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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1920
Page
4
A young traveler touring with motor tourists asks hotel rates. Clerk quotes seven dollars per day, adds extra for parlor room, fireplace, and bath. The man smiles and asks how much to leave the hotel as he is.
The late Mayor Gaynor in Brooklyn praised New York’s many Wholesotus attractions and armose meents. He said New York is not a city with nowhere to go and not a wretched place where a express stopped by chance. A passenger mocked the unwelcoming town, asking its name. The reply: That’s near enough, let her go at that.
A man tells a shopgirl he is getting married and wants a cake. The clerk jokes that wedding cakes should reflect the groom's calling, listing funny examples from journalists to loafers. The man replies he is a playwright, and is offered a pound cake.
William visits his uncle and admires park vistas yet is reminded not to pluck them as per rules. He struggles to live up to etiquette while his father figure, Father Corntessel, chides him for failing to refer to the hayloft as the migranine floor while working around the barn.
Washington officials warn that flirtation with war workers carries severe penalties including fines, months in jail, or military discharge. Mrs. Van Winkle leads a vigilant all female police unit patrolling stations, parks, hotels, and dances to crack down on risqué behavior. Critics say crime rates rise despite efforts, yet the campaign to end flirting continues.
The Rome Beauty apple originated from a Rome Beauty sprout found by a boy whose father called it a Democrat. The original tree grew along the Ohio River near Proctorville, later washed away in a landslide. The Ohio State Horticultural Society plans a stone and tablet memorial at a visible site nearby.
A dog named Baby woke its master Louis J. Pagani by opening a back door and barking until Pagani aroused. The dog, despite orders, entered the house at night and alerted the sleeping family as a fire erupted in the adjoining bathroom. Firefighters contained the blaze, with damage about 300 dollars.
Soldiers and disabled veterans attend a gardening program at the New York Botanical Garden affiliated with the Federal Board for Vocational Education. Tuition and board are government funded, with certificates after a two year course. Civilians may enroll by paying $15 monthly, and the program includes greenhouse practice, botany, garden techniques, and lectures across six hour daily sessions.
Edward Rose’s pet alligator Bill wandered from its tank in Kenyon Ohio for two days and prompted citywide searches with a cash reward. Bill, thirty eight inches long, crawled back to the tank alone to reunite with Lib his partner, and is described as docile and not dangerous.
Ma deline Tonely, a South Boston girl, swam eight miles in a severe electrical storm attempting the Charlestown bridge to Boston Light crossing. She battled wind, heavy seas, and cold water before deciding to quit and boat to safety.
Federal authorities seize seventy five carloads of oats destined for export for adulteration under the Food and Drugs Act. Investigations show adulteration by adding feed barley or water to oats to raise weight and profit. Officials warn shippers to halt the practice and pursue legal action on future contaminated shipments.
The article argues that fowls inherit constitutional vigor when bred from the strongest stock each spring and by culling weak birds in the fall. Introducing fresh blood maintains stamina and health, helping birds resist sickness and weather changes, unlike long inbreeding or stagnant lines.
Scientists in the government department devise a practical field test to gauge lime sulphur dipping baths strength. The method uses standard iodine to decompose calcium polysulphids and indicates complete decomposition by a color change with sodium nitroprusside. The bulletin No 763 explains apparatus, operation, and tables to adjust dips to official strength. sheep baths need 1.6 percent sulphid sulphur and cattle 2 percent.
Fresh eggs must be kept cool to retain quality. In summer eggs stay under three days old for strict freshness, in winter about a week. Prolonged heat accelerates spoilage. crates left in hot sun quickly alter air conditions.
The term large roaster refers to a plump four to five pound chicken. Broiler weights rise from one and a quarter pounds in March to one and a half in April and one and a quarter to two pounds in May. Old cock birds are excluded from the large roasting category.
A United States Department of Agriculture study on Inland Boat Service shows U S river traffic is mostly local with few long runs. It notes slow speeds on many routes, varied freight rates tied to farm prices, and major networks on Hudson, Chesapeake Bay, Mississippi Valley, and Pacific coast rivers.
The article describes using nux vomica homeopathically for liger complaints in fowls with a six pills thrice daily dose for large birds. It lists soup pill formulas with cayenne, ginger, mustard, vaseline, and flour, plus Vale’s soup pills with hydrastin and mineral salts. It notes liver hypertrophy from overfeeding and spice, advising bran mashes, green food, and ammonia as a treatment, and comments on breeding mares being sound and temperate.
Cruz Romero, condemned to death for murder, had his sentence commuted to life by Gov. Shoup. Described as childlike and uneducated, he will begin schooling and be put to work in the prison wash houses. Warden Tynan notes no life-timers have been pardoned in twelve years. about 126 of 700 inmates are life-timers.
Alfred McGuire of Wilmington has received four War Department notices claiming his death since returning home in January after serving with the 312th Infantry, 78th Division. He and his mother have replied to each notification, while officials insist he is dead, with varying ranks and causes described in the notices. A chaplain’s letter added to the mix, but Mrs McGuire insists her son is alive and well.
Peter Bourne a PG&E lineman from Mayfield, nicknamed Rattlesnake Pete for killing 112 rattlers in the Santa Cruz range this summer. One snake bore fifteen rattles, and the tale notes Bourne wears a scarf featuring the reptile’s button in a Sunday spellbound setting.
Osterle of Xenia Ohio marked his twenty first birthday by smoking his first cigar born there to parents who gifted a specially wrapped cigar at birth. He had abstained from smoking until this birthday, making the celebration a notable feature of the event.
Macon Missouri 1815 settler William Elliot patented land on Gun Creek. The Elliot children Letty Jordan and Perry ran the home for nearly a century in a backwoods log cabin. They kept to old ways, raised crops, and fetched water from the creek. A stray telegraph visit sparked local interest in the family history. Aunt Betty recounted an automobile ride and preferred steam trains, while Jordan praised their frugal, peaceful life and lack of disputes or debts.
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