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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
4
The article notes New York City surpassing Amsterdam as the world’s leading diamond cutting hub with about 20 shops and over 1,000 skilled workers. It claims roughly 21,000,000 dollars of diamonds are cut in New York monthly and predicts a permanent market rise.
Mrs Kane reports sugar helped Dick briefly with hiccoughs but the relief lasted only moments before a relapse recurred about every twenty minutes. Mrs Beetroot notes the repetition.
Dialogue reveals a heated confrontation as one chauffeur boasts about harming a man and threatening future violence. The exchange centers on a prior incident and an implied plan to repeat it if necessary. No other context or names are provided in the fragment.
A grafter is defined as one who helps the opposing party obtain what your side desires. The term describes a bargaining partner who leverages concessions to secure advantage for their own group.
Olf Cummings the grocer scolds his reckless driver Anthony after a horse dies from overdriving. The grocer demands payment while the boy offers to deduct the loss from his next week’s wages.
The Russian government ordered 350 liquid fuel locomotives of a special type from a Philadelphia manufacturer. The engines weigh seven tons and fit a narrow gauge of approximately twenty nine inches. The plan is to establish flexible rail links among divisions, armies, and supply bases as reported by Popular Mechanics.
An expert reveals a rubberized fabric shoe with a fabric base and Uber fiber sole marketed as leather substitutes. The "near-skin" shoe would cost about four to four fifty dollars and aims to ease leather demand while preventing price hikes. Much of Uber fiber byproduct comes from the automotive tire industry, with production centered in Akron, Ohio.
Dr. W. J. O'Sullivan, sanitary expert in New York, told an Albany legislative committee that cultures from four thousand year old mummies show pathogens in hibernation. He warned that under proper moisture and heat the deadly germs can come to life again, implying ancient survivors may endure ages except fire.
A Texas trial ends with a colored jury told to retire and seek a verdict. The jurors reportedly searched drawers and areas behind objects for a verdict, but officers say no verdict was found, and the room contains sounds of commotion.
A 100 piece choir will perform while Lowell Thomas lectures as a distinguished traveler and writer from the Holy Land. The Coliseum design ensures unobstructed stage sightlines and clear acoustics so every word and note can be heard by all attendees.
A huge daily pageant marks the Twelfth Century Childrens Crusade festival in Columbus with famous speakers including Bryan and Roosevelt. Daily music by Kaibow Division and Jackie bands, a Mecca for sacred and classical performances, and a large children’s pageant with 5000 voices.
A comic strip sequence depicts a newlywed couple arguing over money and late husband connections with humorous misunderstandings. Dad, loyal to his comics, reacts to the jokes about laziness and parenting with sharp quips.
The article describes experiments turning wood pulp into silk like fabrics and artificial linen. It details making twine from paper strips, processing sheets into fiber webs, and using spun paper to replace cotton in textiles. Germany and Austria are highlighted for similar shifts.
J. 8. Edwards of New York declares there is no such thing as snake charm. He explains snakes hear via ground vibrations, respond to handler skill, and that music merely times the snake’s swaying, not entrapment or actual enchantment.
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