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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
4
Beginning at 10 oclock the sale offers 9 horses including 11 year old black geldings a Percheron mare and a steel gray pair plus 4 year old horse mules and 4 mules with two John Deere cultivators a Deering binder and other farming gear. Many animals described as well broke and sound for women and children.
The Red Cross promotes public health nursing in communities with established funds. It holds Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick classes and urges girls to train as nurses. It runs First Aid and Life Saving courses and supports safety and disease prevention. Junior Membership mobilizes children in school activities and funds relief worldwide. Civilian Relief aids families of service members and offers disaster relief and family social services.
The effort provides clothing, food, and medicines to civilians abroad and dispatches medical and nursing teams to assist in relief operations.
The American Red Cross launches its annual drive to fund wartime duties overseas and a domestic peace program. From November 3 to November 11 the campaign seeks fifteen million dollars and 1,920 members. MacKenzie B. Todd named campaign manager for Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with Alf Grant Clarence Stanley and John R Downing as state managers.
Lake Division Manager D C Dougherty notes Congress extended Red Cross duties abroad by transferring medical and dietary supplies. Dr Livingston Farrand says allies faced greater hardships and obligations must be honored, as Red Cross shifts to home service, disaster relief and a new Service to Americans slogan.
A thoughtful defense of maintaining strong ideals in business and professions against a world that favors crude pragmatism. The author argues that adopting the lowest common standard would hinder progress and diminish personal integrity, urging young men to strive for the highest standard.
The Mexican Herald notes Mexico City has grown cosmopolitan with a rising tolerance for foreign dress and manners. Once startling outfits now draw only passive interest as crowds minimize attention to Chinaman, Arab or other exotic garb in central streets.
The article argues marriage boosts health for both spouses. It cites lower mortality for married men over 20 and women over 40, higher death rates for widowed or divorced individuals, and fewer personal crises among the married. It claims lasting life expectancy gains for married men and women.
The author argues that men who can dance face suspicion from peers in England. Public schools nurture bias, and dancing is seen as effeminate. He notes many athletic men lack dance ability and avoid dances, while women must adapt to their partners' reluctance and humor.
The lieutenant general of the northern command notes officers frequently shave the upper lip against regulations and orders division and brigade commanders to stop the practice. The remark is reported in the Lahore India Gazette.
The article notes Cherrapunji in Assam as the wettest place globally with about 87 feet of rain per year on average over the last decade. It ranks Bombay environs at around 21 feet annually, while Debundusha in Kamerun reports about 34 feet, mainly Incum ner, per year.
The Howard County Courant editor complains of a local rumor that a longtime woman claims him as an old beau. The Atlanta Constitution reports the editor dismisses the lingering flirtation while acknowledging occasional compliments.
An article describes a compact sheep herder wagon with sleeping and dining areas, highlighting its space use and rugged mobility. It recalls how baseball in a Fourth of July game brought together German Polish Jewish English Irish and American players, with an overseas soldier’s bet illustrating diverse spectatorship and unity.
The piece notes that Polish coal and iron districts outproduced Russia but relied on Russian markets. Exiled Moscow Jews then served as key intermediaries, linking Polish manufacturers in Lodz Warsaw and Petrograd era trade networks, aiding Poland’s industrial development despite political pressure from Russia.
The people of the Virgin Islands adjust to US authority after Denmark sold the territory. American warships visit the harbor of St Thermas and US regiments are present, boosting trade and activity. A small US appropriation covers revenue shortfalls while local governance remains under the Colonial Council as Congress decides future government.
The federal board for vocational education searches disabled Porto Rico soldiers for potential reeducation under the rehabilitation act. About 110 men are identified for future vocations, with training and placement possible in local shops and industrial establishments. The Mayaguez socicultural college offers training for interested individuals.
Hawaii's College becomes University of Hawaii under new legislation. A planned course will involve students in practical sugar industry work with the planters' experiment station. Participants in the factory phase on Hawaii will receive 45 dollars per month plus traveling expenses.
Profit sharing has long roots with early forms dating to 1820 and active in the last 40 years. Notable early adopters include Lever Bros Cambridge Leclaire Nelson Manufacturing and Procter & Gamble, tracing to the Lecclaire movement in Paris. The piece outlines variations like bonuses pensions and welfare work, and notes origins in foreign practice.
Wallace J. Young United States consul at Prague reminds American firms to address mail to Czecho-Slovakia not Bohemia and to use the countrys full proper name when referring to the nation. He notes Bohemia is only a part of the state now comprising Czecho-Slovakia.
London artist Mme Ivy de Verley presents a living mask portrait method that highlights facial characteristics in a startling way. The technique arrests the eye even among many striking portraits, giving the impression of a face peering through dark curtains.
A Belgian farmer returning to shell-shattered fields near Poel capelle converts an undamaged pillbox into a temporary home for his family. Pillboxes, once seen as fortifications, are described as rectangular structures with multiple rooms. Some near Boesnyte are being fitted as cafes in anticipation of tourist crowds once travel restrictions ease.
Washington special reports testimony by J. D. A. Morrow showing no national price-fixing scheme among 5000 plus bituminous coal producers. He notes prices at mines have fallen since the armistice due to competition, with 60 percent of output from about 4 percent of producers in the National Coal Association. He compares U S mine prices with higher European levels and explains cost pressures from reduced mining days.
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