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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
4
In a dramatic scene flames and smoke envelop a doomed building. Two firemen battle the blaze while all inhabitants are saved. A distraught woman begs for a missing child, but the firefighter reports no child found, and she collapses from distress amid questions of the mystery.
Cortland, a rich financier famed in society, longs for Anne Rose Graye. Anne Rose rejects a marriage to Hal Brayton until revelation of true love changes all. She confesses admiration rooted in a past idol, and Cortland vows to support her happiness even if it costs him.
Bamboo grows astonishingly fast with daily shoots rising from ground to waist height by night. By day two it stands as tall as a man and within 19 days 18 to 19 inch thick rods tower 60 to 70 feet. A grove near Abbeville, Louisiana reportedly reached 70 feet in 19 days.
Osip Salovski of West Denver, in a Fourth of July stunt, bought tire crackers after smoking a cigarette and watching youths explode fireworks. He pressed a cracker fuse with his cigarette, then forced the cracker into his mouth and caused a loud blast that knocked out several teeth and burned his face. He rushed to a drug store, returning with iodine fumes and bandaged skin, resembling a mishap that ended in a failed success.
A passage urges clear expression and warns that using a single word like awful limits communication. Ruth Jocelyn Wattles of the Colorado agricultural college argues people should adapt vocabulary to convey thoughts beyond mere exaggeration, or risk being an island cut off from others.
The Franklin high school rotary and Los Angeles Public Library placed two dozen newly cover posters along a bulletin board. The cheerful, colorful covers drew visitors, who studied the display while selecting reading material. The librarian credits the cover posters with increasing unsigned reading activity.
The long lace making tale notes 1665 origins in Ypres and the spread to Brabant and France. It highlights Flemish lace's educational role, royal patronage, and famous points like point de Bruxvetles, Binche lace, and point d Angleterre, amid postwar revival in villages reestablishing the craft.
Rabbit skins, once nearly valueless, now fetch money as demand grows for fur used by bat makers. The shift rewards country boys who save skins all winter, with a large eastern firm claiming a need for ten million rabbit skins. Each pound, containing seven to eight skins, is sold for profit.
Dorothy Parker writes in Sunday Evening Past about Aunt Bertha using a ouija board to contact spirits including Disraeli and Napoleon. The planchette moves instantly when Bertha touches it, claiming to relay messages with surprising accuracy.
The article notes the decline of horse haulage as heavy loads shift to motor traction measured by pulling capacity, while electric lighting is measured by its candle-like standard. It reflects on how symbols of power and illumination evolve from candles to modern technology, with candles remaining as historical references.
A Kansan summer issue notes that KU men reject the 50 50 paying idea at socials. They argue women may earn like men but paying half undermines male prerogative and responsibility. The piece suggests men should bear costs, citing limits on male resources and tradition in social conduct.
A proposal to issue porcelain money in Germany prompts the Meissen porcelain factory to test coins from 10 pfennig to 5 mark. The move would break with gold, silver and bronze standards and require updating catalogues.
James H. Barry editor of the Star San Francisco recalls Bret Harte employed in the mint sending manuscripts for The Luck of Roaring Camp. He describes Harte reacting to blue ink on proofs and slapping Barry, a recall of printer's discipline. The Sun and New York Herald quote the anecdote.
A clipped exchange shows a hopeful candidate admitting low ambition and self doubt. The speaker explains attempting politics once but failing to persuade others or himself that he could fill the office better than rivals. The brief vignette underscores restraint and personal hesitation in public service.
A 12 pound nugget of nearly pure gold was found near the Charters Tower mine in Queensland Australia. The Towers of Queensland area has long been a premier Australian gold field with depths of mining reaching about half a mile. This nugget is valued around $4,000 and while large, it does not set a world record, though 12 pounds is rare. The world record nugget dates to Ballarat in 1858 at 2,217 ounces, worth about $5,000.
A discussion tracing the origins of clown makeup from scarlet triangles red fishtails and half moons to medieval mystery plays and Momus. It notes pantomime clowns differ from ordinary circus clowns who only color the nose.
A curiously addressed letter passed through Madrid mail and was deciphered as a rebus. The recipient named Aurora Montes y Castello, Aracayas, Granada, with a city plan showing the Alhambra and a pomegranate, was delivered after three days. The tale is followed by reflections that youth is a state of mind and old age a habit, not a date.
The article explains the diverse timber used in piano making including Canadian spruce American oak whitewood Honduras mahogany and English beech. Sounding boards use Swiss pine the Ahies Excelsa. Timber must be seasoned in a special heating chamber under a strong air draft for days. The piano only gained popularity after much of the eighteenth century had passed.
The Palestine Weekly reports a Zionist plan to develop the River Jordan power to fuel Palestine's industry. With no coal or fuel, harnessing the river could provide electricity, light, heat, and power for pumps to irrigate barren valley lands, spurring economic progress.
Scientific American critiques modern leather tanning in response to Robert G. Skerrett, noting that昔 two years were required to tan green hides into market leather while today five months is considered efficient. It argues no chemical method speeds production without sacrificing quality, signaling concern over declining standards.
A stall boy asks his father about profiteers. The father explains a profiteer is a man who overworks the saying Make hay while the sun shines, exploiting the proverb to push excess work. The tale uses a parable tone to critique unbridled labor and greed.
The Madras railway chief engineer discusses rail creep on bridges in India per Indian Engineer ing, noting three to four feet annual creep on the Godavari bridge. A cast iron sleeper with a jaw sized for a lock-fast steel key reduced creep to insignificance, supporting the 1887 conclusion that creep is remedied by solid anchorage.
Lord Pirrie world famed ship builder predicts Japan will dominate future ship construction. He notes its cheap labor abundant iron and coal resources nearly exhaustible, positioning Japan to seize the greatest place in a future ship industry.
Washington Irving reflectively describes rural English life with Sunday churchgoing in the quiet fields and cottage gatherings in the evening. He highlights the peasantry's modest cheerfulness, ruddy faces, and the humble comforts created by their own bands.
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