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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1920
Page
4
Old fashioned remedies share space with Begg's Mustarine as a heat based treatment for sore throats pleurisy bronchitis and chest cold pain. Yellow mustard plaster or poultice is noted for inflammation congestion and swelling though it can blister. Mustarine offers quicker cleaner relief that cannot blister and is sold by druggists for 30 or 60 cents.
A photo shows a Chinese taxi operated by manpower with affluent passengers on a downtown shopping tour. The caption notes that these travelers prefer taxis over other travel methods common to the average Chinese.
Farther Trion arrives in Miles City reporting a newly identified wolf variety from Madison County’s Centennial valley. Trapper Warber Irion describes a long slender head like a coyote, larger body, fierce disposition, and human-like behavior, challenging belief wolves are absent in western Montana.
The article recalls the long history of London Bridge from Henry II to its 1683 fire threats and a famed 1390 tilting duel on the bridge between John de Wells and David Lindsay. The scene captures the bridge’s centuries of spectacle before its 1832 disappearance.
The Washington Star recounts senator James A. Watson of Indiana handling his first law case in Rushville. The client, charged with bootlegging, received the maximum sentence of 500 dollars and one year in prison. The following day Watson visited the county jail and the client quipped about paying for an able lawyer.
A village grocer, Mr Jenkins, receives a comic yet telling letter from a reader claiming to need six loaves for Billy and noting the bread and butter will be tied up until the breadwinner finds work. The missive highlights hardship and humor in shop life.
Mrs Meek tells a Women’s club that her husband John is an ideal spouse. She praises his preferences and patient nature while noting small faults like his fussiness about mending and reluctance to entertain her friends. The overall tone is playful praise.
A society lady boasts about her husband the professor as guests fear the sound from his laboratory. She declares he is currently conducting experiments while the professor hopes to reach posterity. A crash and rattling noises interrupt the visit as they await news.
A Burbank production introduces a stoneless prune. The fruit resembles the ordinary breakfast prune except the center stone is replaced by a soft kernel that can be cooked with and eaten along with the fruit.
Evaline Dalton shelters a battered stranger named Arnold Hudson on his first night at the ranch. Hudson heals, helps with chores, and roles into a rising tension with county officers. He later reveals a plan for a colonization venture and asks Evaline to share his future.
Vermilion gillnetter Lampe designed a Noahs ark pattern boat named Victory to combat spring and fall storms on Lake Erie. The United Fisheries company built the first of six such gillnet tugs, with five more due for spring 1920.
Postwar divorce trend rises with 1325 undefended cases in January divorce court list. A new method is prepared to handle excess cases. Experts attribute the spike to upheaval in social circles caused by the war.
The German potash syndicate says it can supply only about one third of domestic needs, set at 15 million hectoliters? The shortfall is blamed on coal shortages that idle about half the German plants, curbing output.
Sarah Ron Tennett, 81, was convicted of shoplifting items including silk stockings a diary perfume and postcards in London.
An American expedition arrives in Cape Town to film Africa’s jungles. Led by Edmund Heller of Washington and including Smithsonian scientists Harry Raven and Homer Shantz, the party aims to record discoveries for an educational government campaign. The effort marks a first use of motion pictures in African exploration.
An elderly country woman aboard a London omnibus thanks nurses for their wartime service. She contrasts their sacrifices with her own ability to kill animals, saying nursing work was greater than many realize and praising all women's efforts during hard times.
Adam Eldemuller secretary of a building and loan association was robbed of seven thousand dollars and valuables by a heavily veiled woman footpad near his home. She spoke softly with a pistol pressed to him, took his wallet watch and checks, and muffled the taken items while discussing sunny weather.
Andrew C. Gibson, 77, of Company I Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, died at Midway. His Civil War wound near the heart caused his heart to miss about one beat in four of a normal heart, amounting to 17,571,600 fewer beats over 57 years.
John asks about the price of a modern house collage costing about $8 000. The teacher cites eight thousand dollars and John responds that only a farmer could afford such a house, revealing class assumptions.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a reader asking about new telephone rates and concerns over meter based charges. Dialogue notes metered service means charges for each call and potential high costs for long conversations, highlighting user confusion and financial worry.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a woman asking the clerk for the Meditations of Mark Anthony and a husky man querying the library about Shakespeare's Laming of the Crew. The scene suggests curious, comic moments in local literary life.
A priest tied threads from both bride and groom at a wedding to symbolize their union, presenting a knot as a sign of binding. This act explains the origin of the phrase tying the knot.
The British parliament rose to sing God Save the King only twice in its history. The first time was at the declaration of war in 1914 and the second when Lloyd George returned after the peace treaty signing.
An English inventor proposes mounting a lamp on a safety razor to illuminate and guide shaving. The device aims to improve visibility and precision during use, though critics question practicality and safety implications.
A short observed quote extols the highest rank of a worker, claiming no title can surpass the nobleman and praising the worker’s status in bold language.
Kentucky health officials say physicians who prescribe whisky must prove no better medicine exists or risk license revocation. A Lexington meeting will seek a strong stance on prohibition's effect on medical practice as the American Medical Society states whisky is not necessary when other remedies suffice.
In Tokyo a former Japanese rickshaw shaman who shielded Emperor Nicholas II during a 1904 assassination attempt receives a pension he long earned for saving the Russian ruler. After Nicholas death and the Russian Revolution, the pension ends and the shaman resumes guiding his rickshaw service.
A collection of aphorisms and quips touching money and time, marriage, virtue, work, women, and common sense. The miscellany mentions British girls, Danish members, and European topics, with scattered names and phrases.
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