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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1919
Page
4
A humorous cautionary verse tells how a broke man begs for seven bores from Jasper Jones and learns the perils of debt. Jones, Beeswax Brown, and others offer wary thrift lessons, urging saving and banking to avoid ruin and despair.
Fragmented OCR hints at relics linked to Hastings law era and a Confederate context. Mentions arch, money, and learning efforts. appears to describe a monument or relics with legal or commemorative ties. Content is garbled and names or dates are unclear.
This brief fragment mentions constipation and remedies, noting the sewerage system and age related concerns. It references medicine that is easy to take and effective, with hints of a rule and liability. The text is incomplete and contains garbled phrases.
A long poem excerpt mocks a tedious storyteller and a legal judge in a comic tale. The verse travels from a stale anecdote about Abraham Lincoln to a courtroom fine of seven bones and ends with satirical quips about fashion and eating habits.
Dr. A E Brehm details massive field mouse catches across German districts from 1822 to 1861 including Zabern Nidda Pizmach and near Breslau with tens of thousands of mice captured and sold. Louis Figuier notes rapid female reproduction and repeated litters. United States meadow mice similarly prolific with calculations showing potential near one million offspring from a single pair in five seasons.
The article recounts the enduring link between kings and their jesters, noting how rulers kept official fools close for laughter and solace. It cites Thevenin de Saint Ligier in St. Maurice de Senlis, the cap and bells tradition with Jehan Arcemalle, and Charles V’s court rituals. It also mentions Francis I, Charles VI, and Pope Leo X in relation to royal amusement and a bishop’s entourage.
A surgeon warns that some individuals travel city to city faking knee injuries to claim accident payouts. They trigger witnesses, delay reporting until swelling hides the truth, and collect often large sums before moving on. One man reportedly earned over 11 thousand dollars in nine years before imprisonment.
A boy's account book shows S P G as Sundries Probably Grub rather than Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, a family joke about misinterpreted missionary donations.
A mission worker visiting a New Orleans reformatory spots a former inmate named Jim. The black youth, once seen as virtuous, admits to stealing a barrel of sweet potatoes. The worker expresses shock at finding him jailed. He confirms the charge with a blithe, ironic tone.
Italian researchers led by Prof. T. Alippi documented brontidi hollow noises resembling distant explosions. With 217 observers across Italy and colonies, findings suggest atmospheric origins, not tied to earthquakes or mines, and sometimes linked to weather or seismic events. further inquiry planned by the Italian Central Meteorological and Geodynamical Office.
The article estimates annual cotton crop damage by the boll weevil at 25 to 36 million dollars. It notes some attribute the spread to reduced bird populations that formerly kept the insects in check.
An artist finishes a landscape and looks up to find an Irish sailor studying his canvas. Wesl notes the remark “a mar e'n do annything if he's drug to us,” as the moment captures unexpected audience and humor between creator and observer.
A Casseler’s Market report notes the Suffolk works at Sheffield hold 10 000 knife patterns and can produce 3 000 orders at once while Solagen in Germany has 9 000 patterns. The Suffolk plant adds about ten new patterns weekly for two years, illustrating a nonstandardized trade that hindered American competition.
The quote links opportunities as fuel for life, with ability as the match and willpower as the fan that sustains the flame. It suggests that seizing chances drives growth and sustaining effort keeps motivation alive.
Verse by Walt Mason in Judge laments heat and pests driving to curse the summer while dreaming of winter’s fire. It mocks sunstroke and chiggers, then shifts to bachelor blues and longing for a wife, home, and stable happiness.
A Leslie's essay argues that while many homes have eliminated corporal punishment the rod or boot can deter certain misdeeds. Judicial and social figures endorse measured slaps or straps for minor thefts and misbehavior, suggesting controlled spanking may reinforce authority. experts acknowledge limits but value in specific cases.
A collection of aphorisms and quips on patience time meetings and social manners. The pieces poke at delaying actions consulting fortune tellers and marriage for money while noting common human foibles and criticism.
Kathleen Hills argues in Leslie's that modern working girls live beyond their means as fashion and cosmopolitan living push costs. She notes frequent outfits, multiple hats, and accessories for young women earning six to eighteen dollars weekly, blaming parental indulgence and societal shifts for economic curses.
A New York auction house confirms that a woman's artistic display of items, paired with color coordinated birds in cages, can boost prices. In a sale of oriental wares seven cages sold for 410 to 700 dollars due to visual and thematic presentation. The woman specialist's arranging added value beyond the auctioneer's skill.
A fragment from a Judge column mixes quips on gender roles and public opinion. It ponders whether voting habits, appearance, and class define a woman more than character, while jokes compare wealth to social influence and ambition to architectural plans.
A humorous monologue set in a grim talking house where Old Grimshaw and his family interrupt a narrator. Clarence riffs on The Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight while Grimshaw pushes for music and stories about war. The speaker laments the interruptions and exits with a rainstick and hat.
A fragmented diary style compilation presents a string of aphorisms and vignettes. It muses on hypocrisy religion manners and social scenes with humor and sly critique. The speaker notes personal ailments family events and moral observations amid quirky lines and dated voice.
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