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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
4
A satirical look at Indiana marriage laws and the Young Ladies' Protective Association. It describes a mock toll for marriage including a $2000 life insurance, a $2000 license fee, and a two dollar cash requirement, plus an exam on food fads and rules against smoking and other habits.
A current American Magazine piece extols Antonio Corsi as the decade’s finest model. It notes numerous repeated Corsi figures in New Amsterdam theatre, Boston Public Library, Canton church, and major museums, suggesting his influence on American artistic vision and even national type.
A finding that only one candidate for the clerical order is available in the Philadelphia Presbytery reflects a national trend. The piece notes Presbyterians’ prominence and influence, yet laments scarce young men entering ministry due to low church support and other concerns despite many sacrificing for Christian work and foreign missions.
A boarding house mistress observes that tenants who depart from front rooms often owe back rent.
Day Allen Willey explains Tacoma icefields supplying electric power for heating lighting and a 168 mile Seattle Tacoma trolley network and a major interurban line. Power backs Northern Pacific shops and Tacoma waterworks, with streets and buildings illuminated. Demand grows and Mount Tacoma may deliver 59,000 horsepower to the region.
G Arth reports at the French Academy a Jonval turbine on packwood producing a coal like mass after six months. The 13 hp turbine at 112 rpm heated nine hundred weight of wood, upper portion turning to fissured brittle coal, yielding 7394 calories versus 8000 for coal. The finding could alter views on coal formation timelines.
A writer in Outing extols sea leaps by whales and tunas noting a whale leaping twenty feet and tuna jumps of ten to forty feet. The piece also recounts a Chinese belief that harming a cat invites the animal's spirit to judge the offender after a servant girl repeats the cat’s voice through possession and dies.
An observer in Bombay notes India’s clash of splendor and squalor. A showy turban and rose satin robe sit atop frayed pajamas, revealing luxury with scarce essentials. Homes lack internal passages and drains, echoing medieval sanitation while public life thrives amid stark inequality.
A new locking bar for loose leaf ledgers keeps sheets firm. Two bars span the ledger length with interlocking notches and springs to fill vacant space, preventing movement of pages and saving time and labor.
The hills of Bethlehem house caves with historic significance such as the Milk Grotto where Mary and Joseph hid before the flight to Egypt. A grotto is linked to St Jerome’s hermit life, and a western hill plateau with terebinths marks a site of Hebrew sacrifices. Bethlehem remains largely unchanged since David’s era.
The article describes the immense timber wealth of the Russian empire, noting that wooden Russia covers about 5 million acres or 36 percent of the country. It explains wood as the main building material and fuel, with the Taiga forest belt spanning from the Urals to the Pacific for 4,000 miles and many sections extending 500 miles beyond.
Advice on avoiding bloat in cattle grazing clover. Start with hay fodder or straw sprinkled with brine before turn in. If bloat occurs use hyposulphite of soda or baking soda, and perform trocar and canula puncture between haunch bone and first rib for immediate relief. Monitor animals prone to bloat and provide hay before clover.
Farmers are advised to provide swine shelters for heat and cold with self feeding young pigs, fattening and breeding stock. The proposed 20 foot wide building supports a central alley, side pens, external enclosure, light windows, storage space, and a water supply from a distant well.
The Indiana Farmer notes that hair texture and condition reflect an animal’s health fattening potential and product quality. Fine silky curls favor rapid fattening and delicate flesh. coarse hair signals slow fattening poor milk or prolific sows. staring hair hints at illness while licking hair outward shows thrift. The breed, species, and disposition influence these traits.
Article advises fattening work for market horses with coarse fodder corn oats and barn meal. Adds steamed grain with oil flaxseed meal weekly to speed gains of three to four pounds per day when properly fed.
A comb bucket can be made cheaply by a skilled tinsmith and is essential for beekeepers with much honey. It should include a cover and securely riveted handles. Use galvanized iron or extra heavy tin for strength, as a light bucket cannot safely carry multiple fully filled combs.
Thales suggests timing for marriage as a topic of reflected wisdom. The aphorism contrasts paths for a young man not ready and an elder man.
In a clipped exchange Mrs Kenry accuses Mr Oh of diminishing regard, while he counters that her view is unchanged though she has grown twice as large. The overheard joke hints at his generous returns from visitors and his own scrupulous nature.
A brief humorous exchange between Tenderfoot and Second Class Scout about knowing the time. Tenderfoot notes it is time for the clock to be fixed, prompting a light moment in a Life column style fragment.
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