Obituary and poetry charges announced at gate
The Herald lists admission fees at the gate: one dollar for an obituary and an additional charge of five cents per line for poetry.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1922
Page
2
The Herald lists admission fees at the gate: one dollar for an obituary and an additional charge of five cents per line for poetry.
The Chicago Chronicle discusses the Salvation Army’s approach to marriage education and courtship. It describes a colonel led program teaching the responsibilities of marriage to aid morality, especially among slum and uneducated groups, arguing healthful, happy marriage supports religion and society.
New York speaker Robert Hanter warned that about ten million people live near the pauper line in fair times. He cited seven million able to work only part time and three million children among the affected, urging concern for future stability and charity dependence. Boston publicist Treat Paine disputes the higher figure.
The Chicago Journal discusses flags tied to the Papal States and Crusader Jerusa lem rulers. It notes the Papal flag with St Peter and St Paul, cross keys, and tiara, plus merchant ships’ banner half yellow half white with cross keys. It also mentions Godfrey’s Jerusale m banner using gold and silver with five crosses on a silver field.
Thomas Pays aged twenty five without resources claimed a pair of trousers once owned by Victor Hugo and sold buttons for twenty dollars each to gullible collectors. He then began selling legs of the trousers and was arrested after selling a fifth leg, according to the New York World.
Crowd scenes along the Paris boulevards show sidewalks packed with peddlers selling novelties while acrobats perform on carpets. Newsboys hawk folded papers as outlanders and boulevardiers pass without surprise, and sensuous women stride by in striking dress amid a hazelnut vendor chorus.
Describes fainting causes and risk groups, noting it often occurs in crowds and in stuffy venues. Advises patients be moved to fresh air, lie flat with head lower than feet, loosen tight clothing, and use smelling salts or cold water to revive. Attribution to Dr H H Hartung and National Magazine.
The Java Reptile Skin Company is incorporated in Java with a $40 000 capital. Branches will buy live snakes from native hunters across the island, emphasizing skin value when snakes are skinned alive. Dead snakes fetch little price, while living snakes 12 to 18 feet bring strong returns.
A humorous note explains the phrase out of sorts from printers trimming letters to finish lines. A Kansas rural paper copy shows deliberate replacements for missing letters due to extreme business pressure.
The Man in the Iron Mask was a French state prisoner whose identity remains unknown. He was confined at Pignerol Exles Sainte-Marguerite and finally the Bastille, dying on November 19 1703 and buried November 20 1703 in St Paul cemetery under the name Marcial.
A historical sketch traces early flag designs among colonists, noting Union Jack influence and the 18 red and white stripes. It discusses color symbolism of red white and blue and the imagined meanings of stars and stripes, while acknowledging uncertainty about exact origins.
Valuable hints on eye care from a specialist advise proper lighting and posture. Read with light over the left shoulder, avoid glare, and do not read when tired or rocking.
The passage notes that some people are not harmed by certain practices, making strict rules difficult. It warns readers about reading a gown before elevating a youth book to eye level and highlights that many ignore this rule without consequence, though it risks harm when recovering.
A Carlsbad architect, Alois Siebert, invents a two grate system for furnaces. The upper grate sends a blast of hot air to burn smoke and soot, improving efficiency to nearly 85 percent. One grate has operated for twenty six months at Carlsbad’s municipal slaughter house.
The report notes that there is not a trace of discoloration to or inside the chimney, indicating no visible damage or staining observed.
A scientist adapts a bicycle wheel with evenly spaced opaque screens to photograph meteors. By spinning the wheel at 36 to 50 rpm during exposure, interrupted light trails on plates reveal meteor flight velocity. A chronographic log provides wheel speed and trip interruptions measure speed.
An overview notes battles in the bloodstream between dangerous and friendly microorganisms during fever. The account hints at microbial struggle inside the body with a blend of science and speculative interpretation.
The patient with malarial fever showed parasite destruction by defender cells. Leucocytes engulfed parasites, ingested pigment granules, and absorbed remaining granules as time passed. Observations spanned minutes to hours, noting disintegration inside white cells.
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