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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1920
Page
4
The article explains that threadworms inhabit the gullet lining of sheep and cattle, with dung beetles acting as carriers. It describes the life cycle, infection route via contaminated manure, and notes parallels to parasites in rats and potential cancer links, urging caution with pets to prevent human exposure.
Department of agriculture specialists urge continued annual dipping of flocks to eradicate sheep scab. Two dippings 10 to 14 days apart destroy hatched mites and eggs, preventing economic losses from wool quality, weight decline, and death.
A young squirrel named Chip leaves home to search for his missing father. He finds corn near a white house but is chased by a cat. Chip escapes by leaping through trees, tricking the cat and reaching safety as the cat clumsily watches from below.
A historical note describes a copper sulphate test for galvanizing in wire fencing. Dip wire in 60 to 70 degree water saturated copper sulphate for one minute to reveal copper deposits, indicating galvanizing strength and allowing distinction of four minute wire. It warns of acid in commercial copper sulphate and suggests neutralizing with copper oxide prepared a month in advance.
A woman and a railway conductor clashed over a boy traveling with the woman. The conductor demanded a ticket for the boy, citing crowded conditions and rules, while the woman refused to confirm the boy’s age or pay, threatening to stop the train rather than comply.
During a Victoria era visit in Ireland, two sisters chatted with a hostess tenant. The stout sister asked if the old woman would recognize them as siblings. The reply noted they resemble each other but the sister is slender while the stout one favors the Quvane, a playful regional jab.
A pompous factory owner tours a stranger around his plant admiring a clever machine. The visitor counters with a claim his own goods outshine the factory’s work. The exchange ends with the stranger revealing his trade in gunpowder.
New system by F M Steadman proposes actinic time as a unit to measure light strength via chemical changes on sensitized paper. He envisions a practical standard beyond candlepower, using a standard sensitized paper to quantify actinicity of light sources like sun sky flames and surfaces.
Mazie McMush announces her engagement to Hector Hangback, provoking a sharp clash with her father who denounces the match over class and a costly home. Snow falls as Mazie leaves, vowing to marry despite the family's disapproval and the father forbids her return.
A suburb reader recounts watching robins build a nest on a grape vine porch and sparrows feign kinship before attacking. The birds drive off the robins, smash eggs, tear the nest, and leave the yard in mourning, prompting the narrator to vow lethal retribution.
Mellen Wisconsin residents recall a train of new boarding cars built by Foster Latimer Lumber Co to serve woodsmen. The kitchen car features city hotel appliances, two sleep cars have double deck berths with ventilated windows, and two diners seat four each. Steam heating, hardwood floors, and modern lighting complete the luxurious woodsman train.
Kentuckian Muris Rock at Huge Var mint and Goshen Head of Passenger Danville Ky frightened by a train he had never seen before. George Mason living north of High Bridge threw a rock at the Royal Palm on the Queen and Crescent Route. Mason said he had never before seen a train and thought it a huge strange object.
A mother returns to find Randall and his baby brother playing with marbles. Randall resists sharing, insisting the younger will keep them forever. The baby has already swallowed three marbles, prompting the mother to deduce the risk.
A seven year old asks if marriage will bring a husband like her father or if not she will be an old maid. The mother affirms both outcomes but the child remains grave. She laments the difficulty of life for women, highlighting early feminist stakes.
Harper Pennington explains the origin of the standing room only remark about Whistler’s furniture lack. Corn Grain riffs on a full house while greeting him at a Sunday luncheon, joking on the empty studio and Whistler’s habit of sitting nowhere.
Sir Robert Hart recounts a Far East tale of a Chinese scholar who likens Western marriages to water boiled to a quick, passionate start, while Chinese marriages begin quietly, warming over decades until fifty or sixty years of marriage yield deep love.
The fragment notes widespread rat infestations affecting homes and even young women with rats in their hair. It hints at urban rodent problems common to crowded areas. No dates or locations are provided in the readable text.
A juvenile court case recounts a boy named John Jones who was raised as an Indian after his parents died. He describes life on a North Dakota reservation, learning survival skills, and later being told he is white by a white employer. Authorities plan dental and medical work to restore his status as white.
Cleo C. Smith of Denver memorized 30 000 facts for a sideshow job promising work after three months. He catalogued populations of all U S towns over a thousand and world cities over ninety thousand, but the act failed. Now he tours offering his recall skill.
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