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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1920
Page
4
The advertisement lists Pure Cane Sugar at 2.25 for 25 lbs, Fancy apples and oranges by the dozen or pound, pineapple by can, various preserves and mincemeat, Jell-O two for 25 cents, salad dressings, nuts, pickles, oysters upcoming, and discounted coffee, milk, canned salmon, and brooms with multiple per-unit prices. It showcases a wide range of grocery items with sale prices.
The secretary of agriculture reports a 65 percent rise in farm land and improvements prices over five years, with a 21.1 percent gain between March 1919 and March 1920. The surge reflects growing land scarcity and pressures on farm ownership, as returns on land often lag mortgage and rent rates. War-time expansion of cropland boosted supply, then a postwar acreage contraction emerged, especially in winter wheat, spring wheat, and rye.
Winnipeg reader Hugh Kindersley son of Sir Robert Kindersley finished a three month canoe trip with Capt Tom O Kelly from Athabasca Landing through the Far North visiting Hudson Bay posts and climbing toward the Arctic circle. They endured mosquitoes and scarce supplies as they navigated Rat River and the Yukon reach to Fort Yukon and beyond to Skagway.
The province has reached a deal to purchase virtually all MacKenzie power holdings in and around Toronto for 82.834 million dollars, including suburban railways and plants and the Electric Development company at Niagara Falls with its line to Toronto. Negotiations spanning two years between Sir William MacKenzie and Sir Adam Beck conclude as the province moves toward public ownership of major hydro concerns, except the Dominion Power company in Hamilton.
Louis Katraly from Coatesville Pa visited Philadelphia to view department store displays. He smashed a window to seize a wax figure smiling from a storefront and attempted to kiss her, but a police officer intervened and stopped the incident.
John Willet, a former captain in the Forty-eighth United States Infantry, confessed under police questioning that he was Hans Willers, a German cadet sent to the United States with 300 others to join the American army. He admitted stealing 6,000 from his company and deserting after the armistice, and described treasonous goals and life in the United States before being taken to Port Jay prison.
The season’s iron ore shipments reach about 50 million tons with 47,707,872 tons shipped from the head of the lakes so far and roughly 30,000 tons remaining from Duluth and Iron Range docks at Two Harbors and Ashland Wisconsin. Total docks show an increase of about 7,700,000 tons over last year’s 40,067,800 tons.
Wasle Ernst an eighteen year old Austrian stowaway spent hours adrift on a raft in New York Harbor before signalling a tugboat captain for rescue. He was found near Elna Island and taken to Ellis Island for deportation after explaining he abandoned shipboard entry and hoped to reach land.
Guthrie Oklahoma resident W F Davis found a valise on a trash pile containing 1100 in War Savings stamps with a false bottom. The valise had been stolen earlier from in front of a local hotel and belonged to David Secko a traveling man from Enid whose stamps were registered in his name.
In Brockton Massachusetts the school board faces criticism as Charles P Brooks attendance officer notes many local children are coshort and not attending school regularly despite the city’s prominent shoe industry and global distribution.
Madisonville Kentucky publishes his obituary noting Roscoe Ashley enlisted September 19 1917 was wounded September 19 1918 died November 10 1918 and was buried at Grapevine with his body arriving in the United States November 10 1920.
In Midisonville Kentucky Roy Oakley aged fer oy el heerhe td chet hal te. The brief item notes a local incident involving Oakley, with sparse details and unclear phrasing from the OCR text.
Mrs Jackson Morris wife of Kentucky adjutant general is described as adept with a .22 rifle. The article notes she shoots a chicken through the head from the back door using a Belgian brought gun given to the adjutant general by his little son.
In Marietta Ohio Mayor Sprague comments on public sentiment during a plebiscite on a beer measure. He notes no one offers him a drink as he casts doubt on local support.
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