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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
4
A farmer fed grasshoppers a mixture of green parts and bran, using live grasshoppers to consume dead ones. The process killed increasing numbers: twenty died after eating the initial bait, four hundred died after the next round, eight thousand after the following, and one hundred sixty thousand after the last batch. The farmer was troubled no more.
Visitors to the mosque of St Sophia in Constantinople note a lingering fragrance that fills the building. The scent is tied to 1000 year old masonry using a mortar solution with mush, crafted by forgotten workers whose labor remains present in the structure. Sunday at Lome.
An Alton hen reportedly killed one of her three legged offspring to defend natural order. Edward Kern preserves the chick for stuffing after it hatched with eight toes on three sexs and a leg joint growth.
The old Hanover plateau settlement in Maine once housed forty families and a school, now vanished as dense woods erase ruins. The plateau community died or left, while the valley below grew with new settlers and a few summer camps dot the pond, a noted quiet spot in Maine.
A new southern judge presides over a petty theft case involving a man named Tom who admits he has no lawyer and declares he will tell the truth. The judge notes previous acquittal and Tom confirms he will speak honestly this time. The tale highlights courtroom humor from a rural setting.
Adelbert J. Spitzer of Toledo solves vacation housing with four detachable canvas houses on a Maumee River site. Each sleeping unit uses two stacked canvas roofs over pine frames, canvas sections screwed on, and easy removal for winter. Painted wood prevents rot. furniture can return to the city home or be stored nearby for simple reconstruction next summer.
A 1700 episode shows Chateaubriand as a royal service officer incurring a debt of 200 pounds. He appealed to La Morandais in Switzerland for help and received 169 dozen stockings on commission. He sold them to friends and stores, thereby settling his debt.
Williamsport correspondence reports a snake influx into Pine Creek Valley after a large fire in nearby wild lands. Rattlesnakes and black snakes seek refuge in outbuildings and chicken pens, creating a snake panic in the wooded area.
Ex-Governor Miles Moore discusses apple production in Washington, noting shipments rival Oregon and revealing how little farmers earn from apples. He cites a teacher who bought ten acres of apple trees and sold the orchard for $150,000, illustrating high profit potential.
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