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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
4
In a fogbound wood camp, Miles Henderson dominates his wife Annie as he vents control and threatens punishment. Annie secretly writes a letter she fears he will read, then hides it, fretting over a discovered note and a looming town trip. The tension builds as she grapples with power, fear, and possible escape.
Ethel confesses she loves Stoddard who is oblivious, while Mrs. Conder, a famed army beauty, draws him away. The narrator recalls past meetings at West Point and Leavenworth as Ethel laments the lost chance and contemplates the future.
Four judges of the United States Court of Customs Appeals ruled that imported scissors used to advance domestic science education can be duty free. The decision centers on actual use for education rather than intrinsic form, with the Board of Education scissors cited as an example. Judge Barber dissented, arguing some educational tools resemble ordinary items and should not be free from duty.
Forest Service experts explain wood can replace coal at roughly two pounds of seasoned wood per one pound of coal. Non resinous woods like oak, hickory, beech, birch, and maple offer higher fuel values, while white pines burn quicker with less heat. Moisture and air gaps affect heat, and cord measurements vary by size and stacking. Resinous woods yield more heat but produce oily smoke, and stove use benefits from restricting airflow with iron or fire brick.
Harper's Weekly notes two clocks in Worsley Lancashire that never strike one but ring thirteen at 1 am and 1 pm. One clock sits at Worsley Hall near the Earl of Ellesmere1900s tale says the Duke of Bridgewater had it made to alert workers returning after dinner as some claimed they could not hear the single strike.
A brief dialogue sketch shows Maude noting no marrying in Heaven, the vicar agreeing, while Mabel and Grace converse about proposals and a failed acceptance. Gladys adds another quip about Walter, illustrating light social banter on romance and scarcity of men.
A clipping notes the ukulele's rising popularity in the United States while a California company struggles to place a large 1000 instrument order. A Honolulu maker faces an unfilled order for 100 pieces, reflecting wider credit and supply tensions as one creditor refuses further lending.
The New York Sun notes a Madison Lane dealer remarks Americans raise pearls with annual product near seven million dollars, mainly from Mississippi river mussels. Pearl quality varies, some worth up to two thousand dollars, yet most earnings come from shells sold to button factories rather than pearls. The piece contrasts American dredging labor with Oriental pearl fisheries and ends with a moral on the pearl’s fate.
Dr. Ziegler warns that excessive care is needed in keeping pets as cats can carry germs of whooping cough and diphtheria. The piece also surveys various nuts including almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, Paradise nuts, and water chestnuts, noting origins, uses, and availability in the United States.
Edith attends her first concert and tells her mother she did not like the organ because there wasn’t any monkey with it.
A Maine farmer tested road-sized stones in feed boxes to slow eating. The horse ate the stones, but the pony removed them one by one and dumped them on the floor, suggesting ponies’ greater problem solving.
Vonri Fabre the Insects Homer argues bees act by instinct not reason, citing observations from Maeterlinck. He notes a bee continuing work while a cell’s bottom was open, packing honey for future generations without heed to the hole, and then sealing the cell top.
A Boston studio on Arlington Street headlines Mrs. Fowler as a renowned flagmaker whose pioneering embroidery and dyeing methods earned government and Massachusetts recognition. Her work includes historic flags for Annapolis and national banners, with General Dalton urging mastery of durable, artistry infused flags.
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