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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1915
Page
3
A Plain Talk To Herald Readers About Advertising argues advertising drives honest merchandising and public confidence. It asserts ads raise standards, reflect truthful statements by merchants, and benefit consumers by enabling lower prices through economies of scale and competitive services. Reading advertising is advised.
A parade of new devices includes William B. Gage's wait-on-yourself table with a revolving surface for condiments, an electric pin resetter for bowling alleys, swallowed cameras for medical use, foldaway stairways, unbreakable phone parts, heated dustpans, and a host of other marvels. Additional items include a weather outfit with built in warming, a dark key guide strip, a diamond-tipped fork, phonograph alarm clocks, sentry decoys with clockwork quacks, wire sleds for children, secure shaving cups, rapid grape knives, a center hinged griddle, puncture proof tires, automatic hammer saw filing, modular metal roofs, and an electric heated hair drying brush with safety features.
A new device dries hands using a stream of electrically heated air to replace towels in public places. The compact system blows warm air over the hands, rapidly removing moisture and reducing waste. The concept aims to improve hygiene and speed in restrooms.
The writer muses on people who share their last dollar while lacking funds themselves. Vanity turns cheap chrome into art, and true belief in heroes rests with the hero. The speaker notes the best outcome is living without debt.
An old tale claims playing cards arose in 1390 to lift the spirits of Charles IV of France who had fallen into melancholy. The story links cards to court amusement and royal relief during a troubled period.
Dean Byron Cummings and University of Utah researchers uncover the head and backbone of a mysterious ancient animal in a southern Utah cliff dwelling. The skull resembles an Indian with a sloping forehead, while the intact backbone shows six vertebrae like a coyote. Debates center on whether it is a freak sheep offshoot or related to humans, with local indigenous guides resisting removal of the body. The specimen is housed in the University of Utah Museum.
Fourteen fishermen aboard the Red Cross liner Florizet report hearing a heavenly choir from a huge two spired iceberg 200 miles off Newfoundland near St Johns. Olaf Henderson recalls mist and sun revealing two towerlike ivied peaks with chimes and a cantata sound. Scientists attribute the effect to windholes in ice as the sun melts its surface. A separate note mentions a cooking kettle valve for draining vegetables safely.
Edith Lowerre confronts her jealous husband Gerald after a tense encounter in which Hugh Broughton and the woman recall past friendship and discuss fidelity. A dramatic moment ends with Gerald catching his wife and a stranger as a revolver is drawn. convicts and mystery follow in the Savannah News report.
In the same issue the page notes Edith Lowerre dies suddenly of heart failure. The prisoner to be buried in the state prison cemetery will have a grave marked only by his convict number. The entries present a stark contrast in mortality notices.
In a tense scene, Jim Maitland resents his wife’s insistence on a new blue suit while she laments years of gray, uncovering that his own closet holds Cousin Bill’s pending navy suit and a plan to avoid humiliation during the Bills’ visit.
A manufacturing head considers retirement and proposes turning the business to his son Ellis. In a court moment, the engineer testifies he is the greatest in his field, admitting pride while under oath.
Phil Brinkerhoff a Ringling clown dies by his own hand after a tumultuous reunion with his wife in Chicago. The circus performer hanged himself in the Inter Ocean hotel room as a bottle of poison and stray newspaper clippings lay beside the Pierrot costume and chalky makeup. Brinkerhoff had long valued life but drifted from joy with his partner, leaving a grieving widow who vows a decent burial.
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