Obituary Pricing Note Adds Line Charges for Poetry
The notice outlines obituary pricing at 1 dollar per obituary and an extra charge of the line for poetry. It specifies added fees for each additional line.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1920
Page
2
Firemen Called to Rescue Family Roasting Pork
Louisville residents at 1900 Portland Avenue called the fire department when a pork roast in the oven produced smoke and danger. Firefighters arrived as the home filled with smoke and found the roast at fault. The family used cold meat for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
J. A. Crawford
Portland Avenue
Bex
Crawford
100 Year Old Wine Found in Port St. Joe Ruins
Workmen uncover a case of choice wine buried over a century ago in the cellar of an old Port St. Joe building that was deserted in 1840 amid a yellow fever epidemic. The discovery came during dismantling of the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port St. Joe
Fla
Port St. Joseph
Here
Gardner William O Ragan Dies After River Walk Attempt
Cincinnan Oregon William O Ragan aged sixty six, a gardener at Ludlow Lagoon, dies after attempting a river crossing on wooden shoes. He had previously tried the Obie crossing and completed half the journey before failing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnan
William O'Ragan
Gardner
Ludlow Lagoon
Ohio River threatens Fort Massac landmark in Paducah
The Ohio River is slowly changing course toward Fort Massac on the Illinois side. The second oldest fort in the state could be washed away unless an 18 foot high retaining wall being planned can check the undermining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Ohio
Fort Massac
Illinois
Likeness of Augustus Unearthed in Tivoli Archaeo Find
Tivoli reveals an extant lifelike head of Emperor Augustus carved during his lifetime. Unearthed near an ancient weights and measures office, the statue dated between 31 B C and A D 14 sits on a marble pavement. The votive piece shows a fifty year old face with a revealing, ill tempered mouth and upward left corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alessio Valle
Tivoli
Augustus
Augustus Caesar
M. Veranus Dufilus
B. C
Naples
Suetolus
Cash and Love Gone in Atlantic City Suit
William P. Biffle of Uniontown sues his wife and her relatives, Frank and Mrs. Mathews, for accounting on fifty thousand dollars given to invest in real estate. He testifies the money funded a romance with his then seventeen year old wife and later the couple separated after disputes over funds and furniture. He alleges lavish expenditures on clothes, car and jewelry, with six months of the funds consumed before his departure in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
William P. Biffle
Uniontown
Frank Mathews
New York
Biffle
Rufie
Mathews
Court OKs Hair Pulling in Spouse Clash
In Lynn Massachusetts Associate Justice Edward B O'Brien ruled a wife is justified in using hair pulling in defense when confronting a wife of the husband in a divorce case. He spoke during the trial of Mrs Lillian Miner charged with assault with a revolver on Mrs Catherine Curtis Boston police wife.
Love of Music Traps Robber of Poor Box
In Philadelphia Jacob Katz twenty four entered Mmennvel Lutheran church at midnight. He emptied the poor box of its contents three dollars and played the organ. Absorbed in the instrument he forgot his way and fled, awakening the pastor Rev Rudolph Nieder who lived nearby and notified police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jacob Katz
Katz
Mmennvel Lutheran
Rudolph Nieder
Petice
No Cause for Rick in Aged Dialogue Fragment
A fragment from a dialogue features a character lamenting tooth pain and a quip about being born without teeth. The exchange hints at humor and authority on natural human conditions, reflecting a light conversational tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick
Waddle and Newman Debate Present Prices Versus Discount
Waddle announces a new society to discourage buying at current prices while Newman questions the premise. The exchange highlights tensions over consumer spending and price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman
Wyoming Woman Suffrage Tradition Through Decades
The article recalls Wyoming 51 years of women’s suffrage starting in the territory era, arguing for equal rights as a simple fairness. It notes frontier hardships and pioneer parity, and cites Congress pressure and state legislature stance during 1890s statehood debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Congress
Union
Philadelphia
Robber Offers Victim Cash After Hold Up in Suburb
Steubenville Ohio pottery worker Daniel Cable told police a highwayman held him up on his way home in a suburb, overpowered him, and searched his pockets. After finding no money, the robber pulled out a roll of bills and offered Cable ten dollars saying he needed it worse. Cable refused the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
O.daniel Cable
Cable
Brother
Navy Deserters Cited Mainly For Drunkenness
The fiscal year saw 1725 enlisted men tried for desertion or overstaying leaves. Drunkenness was the leading cause with pleas of having a good time in 862 cases and drunkenness cited in 584 cases. Homesickness prompted 90 sailors to take French leave and eight blamed hard work aboard ship. Over 41,000 cases were tried by court martial that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George K. Clark
Daniels
Man Shot by Wife in Omaha Bullet Lodged in Heart
James Freeman of Omaha is alive after being shot by his separated wife at his doorstep. He walked three miles to the police station for help, then to hospital where X rays showed a bullet lodged in his heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
James Freeman
Pointblank
From laborer to $150000 windfall in Montana
Claude Shellmaker, once a Washoe smelter laborer in Anaconda, received a telegram from an Eastern broker revealing a $150,000 windfall from selling stock. He drew the money, bought a railroad ticket and headed East. While in the army he conceived stock-backing schemes, served overseas with the Twenty third Division and was wounded. His initial investment was $800 of back army pay. he planned to buy a ranch in Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Mont
Washoe
Claude Shellmaker
Shellmaker
Oreseth
Tie Sade
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