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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1920
Page
2
Rates listed for Weekly Herald-Democrat and Das Veer show prices for single copies and multi month terms. Obituaries cost 1 each with 5 cent per line for poetry. cards of thanks taxed at 50 cents each.
A hotel guest jokes about ringing for service by misinterpreting the bellhop and chambermaid roles. He says he rang once and twice, and the maid replies she misheard, thinking he rang twice once. The humorous exchange highlights a mix up in routine hotel calls.
A brief dialogue implies a stalled romance as one character demands a kiss before winter ends, while the other cites a change in season. The fragment hints at legal action looming should consent not be granted, signaling a humorous or satirical tone.
Exchange shows a courtroom dispute where the prosecutor cites ancient law and the defendant reacts angrily, demanding silence from the judge. The scene hints at a tense trial moment with authorial emphasis on legal origins and courtroom drama.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a man accusing his wife of infidelity while another speaks of a perceived misunderstanding. The text references a wife possibly leaving her spouse and comments on perfumes and scent. The reader faces a murky wartime style exchange with unclear speakers and outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions relief from colds and new illnesses with a product, listing a price of 1.20. References to a bottle and a national context appear, but details are unclear due to jumbled wording and missing context. The item seems to describe a medicine or remedy offer with pricing.
Fragmentary text touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a health aid. claims focus on cleansing the body, improving digestion, and protecting the system. Mentions mild comfort and precision in results, typical of patent medicine advertising.
A guide to choosing and constructing dipping vats for sheep and pigs. Sizes range from compact barrels to 10 by 4 foot galvanized tanks costing about 12 dollars. Concrete vats can be built, often shared by several farmers, with design features to drain and recycle dip and protect lambs.
Pieplant is easy to grow and highly productive for commercial markets. It tolerates long hauling and thrives with careful cultivation and heavy manuring. Plants should be set in four by twenty four foot rows and not pulled for sale in the first year. harvesting can begin after frost-free conditions return.
A farm notes feeding stock with clover hay and foraged waste to improve flavor and growth. Tomatoes on trellises require 18 inch deep set plants and trained vines. A peach district farmer sold a gallon of chemically preserved peaches for 20 dollars. plans to exhibit nationwide.
The Long Island Experimental Station notes three years of using wood ashes and well rotted manure produced smooth oven sized potatoes with fine flavor. It adds poultry houses need not be costly but must be warm dry and draft free.
Prof K W Gudger cites traveller accounts in a Zoologists bulletin confirming spider web fishing nets used by Papuans near Yule Bay. Spiders weave six foot diameter webs with strong mesh. natives set bamboo frames and dip nets to catch small fish weight around a pound.
A patent from Great Britain for a double door system called The Receivador allows tradesmen to place parcels in internal compartments without disturbing occupants. The outer and inner doors unlock and lock in sequence via alternating interblock action, revolutionizing shop to door deliveries. Inventor Jackson Michell, American, resides in Nottingham.
A patient farmer sends his son to a music shop in search of a violin. After inspecting several violins and a viola, the father finally selects a small violin promising it will suit his growing son. The scene ends with a wry smile from the buyer.
A quip filled note comments on love wisdom business prudence and social fortunes. It weighs belief versus hearing and warns against rash mistakes while noting an heiress should be a strong financial partner. The tone resembles a playful old moral maxim page.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson spoke at the University of Washington summer school noting vast frontier opportunities in the Arctic. He praised reindeer husbandry as a future world meat source and cited Alaska’s growing herds, potential wealth, and plans to expand into northern Canada with large-scale grazing and rising carcass exports.
In a dramatic SF blaze the fire destroys old brick and wooden structures, toppling a second story building. A middle aged couple slept inside. the bed slides onto the sidewalk as the house tilts. The wife quips the disaster will teach the husband to wear a nightshirt.
A regular visitor to the apartment explains she is newly married and wearing mourning for a wedding present from her husband. The widow notes the irony of mourning attire being given as a wedding gift as the story unfolds with humor.
A new minister visits a Scottish farmer and admires a donkey. The farmer names the animal Maxweltop and explains the name means its brays are bonny. The exchange highlights local humor and rural character.
Mature hogs produce larger better offspring than very young hogs. Prepare winter housing before fall and shelter fall pigs. Hogs thrive on clean feed and decent surroundings. Free range is not acceptable as hog enclosures must be tight with strong wire fences.
Advice on caring for young chickens and garden plants with tips to scatter ashes around fruit bushes. Recommend strawberry patch, reseeding grass, and repairing tools. Caution about horses and fence maintenance and removing insect eggs from dry areas. Suggest planting shade trees for later shelter.
Endive can be sown early in cold frames or open ground. Fall crops store well in a dry cellar for winter use. Varieties range from large coarse Joachim-like leaves to finely cut curled types with whitened leaves and tender texture. Tomatoes grow feeder and yield with adequate plant food, warmth, and water. A catalpa grove may produce first crops in about ten years with multiple post outputs. Firewood from small crooked limbs provides useful wood.
A Newark boy told Officer John Eckerline that his father and another man were fighting nearby. Eckerline followed the boy to the scene, where the other man had regained strength and was gaining the upper hand over the father.
A very young couple, described as bride and groom, are seated in a quiet side room of a tea shop. The young man notices a fault in service and requests a spoon. The waitress, leaving, jokes she will not return for ten minutes and the couple can have the room to themselves.
In a small California town a drummer complains to the porter about fleas in his room. The porter calls to the landlady Mrs Leary to change the room number 11 while the drummer insists the issue is the fleas and not the room itself.
In a dawn scene a woman asks John if the kitchen door is locked at 2.17 a. m. He, the lodge guard, wakes and reports the portals are guarded, delivering a witty line that hits the right title. The moment blends a sleep riff with a Masonic lodge code of vigilance and humor.
A character named Tuelid brags of math skill and is challenged by his wife who asks how to square the circle given rising wages and living costs. He screams and runs off into the night.
Fragmentary note quotes a discontented exchange about a proposer and a presumed fatigue from rejection. The readable lines show a tense, personal communication with implied social pressure and fatigue. No clear names or places are legible in the excerpt.
A garbled excerpt intertwines a tale of hunger and pity with a misrouted letter and a staged satire. It includes hints of a neighborhood aid, a bounced communication, a letter mailed with no name, and a curious governor Hour reflection at a July celebration.
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