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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
2
The Herald Greencastle lists obituary and thank you notice rates including 50c per yard or 1 per obituary with poetry charged 5c per line. Published daily except Sundays at 17 and 19 Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana.
Harvard ethnologist V Stefansson notes Mackenzie region Esquimaux are tall and well built men with smaller women. They live communally for clothing and food with private dog and rifle ownership. They migrate yearly, practice flexible marriages, have informal leadership, no politics, limited religious beliefs, and civilization may erode admirable traits.
A Leslie's Weekly excerpt describes French chateaux like Lafitte Margaux La Tour Kirwan Yquem and Haut Brion hosting summer parties and peasants balls. Guests are invited to taste from barrels with a half glass, while the professional taster never swallows.
Stormey General Jackson argues in a letter to the State Tax Department that courts treat oysters as wild animals until reclaimed or artificially planted making them personal property upon domestication. The piece jokes about a nature novelist writing a romance tracing an oyster from wild youth through captivity to its fiery end.
A nearly 90 year old scald with a snow white beard entertained the Danish king at the Norwegian court. Descendant of Harold Fairhair, he left Telemarken to perform with a langleik lute over three centuries old. The king invited him to Copenhagen, honoring a royal lineage and ancient bardic tradition.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch argues romance wanes as wars end and law curbs excess. It notes women’s evolving role and the push from seclusion to public life, suggesting humanity's day over vanity and a move toward common sense in gender expectations.
The article explains divided touch and double touch magnetization methods using two bar magnets on a steel bar, including drawing magnets from center to ends and finishing at center. It notes magnetic saturation, and that newly magnetized items are weakened by rough handling. It also briefly mentions hens used for hatching fish in China with eggs hermetically sealed.
The War Department expands film based education for vocational training. About 107 army courses include agriculture to zoology with 105000 soldiers in instruction. New automotive division films will illustrate engine work and machinery for global distribution to army schools and overseas posts.
The article warns that world radium stocks have fallen about 50 percent since the war. It notes extensive wartime use in luminous watch dials and aims, and cites limited Utah carnotite ore as the main source expected to run out in seven years. It argues for conserving radium or using mesotherium and thorium byproducts instead.
A reflecting projector used to outline designs for signboards speeds up painting and improves quality. It works best for outdoor signs at night, which is the main drawback noted.
The article outlines proper washing order and techniques emphasizing sorting by fabric type and color, using at least three tubs, and routines like soaking duration, gradual heating, and boiling for 20 minutes. It notes water temperature impacts fabric quality, speed, and resulting cleanliness.
Clean piano keys with milk. Turpentine eases a burn. Potatoes make stuffing for ducks. Oysters cook when gills curl. Lamb liver palatable as calf. Keep tea cups hot. Pumpkin seeds trap mice. Boil net curtains for dumpling bags. Turpentine removes old fly paper stains. Red meat rare and white well done. Glue back rug corners. Dry old crackers for croquets. Use wire screens to keep food without ice. Stair broom ends clean corners. Lemon and whiting remove paint marks.
Indiana Farmer urges farmers to improve poultry housing with spacious pens and roosts. Provide 10 by 30 feet per hundred hens, south-facing windows, dry clean floors, and avoid ventilators as death traps. Use tarred lining and proper cleats to seal gaps and keep hens warm and comfortable in winter.
A reflective note on the limits of dignity and the emotional cost of restraint. The lines suggest that attempts to uphold self-respect can lead to a painful consequence, highlighting the tension between inner resolve and outward consequence.
Practical household hints cover cleaning copper kettles with salt and buttermilk, easing celery cleaning with a stiff 10 cent paint brush, and stopping hinge creaks with linseed oil. Advice includes removing putty with heat and knife, protecting stoves with lard and resin, and a child’s broom for bathroom use.
Instructions on slicing fresh bread with a hot water dipped knife to avoid tearing bread. Advice on drying damp rooms using quick lime that must be renewed regularly. Laundress tips advise avoiding soap on stains and using alcohol boiling water or sulfur fumes to treat stains.
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