octagonal room 20 by 16 feet with a single square window. It mentions his steady work ethic and complaints about idle visitors. He died in February 1782 from a liver ailment and was buried in St Paul’s Cathedral.
In 1804 during the war with Tripoli the United States squadron led by Commodore Preble appeared before Tripoli. The frigate Philadelphia entered the harbor and struck a rock surrendering to Tripolitans who held the crew as prisoners. In February the next year Lieutenant Decatur entered the harbor with a schooner, captured the Philadelphia crew, and burned the ship under heavy fire, with no loss of men.
Elias Loomis born 1811 in Connecticut and educated at Yale. He introduced astronomy to Western Reserve College in 1886 and served eight years in mathematics and physics. Loomis helped popularize the name of the Western Reserve town among scientists and later chaired natural philosophy at Yale before his death in 1889.
The piece notes a bone dry U S region along the California Arizona border Death Valley lies 276 feet below sea level and spans about 70 miles by 10 to 20 miles Its surrounding foothills and Mount Whitney at 14 500 feet block moisture from reaching the desert landscape.
The sale takes place Thursday August 28 1919 at the seller’s home at 58 Martinsville Street. Items include furniture such as a chiffonier wardrobe bookcase lounge folding bed dining chairs rockers Morris chairs library table bedstead cupboards stoves ovens heating stove kitchen cabinet lawn swing feather beds quilts blankets and sewing gear plus tools household utensils and farm goods. Caroline Crawley acts as seller.
A Birmingham Age Herald cartoon caption mocks wealth by noting a large dog on the veranda as the true indicator of a rich household. It contrasts appearances like a large house, ample garage, maid, and gardener with the idea that only someone who can feed a big dog can afford abundance.
The Libyan Desert forms part of the vast Sahara in North Africa. It defines its timeless name and sits within a deep global belt of similar latitudes, spanning from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
A character asserts the house had a mortgage taken to meet a worker’s wage demands while a Mr Com rox remarks that not all of it was left. The exchange underscores financial strain over labor costs in a domestic setting.
The piece notes that belief in Kaffir doctors and their magic persists in Transvaal. Elders carry bones and animal joints to foretell futures with holos. White men increasingly seek guidance from oracles and benes, trusting Kaffir cures for fevers and toothache amid colonial tensions.
London Mail notes Lakeland heather honey as highly prized while Narbonne honey is claimed finest by the French. It suggests expanding beekeeping on American methods to boost supply, and links cultivation with dairying and Lake land Shorthorn cattle for soldiers and families.
Boston composer Ilenry Blehheim spends a year in Japan studying oriental music. He praises a labor song sung by workmen raising roof beams and notes temple bell overtones as sources for future compositions. He contrasts Tokyo’s culture with Western views, claiming Japanese art reflects absolute refinement.
A brief arc traces Leeland from an aristocratic republic under early settler families to a Norse queen of Tublin. An annual 14 day open air Thing vellir parliament had speakers reciting unwritten laws. Iceland united with Norway then Denmark, with self government restored in 1874 at Reykjavik, sparking progress.
A report notes two fruits found in the Philippines unknown to Europe and America. The durian grows on a tall tree with a shiny shell and custard cheese like pulp, nicknamed the vegetable hamburger by American soldiers. The mingosteen offers an exquisitely flavored liquid that cannot yet be preserved for shipping.
The diatryma, a fossil ostrichlike bird from the Rocky Mountain region, stands nearly seven feet tall with a 17 inch head and a powerful beak. The American Museum of Natural History has bones sufficient for a full skeleton, recovered from Wyoming's Big Horn basin bad lands dating about 3,000,000 years ago in the Eocene era. It likely fed on freshwater clams and lived alongside early eohippus in North America.
July 10 marks the birthday of Samuel Rogers born 1763 died 1855. For fifty years his London home in St James Place drew art and letters crowds. He was a poet of merit famed for rustic wit and, despite cracking humor, known for generous kindness and sharp tongue.
A terse exchange unfolds as a doctor informs an athlete of a broken arm a crushed collarbone and a fractured skid the athlete protests before asking about the record the tension hints at a sports or media moment centered on a performance setback and its implications.
The text outlines several methods to create luminous paint using strontium salts. Techniques include heating heat strontium thiosulfate or carbonate mixtures over Bunsen and blast lamps, or generating strontium chloride and sulfuric acid compounds, then drying and heating in hydrogen before final lamp exposure. Results described: greenish glow from two methods and bluish light from the final mix.
A note on South Africa reveals a remarkable plant family the messenbryanthemums found mainly in dry regions. It mentions fleshy leaf forms such as stepelins and their carrion odors, and praises the extensive cactus family with spectacular, briefly blooming flowers some opening only at night.
The tale describes a boy named Marion Crawford who, to curb temper, invented a strict self discipline routine. He carried a heavy wooden shutter around the room to exhaust anger until calm returned, a drastic method praised by a Ladies' Home Journal excerpt.
The Ovenbird nests on the ground under leaves and pine needles forming an arched, oven like structure. It stays near the ground, venturing only to higher branches to sing or scold. Its song resembles the word teacher.
The article notes that many animals including certain butterflies possess heightened sense of smell with fragrance similar to common flowers. J W Taylor cites Pieris brassicae exudes lemon scent while Pieris rapae smells of thyme and Pieris napi carries lemon verbena notes. Additional scents include sweetbrier and honeysuckle.
The author argues that enduring divine moral law guides history and that true authority in statehood comes from reasoned ethical principles. When moral laws govern actions and sentiments, the state is realized, per W. F. Hergul.
A New Guinean woman expresses love by sending a string to the man's female relative who then informs him. The process avoids formal courting as beneath the man's dignity. If he wishes, the couple meet alone to decide on marriage or drop the idea.
A theatrical manager mocks stage supers for an ary role. The punchline comes when a colleague reveals the actors are real soldiers from the barracks, adding a practical joke twist to the rehearsal.
The moon shines by the sun's light and her phases depend on the earth moon sun positions. New moon shows a crescent, first quarter shows half lit, and full moon occurs when the illuminated side faces earth. Opposition leads to waning as the visible bright portion decreases.
The piece notes debate among Siamese conservatives about a national flag color change while stressing the white elephant as the enduring symbol. It also mentions a traveler’s account of Bangkok and asks how seriously businessmen in Siam view improving trade with the West.
The article explains a seven year apprenticeship path for aspiring diamond cutters with initial no wage earnings but rising wages as progress occurs. It notes youths earning 19.46 to 21.00 weekly during training and seasoned craftsmen reaching up to 48.65. It highlights the successful expedited pay for discharged soldiers on a fast earning basis with production bonuses tied to individual effort.
The piece contrasts Britain’s relatively recent flower festivals with centuries old customs elsewhere. It notes Rose day at June 25 begun in 1972 and Primrose day after Disraeli’s 1881 death. Malta holds a summer flower festival recalling 1565 Turks expulsion, with Valetta streets filled and residents pelting each other with blossoms.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports that webs made from spun quartz fibers resemble cobwebs and can trap spiders when stroked with oiled straw. Oil substitutes gluten to thicken the counterfeit web, and a tuning fork can attract a spider to the fake web, mimicking the trap buzz of a captured fly.
The mahogany of Panama can reach nearly 200 feet in height and six feet in girth. It often forms clumps, with as many as 11,000 large trees to the square mile in rare forests. More typically, mahogany appears in scattered clumps yielding about two or three large trees per acre.
A narrator recalls a cheeky remark about a newlywed couple heard in a grill room. The quip about John's future life with his wife provokes laughter and a scramble for the exit among friends. Exchange.
Henry Lindahr MD argues that death from bites and stings of rattlesnakes Gila monsters and tarantulas is rare, with only 2 to 7 percent fatality. He dismisses popular superstition and calls for statistics based assessment.
The article traces the early national censuses from 1790 to 1850. It notes 1790's head-of-household approach, gradual expansion of schedules, and the introduction of individual responses and a central office in Washington. The piece contrasts small pamphlet reports with expanding volumes and shifting data collection methods.
A drawbridge over navigable water connected to a southern warehouse includes a spur railroad track through the yard. Platforms align with ground level on both sides, but moving a tree between platforms required lengthy detours. The solution was several small drawbridges over the track that could be lifted to move the train quickly.
A report profiles M. Chabert known as the fire king who survived extraordinary dangers. He swallowed large doses of phosphorus and drank at extreme heat, touched red hot metal with his tongue, and performed stunts inside an oven at 880 degrees while singing.
A Brockton Enterprise item notes licorice, made from the juice of the licorice plant and starch to resist heat, grows along the Tigris and Euphrates banks. The piece suggests licorice may be among the oldest confections, enjoyed by Babylon and Nineveh youths three thousand years ago.
In Sicily red roses are worn and houses and churches festooned with crimson blossoms in remembrance of the Sicilian Vespers uprising against the French. The custom, begun centuries ago, honors the massacre and a legend of a bride killed during a disturbance, her bridal wreath's white roses stained red by her blood.
An elderly gulf coast lighthouse keeper, famed for unwavering devotion to duty, ventured into a storm to check a suspected wreck. He collapsed from illness several days later, dying after his lone vigil.
Charles Stratton known as Tom Thumb died in Middleboro Massachusetts on July 15 188. He was born January 10 1838 in Bridgeport Connecticut and joined P T Barnum at age 14 weighing sixteen pounds and less than two feet tall Lavinia Warren later married Stratton in 1868 and she became known as the Courtess Magic after marrying the Count Masri following Stratton's death.
A brief dialog centers on Mayme flushing a bathroom moments earlier and the speaker claiming a mistaken impression. The exchange humorously notes a brief, light moment of misread signals and self-deprecating banter.
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