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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
2
Notice from Greencastle Indiana announcing daily publication at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street by Charles J. Arnou Proprietor. Cards of Thanks and obituaries priced at 50c per card or $1 per obituary with an extra 5c per poetry line.
Putnam County Indiana registration boards announce locations for voter registration for the November election. Precincts list school houses, libraries, and government buildings including Bainbridge, Roachdale, Greencastle, Cloverdale, Mill Creek, and others with specific sites and addresses. Auditor R E Knoll signs the notice dated August 21, 1898.
Osip Salouski of West Denver lost several teeth and suffered facial burns after lighting a cigarette and placing a firecracker fuse in his mouth. He bought firecrackers from a nearby booth and, after the blast, sought iodine at a drug store. The incident ended with bandaged face and a chaotic aftermath.
A quoted admonition on clear expression and social connection. The speaker argues that limited vocabularity isolates individuals, urging varied language to communicate across topics from nature to war and daily life. The piece ends with questions about communication and being an island.
In a Suuffiner Session Kansan column the Kansas University men are portrayed as rejecting the idea that women pay half the cost of treats. They argue women may work and earn as much but paying would challenge male respect. They also suggest men should shoulder financial responsibility early in life.
A Meissen factory has produced porcelain coin samples from 10 pfennig to 5 mark as Germany considers issuing porcelain money. The plan would break from gold silver and bronze norms and the A AR and AK catalog codes. Adoption remains uncertain amid niche tests and traditional metal standards.
The article traces lace making from 1065 origin in Ypres to Flemish lace's influence in England and France. It notes village reestablishment of the industry after war, the royal and educational roles in Belgium and France, and famed points like point de Bruxelles Binche and point d Angleterre shaping lace prestige.
Rabbit skins, once of little value, have surged in price as fur markets grow. Trappers can earn a comfortable sum by saving winter rabbit pelts, with an eastern firm reportedly needing 10 million skins. Each pound combines seven or eight pelts, boosting rural income.
James H. Barry editor of the Star San Francisco recalls meeting Bret Harte in a mint era incident. Harte reportedly helped with The Luck of Roaring Camp manuscript while a fingered blue ink error stirred tension with a proofreader. Barry claims Harte slapped his face and drew lasting dislike.
A near pure gold nugget weighing 12 pounds was found near the Cherters Tower mine in Queensland Australia. The Towers of Queensland region has long been a top Australian gold field with levels dug about half a mile deep. The nugget is valued at about $4,000. while large, it does not surpass the world record, set at Ballarat in 1958 for 2,217 ounces valued around £5,000.
Pearson's Weekly notes pantomime clowns use scarlet cheek marks with varying origins. Theories cite nods to a naughty boy, burlesque of Columbine, medieval demon lineage, or Momus heritage. Circus clowns differ, painting only their noses to mock the boss.
A curiously addressed letter passed the Madrid post via a rebus like Aurora Montes y Castello and a Granada street plan with a pomegranate. The postal service deciphered it after three days and printed a photo of the envelope as proof of its ingenuity.
The piece argues youth is a state of mind as well as years. It notes many stay active past traditional retirement ages, resisting a fixed cut‑off for usefulness. Old age is presented as a habit shaped by attitude, with vitality possible regardless of birth days.
The article notes piano making requires a wide range of fine timbers including Canadian spruce American oak whitewood Honduras mahogany and English beech. Sounding boards use Swiss pine the Ahles Excelsa. Timber is seasoned in a special heating chamber with days of dry air. The piano only became popular after much of the eighteenth century had passed.
An ode from the Baltimore Sun extols optimism and music to meet life boldly. It urges keeping faith, smiling through sun and velvet skies, and dancing through troubles, noting a cheerful heart attracts harmony and joy in return.
A dam on the river Aar below Berne at Muhlebeg will form a lake spanning over eighty square miles near the city. It will power a district through eight turbines and provide electric lift to move boats between Berne and the Lake of Bienne. A tunnel will allow rapid emptying if needed and engineers consider future expansion for barges and a potential Rhone to Rhine canal.
In a Philadelphia court a legal fiction ended long standing ground rents by presuming the heirs of William Penn had not paid for 21 years. Judge Finletter urged the Penn sons John Thomas and Richard to appear but they did not respond, leading to a default verdict for Charles F. Beck's estate on nearby Water Spruce and Pine streets.
A girl on the sidewalk helps an old man asking for the way to Mr. James Ordway's house. She notes that if he keeps going straight it will be a long way, but turning back will reach the second house back.
Scientific American contends that contemporary tanning of leather fails to meet past quality. It notes the current two year timeline to finish green hides contrasts with a five month pace and asserts no chemical method has accelerated the process without reducing quality.
A boy asks what a profiteer is and learns the term by a father’s quip. The tale uses a proverb about making hay while the sun shines to critique overdoing work for gain.
The Indian Engineering article notes rail creep on bridges in India with Godavari Bridge showing 3 to 4 feet yearly. A special cast-iron sleeper for the 75 pound flat rail uses a jaw for a lock-fast steel key, greatly reducing creep. The 1887 conclusion remains that creep is only solved by solid anchorage.
Lord Pirrie, a renowned shipbuilder, says Japan will take the greatest place in future ship construction due to cheap labor ample steel and inexhaustible coal reserves. He argues Japan can dominate the market with its resources and manufacturing capacity.
A Washington Irving reflection contrasts Sunday morning churchgoing peasantry in their best attire and ruddy faces with evening cottage gatherings. It extols humble comforts and self made embellishments, highlighting tranquil rural life.
A father reassures his son who frets over being laughed at for being fat. He adds that current high food prices will soon change, implying economic conditions will alter appearances and worries.
A narrator recalls driving in heavy rain when a black cat darted from a ditch causing a skid and a car ditch. After wandering through mud to seek help for a broken wheel, the speaker vows never to swerve suddenly on slick roads again.
The article notes that this year more than 9,000,000 vehicles will travel our roads, adding to about twenty million horses and mules that once powered the nation. It emphasizes that traffic concentrates on main travel lines, with about 90 percent on less than 20 percent of road mileage.
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