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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1914

Page

2

Theophilus Mooney’s Desert Encounters

A comic tale set near the pyramids follows Theophilus Mooney as he flirts with Egyptian women, meets a desert siren who answers his advances with a stony attack, and vanishes into the sands after a dramatic encounter.

Theophilus Mooney Theophilus Abe

Household Hints for Curtaining Windows

To curtain a small window place the curtains around the window not over it. Add a valance of bright chintz across the top with material hanging in straight folds at the sides. Mount curtain rods on the wall a foot above the frame and 14 inches longer than the window width.

Bathing guidance for skin health and routine

Physicians advise not daily baths unless directed. Two warm soapy baths weekly plus daily plunge or sponge baths keep skin functions active under ordinary conditions.

Floating ribbon hats described in period fashion

The article outlines hat designs using clever wiring to achieve floating ribbons. It describes a white silk hat with black velvet facing and bead trim, a lilac hat in messaline with yellow ribbon, and a pink rose hat with varied flowers.

The Traveling Man: Crusade and Character of a Frontier Merchant

The traveling man endures as a key driver of commerce and moral standards on the frontier. He faces harsh travel, sweltering heat, and social risks while advancing business and ethics. His initiative, resilience, and Bible outreach in hotels helped growing firms thrive and shape public sentiment.

Knights of Old Gideon

Recreation Through Change Of Occupation Emphasized

The Journal of the Medical Association notes relaxation needs for tired professionals and praises a shift from passive amusement to absorbing mental work. It cites octogenarian S Wier Mitchell who, after practice, wrote In War Time and found renewed vigor, showing summer writing revitalized his health.

The Medical Association S. Wier Mitchell Mitchell

Thrift Day proposed for public schools in the United States

The American Society for Thrift promotes a Thrift Day in public schools to teach value beyond saving money. Thrift means increasing usefulness of possessions and guiding youth to learn true wealth, warning against false ideas of wealth and encouraging proper attitudes for boys and girls.

United States American Society For Thrift

Tall Boy Grows Too Fast in Brooklyn Child Dies

Brooklyn youth Arthur Masur aged 16 and said to be the tallest for his age, 6 feet 2 inches in stocking feet, died after rapid growth weakened him. A tubercular condition developed recently, hastening his death.

Brooklyn N. Y Arthur Masur

Footprints in the Snow by John Boyd

A Nature article describes winter tracking in Nehtalry forests detailing field mouse and cottontail rabbit tracks, bird tracks from horned lark to crow, and a mouse preyed upon by an owl. It notes how to study animal gaits, tracks’ shapes, and mentions a rabbit chase with a hound and a hunter, all from Recreation Magazine.

Lapland Umes Molly Cottontail Molly John Boyd Recreation Magazine

The Fore and Aft Race With Broomsticks

A playful old-time activity describes a broomstick race for pairs. Each team holds a broomstick facing opposite directions and runs in sync, with the front partner trying to pull the rear partner forward. Success hinges on headwork and teamwork rather than pure speed.

Stone Age Traders Connected Europe Through Myriad Routes

Archaeologists reveal early European trade networks linking tribes via amber and other goods. Stone Age peddlers traveled from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, transporting items from Egypt and Babylon into cave dwellings. Bronze artifacts found in caves suggest advanced craft and exchange.

Europe North Sea Mediterranean Egypt Babylon

Christ Child and Lord in Universal Humanity

A Christmas sermon links the Nativity to the Lord in all people. The speaker blends gospel imagery with German myth to show Christ as universal humanity in love, service, and shared need. Emphasizes recognizing the Lord in the child, teacher, healer, and in ourselves.

Mary Christ Ife

Infinite love of God described in tender devotion

A devotional passage exalts divine love as infinitely tender and self sacrificing. It compares human affection to God’s boundless care, urging readers to imagine the greatest earthly love multiplied by infinity to glimpse divine love’s magnitude.

Bunyan's Dream of the Burden Lifted at the Cross

A dream narrative where Christian's burden is loosed at the cross and tumbles to the sepulchre. He experiences rest and life by Christ's sorrow and death, standing in wonder at the transformative sight of the cross. The passage ends with Bunyan noting Christian’s joyous relief.

Christian Chrisian John Bunyan

Trusting at All Times Inspires Constant Duty

A meditation on steadfast devotion to God urging total trust and constant righteousness. The text emphasizes that crises come and go, but worship and adherence to scripture endure as lifelong privileges.

Lord God

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