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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1914
Page
3
In a saloon tale J Pierpont Morgan recalls a clergyman who refused to be snubbed by Lady Blank. She stopped giving to the offertory, provoking sharp humor at a lord's table when the clergyman revealed the family tie and vowed future caution in his stories.
A fragmentary note from Puck depicts a detective described as looking like he could be thirty cents, signaling a humorous or satirical sketch in the periodical.
The speech uses two short anecdotes to illustrate effort and fairness. A Western mill foreman hires a strong man who rivals a veteran worker in speed, prompting a lesson in diligence. An Irish golfer warns a passerby about danger, sparking a joke on misheard calls and misfortune.
A job applicant faced the store manager who asked if she was married or not. The reply was concise and sharp: Unmarried four times. The manager, favorably inclined, proceeded to book her application.
A grateful wife writes to a patent medicine firm praising its drug. She says before using it she was too weak to spank her baby, but now she can lick her husband, presenting a drastic change in vitality.
A courtroom scene portrays a judge strained by talkative lawyers and jurors avoiding service. The fragment hints at a larger trial and a crowd trapped in tense questioning as jurors confront civic duty.
The Spaunhurst Osteopathic office in Donner block promotes osteopathy as a drugless path to health. It claims to treat ill health and even so called incurables without surgery while urging timely care during a series of date markers Diy Jan 1-3-6-10-14-17 and Why 9th-16th.
A fragment from Life quotes a wry exchange about marriage prospects as a plain, bad tempered girl sparks a joke about a ready groom. The line “I am” suggests a humorous, self-deprecating answer to who will marry her.
The article reflects on Truth telling in newspapers through a Norman Hapgood discussion and a brief anecdote about a young man and a girl at a house. It contrasts honest reporting with prudent restraint in media.
Jerome, the district attorney candidate, recalls meeting a citizen during the last Presidential election day. The conversation was hindered by the citizen’s limited vocabulary and a muffled shout.
A scrambled OCR passage recounts a curious voter question and a humorous domestic miscue. It includes a migrant’s joke about voting for dollars and a maid’s misremembered hot water delivery, all cited from Harper’s Weekly and Lippincott’s.
An actor rebukes a maid for dirt on the tablecloth, fireplace, and windows, warning she must leave. The maid calmly answers that she would take to the stage if forced to leave.
Two unemployed workers on a contractor's project pause in a discussion of grievances. The foreman, not gone to breakfast as thought, confronts them and asks about the plank they are carrying. Jack Thompson and Joe scramble to answer, admitting they have forgotten it.
A humorous exchange from a 19th or early 20th century humor page shows Mrs Scrappington blaming the man for nine quarrels out of ten while Mr Scrappington concedes with Perhaps. and in the tenth instance Mrs Scrappington notes they do not quarrel.
A baby in an Indian town sought weekly cat rations to curb rat damage to town documents. The government granted two cats relief, but the senior cat went absent. The child proposed promoting the junior cat and hiring a probationer cat while awaiting a remedy.
In Billville, a man in an ox cart demands mail service from the postmaster who refuses, joking that the office runs like a perpetual motion machine with no rest on Sunday. A second resident highlights five miles’ journey for mail, while the postmaster cites a week of days off and a general notice about mail rules.
A Virginia congressman keeps a colored servant Ezekiel employed. The master forgets a letter in his library and returns to find it missing. Ezekiel says he mailed it without address, mistaking it for an anonymous note, illustrating a humorous misunderstanding.
Accredited to the late Senator Hoar a partisan exchange during a Canadian town Fourth of July gathering used both flags in décor. A young English girl mocked the American flag calling it sweet with berry candy while Hoar noted the candy had made many sick.
Beekeepers render honey into candy by heating and evaporating in sun warmed tanks. Honey is strained into large tanks, funneled to cartons via wide gates, then boxed with light rims to prevent paper wrinkling. After solidification false rims are removed, tops folded, and cases sealed for shipment or sale.
The queen begins laying at ten days old and then continuously for three to four years with seasonal variation. Spring sees few eggs, summer and warmth boost production to a maximum, and fall honey flow reduces output to maintain hive population. Increased laying follows prosperity from more feeding rather than instinct.
The procedure describes uniting two bee colonies by binding four strong combs, selecting the best combs, removing a queen, and transferring queenless bees to the other hive. After a day or two the queenless frames are moved, allow peaceful union, and a spare frame may be added to the vacated hive to catch returning bees.
An old lady in a compartment rang the electric bell, causing emergency stops, shouting guards, and chaos as passengers reeled from sudden braking. The boy claimed the bell was for lunch, prompting the woman to request chicken sandwiches and root beer after the strike.
A New York club discussion exposes overlong legal phrasing as a joke about clarity. A tale recalls a horse sale with a blind mare and a buyer’s fury at missing notice. A poet fears living eight decades back without modern conveniences, while his wife jokes about not selling poems in the past.
Franklin County style notices list trustees and their weekly locations to transact office business. Will Stroube Ernest Kivett Benj amin Walls Oliver Stringer D E Etcheson Fred Todd Rector provide times at residences or townships each week for official duties.
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