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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1919
Page
4
A farmer described by the writer keeps nine gasoline engines plus an oil tractor and plowing outfit. The insistence on excess gear mirrors a common error among farmers. Without a large bank balance, such outlays promise hard sledding and financial strain.
A New Hampshire inventor introduces a vegetable washer that promises cleaner produce in hotels and restaurants. The device features a water tight hollow cylinder on a stand with a screw top opening, resembling a paper stand, designed to efficiently cleanse vegetables beyond methods used at home.
A description explains a corking mechanism where bottles are placed in a water-filled receptacle, the top is threaded on, and a cylinder is rotated by a hand crank to seal the cork.
A National Magazine piece traces the forerunners of influenza names in various lands. It notes treatments from Spain to Germany and Italy, with names like Spanish catarrh and Russian influenza. The article also recalls superstitions linking singing ribald songs to influenza onset.
Two compact tubs for London working homes are shown. One sunken in a kitchen floor saves space and tilts out via a button to reveal a tub beneath the cover. The other fits a bedroom closet and rises with a spring when emptied, staying upright when stored. Both emphasize space efficiency over luxury.
May welcomes a fat dog named Piggles and a white kitten called Wiggles. At first Wiggles hisses and fights the dog, but after sharing milk and space, Wiggles softens and the pair become playful companions, sleeping together and forming a true friendship.
Guidance for calf rearing emphasizes strong, well fed cows, attentive during birth, and clean dry pens. It details milk feeding schedules from birth to two months, transition to skim milk, hay and grain progress, temperature checks, and gradual introduction to solid feed for healthy growth.
An old fruit-crower praises the pick as the best tool for compact ground around apple trees, enabling soil loosening without root disturbance. The note urges planting trees in suitable locations and notes nut trees provide good shade and easy cultivation. It adds that turning under a cover crop increases humus and conserves moisture for future crops.
A Minnesota farmer incorporated his farm and split stock among his children. They push for dividends and aim to buy his stock upon retirement. The plan keeps them home and involved, with the board sometimes outvoting the oldest stockholder, who believes such errors are part of their learning. It is not new but worth considering.
An expert explains candle-power as a measure of light intensity in a direction rather than total emission. It discusses standard candles, International candle-power units, and how eye adaptation affects perceived brightness, with digressions on maple trees and aphorisms.
A new method aims to bore square holes in metals as easily as a round hole, avoiding old methods like punching, casting, or machining from a round hole. The device bores a round hole while simultaneously cutting out the square corners with a nonturning cutter.
A German inventor Carl Philgus has devised a drill tool with a body carved in the shape of a spherical triangular cross section. The triangle consists of equal arcs defined by intersections of the other two as centers. The design ensures the triangle touches the four sides of a circumscribed square and, when rotated, its corners trace a rectangular path along the square edges.
Lawyer Fuller now Chief Justice questions Mr Barnes asking what was said. Defense objects that the conversation cannot be admitted. After a half hour argument and long delay the court allows the question. Barnes responds that he was not at home.
A short satirical note on gender norms, suggesting a girl’s questions embarrass her father when she wears long skirts. It presents a male viewpoint about female behavior in a dated tone.
The article describes how electric signs seem to move without actual movement. A flasher device driven by a motor uses rotating fingers to strike contact plates, lighting lamps in sequence to spell out words. The alternation of lit lamps creates the illusion of motion.
A cautionary line notes life preservers deteriorate quickly and should be checked. It mentions cork used in life preservers and that on great steamships these items are inspected weekly to prevent trouble.
A nobleman shows a grand gem collection bought with vast effort yet yields no income. His friend counters by leading him to two stone millstones at a grist-mill that cost five pounds each and remain busy grinding grain, producing steady income.
A neighbor visiting the home of three year old Dunnick reports his reply to a request to go home. Dunnick holds up four fingers and says he will stay that many days and return on his thumb. Delinestor for August.
A Delineator excerpt recalls four year old Barbara who, sent to gather eggs, returns with a small dough cake and comically notes the hen had left only a little dough for the egg.
The content explains making invisible ink by dissolving a cobalt containing material in nitro muriatic acid to extract the metallic part which gives a blue color to the paper. It instructs diluting the acrid solution with water and notes that any ingredients can be bought at a drug store.
Teddy, seven, an only child, secretly wished for a sister. At the zoo he asks five storks to bring a baby sister, provoking teasing from a nurse and a park policeman. That afternoon the nurse reveals Teddy has twins, a boy and a girl, born that day and secretly ordered by Teddy.
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