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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
2
Public notice text lists mailing class Second Class matter and Greencastle post office details. Charges for notices include 50 cents per card or cord for obituaries and six cents per line for poetry. Address at 17 and 19 S Jackson Street.
An advertisement touts RAT-SNAP cakes for rodent elimination with no odor. It markets three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00 with guaranteed results. Sold by John Cook & Sons J Sudranski & Co and R P Mullins.
Instructions recommend salting quart water, using a double boiler, and adding oatmeal as it boils. Do not stir, cook four to five hours in the lower boiler with hot water, preferably from the previous day for breakfast. Also notes nut butter as a meat substitute and tips for creaming butter and sugar to avoid texture changes.
Old reliable rodent destroyer marketed in cake form for pantry and poultry use. Two sizes available in single or double cake packages. Supplier names J Sudranski & Co and R P Mullins advertise a money back guarantee if it fails to work.
The excerpt notes average infant weights by age from birth to one year, with weights rising from about 6 to 23 pounds and slower growth after the first year. It also offers a few household stain tips and chimney cleanup tips using tomatoes and paper.
A newly married couple suffers a crisis after a husband’s sudden Manchester trip ends with his insistence on a portmanteau. The wife finds an empty flask, pipe, cards, racing tickets, and sundries in the bag, revealing the mistake as the porter says the wrong portmanteau was sent. Both couples slowly recover.
A man phones his sweetheart and ends with a crude proposal that shocks Estelle who faints. The tale ends with the couple drifting apart as the girl now ignores him and the ringmaster jokes about horse hugging.
An entomologist recalls a moment when a Japanese assistant failed to act under pressure as a tray of minute specimens spilled on the floor. The tale ends with a prompt question about how one would respond in Japanese, illustrating cultural stereotypes of cleverness under stress.
The fragment depicts a Japanese scientist responding to rude behavior by addressing the chair with a calm rebuke. The tone suggests a polite yet firm exchange during a formal discussion.
A publisher posts a "Boy Wanted" sign at a street entrance. A red headed lad climbs to the office and asks why the sign is down. He then confesses he is the boy who put up the sign, and the publisher learns the truth.
A collection of rustic aphorisms about trust fear work family and pride. The lines contrast ambition and ignorance loyalty and folly with vivid imagery of horses fathers tombs and fish to convey practical wisdom and common sense.
A New York Press reflection on the search light as a modern marvel seen from ships bridgedecks. The piece compares its beam to cat eyes and notes a coal black cat named Niggy with greenish yellow eyes that would detect a torpedo a mile away.
A woman pavement artist draws crowds in New York with on the spot portraits. She proclaims all pieces are her own work and created before observers, joining other novelty performers such as a shoeblack. The feature notes rising public interest in self taught professionals.
A reflective note on a clock that shows the time when asked. The clock keeps its hands before its face and has endured years of quiet “time” in a publike setting. Its face lacks eyes and features, inviting contemplation of its sensibility and duty.
A San Francisco Call essay muses on clocks with odd traits such as hands that confuse, lack of feet, and perpetual motion. It notes the third hand being the second, longer minute hands, and clocks that run but do not walk, highlighting humor in a dignified tone about time’s universal language.
In a sharp exchange between Hicks and Wicks, the speaker claims to have bested Gabbie in an argument after demanding two minutes to present his side. He then recounts leaping into their passing car as the contest concluded.
A slender congressman from the West, known for good humor, shares a tale from a Washington streetcar. After a barfly lurches forward and sits in his lap, the lawmaker accepts the mishap with a smile and jokes about his slender figure.
A humorous essay compares baseball to danger, praising the national pastime while joking about mortality rates and the spectacle of fans. It notes baseball as a beloved sport, with light social commentary on gender, tickets, and the crowd’s behavior.
The article describes how distinguishing real stones from imitators is difficult as silica-based zi cons replicate diamonds. In Oberstein Germany the fake jewelry industry dyes chalcedony and other stones, then heats them to alter color. Techniques involve various stones including onyx and emeralds, with dyes and heat treatment producing convincing results. A German scientist uses radium energy to power a tiny clock.
A Terre Haute Indiana ad promotes a liquid chemical PDQ branded as Pelik Devil’s Quietus claiming it kills bedbugs ants roaches and fleas with a few cents. It notes hospital and railroad use and offers two sizes prepaid by Owl Chemical Co and sold locally by R P Mullins Drug Store amid imitator prosecutions.
A man notes long stomach and liver troubles and claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured him. He says he wants to marry and promotes the preparation as a simple harmless treatment that removes catarrhal mucus andflammation in the digestive tract. The ad promises a money back guarantee and lists R. P. Mulins and other druggists as sellers.
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