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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1919
Page
2
A fragmentary reflection by Robert Louis Stevenson contemplates journeying beyond familiar gates. The speaker promises to rise, confront danger, and pursue fate across foreign lands and skies, seeking cross and crown amid a restless road.
Experiments show a rose bush can yield any color by watering soil with very dilute chemical solutions. Potash greens the bloom and alum gives lilac. muriatic acid makes roses resemble others. The method also works on white roses and other white flowers.
The passage describes five watches of four hours and two watches of two hours on ships. It lists watch boundaries starting at noon: noon to 4 pm, 4 pm to 6 pm, 6 pm to 8 pm, 8 pm to midnight, midnight to 4 am, 4 am to 8 am, and 8 am to noon.
A fragment notes Serbian women taking a considerable share of labor weaving clothing at home. It highlights their value for services and the parental pride in their daughters' contributions, reflecting domestic industry and social roles.
The article traces the idea of the telephone from 160 percent book origins to experiments by Wheatstone in 1821 and the 1861 invention of the telephon e. It notes attempts to transmit sound via wires and iron rods, describing early notes as faint and toy-like before Bell’s decisive invention and the modern system.
The passage urges steadfast courage and disciplined judgment, warning against seductive schemes and empty assertions. It advocates proving claims before embracing power, resisting fleeting promises, and prioritizing genuinely worthwhile aims that sustain life and integrity.
Greencastle Battery Co on the north side square announces denatured alcohol supply for radiator use.
The article recalls Helgoland’s wartime fortifications a hundred feet deep in cliffs with gun emplacements and thick walls. Now dismantling begins the island opens again and residents hope to shed German taxation while preserving seawalls. The island’s grim past may attract future curiosity and potential benefits for locals.
A list of U S presidents and their faiths from Washington to Wilson, noting denominations such as Episcopalian Unitarian Presbyterian Methodist Disciples and Reformed Dutch for various leaders. Includes J Q Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe and others with their church ties.
The liner Tyn dateus will sail from Seattle to Vancouver B C with 4000 Chinese coolies on board. They are being repatriated by British and French governments after labor service behind the front during the war. The voyage will return them to China via Canada after sailing from Europe through the Suez canal and the Mediterranean.
As we close our retail business we urge all debtors to call at the store and settle book accounts or notes immediately. The Thomas Buggy Co.
A Harper's magazine vignette describes a milky butterfly migration seen in vivid detail. The narrator recounts hundreds of delicate insects drifting in late afternoon sun, clustering on twigs and leaves as they move with light, airy grace.
Reports recount discoveries in marine life: a large Gloucester cod with a small hammerlike knife embedded in its flesh, a haddock ripper found in a forty five pound cod, and a twelve foot shark containing a ring engraved with initials L. H. B. The occurrences span 1884 to 1902 aboard vessels from Gloucester and a New York arrival.
Beavers, after completing their dams, form small groups to construct oval, beehive like cabins on pond margins. Each lodge ranges five to ten feet in diameter, two to four rooms, two to three stories high with thick mud and wood walls, air passages between floors, and water level above the upper floor.
The article extols going into the Silence as a method to gain self control and focus. It cites Professor Elmer Gates and Edison as practitioners and notes sleep and rest refresh thought, with Dr. B A Stephens urging rest of neurons to regain vim for longevity and productivity.
A historical and scientific reflection argues that right handedness and dominancy shaped engineering, warfare, and culture. It traces the roots of left handedness through history, noting myths, social prejudice, and the neurology of handedness with calls for recognizing natural variation.
A British Museum tour reveals consistent flaws in depictions of feet in ancient art. The Disk Thrower shows early bunion-like deformities while the Farnese Apollo foot suggests many Greeks bore bunions, implying coins and burials were common in classical Greece.
The British Medical Journal notes cranks and cantankerous scientists stem from deep respect for science, not vanity. Public indifference often fuels bitterness, as latecomers reap rewards for discoveries made by established researchers.
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