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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
3
The Greencastle reporter notes community events and personal updates. Sarah Weber prepares for Christmas visit. church fund drives welcome food donations. funeral for Emma Shields held at Putnamville. Residents travel to Indianapolis Chicago and Akron for health, work, and family matters.
The article explains karat based weighing, noting hullation stones misdescribed as cow. It details glass or corundum composition, aluminum oxide paste forming under pressure, and the karat standard set by the U S Bureau of Weights and Measures in 1018. A fram weighs about one cubic centimeter of water.
The corn marigold, or marguerite daisy, is linked to a superstition as a magic flower. It is picked on the thirteenth, dried in sunshine, ground, and steeped in tea for believed health and happiness.
A massive native copper nugget weighing over three tons, the largest pure metal chunk found, has been offered to Seattle on the condition it be placed along Pioneer Street and that transportation be paid from the Copper River district in Alaska, where it was discovered.
A satirical sketch describes Svabnians living in a remote mountain range between seas, claiming 2,500 years with no civilization progress. It notes their rule of observing holidays four times weekly with saints days as extras, portraying them as among the laziest in the world.
The Gulf Stream averages about three miles per hour, but at some locations it surges to 51 miles per hour. The fast current creates the impression of a sheet of fire on the sunlit surface.
A Pisa phenomenon echoes without heed to two notes but when three notes are voiced the sound travels stone to stone with rising force and after a few seconds powers a mighty choir impression.
The piece claims arms are the most common physical defect in humans and notes men are affected more than women, with higher frequency among the colored than the white races.
A cultural note explains that in Japan women disclose age and marital status to shop clerks to access dress designs tailored for single or married life, reflecting local customs on apparel and social roles.
Sea water at 20 miles from shore and 80 fathoms deep is noted as having curative properties due to the halogen dissolved in it. The report highlights its potential health benefits and the conditions under which sea water is most effective for therapy.
A reflective line speaks to poetry as the authentic utterance of a poet's loftiest thoughts, felt as a vivid recollection. It evokes poetry as memory and inner truth, aligned with Keatsian sensibility about beauty and imagination.
Jud Tunkins urges citizens to boost their town by proving to the world that it is creating honest, upright residents. He emphasizes personal integrity as the path to civic improvement.
A reflective line notes that while some men truly love their neighbors as themselves, the author observes that many have yet to make their acquaintance. The remark hints at social distances and the virtue of neighborliness in a community setting.
A concise tribute noting that the artist achieves the pinnacle by expressing the largest collection of supreme ideas through his body of work. The statement highlights creativity, influence, and enduring impact attributed to his artistic output.
Thursday's prices from Havens Brothers Poultry Co show light hens at 13 to 12 cents, springers around 16 cents, and heavy items up to 33 cents per pound. Also listed are turkeys at 19 to 20 cents, with Ralph Illiss of Terre Haute visiting Greencastle midweek.
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