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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
3
A 19th century notes column describes two methods to reproduce torn tissue sheets. It covers a brass thimble holdout and a pocket concealment technique using duplicated tissue to simulate a full sheet. The piece ends noting magicians’ confusion about the method.
A puzzle presents 1196 separate and distinct triangles to be found. The prompt asks for locating all triangles within a given configuration.
A Roanoke Texas reader reports relief after five treatments for five hundred gall stones with Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy. The ad touts removal of intestinal accretions, curing colic gas and stomach disorders without surgery and urges readers to consult a druggist or request a free booklet.
Goldfish were first discovered in China and later brought to Europe in the seventeenth century. The timeline marks a significant movement of the species from East Asia to Western regions.
A society note notes refined women object to calling intimates by terms like honey in public while accepting such endearments at home.
The passage questions how many people, especially women, have not learned that using affectionate terms in public is frowned upon. It notes the ubiquity of such speech in public venues and how women address husbands as Love or Darling, seldom realizing the effect on their audience.
The author argues that loving compliments like Honey and Dearie should stay private to protect home life. Public display harms both men labeled as effeminate and children who hear pet names at school. Refined ladies now reject public pet names in favor of preserving privacy at home.
The excerpt notes powder puffs hidden in parasol handles, hatpins, watch bracelets, and other jewelry as convenient beauty devices. It also mentions public gardens and nature scenes as moralizing backdrops, with mothers and large families observed among crowds enjoying nature and farm crops.
The article describes Montezuma's Well in Yavapai County as a nearly circular bowl 600 to 600 feet wide with vertical sides to 30 or 40 feet, leading to a bottomless circular pool. It discusses its origin, contrasting a pit crater volcanic theory with Professor Blake's cave roof collapse hypothesis and a subterranean drainage path to Beaver Creek.
A historical overview notes Egyptian ideas on thefluence of magic in daily life and their concepts of heaven and hell. The article surveys how beliefs shaped behavior, rituals, and expectations beyond this world.
The text explains how ancient Egyptians viewed life after death as an extension of magical beliefs. The Book of the Dead, the concept of doubles for all things, and Fields of Peace mark a future state of happiness. Ancestor worship influences funerary inscriptions and social kinship in the afterlife.
A Paris cabman provenance tale explains many drivers come from Rodez and Auvergne. Eldest sons inherit a cottage, younger brothers relocate to Paris, work as cabbies, then return to retire with savings. An informal parish priest ministers to them outside church.
Stanley Porter Hyatt in the London Mail argues that unrest among South Africa’s Black communities stems from American black missionaries who arrived to preach but soon shifted to political aims, promoting Africa for Africans. He notes King Edward records the proceedings he has participated in.
The Macarial palace near Madrid covers vast rooms and passages with a total route of about 130 miles. It would take four days to traverse all chambers, illustrating the immense scale of this royal complex.
Winnifred battles inner unrest as Mrs Ashmont and her son arrive in Barton. She fights shame over her engagement to John Shirley, fearing Ashmont's scorn and the social gap between her past and present. Two years later in Washington she confronts Shirley’s wife and the cost of love.
The article compares Australian bottle trees with African baobols and describes the Teneriffe dragon tree. It notes their slow growth and long life, recounts Humboldt’s measurements of the Oratava tree, and mentions a staircase inside a hollow trunk built by Bethencourts centuries ago, destroyed in 1887.
From Rome Rap inel Mackenzie notes Milan’s famed love of food. He traces Milanese dining from early times to modern Christmas displays. He cites Barotti’s sixteenth century comparison to English eaters and describes Milan’s vibrant markets like Verziere and Lombardy’s plains.
A historic comparison shows modern French nobility at about 200000 titled individuals with patents of nobility, up from 238 princes and dukes pre revolution. Earlier, 85000 titled persons existed with under 20000 bearing coats of arms, while today aristocracy holds a far larger share of wealth.
Trustees disclose weekly hours for office business across multiple townships. Ernest Kivett in Jackson Township and Oliver Stringer in Monroe Township list Wednesday and Friday visits, with others named for Floyd Marion and Willmore areas specifying days to transact office business as trustees.
An advertisement extols health as wealth and promotes the Spaunhurst Osteopaths at Donner Block. It claims osteopathy cures many illnesses deemed incurable, urges readers to seek Nature’s methods and restore health through their services with dates and location noted.
Mrs Lida Dewey of Milwaukee praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for relief of coughs colds and especially croup in children. The remedy is described as pleasant safe and effective and available through all dealers.
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