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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
4
A New York Herald piece on horses in combat describes their emotional and physical reactions. It notes horses share fears with riders, respond to bugle calls, tremble when waiting, and bolt or advance with their units. Even head wounds can halt a rider, but horses often continue to gallop after losing a rider.
A Philadelphia inventor receives a patent for a compact pocket scale an improvement on the Roman balance using a flat beam slot driven counterpoise and a spring clip to hold matter. The device includes an advertising friendly surface and an integrated index aligned with fixed marks to show equilibrium.
The piece lists signs of approaching weather such as animal behavior plant changes and folk methods. It notes chickweed and scarlet pimperne petals swelling bees increasing work before rain, crickets singing ahead of cold, squirrels storing nuts, thick corn husks and deciduous buds, poplar leaves showing undersides and a camphor bottle omen. It concludes with rheumatics and the elderly claiming bone forecasts.
Nearly 200 years after French astronomers measured an arc of meridian in Peru the arc, about 220 miles long, remains the sole southern hemisphere arc. This year a French commission led by army officers travels to Peru to remeasure the arc, a task deemed crucial due to advances since the initial survey.
The article contrasts matted row and hill cultivation for strawberries. Hill culture centralizes plant strength in original hills, yielding larger, evenly colored fruit with firmer texture and higher long term productivity. It notes labor for weed control and maintenance but highlights longer plantation life and better moisture use.
Prof A L Haecker offers practical guidance for cream separator users. He advises placing the device on a solid foundation away from dust and separating milk soon after milking. He stresses cooking separated cream, feeding warm milk, cooling and stirring new cream before mixing, and flushing with skim milk or water. He notes warm milk separates better and requires thorough washing and air drying of all parts.
The piece argues that true comfort in a home comes from family spirit aided by material surroundings. It says children leave homes quickly and parents seek inspiration for a better life, noting furniture rugs musical instruments and conveniences support home appreciation and contentment.
An old pair of rubbers can be cut and tacked to shoes to prevent slipping in hay making. This simple modification aids mobility and safety for workers.
A crude rat poison method uses a planked bait with cornmeal then rye molasses to coat the rats feet. The Indiana Agricultural College notes a White Leghorn hen produced $10.11 in eggs with $1.93 feed over two years, laying 3 14 sso per pound of feed.
Alfread Lume reports on the United States rifle model 1904 bolt action design. It describes the action safety, sights for 2850 yards, and performance claims including boiler plate and brick penetration ranges, with details on length weight caliber and velocity.
An anecdote from a London club frames postwar society as British aristocrats and their women workers blur class lines. A colonel recalls flirtations abroad then notes daughters of peers in service roles at hospitals, clubs, and households. The piece praises educated working women and their patriotic efforts at home and abroad.
A young soldier and a friend attended a theatre. The play tired him and he slept. He woke an hour later to an actor's line claiming they had been there five days and a discussion about leaving at midnight.
A Greenville mountain girl named Florence Kelley went to Camp Stuart Virginia in disguise as a man named Mike to serve in war work. She rose to a $2 to $21 daily wage as a water boy but was crushed by a truck. Her death reveals how many rural girls took men’s places and faced dangers at home and abroad.
A dramatic account features United States District Attorney Tleny A. Wise accusing financial crooks jailed for $25 million theft from Americans. The tale includes three card monte fools and a restaurant hat switch with a tattooed F X G representing the same initials on hat and shirt.
Mary O Connor Newell argues in the Chicago Herald that women must join war efforts beyond sewing and house duties. She calls for food production defense, industry, munitions, war contracts, finance, and social reconstruction, urging coordinated action across schools press and churches to re ed u cate and mobilize women for lasting societal change.
A lively exchange among Mrs Ramble and her children pits Rupert Lounger against energetic Timmy Twinkletoes as opinions on laziness and ambition clash. The scene shifts to a hush amid a Civic League fainting tale, a Wise Club lecture, and a dinner party that ends in comic reconciliation with a kitchen joke.
A man on trial appears penitent for vagrancy and disorder. The judge questions the arrest as the prosecutor notes the man argued with a cab driver, and the officer admits no driver was present. The judge suggests leniency, remarking sober people argue too. The exchange ends with the line about speechless amazement.
A maritime exchange centers on whether ships should be referred to as she or he. Pat recalls a sea experience while noting a mail boat named for masculine usage. John interrupts urging traditional gendering, leading to a quip about the vessel’s gender.
The Aero Club of America plans transcontinental airways from New York to San Francisco and other major corridors. President Wilson reportedly approves the plan as a network of main airways linking Cleveland Toledo Chicago Boston Seattle and more with future cross connections.
Topeka in Kansas reports a new self controlled airplane by F. J. Robinson a former mechanical engineer and farmer. The device can be sent on a death dealing bombing mission without a pilot though its cost and control certainty are debated as construction starts locally.
George Ellis, a wounded British soldier living in New York, recounts Canadian troops finding German atrocities in a village early in World War I. He describes crucified Canadian captives and naked, mutilated villagers, with women tortured and killed as German troops allegedly practiced brutal mortar-palling atrocities. He claims officers led these acts and says peace is impossible while such men remain.
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