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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
4
A vintage advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for sciatica lumbago neuralgia and sprains. It claims thorough penetration non staining quick relief with a 38 year history and pricing at 35 70 and 140 cents per bottle.
Observations during a May solar eclipse indicate night wireless signaling may outpace daylight transmission. Tests between Meudon and Ascension showed the moon shadow altered signal audibility, suggesting reduced solar radiation enhances certain radio waves.
Local notice indicates availability of alcohol for radiator use at the North Side Battery Company. No additional details about quantity price or date are provided.
The American YWCA will back Chinese women health efforts as part of a world service program. Following the International Conference of Women Physicians in September and October, Dr Ida Kahn Dr Li Bi Cu and Dr Dau join efforts to establish health centers, baby care demonstrations, lectures, and dispensaries in China funded by the YWCA. Dr Kalin lectures on needs of Chinese women as part of the campaign to raise 3 million dollars for global services in 1920.
The Y W C A in Tientsin saw Chinese women lead a finance campaign that exceeded all records. They organized a three week subscription drive after the finance committee set the budget and carried it through to support the coming year.
Dr. George W. Leavell, medical missionary in Canton on leave for study at Johns Hopkins, recalls a wealthy patient given a bizarre boil-and-brew remedy of lizards, ginseng, grasshoppers, leaves, nuts, bark, claws and nails. He refused a $15,000 yearly social relief post to continue medical missions in China at one-seventh that salary.
If you do not enjoy your meals your digestion is faulty. Eat moderately, especially of meals, masticate your food thoroughly. Let five hours elapse between meals and take one of Chamberlains Tablets immediately after supper and you will soon find your meals to be a pleasure.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau outlines revised terms for reinstating elapsed policies. No health statement is needed within three months after discharge, but after three months a health declaration and reinstatement request with two months of premiums are required. Policies may be reinstated within eighteen months, with two months’ premiums, and all lapsed policies may be reinstated until next December for $1 regardless of time since last premium.
Daniel McClane, a Lassen County miner visiting his daughter, plays baseball with neighborhood youngsters to celebrate his 104th birthday. He says he keeps longevity through temperate habits and regular exercise.
Physicians urge full isolation for anyone with a bad cold to prevent spread to family and associates since colds are highly contagious. They claim early treatment helps, and recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective in curing a cold.
Lloyd George argues that a strong agricultural policy underpins a robust industrial system. He says bringing people back to the land stabilizes labor markets, provides a training nursery for capable workers, and sustains other industries during downturns.
The South African Journal of Industries July 2010 notes cane replaced by cotton in Zululand draws attention from sugar planters who call cotton more profitable and quicker to establish. They cite a six month planting to harvest cycle and reduced infrastructure costs as key advantages over cane.
The piece notes that about 200 million Chinese women form a quarter of the world’s female population, with many entering industry in long hours and low pay. It cites Shanghai mills employing mostly women and children, with harsh shifts and meager wages, and Canton factories paying low daily rates. The National YWCA plans to place an industrial conditions expert in China to improve worker health, recreation, social life, and education in factories.
San Francisco reports the death of Anna O Connell known as John Young the old razor man a peddler who wore men's clothing to earn a living. Edwin Turner recalls her life from Montgomery Block to San Francisco then Pasadena explaining she hid her identity after her daughter died and helped by the Turners. She died on a Green Street doorstep while visiting the Turners.
The Young Women's Christian Association has helped establish a Shanghai normal school for training physical directors in 1914. Nine graduates, led by dean Miss Ying Mei Chun of Wellesley, teach in twelve mission and government schools from Canton to Peking, improving child health nationwide.
Dr. Tomo Inouye of Tokyo appointed treasurer of the National Committee of the YWCA in Japan. She has long focused on public health and recreation in Tokyo, serving as medical inspector for girls in public and private schools. She notes about 500 women physicians and 400 women medical students in Japan.
Edna Budd of St Paul sues her Duluth physician father J D Budd for 200000 claiming he deceived her about paternity and induced her to leave her home and adopt his family name. She alleges he summoned her to his Duluth home and told her she was not wanted.
Reported figures indicate nearly three-quarters of a million troops were engaged in the first Battle of the Marne with losses counted on both sides.
D H Reid of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture argues feeding quality governs egg output. A hen’s egg becomes protein heavy, water rich, and balanced by lime from oyster shell. four ounces daily typically yields eggs about every two days at up to fifty percent production.
The United States department of agriculture urges farmers to convert fallen timber into fuel for winter using power operated equipment. A wood-sawing machine powered by a gasoline engine can enable several farmers to share a single outfit, making the venture profitable amid high coal prices.
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