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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
2
The Greencastle Daily Herald lists editorial staff Charles J Arnold Claude M Ogle managing editor proprietor and outlines publication details. It notes obituaries priced at 1 per obituary with 5c per line for poetry and 50c per Card of Thanks with weekly and carrier options.
A reflective column notes that patience often yields rewards while effort speeds results. It observes people’s hidden decency revealed by war and asserts that those who act quickly and cheerfully may secure their desires sooner.
A series of Democratic primary announced runs for Putnam county offices includes Monroe township assessor and county assessor contenders Thomas J Williams and W F Jameison Greencastle township candidate for county assessor, Franklin township representative bid O T Ellis Madison township recorder bids Theodore McKamey Cloverdale and Arthur R Hurst Greencastle for prosecutor former Floyd township clerk candidate Walter S Campbell for clerk of the Putnam circuit court Greencastle and Marion township seekers for treasurer C G Webb and Fred V Thomas seekors for county treasurer and auditor plus John Curran Monroe township for first district commissioner.
The article notes a shift to women in employment during wartime, with Britain expanding female labor from Woolwich arsenal where 125 of 10866 workers in 1914 to 25000 of 75500 now. Women constitute over 60 percent of design and inspection departments, with private industry widening female roles previously held by men.
British exchange reports salvage firms plan large scale efforts to raise torpedoed ships and cargoes. R H Davis of Slebe Gorman & Co cites multi million pound value awaiting recovery and notes salvaging cargoes from sunken vessels when raising the hull is not possible.
A new toaster design eliminates finger burns by ejecting the bread frame when the knob is turned. The toast slides out browned side down, then returns upright with the fresh side facing the heater, allowing buttering only when ready.
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