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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
4
The Cozy Glow Electric heater from Putnam Electric Co. advertises keeping cold rooms comfortable, alongside a warming electric pad and office dictation ready positions. A July miscellany notes a farm sale at W W Brothers livery barn plus real estate buyers, a flat corner sale, and a farm hand position offering daily work and good privileges.
Hustling young man with small family seeks work at Herald office. For sale or rent a good modern home near the square. Listing by Dobbs and Vestal. Also an unfurnished three room plus one furnished bedroom at 05 North Jackson Street for rent.
A distorted dialogue fragment shows a visitor and a householder in a humorous exchange about money and dining. The garbled text presents mock formal talk and satire, with phrases about rates and hospitality, though many words are unclear.
A Harvard class of IST graduate, in his eighty third year, sends 20 cents in stamps for the endowment fund. He notes his Lawrence Scientific school training and credits Harvard’s influence with enabling honest, painstaking work.
The text argues that thinking of others does not excuse neglecting duties. It stresses personal responsibility to earn a living, improve home life, and ensure one’s actions leave others better off. It views life as more than routine when concern for others inspires true meaning and enthusiasm.
A young Douglas Fairbanks recalls growing up in Denver and choosing to be a tailor after watching a bright-lit tailor shop from his bedroom. He told his father he wanted to sit up all night sewing when he grew up, as a playful reason to stay awake.
A conversation notes that grand opera phonograph records are temperamental and imperfect yet prized as the finest achievement, with a salesman insisting they may suddenly sing. The Boston Transcript quotation frames the enduring appeal amid technical unreliability.
Japanese interests have acquired a large tract of land in Bolivia and hold about 20,000 square miles in Peru. Their activities focus on agriculture and mining as the principal operations.
A war scarred landscape at Berry-au-Bac along the Aisne is described as nature slowly heals ruins from World War I and earlier Caesar era campaigns. The piece notes tanks, mine fields, and scattered shells, with ruins of a sugar factory and trenches near Hill 108, while detailing efforts by French and British forces and ongoing clearing by authorities.
A dispute over a cow allegedly eating two silk dresses ended without lawsuit after the owner paid $10 to the Brooks family. Lawyer James T. Walsh stated the claim was settled, with Calverton residents noting the cow wandered to the clothesline and consumed the garments.
An official Delhi statement dated January 21 says Waziri tribesmen refuse to pay fines in Tochi while Mahsud tribesmen keep sniping pickets. It notes the enemy force is greatly diminished and reports 30 dead on January 0 and 18, with the village of Nalkash destroyed after a British dead body was mutilated.
Government distributes ninety carloads of army candy and eighty percent of surplus through retail stores to the public in a wartime effort.
A public auction will be held at the Old Stoner Home Farm two miles west of Greencastle beginning at 10 30 o clock in the morning. The sale will feature stock and related items. Auctioneers will conduct the proceedings and provide further details on request.
Thursday February 26 sale includes horses cattle hogs sheep corn grain and farm machinery. Catalog lists 6 horses 11 mules 150 hogs including Duroc Poland China and pure bred pigs 26 black faced sheep 300 to 500 bushels corn 200 oats 40 oats straw and milling gear. Terms: cash for sums under five dollars and six month credit for larger purchases with bankable notes and interest.
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