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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1921
Page
2
Unlucky Numbers on Phone in Japan
Japanese wary of numbers that sound like death in phone listings. Luck favored by odd triplets and numbers like 753 tied to Shinto birthdays. 42 and 4 percent avoided, often reserved for officials. full numerals used rather than abbreviations. time may bring shorthand when counting aloud.
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Japan
Tokio
America
Magician Fish Defends Itself By Puffing Up
A Popular Science Monthly excerpt notes the puffer fish inflates when sensing danger. In a New York Aquarium test, puffers in a tank with two inch size inflated instantly, becoming nearly spherical and resistant to larger fish attempting to swallow them.
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Neptune
H. C. Townsend
New York Aquarium
Popular Science Monthly
Musician Invents Device For Dual Violin And Piano
An inventive musician has created an apparatus to play violin and piano simultaneously. A violin bow is held by a wire attached to an upright at shoulder height, mounted on a wheeled base. The violin rests from the piano by a brace with a through hole for the arm to tune the strings while the bow is operated by the left foot and the right hand strikes piano chords.
The Medical Way Humor in a Hospital Ward
A medical student jokingly boasts about a patient in the ward upstairs who is cross-eyed and tearful, claiming they have treated her for bacteria. The exchange highlights playful wordplay among students in a hospital setting.
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Brown
A Woodland Tale of Gratia and Augarde
Gratia a young girl meets Augarde a worn woman in black and hears of a gilded life with a knight. Gratia resists luxury yet agrees to leave nature for a redemptive hard fate. Years later Gratia returns in blue as another sorrowful woman recalls vanity and loss.
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Eros
Gratia
Augarde
Anugarde
Graft and politics from a theatre of ideas
A compact vignette portrays a clever East Side worker infiltrating a political crowd where a professional talks on graft and wealth in office. The exchange turns humorous as a landlady's blunt defiance and a sly social critique reveal tensions between money, power, and virtue.
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New York Times
Guam finances reviewed by Booklovers Magazine critic
The piece argues the Guam government cannot raise enough revenue under American to fund essentials like schools and sanitation. It cites Spanish rule collectives and a current cost of living rise, urging authorities to address chronic underpayment and governance.
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Willard French
Booklovers Magazine
Guam
French
The Dislikes of Animals In The Circus
A circus trainer explains why animals fear others and why camels deter horses. He notes horses tremble at camel scent and dogs fear big cats, while dogs show no fear before tigers but tremble before pumas or leopards. Observations from the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Language of rank and gender in social terms debated
A correspondent contrasts terms for sexes noting a duke remains a man unless called a gentleman with emphasis. Women shift from lady to woman only with adjectives, as a London Chronicle remark reflects.
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London Chronicle
Warding Off Old Age and Oddities in Daily Life
A collection of brief notes: a famed general links erect posture to delayed aging and liver health, a London Chronicle window cleaner finds a rest spot in a ship bathroom, Belgian factory turns black smoke into fuel via a petroleum absorber, and a humorous quip about a husband returning from visit with his wife reacting to his family.
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The
London Chronicle
Dover
Calais
Palette and Mahlstick debate Dauber’s art devotion
Mahlstick argues Dauber treats art with extreme seriousness sacrificing wife and family and risking hardship for his craft, provoking a sharp life comment on obsession.
Do you think it would be realistic if I should say the poet dashed of his inspirations
A young writer asks if a poet could dash off inspirations on his cuffs. The editor replies that very few poets can afford cuffs. A man seeks free information about why Nquor makes his nose red. The M D explains the reason as due to drinking it.
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M.D
Quiet Social Chats Turned Playful in Two Papers
The Washington Star notes Miss Cayenne asking if the guest enjoys music and to skip Mr Bliggins singing. The Philadelphia Ledger records Miss Brage and Mr Hansom visiting last Tuesday evening and a reply about absence. A garbled line questions if the governor’s remarks were spontaneous, suggesting deliberate intent.
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Miss Cayenne
Mr. Bliggins
Washington Star
Georgia Tech devises road wear measuring machine
A Georgia Tech device records road wear using a spring loaded toothed wheel that taps irregularities and transmits variations to a rolling paper inked by a pencil. The light instrument can be drawn over roads to assess wear over time.
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Georgia School of Technology
Her Shifting Form Fashion Reflection
A fragment quotes a young man shaped by age twenty five and a young woman who must adjust her silhouette to fashion's whims. It contrasts thrift, noting saving money is wiser than spending wildly.
Fragmentary Times of Day Noted in Log
A sequence of times appears in the page segment, listing 2 25 a m 6 28 a m 9 16 am 1 57 p m 2 46 p m 6 35 pm 9 10 p m. The OCR fragment provides no clear event or person. it reads like a time log or schedule excerpt from a larger article.
Fragmentary Telephony Timing Noted in Monon Column
OCR text shows scattered times such as 1:55 am 10:00 am 12:49 pm and 5:53 pm with several early morning entries. The fragment references Monon North telephone timings and a series of inconsistent stamps including 2:32 am and 8:25 am with noted dashes and unusual punctuation.
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