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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1920

Page

4

Winter Bee Care Highlights Energy Savings For Colonies

Beekeepers can cut winter losses by maintaining hive temperatures around 57 degrees and providing high quality foods and insulation. Specialists warn that low or high surrounding air temperatures and long adverse weather drain energy, while proper packing and feeding, including sugar syrup, help colonies endure six months of dormancy and survive to spring.

Department of Agriculure beLove Ace Exen Uae

Remedies for Worms in Chickens Promoted by USDA Official

Massachusetts poultry raiser calls a USDA recommended remedy “very successful” after California Agricultural Experiment Station investigators advised it. The plan includes a 24 hour fast, medicated mash with ground beef and tobacco stems, followed by a water-dissolved Epsom salt ration, plus thorough cleaning of pens and yards to prevent reinfestation.

Massachusetts United States Department of Agriculture California

Functions of a Farm Bureau

The handbook outlines five chief functions. Coordinate local agricultural forces and organize new efforts without supplanting existing groups. Bring farmer guidance to agents for planning and executing improvements. Provide local machinery to quickly reach communities with valuable information. Encourage self help by developing rural leadership. Reveal agricultural possibilities and how to realize them.

Farm Bureau

The Negro Vote Mystery in a Kansas Campaign

An October campaign stop in a southern Kansas town centers on a candidate seeking the entire Negro vote. A friend urges him to woo a local Black man, who replies that he is the only Negro in town and hints at rallying collective support, illustrating an odd local political dynamic.

Kansas John Kansas City Ournal

Vance Politely Seats Riders on Unusual Day

Report notes Vance was unusually courteous, giving up his seat thrice while remarking on the girls' appearance. He then rode horseback yesterday, a distinctive episode in a quiet social scene.

Vance

Disobliging Villager Rejects Squires Daughter Request

A Squire's daughter asks a villager to toss his boy into a pond to test if her dog will rescue him. The villager declines, stating she is the second woman to refuse the request.

Squire

Hallway Rugs Inspire Wit In Domestic Banter

A light dialogue between Mrs Gramercy and Mrs Gayboy riffs on hall rugs and tiger skins with a punchy image of imagination and domestic humor. The exchange playfully hints at husbands returning home late and the ironic appeal of exotic décor.

Little Learning Query Reveals Whale's Botanical Name

A humorous exchange shows Earnest Female asking for the botanical name of a whale from an earnest female professor who identifies as an ornithologist. The professor replies with a straight definition of her field.

The Sure Thing on Bryan and Betting

A conversation between Mrs. Torkins and Charley notes that Bryan’s running would simplify betting, arguing voters favor the candidate most likely to win and making it easier to place bets on the winner.

Charley

Meaning of Economy in a Muttered Exchange

A mother explains to her son that economy means going without what you want now so you can have it later if you need or desire it, framing thrift as preparation for future wants. The dialogue contrasts immediate desire with prudent saving to avoid future lack.

Brunswick Brunswick Tires

Flossie’s Mathematics Puzzle Leaves Mathematicians Guessing

A brief children’s exchange has Flossie refusing a math answer. When told her father would have twenty dollars, she quips that her mother would instead gain a new hat, ending the gag with playful innocence.

Flossie Mama

Little Jests A Tiny Riddle Dose

A humorous exchange features Young Hopeful asking if gooseberries have legs and Mother denying it. The child then claims swallowing a caterpillar, delivering a playful gag in a domestic scene.

The French Taste for Unified Dress Planning

A London Times excerpt cites a comparison of French and English approaches to dress. It notes French women plan outfits as cohesive wholes aligning fashion with personal traits, while English shoppers select pieces individually. The piece suggests French cultural superiority in arts and life.

London Lester

Robbery case ends with guilty plea for stealing chickens

A colored man before a police judge pleaded guilty to stealing chickens and was sentenced. He explained the feat near the owner's house faced a loose watchdog, remarking that explanations to the judge would only invite punishment.

Ladies’ Howe Journal

Fractions of Ceat Minds and Lazy Loafers

The text ponders how Johnson Poe and other minds might have failed if idle rumor shaped belief. It argues that true deed beyond gossip reveals itself, echoing Shakespeare that fools imitate misdeeds even by those wiser and fair.

Johnson Poe Ceat

Primitive Philosophy Animisu a Primitive Theory of Life

The term Animisu refers to a 1707 theory propounded by Stahl that the soul is the vital principle and sole life source, with plant and animal functions depending on this vitality rather than mere mechanical or chemical action. The word now denotes general doctrine of spiritual beings, not a religion but a primitive philosophy.

Stahl

Illiteracy Among Italian Women Slows Feminist Movement

In southern provinces of Italy south of Rome between 70 and 80 percent of women are illiterate. Despite this, educated women in the north engage in professional work. A royal commission has begun studying the issue, offering cautious hope for the movement's future.

Italy Rome

Indiana timber dealer hauls giant poplar to city

Indiana timber dealer James L. Barley hauled the largest poplar he ever bought from near Mount Etna Huntington County. The tree drew six wagons five logs 12 feet long one log 16 feet long with a 5 foot stump, solid throughout, expected to yield about 5 500 feet of lumber. It grew along the Salamonte River and is among the forest’s remaining big trees.

James L. Barley Mount Etna Huntington County

Coming of Night No Longer Holds Old Time Dread

In Terre Haute Indiana Mrs Agnes K Adams says Trutona eased five months of stomach bloating gas pain and fatigue. She reports improved appetite digestion and sleep after using Trutona and notes it rebuilds nerves and tissues. It is sold at R P Mullins Drug Store in Greencastle.

Terre Haute Ind Trutona Agnes K. Adams South Fifteenth Street Greencastle R. P. Mullins Drug Store

Wealth of Frankfort as World Leading Money Market

An inspection of Frankfort reveals its status as perhaps the richest city per capita and a centuries old vast investment fund. It has long been a premier European money market with German banking centered there until recent years. Private houses like Mendelssohn and Bleichroeder in Berlin and Oppenheim in Hanover aided Frankfort’s finance system.

Frankfort Amsterdam Europe Germany Mendelssohns and Bileichroeders Berlin Oppenheima Hanover

Girl Fire Chief Organizes Tampa Brigade

Maggie Harria, daughter of the late Tampa Fire Department chief, organizes and drills a volunteer brigade in Port Tampa. About forty men join under her direction, making her possibly the first girl to organize a fire department in the United States or world.

Port Tampa Fla Tampa Maggie Harria United States

Authorities plan three year closed season for sables

Killing sables in Rucala has caused a steady catch decline and near extermination in districts. Authorities have acted and no sables will be caught during the season. A three year closed period is under consideration.

Clifford Foote Trio Opens Community Chautauqua Program

The Clifford Foote Trio offers songs and stories with 50ngs rapid watercolor paintings and original one act plays. Clifford Foote sings, Anna Ellis soprano, Gerald S. Posey color artist. Indian songs arranged by Neewanna feature authentic costumes.

Clifford Foote Anna Ellis Droatie Goprano Gerald S. Pe «Sor Neewanna

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