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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
2
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Willis Browning of Pattonsburg Missouri endorses Chamberlains Tablets saying a bottle cured his wife a year ago of a severe bilious attack and years of constipation. The ad urges readers with bilious symptoms to try the remedy.
Fire of unknown origin burned a Bainbridge barn and its contents Sunday night, risking the sale pavilion owned by Fred Obenchain. Bainbridge volunteers saved the pavilion. Loss estimated at 3500 with 1750 insured. Uncle Jerry Peebles muses on teeth and morals amid the blaze.
The Night Nurse reports the doctor will send the medicine promised, while the Day Nurse doubts it, leaving the patient uncertain about relief ahead. The exchange implies the patient may survive the night if the medicine arrives.
A conversational vignette shows Wilson noting how Narver and his wife treat guests as family. He recalls they quarrel in front of him, illustrating familiar domestic dynamics that blur private and public spaces. The exchange captures a sense of insider access and social tension.
An advertisement urges households to keep Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot weather, claiming it is essential and superior for its purpose and urging readers to buy now.
The Missouri School of Journalism uses a daily newspaper as practical lab work. Dean Walter Williams faces delays when a student on a railroad wreck beat cannot supply the story yet. A Dublin Georgia man testimonials relief from rheumatism after Chamberlain's Liniment, recounting prior costly ineffective remedies.
A travel piece describes Egyptian donkey boys as lively, quarrelsome, and musical guides. Donkeys wear bright tack, feet endure heat, and boys beg for backsheesh while guides and sheikhs share a pay structure. The boys identify travelers by nationality, mixing humor with cultural mischief.
A doctor proud of his newborn daughter recounts her birth and a comical moment when a sneeze led a caller to telephone the doctor’s wife. The nursemaid and other duties shifted as the father notes the family event amid his medical tales.
Historian Professor Ferrero argues John D. is the reincarnation of Theles a medieval monopolist famed for olive oil control. The report notes a massive steel bridge in Vancouver Washington and cites Daniel F. Bakeman the last Revolution survivor who died in 1869 at 109. A Beijing tramway plan by a Japanese official seeks a ten year monopoly before transfer to a Chinese company.
A poor farmer named John Wilde finds a magical glass shoe from underground folk. A passing merchant offers a fortune for it, but Wilde refuses for a price he can plow into wealth. He toils endlessly, amasses ducats, and dies thin, while his family inherits gold chests and estates, leaving Wilde’s folly unanswered.
Hickey Stoovers, village’s bash fullest, offers a chrysanthemum to Jane Shrimp and asks her to marry. They stroll past Simminses medders and the corset works as moonlight and banter hint at a joint wedding someday. Both consider marriage with humorous doubt and chance of a parson’s slip.
A man asks a farmhouse boy to fetch lubrication oil and is told the mother has no castor oil but will prepare a dose of salts. The piece also notes Mr Sinnick is very polished and that his remarks reflect on someone.
The article extols dry photographic plates in astronomy, noting they surpass older eye measurements. It explains plate holders on telescopes capture faint stars by long exposures, yielding faithful charts and revealing many stars unseen by naked eye or instruments.
The article explains kauri gum as a major North Maoriland industry. It describes digging methods, gum types from white to blackjack, and how price fluctuations and fortunes hinge on soil depth and gum yields. An example notes Austrians hired to dig and a farmyard paddock yielding huge returns.
English and continental horticulturists report using chloroform to force flowering plants. Experiments with azalea mollis show blooms expanding faster under vapor, with careful air light chambers and daytime manipulation to avoid explosions. economy of fuel is highlighted alongside etherification costs.
Steps underway to develop fuller’s earth near Beulah Pueblo County and Akron Washington County Colorado. Deposits already located in the Centennial State are described as among the purest in the world.
Japanese troops are portrayed as exceptionally equipped for winter warfare, with emphasis on their readiness and resilience in frigid conditions. The passage highlights their perceived superiority in enduring harsh cold during campaigns.
An old chief hosts stories told by Samoset and Skal-lala-toots about becoming a medicine man. A brave test involves a fire, drum circle, and enduring pain before receiving the medicine pipe and mask to become a true healer.
The passage describes making a simple whistling arrow using thin bamboo pieces tied to the arrow. Each piece has a hole near the end and is plugged with cor to create a whistle as air enters and escapes when the arrow flies. More powerful bows produce louder whistles.
A Wo mans Home Companion note recounts a mother discovering two young girls in a heated dispute. One child claims Satan urged the hair pulling while she alone planned the shin kicks. The item closes with a quip about social status in tenement life.
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