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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1919
Page
2
The Department of Agriculture promotes snail farming as an underused food source. Snails can be raised in small plots 25 to 80 feet square, yielding about 10 000 snails fed on cabbage lettuce and related greens. Females lay 50 to 60 eggs in June and July, with young snails ready for market after summer into autumn.
A Northwestern Mining and Exchange mine in Clearfield County has an underground motor room where haulage locomotives are repaired. Large locomotives are repaired in place underground, aided by a 15 ton hand crane, brick walls, steel roof, and electric lighting.
The article notes that World War I has extended into Africa with fighting across four German colonies and telegraphic links expanding to Wimbuctoo Mills and the Belgian Congo. It describes French cable networks to Libreville and the Congo, wireless lines to Stanley Pool, and news flowing to Stanley Walls along the Congo frontier.
During a fierce northeast gale the ship nearly listed as quartermaster washed overboard while clearing steering gear. The cook leaped over for the man, then Lieut. Richard J. Connolly of Waukegan Illinois dropped from the rail, grabbed both sailors, and pulled them to safety amid crashing waves.
A reflection on wartime humor as a humane force. It notes soldiers’ cheerfulness, the inevitability of sacrifice, and the as yet neutral laughter that may mock war. Quoting Cowley via the Yale Review, it contrasts sacred duty with comic relief amid conflict. The piece contemplates courage and the human spirit in war.
A long discussion argues submarines have no role in peacetime commerce. It notes German ports are open only to neutral ships and cargoes, while submarines face economic obstacles and uncertain future prospects.
A reflective dialogue recalls how birthdays shift with age from rousing neighborhood celebrations at twenty to quiet solitary moments by thirty. The speaker notes changing company, with family visits fading as life progresses and war work keeping others distant.
Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel recalls a Pittsburgh banker story and recounts his conversation with J. P. Morgan partner Stotesbury in Philadelphia. He sought funds to expand Bethlehem Steel and was offered five hundred thousand dollars as a starting loan.
The English food production department plans to break up about one-fifth to one-quarter of 2,000,000 acres of permanent grassland for cultivation this season. A program adding 8,000,000 more acres includes 1,000,000 acres of arable land for high value food crops instead of luxury crops. Farmers are pushing to maximize the corn area and improve outputs.
A Siberian Stemmeship Manufacturing and Trade company plans a July departure from New York for a trading post on the Ob and Yenisei rivers. The expedition will test hydroairplanes to guide ships through Arctic ice, with routes reported to extend offshore and near the sub sea.
A WWI trench vignette shows six soldiers sharing cottage pie before a sudden shell assault. The scene shifts to Chicago where Lincoln Steffens recalls Petrograd mob behavior and the mystery of what the crowd seeks in the night streets.
An article argues for eating to suit body requirements, noting fat should make up about a third of intake. It compares fat content in foods, cites bread fat levels, and mentions wartime fat shortages in Germany and compulsory fat handovers by housewives.
A North side family story notes six year old Bibert shoves his brother from the sofa during a storytelling moment. The governess describes heaven as happiness inside while outside storms rage, prompting four year old Ebby to retort that heaven would exclude him.
A London writer discusses Pitt's plan for unsinkable ships using compressed air and hull modifications. He notes deck side integration for hull strength and observes that while experts must judge such tech, keeping a ship afloat after torpedoing seems solvable with human ingenuity, despite past delays.
The piece notes Cambrai as the origin of a product named after it, once made there and now widely produced. It recalls Shakespeare and Bligeber and George II noting large payments to France for it, and mentions parliamentary acts restricting wearing or selling it except for certain purposes.
Presiding Judge Kenneth Mackintosh rules county jail insanitary and unsuitable. Joe Atbrote pleads guilty to petty larceny and is confined in the county commissioners office for 80 days. Ambrose, Italian national, refuses Canadian army service to avoid suspension of sentence. guards placed at the commissioners office to enforce the order.
Laces made in Belgium since the war will be shown at the American embassy in London with Princess Napoleon opening. The display highlights the Comite de la Dentelle's work to employ over 50 000 women and sustain Belgian artis tic lace as relief by the Commission for Relief and export plans. No sale will occur during the exhibition.
Oklahoma congressman Scott Ferris travels with a simple manner while visiting Osage County cattle land. He stays with a renter and shares coffee poured into saucers as two women remark on his plainness.
Viscount Astor, William Waldorf Astor heir, owns Hever Castle in Kent once tied to the Boleyns and Henry VIII. The castle’s romantic history includes Anne Boleyn’s youth and a beheaded queen said to visit at Christmastide. Astor oversaw a restoration highlighting the manor’s storied past.
A column recounts how spies in uniform threaten security and recalls the courage of sharp shooters in Congress. It details incidents of loyalty doubts, wartime vigilance in German American communities, and anecdotes about Jerry South and Senator Mark Smith as noted marksmen. It ends with the Mills and Chang car incident in Alhambra.
In early U S history epidemics prompted publishers to disinfect sheets before distribution. Sheets were smoked in stoves or with resinous wood to curb disease spread, a slower method that limited only one sheet at a time and drew criticism from pedantic critics who argued readers could disinfect at home.
London artist Solomon J Solomon plans to live in Palestine after England wins back the country from the Turks. Though rich and famous, he has not yet earned the title KR. A Royal Academy admission remains elusive despite an acclaimed masterpiece at an academy exhibition.
In mallard shooting use six decoys on small ponds or lakes and up to twelve on open water. For best results arrange four drakes to eight hens. Mallards favor a small, select crowd and respond to modest decoy spreads rather than large mixed flocks.
A naval officer at a banquet recounted a joke about a young sailor returning from a nine month cruise. He celebrated by drinking in many bars then danced down the street with pockets full of beer and bottles in hand proclaiming a horror of water.
An army council directive orders Irish born serving in British forces who are wounded or sick to be returned to Ireland for recovery. Where possible patients are to be treated near their homes in Irish hospitals, regardless of whether they serve in English Irish or Scottish units. The rule covers only those with homes in Ireland.
In a French front line tale from Notes on the War a private, shaken by a letter about his children, receives comfort when a comrade reveals a richer landowner named M Breton funds his wife’s income. The scene highlights friendship across class lines amid hardship and the comic relief of a soldier’s song.
English newspaper urges patients not to burden scarce consulting physicians during mobilization. People with mild ailments should avoid doctor visits and rely on cheerfulness. use care to prevent illness. Americans are urged to follow this wartime patriotism and reserve medical visits for serious cases.
The Ohio State Journal notes that rural women visit town early to stock up on cold storage eggs and chickens before starting their rounds to sell produce directly from farm to consumer. The piece suggests this practice is now common.
Homer V. Winn addressed the Indianapolis Advertisers' Club on salesmanship arguing that many salespeople appear artificial. He noted merchants often fail to act in stores as they do at home and faced a club member’s quip about driving away customers if they behaved that way.
The up to date girl wears chine ranch gown club bridge gown nine sports hats a dunce frock tall gowns and other toys. At nineteen she falls in love with a shipping clerk and believes two can live on one rye salary in a light social sketch from the Louisville Courier Journal.
A young woman in blue silk stockings boards a Madison Avenue trolley at Seventy-ninth Street. She confronts two prim women with subtle glances while male passengers read. She asserts, in Harlem accented slang, that she can mind her own business in a free country.
The article recalls Napoleon’s training of horses to be perfectly steady under extreme stimuli. Horses endured head blows, drums, crackers, and various provocations to ensure the emperor could mount and ride at full gallop without difficulty, reflecting his insistence on control and speed.
At a royal review of troops Queen Victoria praised the Grenadier Guards for their precision and enthusiastically admired the Highlanders with a resounding Magnificent. When an Irish regiment passed she paused, then whispered to an officer: Ah That is bloody war.
Ancient passport systems appear in monk chronicles noting King Canute granted free passes for pilgrims traveling to Rome. The document named Tracturia de Itinere Peragenta is cited as a passport form. Hall references passports in Edward IV era and strict enforcement during Elizabeth I and James I reigns.
The author describes a meeting of anarchists with strong realism. The president of the society pulls out an Ingersoll to check the time, highlighting mundane details amid tense discussion.
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