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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1915
Page
3
A simple sand box germination test is advised to determine seed corn vigor before planting. Gather kernels from different ears, use a shallow box with moist sand, and label each square. Five kernels per ear reveal germination power. skip weak ones after four to five days. Keep moisture and air for successful results.
The text explains how soil must store water from rain and snow for crops, while remaining porous to supply air to living root cells. It compares soil to a wet sponge with air flow, notes roots need air, and describes how plowed topsoil, subsoil, and moisture distribution affect plant growth.
The article stresses strict cleanliness in milk handling to prevent bacterial growth that harms butter and cheese. It lists common impurities from milking time and stable environments and notes how feed variety and immediate ensiling affect nutritive value and milk quality.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a mailman offers a package to a distressed woman in a blue suit. She hesitates, recalls his gift, and finally accepts, telling her mother with a flutter of emotion. The exchange ends with a realization of his role as the mailman.
A faded recipe warns of a rich white sauce and a fruit cake batter with eggs sugar molasses sour milk and walnuts. The note suggests baking 18 small cakes and frosting with boiling icing, followed by a humorous quip about a clock tossed from a labor ball.
An elderly veteran tells his eight or nine year old great grandson how a bullet grazed his head at Chickamauga, and the boy quips that there isn’t much grazing there now. The exchange captures a generational memory of the Civil War era.
Dialogue snippets reveal a rural exchange where a speaker remarks on seeing a woman's face again while another asks about isolation. The reply notes that “the girls” have been wearing large bats, hinting at rustic amusements or improvised gear in a remote community.
The American Mechanist echoes Smithsonian claims that low oxygen is not a hazard and that high oxygen levels in mines raise explosion risk. It argues crowding and heat cause death, not air poisons, and that carbon dioxide levels indoors stay low while lung CO2 is higher.
A humorous poem in Judge tone about neighbor Grega constantly borrowing items from the speaker. The speaker notes Grega’s smooth talk and lofty claims while indulgently letting him take clothesline, rug, sweater, gun, fishing gear, jug, horse rig, motorcycle, milk cow, and other items, imagining grand fame through every request. The humor rests on a wheedling parasite who never pays back.
A reader notes differences between gorillas and humans in thumb movement and hand anatomy. It explains camels store fat not water and describes desert adaptations and temperament. It also discusses otters hunting behavior and why they swim against the current.
A long pursuit across Oklahoma and Texas centers on Crazy Snake, Chitio Harjo, Creek leader against allotment and indians policy. Despite federal, state, and local efforts, the fugitive has vanished for years, with reports of killings and elusive clues as investigators question his fate and whereabouts.
Gainesville, Texas. The Hensley Transfer Company owns a horse that has formed a tobacco habit. He refuses to work unless he is given chewing tobacco or a cigar about every two hours. If no tobacco is provided he will not move. with tobacco he resumes work willingly.
In Philadelphia society circles women and girls plan to photograph themselves in scant clothing to preserve their forms for future reference. Some take full body shots, others reveal backs or legs in studio light, with a few daring to pose in bizarre attire.
Greencastle residents read a testimonial about Doan's Kidney Pills from Mrs. W. M. Sears of Danville Indiana. She describes kidney backache, pains, dizziness and fatigue relieved by the remedy priced at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY reklam.
Advertises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the safe choice for coughs colds and croup in children and adults. Warns against opium containing medicines and claims the product contains no opium or harmful drugs available from all dealers.
W M McGaughey is a physician and surgeon with an office in Evans Block at 24 South Jackson street and residence at the corner of Bloomington and Seminary streets. Office phone 327 residence 339.
The notice lists eastbound and westbound train times with multiple daily departures. It mentions Gull and encastle Only as routing notes and marks times in the P M and L designations. The fragment outlines service windows from early morning to late evening with several stops.
A warning against underestimating common colds notes they can lead to serious illnesses and urges prompt treatment. It touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective to loosen a cold, ease lung relief, aid expectoration, and help the body shed the illness. Sold by all dealers.
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