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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
4
Fifty year old remedy promotes safety and confidence for all ages from tots to grandma. It claims to stop coughing ease slipping and loosen phlegm with time tested reputation. Price listed as $1.20 per bottle.
Indiana University and Bloomington citizens filled Jordan Field for an Armistice Day tribute. Students volunteered to attend, pledging loyalty to alma mater and country, reflecting on war's end and a resolve to carry on through reconstruction and duty ahead. Chaplain White led a solemn prayer as the crowd bowed in tribute to the fallen and living alike.
Ernest R. Baltzell of Indiana University was selected by the Rhodes Scholarship Committee to represent Indiana at Oxford University. A 1918 graduate in History and Phi Beta Kappa, Baltzell is a Phi Kappa Psi member and Foster prize winner. He studied last year at Harvard and hails from Princeton Indiana.
Bloomington Indiana Theodore Roosevelt naturalist bird collection at Indiana University comprises seventy five specimens including a kine?sher gull owl bluebird duck nook pecker and more. The collection is stored in Biology hall basement and not readily accessible. Proposal for Roosevelt Memorial Museum seeks private endowment or state aid.
The Department of History adds several staff members to handle nearly four hundred students in elementary courses. William Thomas Morgan becomes Assistant Professor of European History. Prescott W. Townsend will teach Greek and Roman History. New resistants include Miss Mary Pratt of Indianapolis Lieut Kenyon Stevenson and Mr Claude Copswell.
A New York Tribune summary notes lace making in Indian reservations boosts economic independence for Indian women. Begun by Episcopal deaconess Sybil Carter near Duluth, the craft spreads to ten reservations with cutwork and bobbin lace earning $75 to $100 yearly. The movement improves discipline and cleanliness, with a New York shop selling pieces valued around $72,000 annually and plans to revive beadwork.
Advice on choosing work with reliable pay and stable prospects for women. It urges selecting practical fields like health care and teaching, notes shifting opportunities as industries evolve, and cites examples such as Lady Rhondda as a successful model.
Dr Georges Giulini, famed aluminum expert, produces a new alloy by a patented process in Basel. The metal claims to combine brass like hardness with copper weight and aims to stay low priced, potentially aiding electrical trades. Consul Phil Dollond notes its possible prewar price competitiveness and strong electrical appeal.
A Victorian ceremony marked the formation of the Chinese Masonic society. Chinese attendees from across Victoria participated as officials and local counselors were named. A flag incident saw British flags replaced atop the flagpole while the Chinese flag was raised amid disputes.
A garbled reminiscence depicts a man fretting over time and a humorous idea of a watch that cannot keep pace. The fragment hints at a jeweler's fix and a rumor about a clockwork marvel doubting kings and hours.
Seo Kuo the only scented soap maker in China died in a laboratory explosion while preparing perfume. Raised in Pittsburgh and taught at Carnegie Tech via Edwin B Gray, he learned soap and perfume making to support a Christian mission in Canton.
Italians returning from Austria reclaim their native names after Warway’s decree forced Italian names ending in i fo te eo or oa to adopt Austrian spellings. Examples include Coretli to Corlich and Tosa to Rhea, while Torrone allegedly became Mandelkuelen Gihnoud epke.
A solid rubber tire in sections is proposed to cut motor trucking costs and aid touring cars. The 12 sections are designed for easy application with ordinary tools. Each section works independently and allows a worn section to be replaced without removing or disturbing the wheel.
A fragment from a humorous column with playful wordplay and garbled phrasing about ladies, walking, and cheaper shoes. The piece mirrors a late era newspaper style with quirky lines and invented dialogue.
The piece argues that opportunity favors the prepared, citing Lincoln and Washington as examples. It asserts that environment rarely blocks a determined person, as energy and resolve drive success. Genuine ambition, unwavering purpose, and tenacity trump obstacles and handicaps.
Pacific Travel notes common items often named wrongly such as India ink from China and India rubber from Central America. It explains how camel hair brushes come from squirrel tails and that silkworms are caterpillars, sealing wax contains no wax, heartburn lacks heart relevance, and centipedes do not have a hundred feet.
A historical excerpt describes nourishing drinks and dishes from a mother's cookbook. It outlines barley coffee preparation for fever patients, French Fruit Salad with grapes bananas oranges and mayonnaise, orange cup serving option, and a spiced bread sponge cake mix with dried fruits and soda, with rising and baking steps.
A simple set of steam puddings using egg sugar milk flour and chocolate with a sauce of egg yolks whites sugar vanilla and hot water. The recipe yields eight puddings and suggests a bread dessert with fruit sauce for a child friendly finish.
Prominent church leaders and businessmen map a nation-wide drive across 87 dioceses to fund three years of church extension. A New York campaign group, including bishops Reese Burch Murray Lloyd Stires and others, has formed the commission directing the effort with Henry Davison of the Red Cross.
High school pupils across Indiana are invited to compete for the Roosevelt Lincoln essay prize. William L Bryan of Indiana University offers $50 top prize with additional cash awards, for essays comparing the handicaps of Lincoln and Roosevelt. Submissions due January 1, 1920, via school principals to President Bryan.
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