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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
2
The Daily Herald lists subscription rates by mail and carrier with four month and weekly options plus a note that obituaries cost 1 each with an extra 5 cent per line for poetry. The Weekly Herald Democrat also appears with obituaries charged at 1 and poetry charged per line. Local terms indicate advance payments and per week pricing.
A Philadelphia teacher assigns students to read and retell a Grecian myth aloud. A pupil describes the Gorgons as three sisters in the Islands of the Persides with snakes for hair fangs for teeth and claws for nails, resembling women yet more horrible.
An unnamed college president entertains a freshman at dinner and discusses football at length. The exchange highlights the president’s deep knowledge of the game and the student’s realization that meaningful insight can come from any conversation partner.
A quoted dialogue describes a costly misjudgment in love and shopping. The speaker notes the folly of paying for a companion with installments, suggesting halting payments would remove the burden and end the relationship.
A tense exchange reveals a brutal edge as one party accuses the other of brute behavior toward Mido. The other male observer recalls his motive for proposing as the thrill of defeating a perceived opponent in a social feud.
A lighthearted remark from a man about a trained dog prompts plans for tomorrow action. He jokes that if he had a dog he would shoot tomorrow, suggesting Fido could perform tricks like playing dead begging for sugar and saying his prayers.
A humorous exchange shows a patient tricking a doctor about diet. The patient recalls telling the doctor he liked foods he dislikes, prompting the doctor to prescribe a surprising assortment of items aligned with the patient’s supposed preferences.
In a conversation the characters discuss a Friday birth superstition and joking hints about punishment. The dialogue touches on marriage, control, and social status within the Willis household as a judge notes the outcome without condemning actions.
Oyon buys a pink silk petticoat matching Patua’s color in a Bolivian city store. After a breakdown in the crowd and a theft, he endures a night on the road with a torn paper package and a leg wound, pursuing justice and memory of Patua.
A massive silver fox, 65 inches long, was trapped in western Canada and shipped to Winnipeg. The pelt is valued at about $2,000 and drew attention for its size and quality.
The passage extols seeds as miraculous for growth and life, contrasting them with diamonds. It frames growth as a divine potential of human nature, asserting the soul shares seeds’ capacity to develop and unfold into fragrance and vitality.
The Canton district centers firecracker production as Chinese gunpowder is rolled in coarse bamboo with red paper to symbolize luck. Firecrackers accompany nearly every occasion from weddings to birthdays. China exports about 3 million dollars annually.
A national Roosevelt memorial panel considers honoring Belleau Wood where Marines first faced Germans. French renamed the grove Woods des Marines and plan a final memorial while families may bury soldiers in France within a Wood of Marines. Samuel Parsons designs a tall uncut stone with a giant eagle atop, symbolizing America and France.
In a fragmentary report from the Daily Chronicle a man is described as ready to work for a high ranking general in Belgium. The tale mentions meals offered and an eight hour shift, ending with a curious note about a gravedigger figure amid the dialogue.
Columbus Ohio crowds will witness the Coliseum as the centerpiece of the centenary exposition from June 20 to July 13. The structure cost a quarter of a million to build, now an 8000-seat auditorium with a $50000 pipe organ and a 2000 person stage. The building hosts daily pageants and concerts with a 75 musician orchestra pit and top acoustics.
A tense courtroom scene shows a judge urging patience as jurors linger over a case. The bailiff reports the jury is not yet reached a verdict and is debating a point about the plaintiff's clothing, prompting the judge to offer guidance on potential appeals.
Tony Paciano a 10 year old Italian orphan bound for a labor camp on the barge canal played a violin on a Hudson River steamer when Charles L. Andrews a wealthy Omaha manufacturer heard him. Andrews tracked down the boy's uncle and secured permission to take Tony to Omaha where he will be educated and likely handed to a famous western violinist for tutoring.
In Charlotte North Carolina an elderly widow, Mrs. John Knox, paid $24 to a negro conjurer claiming to reveal a hidden $5,000 fortune beneath her house. He promised a magical maneuver would free the gold, but neither the money nor the swindler appeared and the woman notified the police.
Miss Hazel MacKaye of the National Young Women’s Christian Association argues closing saloons under Prohibition should shift to creating community playhouses. She cites urban nights on New York’s West Side and suggests centers for pageantry to educate and unite diverse immigrant groups through English translations and American ideals.
The YWCA in France reorganizes a new department of finance and general advisory services. Miss Con Clark of Pasadena leads arts work, Miss Mary Buchanan from Scotland handles interior decorating, and Miss Evith Austin of New York manages leasing and buildings. A cafeteria expert will supervise restaurant projects, while the department compiles shopping guides and equipment needs for the association in France.
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