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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1921
Page
4
Officials of the Bureau of Mines urge marble quarrymen to cut waste and utilize by products. A new study highlights the limited nature of US marble resources, the cost of unutilized material, and methods for waste elimination and profitable by product use.
Henry Fesenmeyer of Iowa rises from a $10-a-week harness maker to a leading swine breeder. Starting with a single sow, his operation expands to five acres then a small farm, suffers losses from cholera, but grows into thirty rolling acres with new barns and planned improvements. He recalls buying a 700-pound Poland China sow for $100 and building a profitable herd, later acquiring notable breeding stock that enhances his line.
A London Tit-Bits style survey recounts unusual naval punishments where officers improvise penalties. Sailors endure deck gaze hours with hammocks on shoulders, spittoons, bell rituals, or walking with heavy projectiles to curb infractions and humiliation.
A satirical plea notes teachers deserve low pay as a virtue shaping character. It argues wage cuts should start at the core of public education and mocks the notion of higher compensation as unnecessary for virtue, reflecting a controversial civic tone.
Locked complaint boxes allow inmates to deposit letters three times weekly for outside officials to collect and review. If an inmate claims insanity is disputed, a prompt medical examination is ordered to verify condition. A traveler in Mexico risks danger amid rugged mountains.
The article traces asphalt discovery in Switzerland and its rapid spread across Europe starting with Paris. It notes efforts with rubber, seaweed, and steel roads in New York and Spain, and mentions Baltimore using compressed seaweed blocks bound with wire and tar.
Authorities advise destroying roadside weeds to prevent spread and disease. Approved methods include mowing in June and August, using roadsides for hay, tethered grazing, and converting weedy margins into lawns to grade all roadsides for weed control.
The British army in Egypt built temporary roads using chicken-wire laid over leveled sand and pegged down. Troop and vehicle traffic caused little surface damage, repairs were quick, but animal-drawn carts harmed the surface. Romans long held road making fame with enduring foundations still in use.
Dr. Seanan A Knapp argues bad roads block farmers reducing transport costs laborers affordable housing and merchants profitable trade. He warns infrastructure neglect harms the nation and calls for road improvements.
A suggestion to enhance township roads by lining highways with trees. Proposes planting trees about fifty feet apart to avoid crowding and allow mature growth. Encourages timely planning and consideration of spacing.
A traveler in Globe Trotter Nairobi describes a failed elephant hunt. He and companions watched a tusked pair approach as he fired a ten bore, the gun kicking him senseless and wounding him, while the elephants fled into the woods leaving a trail of blood.
In western New South Wales and Queenslands, aboriginal youths educated by white landholders often abandon white upbringing. A writer notes cases where natives learn English and manners but return to camp life, some even marrying within their own color and returning to the mia mia huts. One man, once a model stockman, later reverts to native life after marriage.
A quirky local note reports a woman purchasing a pair of shoes despite uncertain circumstances. The item chosen reflects resourcefulness amid limited options and a need for practical footwear.
An Irishman in London visits a photographer. He requests a single card with two brothers, one in Bristol and one in London. The photographer asks how to photograph a man in Bristol, prompting Paddy to joke about capturing Satan’s image for posterity.
In a Danish field a 3000 year old woman was found in a hollowed tree coffin. Prof Arthur Keith notes similar finds in Denmark and England, dating to the Bronze Age. The remains likely belonged to rank individuals and were wrapped in cow-hide.
Windbreaks protect soil from drying, shield grain and orchards from wind damage. A belt of trees near farm buildings guards against extreme cold and summer heat. Trees enhance farm life and may provide wood for fuel or sale.
A eccentric man in a grant disguise roamed England to test charity. He left 20 red cloaks to each kindly old lady, and whips to his persecutors. In Horsell Surrey he was fed bread and ordered 230 loaves given to the parish poor each year forever.
A nervous old beau seeks a unique outfit for a French students masquerade. The streetwise customer suggests sugar on the head to resemble a pill, implying a humorous costume. The remark ends with a cryptic line about people at the bottom pulling others down.
South Wales child Helen Williams aged one and a half years displays two memory drawings at the 82nd Royal Drawing Society exhibition in Guildhall Art Gallery London. She sits in her cot sketching nursery adornments with a pencil. Her works include an outline of a cat with a ribbon and a running gamecock.
Dr Valeria Parker a noted sociologist has been named executive secretary to the interdepartmental social regiene board She will protect young soldiers at naval and military bases from city gaiety and she becomes the first woman to hold the post She blames boys for pushing girls toward excesses in pursuit of fun.
William Pies receives a postcard mailed ten and a half years earlier. St David J Spangler got a card posted February 18 1907 from a dead woman over twelve years. Ster’s exhibit arrived from York Pennsylvania to Philadelphia June 1899.
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