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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1918
Page
4
A Harper's Magazine essay argues husbands accompany wives to shops for insight into women's burdens and tastes. It contrasts romantic impressionism with a scientific critique that weighs life context, home lighting, past dresses, and income changes when evaluating attire.
The first diamond in Griqualand was found by the children of a Dutch farmer and sent to Cape Town before Paris exposure. It sparked broader searches leading to Kimberley and the discovery of many stones. In 1872 the Stewart diamond shocked the world, and Kimberly mines produced about $220,000 daily before the war.
Lord Rhondda leads a committee of social workers to test communal feeding in England to supply meals at low cost. With many women in war work, domestic duties are neglected, risking future health. The plan aims for a thorough trial to prevent suffering in the rising generation.
A married young woman asks how to keep her husband home in the evenings. The response notes that even with a moving picture machine she could not arrange first run films, implying the challenge of making home life appealing.
Dialogue fragment shows Mrs Pickles and Mrs Peppers commenting on a husband’s attention. The exchange hints at social propriety and flirtation. No clear event, date, or location is provided.
A quoted exchange presents a crude method to test amber. The professor suggests soaking in alcohol for a day to reveal Gizappeared as a marker of authenticity.
The piece traces hat removal from ancient captivity and ceremonial uncovering to modern manners. It argues forbearing hats signifies reverence and submission, but notes it often serves vanity and social calculation rather than genuine courtesy. It cites biblical and medieval contexts and contrasts chivalric ideal with everyday behavior.
A Hun raider’s last pipe was found in a garden as a German airship passed overhead. The stem bears the inscription Karl Werner 13138-A G, with eleven notches on the bowl and stem and more on the mouthpiece. The finder notes no tobacco smell and suggests the pipe was not recently used.
Prince Liechtenstein, heir to a tiny principality with no army or conscription, spoke at a Vienna peace demonstration. The state, once part of the Germanic Confederation, had kept an 80 man quota in the federal army before the Austro Prussian war, but that force was disbanded after Sadowa and never revived.
A boy carrying a cat in a basket to the Cats' Home fell into a northeast London canal. The boy drowned, but the cat, clinging to the basket, managed to survive and has returned home.
A brief nostalgic exchange unfolds at a diner where a proprietor asks customers to try a pie “just like mother used to make” while a diner patron recalls knowing the mother and jokes about bringing ice. The scene suggests a light, everyday moment centered on memory and comfort foods.
A student nurse narrator helps Edward by setting a dislocated wrist at once after his fall from a horse. She recalls basic physiology, acts calmly, and to the shock of bystanders, snaps the bones back into place and achieves an unbelievable improve ment.
The Montreal Herald notes Port Glasgow as the launch site of the first steamer, the Comet of 1812, built for Henry Bell. It explains how the 30 ton vessel proved successful, led to two larger ships, and how the Marjery crossed to the Thames and then to the Seine, becoming the first steamer to sail between England and France amid Thames skepticism.
A National Research Council botany committee outlines a project to find wild plants that could substitute costly crops for food and medicine. Building on Civil War efforts by Dr. John Porcher, The American Botanist invites readers to list non cultivated edible plants and those with medicinal value, drawing on hunters, woodsmen, farmers, and foreign pickers.
A Korean mob in Kalma threatens a garden shrine owner after the woman destroys the shrine to stop daily trespassing and garden damage. The crowd set fire to the house and nearly killed the owner before police dispersed the group.
A Riom France dog faithfully awaits its master who has died in battle. The animal runs to the locomotive and carriages after each arriving train, then gazes longing for the loved one as the whistle blows and the scene recalls 1914.
A mother scolds Caroline for wearing a pin and urges sewing on buttons while the father unfolds a comic tale. He contrasts pin friendly sisters Isabel and a tailor made girl, recounting a carnival of clumsy pins causing chaos and a breakup. The piece satirizes social expectations and the heat of flirtation.
A dated household recipe blends one ounce each cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, caraway seeds and tonquin beans with six ounces of powdered orrs root. The mixture is placed in small bags and kept among clothes to deter moths and impart a pleasant scent.
Adv promotes Relief from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin claiming safe, dependable pills not sold in drug stores. It urges readers to write for particulars, promising free information with no experiments.
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