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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1920
Page
2
Public notice in Greencastle Indiana listing postal mail designation and publisher details. It notes obituaries are charged at one dollar each and poetry lines incur five cents per line, with a per-card charge and address at 19 S Jackson Street.
A vintage pest control ad promotes Rat Snap to kill rats and prevent odors. It claims rats steal grain and poultry, harms health, and notes cats or dogs will not touch it. Available in three sizes priced 25c 50c and $1.00, sold by John Cook and Sons and R. P. Mullins.
Ray White recalls his vacation camping last summer. He notes cooking odors attracted rats and describes traveling to town for supplies and relief from the rodent issue.
Farmers storekeepers and housewives urged to use RAT SNAP to control rodent problems. The ad promotes three sizes priced at 25c 50c and 1.00 with a sold and guaranteed offer. Brand names KR P Mullins John Cook & Sons J Sudren Ai Co are listed as distributors.
James Dennis an Australian hotel keeper saved himself from a robber by raising his hands and then drawing his revolver. The would be thief, alone and menacing, turned his head to search for a companion but Dennis acted quickly and disarmed the assailant. The incident is noted as a remarkable display of presence of mind.
The English naturalist Yapp reports filtered water stored in bamboo joints and notes two fern species growing on trees with thick stems hollowed by ants, creating living nests. This observation could aid in emergency water supply and ecological insights.
Miss Elfrida Worth, longtime Latonia postmistress, loses her office after a false suitor exposes a past deception. Yet the library crisis ends as doctors and townsfolk rally to honor her honest service and she remains a community pillar, securing a dignified future.
A family scene centers on a slow-talking baby and the aunt who laments the delay. Four year old Elizabeth asks if the child will grow up English and the family weighs language and heritage in a tender, domestic moment.
A widow, Mrs. Blanding, recalls a torn ten dollar bill used in church offerings. A stranger’s gift and a quarrel over funds ended with the bill split in two, later reunited in the Bible. A fresh blessing appears as a ten dollar bill reappears with a church building fund stamp.
A historical piece notes the packing industry’s vast range from 25 to 40 edible products and an equal number of inedible items. It lists soaps, glues, bristles, leather goods, oils, ligatures, strings, feeds, and fertilizers as unexpected outputs, while stressing ongoing research in the field.
A haunted Georgia house terrifies locals except Sam who bets two dollars to sleep there all night. He vanishes by morning, purses raised, search fails, and four days later Sam returns muddy, answering a bystander with a blunt line about coming back.
A man who has learned to keep young while growing old speaks on a health rule. It takes energy to become angry and to worry, and much energy is wasted daily. The article urges saving energy for something worthwhile.
In a historical sketch, the Zuni Indians of New Mexico are described as self supporting. The cedar digger tool resembles a woven spade with a pressable top bar. A spring planting scene shows a Zuni farmer loading reed corn, mounting a burro, and sowing deep holes with the wooden planter across the plain.
Dr. James B. Bailitt of Louisville recounts a two year stay in Arizona during which he kept a Gila monster tied to his desk. He describes a box duel with a rattlesnake ending in the monster embracing the snake back of the head and killing it before dying from wounds a few days later.
In Mussulman practice observed by Hans Doering a man prays at a glass window with his wife and child nearby. The man kneels and murmurs Allah while his wife repeats the rite. The scene shows daily devotion as the koran chanting rises above street noise.
Estimates place rat damage in England at 50 million dollars as plague-like activity devastates meat and poultry facilities near Paris. Reports describe rats stripping carcasses, consuming eggs and young animals, and even biting through restraints when trapped.
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