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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1920
Page
2
The Greencastle publication lists charges for obituaries at 1 per obituary and for cards of thanks at 50 cents each. It notes a 5 cent additional fee for all poetry and provides the office address and phone number for the paper.
The Putnam County Auditor announces a public sale on September 1 1920 at 10 am for 14000 in 250 denomination United War Work Refunding Bonds bearing 6 percent interest. Bonds dated July 1 1920 payable at Greencastle and with specified interest coupons mature 1921. Bids sealed per law. R E Knoll Auditor Greencastle Indiana July 19 1920.
Putnam County treasurer announces sealed bids for Russell Township road bonds. Twenty bonds of 1675 dollars each total 35500 dollars dated July 15 1920 bear 4 percent interest payable semiannually with first maturity May 15 1921. Bids due by 2 p.m. August 2 1920 in Greencastle Indiana. Otto G Webb treasurer. Posters.
A 12 year old girl recovered after taking Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, which allegedly clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and eases stomach liver and intestinal ailments. The ad claims one dose convinces of value and lists R P Mullins and local druggists as sellers.
Dr. Frederick Jacobson endorses Argo-Phosphate as a tonic for run down conditions and anemia, claiming rapid improvement in vitality and appearance. The product is dispensed by R. P. Mullins and marketed to women seeking rosy cheeks and plump figures.
Popular Mechanics reports a method to photograph charred manuscripts to recover legible writing. The technique places the charred sheet between glass, coats it with varnish, and uses color screens to reveal writing invisible to the eye, even with vegetable inks. Ordinary photography works when ink contains aniline or iron spots.
Fuller’s earth occurs in the English Jura Belgian chalk formations Rosewald and Slebelenm Saxony and along the Oder in Silesia. Germany does not publish production volumes. import from the United States and Florida is common. Major uses include soap fat dissolution cloth cleansing paper and rug production ultramarine manufacture and cleaning pots.
A Scotsman recounts winning a penguin in a bet that became a shipboard companion. The bird befriended the galley crew, haunted the kitchen, and awaited the market boat’s arrival. It preferred lettuce, begged to be lifted, and seemed content when cared for by the crew, behaving like a child.
The article notes St Martin’s overseers accounts listing fines for carrying linen venison haunch shoes and a man for his wife swearing on a Sunday. It recalls Buckingham and Sedley fined for riding in coaches on Sundays and a Bristol to Bath pedestrian fined a sovereign, in a strict London Chronicle context.
Reverend W. M. Washington of Cuyahoga Falls notes a closer rectory to the church would be convenient. He cites high nearby property costs but expresses hope for change as plans for a new set of church chimes may affect nearby values.
A massive halibut exceeding eight feet and weighing twenty four stones was landed at Grimsbee Market. The fish resisted shallow draws, battled the crew on surface, then was hauled aboard by steam winch after strong hooks were set under its gills. It sold at auction for five pounds, a near record.
The anecdote recalls Beranger dining with the elder Dumas and a young Dumas who asks where Beranger finds the wine in his Bac songs. The poet replies that inspiration flows from a corner fountain, advising the younger to seek the source for his own art.
Theodore Hogan of Pittston plans dredging the Susquehanna River between Pittston enhances to locate coal deposits. Dredging has been common in Columbia Montour and Northumberland counties but limited in coal regions. Hogan, a former mine superintendent, seeks to tap washed coal along the river.
The Fort 8mth Times-Record notes five exceptionally large sassafras logs brought to Jasper. Logs ranged from 6 to 12 feet with diameters up to 2 inches at the butt. Report declares them the largest and finest sassafras logs seen.
A returned traveler notes a striking NYC change after ten years, spotting a restaurant window on lower Fifth Avenue advertising beef stew for ten cents as a “Special today,” contrasting with Park Row prices. The remark reflects evolving urban commerce and living costs in the city.
Scholars declare a 1700 year old mosaic map in a Byzantine church at Malaba Palestine the oldest known map of a section of the Holy Land and the controversy over its sire is settled by savants.
A cat chased a mouse under a foot stool in Henry Karg’s house and pried a paw into a hole where a $50 bill attached to a claw. Later $875 was removed from the stool, the sum left by Mrs. Karg when she recently died.
Muncie Indiana July 19. Nurse Julia Cryer praises Trutona after ten years of indigestion. She reports relief from gas bloating and nightly kidney bother, endorsing Trutona as a reconstructive tonic. It is sold at R. P. Mullins Drug Store in Greencastle.
Un cle Sam provides guidelines on handling winding and carrying pocket watches. Regular winding, avoiding shocks and magnetism, and choosing the right pocket and position at night affect accuracy. Use a correct-sized chap bag to prevent turning and expose watch to stable temperatures.
A near-century old excerpt describes a Boston storm with sulfurous rain smell and impalpable powder on streets after the downpour. It notes experiments melting the powder to imitate brimstone and mentions an incident at Peekskill where a baby fell into boiling water.
A bread slicer by J B Deidrich of Streeter HL promises uniform slices with a gauge and frame guiding the knife to the same position each cut. Wisconsin inventors patent a kerosene lamp that auto extinguishes if upset, plus a window light preserving screen. Also noted are aeroplane phonograph notes and a machine using gasoline torches and compressed air to dry baseball grounds quickly after rain.
C E Ruecksaber of Brooklyn a senior in Cornell University civil engineering fitted an automobile with wireless gear and claims the first in the country. Two wires extend from the top meet at the engine hood sending apparatus on a seat. After two weeks of testing he sent messages ten miles under proper conditions and expects longer range. Hertzler of Mt. Joy Pa proposes a milk substitute from raw peanuts ground and mixed with water strained and settled to resemble cow’s milk with cream on top.
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