Obscure Rates At Gate And Notices At The Herald
The Herald lists card charges for obituaries and poetry lines. Cards of Thangs cost 60 cents at the gate. All obituaries priced at four dollars each. Addi Sook advertises poetry at five cents per line.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1921
Page
2
The Herald lists card charges for obituaries and poetry lines. Cards of Thangs cost 60 cents at the gate. All obituaries priced at four dollars each. Addi Sook advertises poetry at five cents per line.
The census shows Indiana as the nation’s center of population for 1900 moving to 12 miles southeast of Spencer in Chenango County. It traces decade shifts from Bloomington to Indiana and lists distances westward across years including multiple towns and states, with Bloomington remaining the center in 1900.
A massive shoulder blade unearthed in the San Juan basin northern New Mexico by John K freeside of the United States Geological Survey is described as the largest known fossil bone of an anhoel or any dinosaur. Paleontologist Charles E. Gilmore notes the bone suggests a creature over one hundred feet long with a body plan resembling a giant earlier dinosaur, from the Upper Cretaceous.
The article describes the coinage smog as smoke and fog and suggests terms like smud snoot and snail for snow mixes. It also notes Albanian feuds where marriage is by contract and a woman's veto power is limited by vows of virginity and gendered duties.
Marjorie Lane foils a supposed housebreaker next door by engaging him on the Stetson house porch. The man pretends to be a buyer while hidden danger looms in a jangled suitcase. Her father returns, clearing the ruse as the pair reveal themselves to be unlikely associates.
The Galapagos tortoise shows fear of rain and heads for shelter a day before storms. On clear mornings many tortoises gathering under overhangs signals rain is coming, and the forecast follows with a torrent.
A letter from W F Maher of 20 Locust St Xenia Ohio describes nervous exhaustion and stomach trouble easing after using Nerv Worth. He reports improved sleep and no gas or bloating after two bottles and recommends the remedy. Drugstores nationwide offer refunds if not satisfied after the first bottle.
The Indiana State Club Department awarded a free club trip to the 1921 Chicago International for Putnam County. The Wilson Packing Company of Chicago funded the trip. Marion McNary of Fillmore scored highest in club work and won the trip. John Sears of Madison Township earned another trip for near top scores and spoke at the Farm Bureau Directors meeting on Saturday December 3.
Eddie Brown the noted violinist cancelled his Meharry Hall recital scheduled for Monday evening. A telegram to Dean McCutchan late Sunday prompted refunds or valification of tickets for a January replacement concert, with seat sales already large.
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