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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1914
Page
3
A playful scene shows a young couple in a kitchen as they debate how to tell when molasses candy is done. The woman asserts expertise while the man banters and flirts, until sticky mishaps erupt and he realizes the candy has touched both of them, ending in a tender moment.
Captain H W Jones of the medical corps at Jackson Barracks La says Washington America must rely more on brains than brawn in future wars. He cites a drop in strong men applying for enlistment from 57 percent in 1875 to 22 percent today and notes fewer foreign-born recruits and underfed rural recruits in the region. He cautions over interpreting the data and calls for broader study.
Chicago federal officials say the ban on mailing pictures of women in smiles will be a weapon to drive nude image publishers out of business. Judge Sanborn upholds Postmaster Campbell’s ruling after reviewing 250 separate incidents.
Mrs Ivy Sturdivant faced a ruling over copies of famous paintings barred from mail by the postmaster. Notable works include In the Harem After the Bath Bacchante in Repose Sirens The Model Temptation and Innocence. The court upheld postal censorship authority over artistic reproductions.
Dr J F Weathers of Bankston tamed a four foot rattlesnake with seven rattles given to Birmingham City Zoo. The snake lived at his desk home for weeks and became attached to him. It stayed calm after learning no harm, retreating to its barrel home when noises occurred. Mice fed the snake. it seemed grateful for kindness.
Thomas Ross of Gentry Missouri owns harness hames aged 85 years. Made by his grandfather in Ohio in 1828 from white oak with root wood for the curve, top and bottom joined with leather. The elder Ross used them on his pioneer journey to Missouri and they remain well preserved today.
Miss Clara Mellum, 18, near Grand Lake, proved a kitchen apron can outwit a bear. While she walked the woods she spied hunter Albert Peterson of Duluth in a tree with a cub bear below. She shooed the bear away with her apron, letting Peterson escape.
An expert suggests a quick check by drawing a small dot on paper with a lead pencil and looking through the diamond. If a single dot is visible, the diamond is real. multiple dots or a scattered mark indicate a false stone.
The Jains of Indias, a heterodox Hindu sect, are noted as the world’s champions of fasting. They fast for thirty, forty, or fifty days as a normal religious practice within their worship.
Heirs of two Pennsylvania farmers settled a long running dispute over a chestnut tree cut on a neighbor’s land. Final decision cost about $30,000 in expenses.
Ground prepared to sixteen inches and deeply tilled in fall increases yields by one fourth to one third. Prof Girard notes experiments over eleven years yielding up to 803 bushels per acre in best cases. He stresses deep soil, full vine cover, late digging, and selecting seed from productive plants.
The text notes that choosing seeds in this manner prevents deterioration and instead leads to improvements in varieties. It highlights positive outcomes from selective seed choice without detailing specific crops or methods.
A Farm and Home sketch describes mounting a rain barrel outside the house to a wash sink in the wood house, usable with one or two barrels. It notes abundant rain reduces filling trouble and suggests silos are common in dairy states, with high hay prices pushing silo building. Silage harvest is efficient, with cows wintering well and yielding more milk when fed silage kept properly packed to prevent top mold and edge settling.
Instructions on keeping cider sweet by adding horse radish and mustard seed, canning, rack and clarify, bottling, corking, and aging in dark cellars. Notes on cider preservation, including boiling reduction effects and later fermentation. Also mentions a banana cantaloupe at Palledae, and tips for coop litter management to improve poultry.
A new New Jersey law prohibits public use of personal drinking cups in stations and waiting rooms. Consumers pay one cent for a paraffined paper cup from a slot machine, then drink at the spigot and discard the cup for the next person.
The readable text extols simple home hygiene using cornmeal and sour milk for skin care and notes Americans’ early love of baseball. It contrasts poverty with graft and hints at civic critique, ending with a general remark about beginnings and finishing.
A quirky note describes a method of disposing cups by dropping them into a cage like a corncrib beneath a slot machine. It suggests this waste-basket setup could be used when children are present, who might want to take cups home for use at penny machines.
Fuer Alle Welt reports Belgium makers crafted artificial nut megs that closely mimic genuine kernels. Analysis shows a mix of finely powdered nutmeg and about 20 percent mineral substances. Detection methods include altered kernel structure, softening with boiling water, high ash content, and greater weight.
A returning traveler laments a hidden hazard of modern ocean travel. He cites constant wet paint on ocean greyhounds and the lack of warnings as a greater annoyance than seasickness or cramped cabins. The author notes the ongoing painting habit aboard ships and criticizes the absence of warnings.
A Philadelphia Record passage notes sailors say every ship is repainted inside and out at least three times a year. Passengers often leave voyages with paint damaged clothing, as work continues constantly in port and at sea, making escape from paint impossible.
The Pharos of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders, stood on Pharos island near the harbor entrance. Built about 300 years before Christ by Sostratus Caidius, it stood 450 feet tall with a light visible up to 34 English miles, implying a required height near 650 feet.
In Pasadena California two fashionable women left a soda counter without paying, taking ivory checks as they vanished. The attendant noted this was the fourth such incident by women today, while men rarely leave without settling their bill.
Oklahoma City pastor Rev W M P Ripley of the M E B Church South denounces bazaars dinners needle parties and similar events as ways to dodge church salary obligations. He says he will not accept money from any source outside member contributions and will not waive church creeds to let members dodge dues.
Baltimore clerk ONeill at the Marriage License Bureau confronted a young man and his attractive companion. The applicant insisted on the name Bytheway and joked about the joke as he listed his age and address in Philadelphia. The clerk, realizing the pun, completed the license papers before the couple left for a minister.
An arrival list from the liner France includes KE. J. Conill of Havana with family and twelve servants. They traveled Europe with ninety-one pieces of baggage and diamonds valued at 330,000, plus their English bulldog Rangdoodle aged 12 who was deaf and lame. Conill paid $25 duty on Rangdoodle after declaring jewels for Havana.
Madison Township trustee J W Knauer says he will be at his residence Monday and Friday each week to transact office business. Ernest Kivett of Jackson Township reports availability at his Mill Creek Township home Wednesday and Saturday. Benjamin Walls, Jackson Township trustee, will be at his office every Friday. Oliver Stringer, Monroe Township trustee, at his residence Tuesday and Saturday. Dr E Tcheson at Bainbridge Meek Wednesday. Floyd Township trustee Fred Todd at his Floyd Township residence Wednesday. Marion Township trustee Rector at his Marion Township residence Friday and Fillmore Tuesday.
The text urges health as true wealth and extols the Spaunhurst Osteopaths for offering drugless treatment. It claims osteopathy heals many conditions deemed incurable, invites readers to repair health at Donner block and notes available dates in early January.
S E Carpenter of East Aurora New York praises Chamberlain's Tablets for lasting relief from indigestion after one box. He reports no recurrence six years later and notes the product is sold by all dealers.
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