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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
3
Local visitors travel between Indianapolis Rushville and Warren as Greencastle hosts Kiwanis and DePauw activities. Talks on Indiana amendments and DePauw geology set during summer sessions with about 160 registrations.
Guides bearing Mrs. W. E. Stone moved from the foot of Mt Banon to Marble Creek as Alpine Club members and reporters ferried aid. The widow of Purdue University’s president remained in serious condition after eight days in a mountain crevice. The body of Dr. Stone was also being brought out and was due to reach Banff by Friday night.
Receipts at the local livestock market show hogs 9,000 head cattle 1,000 calves 1,100 sheep 1,400. Lightweight hogs 10 15c lower at 11.75 to 11.85. all 200 pounds and up steady at 11.10 to 11.60. Pigs 11.50 down. sows 9.50 down. Cattle steady with best years at 10.50 down. Mixed droves 9.00 to 9.50. lambs 0.50 lower to 9.50. Sheep steady at 3.00 down. General sales around 700 to 800 dollars.
Beacon Council No 3536 Security Benefit Association will hold a regular session this evening at 7 30. All members are urged to attend for important business to be transacted.
Corn Stalk Valley notes a church lawn festival scheduled for Saturday evening July 30 with rain location in the church. Local families including John Webster and Cecil Quinlan attendors, and visits among residents in the area are listed.
Maggie Heaney learns of Noel Heaney’s death in California and will bring his remains home for burial. Several local residents and visitors are named including James Ball visiting Indianapolis, Grace Ellsberry from Terre Haute visiting grandma Laura McFadden, and many social calls and a schoolyard chautauqua set for August 3 to 5.
Subscribers in arrears are urged to visit the office or mail a check or money order to the Herald. Prompt payment is greatly appreciated.
Classified ads announce seven shoats about 35 pounds for sale at 513 N. Indiana St MT Meridians M E Church festival Saturday July 30 and fireplace wood at 4 dollars a cord with orders by phone 65. Also sale date help by auctioneer O J Rector Greencastle Indiana and notary Hazel M Lear offers automobile registration blanks. Includes chicken and cake sale by Fincastle Community Church Ladies at Hamiltons Music Store and rug making offer from Fifi Rugs. Immediate inquiry urged for rug and pet services.
A well known millionaire entered a bank with a large deposit but had left his pocketbook at home. After hours, vaults closed, staff could offer only 50 cash due to time locks. The bank notes the incident shows limits on bank control, urges checks before 3 pm, and highlights wealth’s sway over small capital.
A passage recalls Sioux experiences and an American view of Europe and Paris. A Carlisle graduate and a woman at lard pails observe, while the group notes London and Berlin and a lingering rain. The narrative reflects long centuries since Columbus and the expanding horizons of the red man.
The piece explains Chinese reverence for education and degrees. It cites Rev EB Hardy on Sau Tsai degree celebrations with placards processions and feasts. Heroes return to acclaim, wear special dress, and are praised by parents schools and towns.
In Paris, moving from a small, hidden ticket box to a large, prominent box caused ticket deposits to plummet. One in ten tickets previously found their way into the box, but after the change only one in a hundred did. Officials note that easier deposits led to greater passenger carelessness.
The piece explains England uses an unwritten constitution that evolves with the times. It argues Britain’s system is elastic, anchored only by precedents that endure under changing conditions and new requirements.
Kunzite described as a gem between amethyst and pink topaz used with pearls and diamonds for brooches pendants and necklaces. Its value is said to be on par with a good amethyst signaling a rising jewelry trend.
In a city car, Arabelle in lavender narrates a comic mishap with a stranger on the train. A mistaken flirtation ends when the man spots his wife behind a newspaper, leaving Arabelle eager for ice cream and a chance to meet Mr. Smart.
A London taxi driver is confronted by a special constable who explains rule 49 that property found in cabs must be taken to the nearest police station. If unclaimed in six months it becomes the finder’s. The piece ends with a quip about duty and hearing.
A Philadelphia program uses stairway treadmills and a tenpin spring device to restore foot coordination in locomotor ataxia patients. The exercises train posture, balance, and walking patterns, progressing to more difficult tasks, aiming to reestablish brain controlled movement.
An assistant forest controller describes observed tiger hunting methods in India. He details neck-breaking kills of bullocks and buffaloes, claw marks on the nose and shoulder, and the tiger’s shoulder-drag carry. He disputes the paw blow method and notes tigers approach from the flank, even feeding under a small lamp.
A brief, unclear note describes Peopy Man choosing to cut down a tree on an plant ove. The fragment lacks context but implies a local action affecting a street or area.
Friday and Saturday sale featuring Kent Farm Tomatoes 10c 3 for 25c Falcon Peas 2 cans 20c Salmon 20c per can Dark Kero Syrup 10c White Mountain Syrup 10c Grisco can 15c Liberty Cake Flour 14 oz 25c Goodies Pancake Flour 10c Quaker Biscuit Pancake Flour 10c Doughnut Flour 20c Monarch Oats 10c Nutro Oats 10c Bulk Coffee 2 lbs 25c F P Coffee Friday Saturday only 60c Sugar 2 lb 60c Roasting ears tomatoes and vegetables fresh. call store, order early for delivery.
The article details the immense effort and wealth Madame Curie invested to obtain small radium amounts. It describes ore sources from Colorado pitchblende to Madagascar minerals, the long laboratory processes, acids and coal required, and the impossibility of mass producing radium in ton quantities despite the potential demand.
A mountain of clay near Elko Nevada is said to yield an inexhaustible supply of pure soap. Enter with a knife, cut chunks, and the mottled mineral mass hardens on exposure. Rich in boracic acid soda and borate of lime, it stains ink easily and was once used on Pullman cars before becoming a souvenir.
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