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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1923
Page
2
Small local notice states obituary charges at 1 dollar per obituary and poetry extra 5 cents per line. It mentions a Sunday church event at 17 Street Greenc contact telephone 65 and lists paid notices such as Cards of Thanks at 50 cents each.
The familiar Dick Whittington legend of leaving London and returning rich is compared with similar tales across Italy Brittany Norway and Russia. The text notes a Persian author reportedly told a similar story about sixty years earlier than Whittington, suggesting cross cultural borrowing or shared motifs.
The passage compares books to light windows in a tower, saying life grows stone by stone. Without windows light dies in dark lives as readers gain illumination from books.
In New Zealand a district yields fossilized tree gum found a few feet underground. The substance is valuable as the finest transparent varnish and many fortunes have been made by workers in the mines.
The text argues that for some women work is better under pleasant conditions and suggests buying pleasing curtains light woodwork or wallpaper to boost productivity, noting it can lead to greater accomplishment.
A Chicago American quote features a careful housewife explaining she never rebukes her husband for minor annoyances like cigars on the carpet or tugging curtains so he feels at home. The remark highlights domestic tolerance and perceived home comfort.
The quote argues that quality works deserve prices reflecting time skill expense and risk. It notes that items deemed dear are sometimes the cheapest and less profitable for the artist than cheap works. Ruskin cautions against equating low price with high value.
A young bobbed haired woman taster in the London wholesale tea trade at Mincing Lane handles hundreds of tea samples and rapidly samples thirty to forty cups in a session.
A boy visiting a neighbor is urged to stay for dinner. From the window he calls to his mother that the neighbors are attending to his appetite.
Instructions describe using acetone to repair celluloid items by softening the edges until they stick. The guide notes a ten cent quantity can mend many objects and provides practical steps for joining broken pieces.
A Sheffield Telegraph joke features Mrs Shortley discussing trends with a caller. The remark about a father liking gowns that cling to his daughter for about three years delivers a cheeky punchline.
A terse reflection on action versus talk cites a man’s true character in deeds not words. It argues that ambition proves itself through effort and genuine activity rather than grand plans alone.
Two paths to fitness are outlined exercising to music or attempting to play an accordion. Both offer rhythmic guidance and physical activity to aid weight loss and enjoyment.
A reflective line in the Boston Tranerript notes life would be dull without mistakes, hinting at everyday editorial humor and the value of errors in journalism.
An article contrasts sleep as irreplaceable for brain recovery with a push for asbestos shingle roofs as a time and cost saver. It cites Johns Manville findings that 3.6 million of 18 million US buildings need roof work and endorses laying asbestos shingles over old roofs to cut labor and protect property. The piece notes cities banning inflammable shingles and cites Peru Illinois as adding to the count of compliant towns.
The article lists historic globe circling feats from Magellan to John Henry Mears, noting his 1913 35 day record. It cites the Trans Siberian railroad as the key time saver now closed, and estimates air travel would require about twelve and a half days of flying but six months with layovers.
Nathaniel Morgan of Chatham Ontario claims to have invented a mosquito machine described as an automatic vampire. A motor bows a violin string to imitate the female mosquito’s mating call, drawing pests through suction to flypaper for capture, amid ongoing insect plagues once marked by fires.
An English inventor describes a rotating platform that drives aircraft forward like a treadmill, enabling takeoff without a long glide. The idea likens to a rapidly spun umbrella act, and foresees roofs soon resembling such flying devices during the era of air travel.
A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a real estate man explaining a sharp drop in property values. The dialogue attributes the slump to market weakness and broad downturns, citing investor caution and slowed activity downtown.
Automotive experts urge periodic brake examinations by owners, recommending at least every 1,000 miles. J W Perry of Johns Manville offers simple checks including keeping linings clean, testing pedal and hand brakes, ensuring equal pressure, and avoiding wheel lock. Asbestos notes cover its ancient uses and modern applications.
Cred itors heirs and legatees of Mary A Wilson deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court at Green Castle Indiana on September 24 1923 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and prove heirship to receive distributive shares. Clerk Walter S Campbell witnesses the date July 5 1923.
Notice to heirs and legatees of Martin Van Fossen deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court at Greencastle Indiana on September 24 1923 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. dated June 30 1923 Walter S Campbell Clerk.
The undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana as administrator of the estate of Andrew Sigler late of Putnam County Indiana deceased The estate is supposed to be solvent Dated July 5 1923 Central Trust Company of Greencastle Indiana Administrator Hays Murphy Atty 81D July 6 13 20
Maude Bridges has qualified as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Hallie M. King in Putnam County Indiana. The Circuit Court authorized administration of the estate, with July 9, 1923, as noted by James & Allee Attorneys.
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