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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1919
Page
3
The article outlines major alfalfa weed threats across climates, naming witch grass couch grass crab grass and foxtail as principal adversaries. It discusses how these weeds mature before first cuttings, complicating control, and suggests removal, burning, or cutting strategies, plus longer term crop rotation to curb dodder infestation.
Clover should be a main coarse roughage for horses. It is more nutritious than timothy and nearly equals alfalfa when properly cured and dust free. Dusty or moldy clover causes respiratory issues or acute indigestion. moldy clover can be fatal.
A small farm ventures into poultry and duck meat sales with an emphasis on insect-free orchards. The venture markets fresh eggs and duck meat as a fine local business.
The article extols water jousting as a safe, exciting pastime for youths. Knights ride logs or boards in shallow water with an esquire paddling, aiming to push opponents into the water. Competitions progress from pairs to a final undefeated champion.
A reader explains how to release a ring in a bottle by focusing sunlight with a lens to burn the thread. The piece notes other uses of a burning glass such as lighting matches and cutting firecrackers. It also claims an ice lens can light a fire, formed by melting a flat ice disk into a simple double convex shape.
Blue Beard known as Giles de Rais and nicknamed Berbe Bleue earned his power from a blue black beard. Influenced by an Italian alchemist he sought strength through infant blood, trapping many children at Chamtoce castle on the Loire. Suspicion spread among locals and he was burned at Nantes in 1440.
Washington Star reports a curious inquiry by T. Southwell into oyster bed destruction. Globe fish and Pistring group members are linked to oysters in stomachs. Larger rays and sharia may raid beds, but evidence remains inconclusive.
A royal home update reports extensive cleaning and renovation ordered in Windsor. Magnificent silver pieces once owned by Queen Victoria have been cleaned by the silversmith. French tapestries restored brighten the house. Queen's nurseries now cheerful and charming.
Oliver Pursell 46 died Sunday evening at his Brazil home after a blood poisoning infection from a hand blister. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm in Brazil with burial in Brazil cemetery. Survived by widow, two brothers Walter and George of Putnam County, and children. Notes on community visits, school staff changes, and local residents' travel and health updates follow, including Miss Nellie Sheets’s Chicago trip and Miss Margaret Albaugh’s Lake James trip.
A groceries anecdote recounts Freddie, a boy with a dogged fear of school. His mother leads him inside but he bolts, dodges through hallways, and hides behind a billboard as a chase unfolds. After half an hour, she takes him home, yet Freddie now clings to school as a frightening but preferred destination.
The Public Prosecutor of Columbus Ohio reports successful breeding of tailless dogs by amputating tails across three generations, excluding the practice from public critique and noting a rare zoological outcome.
The Amsterdam diamond trade is controlled by ten firms employing 19 000 workers, shaping the city’s glittering industry with a sizable labor force.
A sardonic reflection notes the urge to speak even when nothing important is available. Scientists claim worms have nerves, prompting a whimsical musing on the tragedy of a fishing worm’s nervous failure.
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