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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1919
Page
2
Obituaries incur a standard charge of one dollar per obituary with an additional Sea line fee applied to all poetry. The notice outlines pricing adjustments and billing scope for these items.
Classified ads show Lum filling a wood house at Bernaby’s mill and Wm B Vestal listing farm loan abstracts in Greencastle Ind. notices seek a printer’s apprentice, a farm tenant, and general help in Putnam County with flexible hours. Also ads for pasture rental, Miss Rovine Williams visiting Greencastle, and a Monon restaurant counter man position.
F C Yeager announces the sale of a complete Ben Hur lighting system for the Shelby county infirmary in Crawfords ville. The vendor underbid rival Swaytz and Delco, with a bid of 63000 dollars.
The Director of the State Highway Commission in Indianapolis invites sealed bids by August 4 1919 for construction of state highways in Putnam and Hendricks counties The project offers plain concrete monolithic brick and bituminous concrete roadway types Plans cost 5.00 per set none refunded Bid bonds required and bids may be rejected as provided by law
The American Red Cross continues extensive support for service members. It details Home Service bridging soldier and home, medical comfort on trains and at hospitals, and new banking agencies in demobilization camps to safeguard discharge funds.
A Cree band chased stolen ponies for miles to a wooded island cave where Piegan Indians secretly entered by a false opening. Fifty or more Piegan figures vanished inside, prompting Cree superstition until one investigator proved the cave was a rock ledge with a fire's remains. The clever thief used the cave ruse to slip away.
Land in the British Isles is changing hands at about 100000 acres per week as well informed real estate declarers estimate. By year end, around 100000000 dollars in land deals are expected to be completed with large estates selling at rapid rates. Syndicates dominate sales. one estate valued at 500000 dollars sold to a syndicate for 750000 and then leased to another for 1000 neo. Tenant farmers seek ownership while landowners seize high prices to exit.
Jewelers in New York cite wartime prosperity and high wages as fueling a global demand for diamonds. Suppliers cannot fill orders as stocks of small and large stones dwindle and prices rise, affecting buyers across incomes.
J. W. H. Dew, a Royal Society of Arts fellow, developed a process for producing artificial mother of pearl after extensive experiments. He worked through the war to reconstruct the method, enabling production for buttons, decorative items, and many other articles once sourced from Germany.
A relief fund was started in Tauantentate to aid Jamaica's small sugar banana and coconut farmers whose crops were damaged by the year’s hurricane and drought. It aims to support injured holdings and recover livelihoods.
Washington recalls a bold Roosevelt-era tale of removing the old Pennsylvania and Baltimore Ohio union station site. Col William Boyce Thorpeon recounts the moment a district major razed the building, citing orders from the commander in chief, and Congress treated it as done.
A traveler notes a Brazilian forest echo misattributed to a supernatural source. natives misread a Bor Hea toad’s vocal display as a giant predator, while a Bates account adds a metallic roar heard in the Amazon, prompting fear and misinterpretation.
A conversation reveals regional stereotypes and mutual curiosity between East and West as a traveler from the West explains his views while the East is praised for broader life perspectives and vibrant experiences. The exchange hints at ongoing cross regional perception and personal connections during travel.
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