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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
2
W E Gill of Cloverdale seeks Democratic nomination for Putnam County representative. Fred Lancaster of Madison township and Allen Eggers of Jackson township announce Democratic bids for sheriff, subject to the May 4 1920 primary. Edward H Eitle jorge also seeks sheriff nomination. Vermandes is listed.
Multiple candidates announce for Putnam county sheriff under the Democratic primary. Hurst of Greencastle, Will Glidewell of Warren township, Jesse M. Hamrick, E. S. Lige Wallace, and Harkins L. Jackson all seek the sheriff’s office subject to the primary decision.
The candidate seeks the office of commissioner for the Second district with the outcome determined by the Democratic primary on May 4, 1920.
Reese R. Buis of Marion Township and David J. Skelton of Washington Township announce candidacies for the Second and Third district commissioner seats respectively in the Democratic primary on May 4 1920 Putnam County voters encouraged to participate with O A Day of Marion Township also seeking support in the Democratic race.
A dated listing shows prices for beef 25 cents per cut, pork 30 cents, country lard 50 cents, light bacon 45 cents, California onions 22 cents per pound, fancy caulflower 12 cents, fancy head lettuce 2 cents, sweet potatoes four pounds eight cents, fancy bananas per pound one cent, bulk kraut two pounds sixteen cents, and a note that many shoppers are using a 30 cent coffee.
Dr R G Moulton of the University of Chicago tells Wesleyans in Bath that Jonah was not swallowed by a whale and the tale is not part of the real Bible. He blames careless printing for inserting a whale narrative as a footnote turning the Bible into satire.
An Edinburgh convention of actuaries reviewed a table of standard weights and immortality statistics from 18 000 insured men in the British Isles between 1881 and 1915. Lesser weights correlated with longer life while Europeans and Americans showed heavier averages.
A washing machine agent asks about the Lady Minstrels last night at the opera house. The Petunia tavern landlord drags him into a sample room and warns of the depression while noting not all birds have gone south.
British patent describes making luminous paint by heating sublimed sulphur with strontium carbonate as the predominant carbonate plus calcium and magnesium carbonates. A sample mix uses 26 parts sulphur, 19 strontium carbonate, 6 calcium carbonate and 1 magnesium carbonate, heated to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit, ground, and bound with a colorless varnish of mastic and turpentine or drying oils.
Lowell Nebraska once a railroad hub with 6000 residents, fell into decline after the line extended. A storekeeper overstocked and closed the shop, leaving shelves intact. The town now numbers fewer than thirty inhabitants.
A replica of Jerusalem to be built on southern California hills with gates sacred places and biblical sites including Bethlehem Jericho Nazareth and more. The project aims to film the entire history of the Bible with high fidelity and draws worldwide interest for its scope.
A note states that her position to life is questioned, indicating an uncertain stance or challenge regarding her life status.
The article recounts Burghead Moray firth in Scotland reviving the clavie rite after 1915 when Admiralty prohibited lights seaward. The drumlike half barrel is carried on a pole and lit with peat, blending druidic and Christian elements as villagers circle toward the sunward, a historic British survival of fire worship.
A World War II veteran with one arm appeals to the Red Cross for music written to suit a one handed pianist. He notes the piano still requires both hands but suggests a dedicated music writer could provide melody and harmony for single hand play. He believes many wounded men would appreciate such compositions.
In a cheap William street lodging house a 65 year old man Edward Campion died leaving a will showing substantial wealth. He owned a Fifth Avenue brownstone and several valuable Manhattan parcels plus real estate in other sections and cash to two daughters and three sons. The odd choice of residence remains a mystery.
A farmer courts a city cousin and is drawn to town maidens eyes as he watches cows in a paddock. He jokes about repeating the scene while the young woman nudges him to act, noting the cow costs and the farmer owns the animal.
A narrator shows off a phonograph disk claiming it is unbreakable. He drops it to prove the point, and the disk shatters into many pieces, leaving him to joke that it must have been defective.
Pernambuco becomes Brazil's third largest city and top commercial center as ongoing building projects expand despite wartime difficulties. The city's growth stems from cotton and sugar profits that concentrate wealth among plantation owners.
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