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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1922
Page
2
Charles J. Arnold proprietor announces publication details for the Greencastle newspaper and notes that Cards of Thanks are charged at 50 cents each.
The notice states obituary charges at one dollar per obituary with a five cent per line surcharge for poetry. It outlines billing terms and payment requirements for published obituaries and poetry inserts.
The document lists state senate and house candidates and county offices. Notable names include Charles H. Bidaman for State Senator Joint, Andrew E. Durham for State Representative, Willis E. Gill for Prosecuting Attorney, Walter S. Campbell for Clerk Circuit Court, William D. Lovett for County Auditor, Wilbur Clodfelter for County Treasurer, Dave Stewart Wright for County Recorder, Elijah S. Wallace for County Sheriff, Jacob E. McCurry for County Coroner, William P. Koehler for County Surveyor, Paul F. Priest for County Assessor, William F. Davis for First District Commissioner, David J. Skelton for Third District Commissioner, and council at large members William S. Burris Ora A. Day James G. Britton.
In May 1402 Columbus noted Jamaica’s fragrant breeze carrying spice scents. The pimento tree provides scented leaves with eugenol oil and berries known as all spice, a uniquely indigenous wild product of long standing commercial importance.
The Camnavalet museum received a claimed guillotine knife used in Paris during the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Reportedly gifted by a Belgian collector, the relic is said to have belonged to the Samson family for generations, tied to the famed executioner lineage.
A humorous note from a Chicago school context describes a young Norwegian author’s essay about frogs. The piece mocks errors like misused words and odd phrasings, noting lines such as a frog being a wonderful bird and its hopping as flying.
An elderly woman visits her ninety five year old mother and the parting scene shows tearful affection The elder mother replies briskly that they hope to meet again and notes concerns about her daughter’s health The fragment suggests a domestic vignette from an older newspaper story
The writer reflects on love as a unifying force and notes life's hidden delights. He observes that true harmony may not guarantee a flawless act, while the world teems with charming people whom many never meet. The quotes illuminate fleeting human connections and overlooked joys.
A Piuto Indian with a stick and white paint raised a dollar bill and passed it to a Chinaman who paid a gambling debt to an American with it. The American was arrested in the incident reported by the New York Morning Telegraph.
North American investigation into Ambrose Small, Toronto theater magnate missing since December 2, 1919, intensifies with new claims from his sisters and attorney to reopen probes. Police review events, possible motives, and scattered clues including affidavits from a barber and newsboy, a secretary’s disappearance, and a medium’s vision.
A Montreal Herald report notes widespread opposition to merging the Royal Canadian Mounted Police into a military defense department. Critics included Arthur Meighen and J S Woodsworth, who warned of secret policing and labor spying, while supporters urged civil control and efficiency.
In Inez Kentucky a Martin county jury upheld prisoner rule making by the jail self government. A prisoner Lewis Maynard sued over torn clothing and hurt feelings. A new inmate faces 81 fine or 50 paddle blows. Baths are compulsory and profanity is banned. Offenders are tried in the pi court with whipping boss SCH Bees.
Tillie the elephant celebrated her 106th birthday as guests including state and city officials gathered in the Columbus statehouse yard. Mayor Thomas presented a bread key to the city while Ohio State University law alumni offered an honorary molasses diploma. A 2 by 4 foot cake with 106 candles accompanied the luncheon.
In Defiance Ohio Probate Judge C W Palmer used a wrecking bar on two padlocks to open a brass bound chest believed unopened for 87 years. Inside lay three mussy vests a bundle of patent medicine ads pictures of women in elf costumes and a sock fleet with letters. The chest had been bequeathed by the late Edward C Realy to whom a new trustee had just been appointed.
The article describes Oxford University in England as comprising over 20 colleges averaging 150 men each. Each college contains a library, chapel, lecture rooms, students and professors quarters, dining hall and kitchen, with skilled cooks preparing meals and an attached athletic field at every college.
Remarkable lace is woven by Philippine women from pineapple leaf fibre, a strong silky material that boosts the plant’s commercial value. The fibre was recently employed in paper manufacture, extending its industrial uses.
The typical legal age for a valid will is twenty one, but California Connecticut Idaho Montana Utah Oklahoma and the Dakotas set it at eighteen.
Dr. T. G. W. Deane reports that virulent germs causing wound infections do not seem to exist in the Falkland Islands or cannot flourish in the local climate, implying unusual safety from such germs.
England claims possession of the world’s smallest car a three wheeled cross between a motor car and motorcycle weighing 150 pounds with a single rear wheel motor and a price of 875 dollars.
A reflection on loss bringing wisdom as a gain and comfort in calamities. The author notes that those who learn from misfortune grow wiser and find solace in growth born of adversity.
A brief quotation notes that true critique lies not with inept commentators but with writers who imitate and follow the author, as discussed in The Dial.
A life boat invented in Holland uses a steam pump to draw water in through one opening and expel it through two outlets to propel and steer the craft by adjusting outlet flow.
An analysis of how bragging reveals a speaker’s hidden ideals. It urges listening, highlighting contradictions, and gently guiding the speaker to confront their true aims. The piece underscores humor as a tool to expose vanity without direct confrontation.
Three leading farm papers oppose the Calamity Tariff Bill. The Southland Farmer of Houston blasts it as a betrayal of agriculture and predicts higher bondage for Western and Southern farm regions. The Business Farmer of Mt. Clemens argues agri cultural duties are too low and harm consumers, especially Michigan’s sugar bill. American Agriculturist from New York urges duty free raw fertilizer salts to aid production.
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