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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
4
Pearson's Weekly explains that pantomime clowns use scarlet triangles, red fishtail, and half moon motifs passed down through generations. Theories link makeup to naughty boy imagery, burlesque of Columbine, medieval mystery plays, Momus, or an enlarged mouth.
A curiously addressed letter passed through Madrid post and was deciphered despite difficulties. The rebus used Aurora for the rising sun, Montes y Castello for a hill and castle, Granada with a pomegranate, and Aracayas No 20. The three day delivery impressed officials and copies were printed.
The piece argues youth is both mind and years and that age is a habit. It notes revival efforts like surgical vitality claims but stresses staying active preserves living. It recalls past retirement norms and portrays elders remaining engaged, negating old age as inevitable unless one becomes passive.
The article notes piano making requires a wide range of fine timber including Canadian spruce American oak whitewood Honduras mahogany and English beech. Sounding boards use Swiss pine and the Ahles Preelsa a familiar Christmas tree. Timber is seasoned in special heating chambers with days of dry air and the piano became popular only after much of the eighteenth century had passed.
Washington Irving paints a picture of rural England with Sunday churchgoing and evening gatherings. He notes peasants in best attire, ruddy faces, and modest cheerfulness as they travel to church and return to cottage doors, celebrating humble comforts created by their own hands.
A Denver man, Osip Salouski of West Denver, misused a firecracker on the Fourth of July. He burned his face, lost several teeth, and wore bandages after stuffing the fuse and cigarette into his mouth. He fled to a drugstore smelling of iodine.
A fragment pleading for clear communication urges limits on clichés and prompts readers to expand expressive words beyond a single adjective. It critiques asides about beauty grandeur and practical topics and warns against isolation within speech. The piece questions whether language reflects connectedness or social distance.
The Kansan notes debate on a university policy where women would not pay half the price of treats. It argues women can work yet would shift costs from men, claiming men bear greater responsibility. The piece reflects early 20th century gender norms and social expectations voiced during a summer session.
A proposal suggests issuing porcelain currency across Germany. Meissen already produced porcelain colons and pfennig tokens as tests. If adopted, this would alter traditional gold silver and bronze coinage and force updates to catalogues listing AJ AR and AK.
In response to Robert G. Skerrett, Scientific American notes that modern tanning lags behind earlier methods. It states the conversion of green hide takes two years historically, while today it takes about five months, with no chemical speedup preserving quality.
A child asks about a profiteer and the father explains a profiteer is someone who overworks a common saying and misuses the idea of making hay while the sun shines. The exchange offers a caution about exploiting proverbs for gain.
The article traces lace making from 1665 in Ypres and Flemish towns to its revival after the war. It notes Lace prosperity in Belgium and France under royal patronage, with types like point de Bruxelles, Binehe, and point d Angleterre highlighted as renowned pillow and needle lace designs.
Fur markets lift rabbit skins from near zero value to sought after by hat makers. Country boys can earn a comfortable sum by saving rabbits this winter as demand grows. A large eastern firm plans to buy about 10 million skins, sold by the pound containing seven or eight pelts.
James H. Barry editor of the Star recounts Bret Harte’s mint work and a disputed Roaring Camp manuscript printed with blue ink. Harte allegedly struck a printer’s helper after Terry the printer brought blue proofs to him. The anecdote cites Sun and New York Herald sources.
A 12 pound nugget of almost pure gold was found near the Charters Tower mine in Queensland Australia. The find comes as the Towers of Queensland area remains rich in ore with levels dug nearly half a mile deep. The nugget is valued at about $4,000, while the world record nugget from Ballarat in 1858 weighed 2,217 ounces and was worth $5,000.
The Madras railway chief engineer discusses rail creep on Indian bridges. Citing God over Bridge creep reaching 3 to 4 feet annually, a special cast iron sleeper for 75 pound rails with a lock-fast steel key reduced creep to insignificance. The 1887 conclusion: creep only remedied by effective anchorage.
Lord Pirrle, a world famed ship builder, asserts Simin will dominate future ship construction. He claims Hee Inhor offers cheap production, ample steel, and nearly inexhaustible coal reserves, shaping a strong industrial outlook.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a fire rages and a young woman begs a fireman to save a child. She reveals in tears that she meant her bicycle lost in the blaze, crying she had bought it only a month on installments and fainting after the misunderstanding.
Franklin high school librarian and Los Angeles Public Library deposit station used book covers as posters. About two dozen colorful covers were lined along the bulletin board beside illustrated newspaper pictures. The display drew interest and guided visitors to selections, increasing unsigned reading.
Dorothy Parker writes of Aunt Bertha using a ouija board to contact famous figures like Disraeli and Napoleon. The planchette moves instantly and answers multiple inquiries, with Parker noting uncanny results and potential future contact with Central.
The article contrasts the decline of horses as heavy haulers with the rise of motor trucks measured by pulling capacity. It notes electric lamps as night lights, comparing their brightness to candles. It observes a shift from candies to modern illumination and the global standard set by electric stations.
A humorous exchange ends with the speaker admitting political life failed to appeal. He says the trouble was modesty, failing to convince others or himself that he could fill the office better than the other fellow.
The Palestine Weekly reports a Zionist proposal to harness the Jordan River to generate electricity. With no local coal, the plan aims to provide power light heat and pump irrigation to transform barren valley lands and spur industrial progress.
Cortland, a wealthy financier, pursues Anne Rose Graye after she rejects a marriage with Hal Brayton. He grapples with whether her affection is pity or genuine love, finally admitting his deep feelings as Anne Rose declares she loves him. Roles and ambitions intertwine with family intrigue.
A Detroit News note describes bamboo shoots rising from the ground within a day and reaching 60 to 70 feet in under three weeks. It cites a grove near Abbeville, Louisiana that reportedly towered to 70 feet in 19 days.
In Terre Haute Indiana Mr and Mrs T S Jones of 1522 South Sixteenth Street praise Trutona the so called perfect tonic for reviving Mr Jones energy appetite and general health Mrs Jones says he had been run down and exhausted before trying the remedy and now feels strong and enjoys his work Trutona is sold at Greene P Mullins Drug Store.
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