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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1921
Page
2
Obituary listings are billed at $1 per obituary with an additional 5c per line for poetry. Local notices warn readers about charges and service terms for obituaries and verse submissions.
Canton cor correspondent describes transport in Chinese cities where streets are narrow and carts useless. People ride in sedan chairs borne by four coolies while crowds shout. merchandise is slung on poles and moved through congested streets amid noise and risk of pickpockets.
A man ruined financially by impending pauperism chooses death to secure his family's future via life insurance. He plans to fake an accident as safeguards against scandal, but narrowly avoids death when a speeding car forces a last second retreat. The Philadelphia Ledger reports the dramatic moment.
Success Magazine notes American mud on roads costs farmers and cities billions annually. It argues roads are poorly improved, with high hauling costs and broader societal harms from muddy infrastructure.
A traveler describes Moroccan religious rites and festivals including Ramadan customs, the Aid el Kabeer sacrifice on Mount Moriah, the Moolud spring festival with eye averted charms, and the Aisawi snake charmer followers who chant a master word and even tear apart animals in frenzied devotion.
The Elysee Palace on Rue Fauborg Saint Honore blends a country house and hotel charm. From its 1718 erection to visits by Napoleon and Louis Napoleon, the building has hosted royals and presidents. Presidents preferred small private rooms, not the grand state chambers or Louis XVI desk.
The Silver Dollar Saloon once drew notice for a floor paved with silver dollars and inlaid five dollar gold pieces. The center blocks held gold, corners silver, totaling an estimated $1,000 in wealth. Silver Dollar Smith, its founder, guarded the floor. after his death his widow removed the valuables but recovered only about half their original value due to wear.
Rediscovered 1785 Virginia act requires qualified electors to vote or pay a penalty. Mecklenburg County records show excuses from voters, from fishing days to long distances and even a missing cow, with Sir Peyton Skipwith’s handwritten defense citing health and travel limits.
The article explains how the distinction between vegetables and fruits hinges on usage rather than cultivation. It notes tomatoes often treated as vegetables despite fruitlike origins, and quinces considered fruit though commonly cooked, with examples of cabbage sprouts spinach asparagus potatoes and roots like turnips beets and carrots.
The essay credits Sir Henry Irving with making slender stage physiques acceptable in English theater. It notes how thinness challenged earlier conventions and how stage fashions resisted slimness. The piece then compares wealth in dollars to francs, noting about 1,100 U.S. millionaires and about 15,000 in francs, aside from those.
Fragmentary Omaha text references several numbered telecommunication or line items in Pennsylvania. Readable bits list numbers and an eastbound designation, suggesting a transit or publication page fragment with scattered codes.
Fragmentary note describes a traveler whose sugary treat loses sweetness by the time he reaches his final stop, Boda. The line hints at diminishing appeal or fatigue on the journey.
A three foot rattlesnake skin was found coiled around a piano pedal in Menominee Michigan. The piano, shipped from Groveton Texas last summer, was set up after a long road trip and sounded off imperfectly until a tuner discovered the dried white skin wrapped around the pedal.
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