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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
2
A Pall Mall Gazette reader references the cutty pipe in a lively survey of its history and usage. The note recalls the cutty’s bold association with explorers pirates and a famed London figure Mr Gallaspy while reflecting on its faded presence in modern England.
The article notes Amsterdam’s Amter dam Museum of Security founded in 1893 as a pioneer in preventing industrial slaughter. Berlin Paris Munich Zur ich and Vienna also host similar safety museums with models and devices. In the United States the American Institute for Social Service advocates preventive safeguards as essential, criticizing cost-cutting attitudes that endanger workers.
A starving coal man's wife battles illness and rising food costs. Una rallies neighbors in a suburban community who donate eggs and milk, including Daisy the hen and old Mr Porter, easing the mother’s recovery as her husband’s grimy face lights with gratitude.
An American visitor describes Japan's kite day with families racing to the seashore to fly large humming kites. The kites use a tight bamboo filament across the shoulders to bend the surface, creating a concave shape and deafening noise with many kites in the air. Some competitions and occasional aerial battles involve string sawing with powdered glass.
Pathfinder laments rude peanut crunching in public spaces. He condemns those who eat noisily without sharing, calling such behavior vulgar and uncivil.
Brief, contemplative note on life’s cycles of partings and meetings, reflecting on love and memory with a literary tone. The text hints at human connections and emotional shifts, suggesting a meditation on parts and reunions.
Mrs Medbury chastises John for slang and vows to reform speech at home. He jokes about joining the effort while promising improvement. The couple plan to curb slang during conversations with friends and at church lawn party preparations.
A doomed man tells his wife he will record the whole tale. Cyril Rivers is suspected after a typist is murdered at Struction & Sons. The husband dies mid writing, leaving a final written confession naming Rivers and Lemming.
Chicago attorney Miss Mary E. Miller won a $52 500 verdict for the heirs of John Bross in Judge Gibbons court. She tried the case herself, examining witnesses and arguing to the jury. The fee sets a new national mark for women lawyers in a will dispute.
A Scotsman James Chalmers of Dundee proposed adhesive stamps in 1834 and faced ridicule with health fears from gum licking. Post Office attention came in 1841, paving the way for the practical stamp. The piece closes with a stray remark on women’s nature.
A Chicago study questions fears about electricity as a fire source. It shows electricity caused about one percent of last year’s fires, with lightning rare, while matches, stoves, chimneys, and inflamed components accounted for many incidents. A German inventor introduces a leather substitute for whalebone.
A girl-narrator describes caring for Nora Nora, the baby, with siblings and neighbors. She recalls Sam hiding Nora during a swim, Sadie’s pampered baby, and little tricks for the child’s amusement. The piece blends showy domestic details with reflections on work and desire to mentor the infant.
Rella Louvina Cromwell born October 15 1862 in Reelsville Indiana daughter of John and Diana Barnett Cromwell a longtime Methodist leader and evangelist in Jasper and Remington counties led revival efforts built a church and educated at Central Normal College Danville She taught starting 1881 and became a dominent evangelist with thousands of conversions through home visits and campaigns married Alson A Fell November 10 1910 remaining active in church work until her death December 7 1921 in Remington Indiana Funeral services were conducted by Rev A L Miller and Rev F E Strecker.
Mrs Lena Steele and children from Indianapolis spend Christmas vacation with relatives. Miss Achsa Heaney returns from Indianapolis. Mrs Dalby Collings spent last week in Indianapolis. Mrs Cullie Priest is ill. Misses Achsa Heaney and Lily Cully visit Ladoga. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Claude Lagen on Sunday December 18. The light wires are being transferred to new poles. Mrs R T Colliver visits. Don Cully of Russellville was in town. Mrs Maggie Heaney cares for Mrs Logan. Miss Jane Lawton, Indianapolis secretary of state staffer, visits her mother in Bainbridge.
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