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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
2
Classified note records local press masthead details for the Greencastle Indiana paper. It lists Charles J. Arnold as proprietor and shows publication at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street with a weekday schedule and postal classification.
The fragment discusses rates for orders of thanks at 50 cents each and obituaries at $1 per item, plus an additional charge of five cents for poetry. It notes these are part of a local notice or classified pricing schedule.
A Moscow report by A Rykoff shows 10 000 industrial establishments since the Soviet era with 4 000 nationalized and 2 000 idle. Fewer than 1 000 000 workers hint at a crisis as Russia consumes pre war supplies and skilled labor drains to the army. Trotzky cites lack of technical equipment as a key cause while many plants with no tech remain idle or operate select departments.
A Johns Hopkins Medical School janitor in Baltimore losses about eleven pints of blood through voluntary donations to cover tuition. He keeps attending classes with no missed days and gains $800 from selling his blood. The hospital facility offers students payments ranging from 5 to 100 dollars per pint.
The article reports Selig Hecht of Creighton University studying dark adaptation. It notes the eye becomes rapidly more sensitive after entering darkness, reaching maximum sensitivity after 45 minutes to an hour. The increased sensitivity is attributed to a reversible photochemical reaction in the retina involving a photosensitive substance.
Reports from 12,000 Americans in the Federal Bureau of Education home reading program show frequent praise for the classics but notable dissent on works like Alice in Wonderland. Readers range from nine to over seventy, many studying for certificates, with earlier impressions often sincere and thoughtful.
A New York Tribune meditation suggests turning household tasks into musical routines. It argues rhythm and tempo could ease chores like washing and bed making, with choices ranging from jazz to adagio to suit each duty, while noting careful experimentation is needed to tailor music to each task.
A bee arrives with nectar and deposits it in a cell. Mandibles touch the load, a drop of nectar forms, and secretion mixes as the nectar spreads on the cell wall. It ripens into honey with under 25 percent water, mostly at night under the drowsy hum of bees in the apiary.
Instructions describe making a mirror by applying three drams of quicksilver per square foot of tin foil, polishing with buckskin, covering with paper, and weighing down for four to five hours. It notes that buying a new mirror is usually cheaper and safer.
Popular Mechanics notes a breakthrough: furfuraldehyde can be extracted from corncobs like cellulose, at about 15 cents per pound. The colorless liquid, once lab confined and costly, now offers a practical dye base yielding vivid green dyes along with rare brown and blue vat dyes.
From infancy Esthonian girls begin to assemble a wedding wardrobe. At the wedding the bride distributes her accumulated articles among guests and receives beehives sheep and cattle promises which are typically fulfilled later.
Archaeologists say birth records and tombstone stories reveal how parents named children after events or kings around birth times. Clay tablets show mass naming patterns and eccentric names, with scholars sifting tablets to reconstruct each child’s story amid centuries of buried history.
The piece explains how Japanese women display their relationship state through hair and hats. Married hopefuls place hats as a fan or butterfly at the front with silver ornaments, widows seeking second husbands pin hair at the back, and widows devoted to past spouses cut hair short with no adornments.
The late Professor Garner writes of a novel vermin control in Central Africa. He describes inviting ants into a house to clean it by swarming walls and crevices, then driving them out with torches to achieve a period without pests.
Two icebergs formed on the northwest shore of Greeny Bay after continuous strong winds broke rotting ice and pushed it toward the coast. Along the upper bay several cakes piled high, with one mound reaching 50 to 60 feet, another about ten feet shorter, creating near vertical bayward faces and sloped sea sides of iridescent shattered chips.
Codfish swallowed ballast stones before a gale off Newfoundland, weighing up to four ounces. Sea urchins bury themselves before storms while dolphins avoid rough seas unless signs improve. Sailors watch stormy flettes in a vessel’s wake as a warning.
Experiments by Deetors Givens and Hoffmann in the research laboratories of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital Pittsburgh show scurvy is a deficiency disease rather than a bacterial illness.
Emerson urges doing what you fear but Anne Beran Mc Call argues for investigating fear. By facing what frightens us we often find it harmless or helpful, and approaching others with understanding builds bravery. Braver thoughts and study of diverse lives enrich life and heart.
A reflection on why birds nest close to homes yet avoid people. The author argues confidence near dwellings does not imply safety from humans, suggesting fear and pursuit shape their hesitancy and urge to seek shelter, referencing wolves, hounds, and hunted animals as analogies. The passage cites Johan Burroughs in Harper's Magazine.
A 42 pounder named Long Tom with a French origin from the Hoche battleship era was captured by Britain in 1708 and later sold to the United States. It saw action in Haiti in 1804, was on the General Armstrong during the 1814 New Orleans blockade, and was eventually recovered from Payal and shipped to New York on the Vege in 188%. Colonel Reid, son of the General Armstrong’s commander, led the transfer.
Lord Phillimore former lord justice of appeal argues judges must visit prisons to understand punishment. He notes a judge who has seen inmates at work on the treadmill gains insight into the conditions of confinement. He also dismisses a proposal for new judges to serve a term of imprisonment as misguided.
An old ritual in which a judge wears a black cap during death sentences is explained as a relic of mourning. The square cloth symbol represents the judge's assumption of mourning as he is about to pronounce the loss of life. The note appears in London Tit-Bits.
Fire incidents from kerosene lamps require sand to smother flames. Keep a bucket of sand accessible in every home to instantly extinguish kerosene oil fires.
In a California community, ten mothers formed a reading circle once a week for four years to study child welfare books. The program grew from a six year old home reading course to 17 course topics including American heroes, literature, and world fiction. Aimed at modernizing reading, courses cover boys and girls, literature, and soon vocational topics like shipbuilding and navigation. The division plans to delegate work to states Virginia, North and South Dakota, Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana and South Carolina through extension departments.
Dr W J Hickson of Chicago health department reports average street man has brain of a sixteen year old, criminals twelve. He warns some professionals test no higher and that a mentality of four ten year olds is hopeless. Prisons and paroles are not cures. criminals should be segregated in farm colonies.
The Mount Vernon Savings Bank in Washington DC is opened by the International Association of Machinists acting as the controlling group. William H Johnston says 55 percent of the $200000 capitalization is held by grand lodge officers or members, with a $40000 block owned by the union. The machinists also hold the largest stake in another Washington bank.
A three story hog house in the Louisville Kentucky stockyards burned to the ground killing hundreds of hogs and destroying 29000 bushels of corn. Fire officials reported the blaze caused extensive damage and required a large response from local crews.
A long article argues robins are not orchard enemies. It cites their insect diet and minimal fruit consumption, urging fruit growers to inspect fruit for real pests and consider robins as helpers rather than shooters. It notes robins feed larvae and insects to nestlings, with frequent parental insect deliveries.
The article surveys beliefs about black cats in different regions. It notes Ireland’s lighter superstition but highlights reverence for cats in Egypt and curious legends in Australia. It mentions Japan and China viewing black cats as omens or demons and warns of harmful myths about corpses and spirits.
The piece notes chopsticks increasingly used in American homes for cleanliness and convenience. Reusable metal variants wipe clean easily, while wooden sticks are discarded after use. It also describes disposable Japanese hashis in paper wrappers used in many restaurants, emphasizing proper packaging and origin.
A Royal Sanitary Institute writer argues sun exposure matters for health. Crowded cities lack direct sunlight in many bedrooms. Continental studies link poor lighting to increased short sight in children, while cross lighting harms vision.
A humorous remark notes that schoolboy humor remains thriving. An anecdote shows two boys quizzing each other on English, with a sharp student defining personification as a metaphor without human intelligence.
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