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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
3
Greencastle notes show Eileen Reeds and J F Case in town on business, families visiting, and multiple trips to Indianapolis and Chicago. Spanish influenza reports surface in South Greencastle alongside health concerns for Pat Coluccio and Mrs Forcum.
Born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Leo L Lieske a son Billy Lee Lieske weighing seven pounds Mrs Lieske staying at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs W M Pollard formerly Miss Pauline Pollard Mr and Mrs Lieske live in Indianapolis Judge and Mrs Merle N A Walker of Indianapolis visiting their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs A P Burnside They motored to Green Castle from Indianapolis today Miss Nina Burnside has been visiting in Indianapolis and returned home with Judge and Mrs Walker
The Indiana State Highway Commission invites sealed bids by 10:00 a.m. July 26, 1921 for grading and structures on F A 6 Sec C along National Road in Putnam County. Bids may cover the whole project or each section with plans available for $5 per set at the commission office in Indianapolis. Contracts awarded to lowest and best bidder, bonds required. Lawrence E. Lyons director.
Classifieds advertise an auto wash for 100 dollars at 211 W Franklin St and a factory direct trunk and bag catalog from Acme Trunk & Bag Factory in Spring Valley Illinois. Also listed are a furnished six room apartment for rent at 411 E Seminary St, a cord wood for fireplaces, a lost hound with a Coles County license, and Dewee ses Ice Cream specials for weekend orders with station price of 50 cents.
The snippet references ambition with a line about room at the top and bald heads, a mock name General Pietrovskie from the Russian Army, and a remark about the bubonic plague in India destroying 40 000 persons a week. A jibe comparing it to Wall Street closes the fragment.
The clashing banter spans New Orleans Times Democrat and Philadelphia Ledger. A boarding house chat plays with phrases on charity and satire about land and suitors, ending with a quip about Miss Parkington and Chicago.
Verece Wagweed and Jack Dashley flirt over marriage as Ethel Bright resists, noting they know each other well. A humorous exchange follows about keeping a cook after marriage, with Edna and Belle debating recklessness and practicality in domestic life.
Due to a home breakup, a public sale of all household items will be held Saturday July 9 at 505 South Jackson Street starting 1 30 o clock pm. Included are rugs chairs beds dining room furniture oil stove cooking utensils and bedding. Auctioneers W F Westerfield Dobbs Vestal. Clerk Paul Albin.
A fragment from 1921 via Western Newspaper Union quotes R Le Stevenson on choosing personal preference over worldly dictates, encouraging independent judgment to keep a son alive. The brief item reflects a political or editorial aside in a compact column.
A historical breakfast guide outlines lighter breakfast options for warm weather including waffles with maple syrup, fruit, cereal, eggs, and bacon with milk. It also details Southern Eggs with rice and salmon salad and Madras Beef with curry, onion, apple, celery, and beef gravy served over seasoned rice.
A comic exchange features Teacher Tommy and a pupil on abbreviating words. The strip shows Tommy noting the mail box corner and Edith’s romance with a man she knows is unwise, highlighting irony and wit in dialogue.
In a playful exchange from the New Yorker two lovers discuss making clothes at home. She wonders aloud about sewing George’s garment, and he quips that she should start by attempting his first. The dialogue highlights thrift and domestic humor.
In light dialogue from Cleveland Leader and Philadelphia Ledger, a family plans a home imitation of camping by removing screens and discussing a "horseless fringe" and an old buggy, implying a humorous take on wealth and travel.
Instructions to coat roosts with coal oil mixed with crude carbolic acid to kill mites. Ensure thorough application into cracks and crevices near the roosts and apply a second coat after about two weeks to kill newly hatched mites.
A young Canadian visiting London last winter calls on a pretty woman and asks if Canada has reindeer. She asks a pointed question and he replies with a pun about the season and snowfall.
Gail Hamilton notes that without railroads it would have been impertinent for Columbus to claim discovery. Indian guidance helped explorers like John Smith Champlain and La Salle find rivers lakes and portages. Indian trails opened paths for pioneers and occasionally aided railway builders. Monuments to Sacajawea honor her role guiding Lewis and Clark a century ago at major exhibitions.
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