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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
2
Pesky Bed Bugs Named in Local Lingo and Remedy
The article notes various nicknames for bedbugs across cities from Boston to St Louis. It promotes Pesky Devils Quietus P. D. Q. as a faithful chemical remedy to kill bedbugs, roaches, fleas, and eggs, sold by R. P Mullins Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
South
St. Louis
Chicago
R. P Mullins Drug Store
New Swimming Frog Lure Captures Bass Attention
Advances in game fish lures highlight the swimming frog as the most irresistible bait for bass. The rubber lure simulates a live frog with hidden leg hooks, minimizing weed snagging and enhancing lifelike motion in water.
The Name Porcelain Origin and Legend
The text traces porcelain from China to Europe with legends about its magic properties and composition. It links the word porcelain to a shell once called porcellanum by the Portuguese and to the hog shaped shell used in cameos, noting its French and English names porcelain and porcelaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Europe
Curious Museum Of Everyday Materials Display
In a British museum a display shows books made from oyster shells bricks tires bones ivory lead iron copper sheepskin wood and palm leaves. The entry notes Blam was a cotton producing country 2 500 years ago and mentions Herald want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Blam
Diamond identification tips from a jeweler’s test remarks
A jeweler warns pawn brokers against fakes and outlines practical tests to verify diamonds. He describes single versus double refraction, using a needle hole test, watching skin grain through a watchmaker’s glass, and checking back settings for foil. He notes diamonds resist acids and appear hard compared to imitations.
Smallest Deer Chevrota Hinted In Indian Jungle
The mouse deer or chevro ta i.e. one of the smallest boose animals stands under twelve inches at the shoulder with brown speckled fur, white underparts, and no knee joints. Males have large upper tusks and it is timid, feeding at dawn and dusk and hiding in forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Greek Catholics in the United States
The Greek Catholics in the United States number about 500 000 and remain in communion with Rome while distinguishing from Greek Orthodox. They are mainly Ruthenians Roumanians Italians and Syrians settled largely in Pennsylvania with over 190 churches 40 schools and eight priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Greece
Galatia
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Calabria
Sicily
Turkey
Pennsylvania
Washington Herald
Inventions Claim Novel Devices and Payable Chairs
An assortment of new gadgets includes a tactile watch for the blind using raised dots and dashes. A German speedometer measures car pace. A California inventor patents a coin operated amusement chair that opens upon coin drop, illustrating early innovation in accessible or automated devices.
Smallest Electric Motor Shown by Des Metres Student
The world’s smallest electric motor, built by H TV Keeler of Highland Turk College of Engineering Des Metres Iowa, has an armature under a quarter inch in diameter and wire as fine as size 100 thread. A jeweler’s microscope is needed to inspect it and it uses only about twenty trains of water. When paired with tiny dry batteries it runs at high speed and appears like a fly on a window pane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
H TV Keeler
Highland Turk College of Engineering
Des Metres
Iowa
Meerschaum Pipe Material Explained
Meerschaum is a fine clay of magnesia silica and water. Fresh from the pit it is soft and lathers like soap. It is shaped into pipes then boiled in oil or wax and baked to hardness.
Cash Confusion Amid Regional Dollars In New York
A Bowery barber complains of a lack of change on a Saturday, explaining that in the East paper currency is common while silver and gold are rare elsewhere. The barber offers a five dollar bill but ends up giving a two dollar note to the customer, highlighting currency tensions between regions.
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East
West
Cmd
New York
Ang T
Rockies
Throwen
Wooden Shoes Explain Low US Export of Footwear to France
The article notes wooden shoes from the United States help explain why export of boards shoes and sole leather to France is small. It mentions a rural peasant class wearing wooden shoes and another small rural group using cheap leather shoes. Wooden shoes are carved from solid wood, walnut and birch, with birch the cheaper option costing 20 to 30 cents a pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
The Pope's Rome Residence Wealth Compared to a Sculptor
A historical remark notes the Pope's Rome residence and its vast value, estimated around 150 million dollars. It ponders the endurance of a sculptor who may work many days weekly without touching liquor. A patent rat trap is described that catches, electrocutes, and drops the rodent into a hidden receptacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
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