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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1920
Page
2
Public notice from Greencastle Indiana newspaper outlines mailing status Second Class matter at the Greencastle post office and the publishing office address. It lists charges for obituaries and for acknowledgments and poetry lines at set per item rates.
Fragmentary classified notes show interest in architect, contractor, land, and gardening services. Mentions Evans and L. cencastie in Indiana with a raw reference to farm loans and applicants, promising ample funds from Blown & Moffett.
For sale at 8 Spring Ave a coal range and a dining table with chairs are offered by Christie. Phone number 666 provided for contact.
An OCR fragment promotes RAT SNAP rodent poison sold by John Cook & Sons and J. Sudranski & Co with prices of 25c and 50c per unit. The snippet includes unrelated joke lines about hens and a minstrel-like reference, but centers on a consumer pest control product advertised for guaranteed use.
Rats eat RAT-SNAP and leave no odor, with cats and dogs avoiding it. Three sizes offered: 25e cake, 50e two cakes, and $1.00 five cakes. Suitable for kitchens, cellars, chicken houses, barns, and factories. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook & Sons, J. Sudranskie & Co. R. P.
Mrs Tepper of Plainfield New Jersey recalls rats in her cellar and credits RAT SNAP with eradicating them. The ad promotes RAT SNAP in three sizes 25c 50c and 1 00 and notes it destroys rats and mice and prevents odors. Sold and guaranteed by local dealers John Cook Song Sudranski and Co R P Mullins.
A trial proves RAT-SNAP kills rats and mice with no box or mixing required. The cakes come in sizes for different building spaces and are marketed by J. Sudranski & Co., R. P. Mullins and Sons.
The housewife can keep plants healthy by watering only after the surface dries to half an inch, until water fills the saucer, and waiting for the surface to dry again. Ferns need a pan of water under the dish for twenty minutes every other day, with foliage sprayed Tepidly and drained. Remedies include nicotine extract in water for plant to use, strong soap suds for aphids, and Pir-tree oil for scale on smooth leaves.
A piano should be protected from extreme temperatures and humidity. Keep it away from exterior walls, radiators in winter, and open windows in summer. Use a soft pencil on squeaky friction areas, mild cleaning for keys, and a toothpick with linen to dust behind keys. Tune in spring after furnace use ends and fall when fires begin. Do not leave the piano silent for long periods as tone degrades.
Ancient practice of salting relies on sun and heat to evaporate seawater in shallow basins along Cadiz Bay. Crystallized edible salt is drained first, with other salts gathered and dried. Local curing and pickling use much of the crude salt, while the rest is shipped to refineries.
A naval officer relates a curious experiment with a herring. An ordinary fish survived in gradually replaced water, then thrived in an empty bowl, hopping like a bird until a sudden noise caused it to fall into a water trough and drown.
A thoughtful writer notes Thrice blessed are those who are pleasant to live with and a joy to others. Happiness hinges on choosing the beautiful rather than ugly manner in speech and daily courtesy, starting with cheerful greetings each day.
Mrs Blinks consoles Mr Blinks after he pays a $75 millinery bill remarking how fortunate he has money. The exchange underscores the comic contrast between wealth and foolish spending in a Boston Transcript style.
The article explains typhoon behavior around Guam, noting rotary storms with translational motion. It recounts July 1918 as a disaster when the center passed near the island, causing roof loss, crop destruction, and widespread tree damage despite only slight loss of life. It also describes forecast signs and the storm’s calm eye surrounded by violent winds.
The New York Evening Post reports a study by James Hay Jr noting women prioritizing the fiction sphere and readers who defend opinions with facts and imagination. He argues such readers form strong personalities through intimate contact with diverse literary characters.
The Boston Globe lists signs for stormy or fair weather. Gray sunsets or greenish skies, red sunrises, halos, coronas, rainbows, deep blue skies, and bright stars signal rain or fair weather. Fogs imply settled weather. unusual clarity or brightness may indicate rain. frosts follow high temperatures.
The robin builds in fairly large trees with light foliage often using straw and grass mixed with string and other materials. Nests endure five to six years of weather but are used only once, while orioles renew old nests each year, adding new material and tying them securely to the supporting limb.
Excerpt from Arthur Stanley Riggs recounts a railway clash when a man, angry at a sleeping English woman, lit a match near her head and ordered his daughters and their hatboxes to fit into the compartment. He erupts, urging his daughter to sit on the woman to make space.
A comic exchange jokes about a woman attempting to start a new school and the need for an oculist. The quip notes she has several pupils in her eye, playing on wordplay about students and eye doctors.
At a St Gabriel’s Day luncheon the poet D Annunzio is described as Europe’s most interesting court figure in Fiume. He moves with a long staff of aides, receives romps of cheers, and is treated like a religious leader during concerts and public appearances. The entourage notes his every wish and presents adorn his apartments with gifts and flags.
Otho Pollock on a Delaware farm read by a window during a dark night when a bleeding ewe pleaded for help. He armed himself and shot two intruding dogs to protect the flock and tended the injured animal afterward.
Clarksburg West Virginia reports speculation over the will of Judge Nathan Goff, late U S senator and secretary of the navy. No details on distribution have been released but it is believed the widow and two sons will share equally. Estate valued between seven and ten million dollars. The widow, Mix Catherine Penney, thirty five, of Caroonenr Newfoundland, is his second wife and former nurse.
Peoria IL four year old Carroll Buehler Shilling inherits $20 000 from Herman Buehler, with a condition to stay out of racing. Boehler, a famed jockey father, is named in the will. the grandfather aims to prevent any racing involvement for the boy.
Nebraska farmer James Holman and his daughter spotted a timber wolf trapped in a woven wire fence near Auburn. He left his daughter to guard the animal, borrowed a gun from a neighboring farm, and shot the wolf, claiming a fine pelt for a robe.
The national forest reservation commission urges further Weeks Law purchases in the Appalachians and White mountains to convert 30 million acres not suitable for farming into timber lands. It asks for a $2 million yearly appropriation for five years starting 1921 and notes existing purchases total 1.8 million acres at about $5.26 per acre.
Anthony J. Howard of Decatur was rejected for enlistment in the U S Marine Corps at its local station. He protested that a missing left eye should not bar service and argued that modern efficiency would allow him to serve without using the eye for shooting.
Hurley Oliver aged twenty one suffered severe injuries when a tree he cut fell back against an ax and struck him. The ax flew forty feet before striking him severing a collar bone tearing ribs loose and penetrating a lung. Recovery appears doubtful.
Reas Brother, sixteen, was seriously injured when struck by a freight train near Tra Ncoway, West Virginia, and is not expected to live. He was found on the railroad track by his brother Ollie, an engineer on a trailing train.
Quip-filled note from the era hints at a sensational boast about arresting kidnapers. The exchange pivots to a counterpoint about a supposed bargain sale in cradles, implying a satirical take on crime and commerce in a local police setting.
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