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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
4
A statewide effort killed about 700 000 English sparrows to protect wheat crops saving farmers over 100 000 dollars. The campaign used poisoned wheat bait with strychnine, distributed by county agents and coordinated by farmers groups and the biological survey.
After two sisters were granted divorces in Douglas County, Judge Jett halted Lottie Knight’s similar petition. Knight, born Lottie King, and the other sisters allege extreme cruelty by their husbands. The judge will review the three cases together at a later term.
In Pineville West Virginia the famed Harman haunted house will be torn down after more than 25 years of sporadic occupancy. The owner offered rent free use, but only a few families stayed, reporting eerie happenings such as walking chairs and tables, door rapins and disturbed beds.
The article profiles Mrs. Mary A. Bevan who calls herself the homeliest woman, travels to the United States to be exhibited in a circus, and explains how beauty shapes love and happiness. She says she has four loving children, a supportive husband, and a philosophy that all women possess some beauty to cherish.
After a heavy storm the Mississippi blows the Scott steamer of the government barge line onto a cornfield on Island Ten. When waters recede the vessel must be moved and inspected to account for government supplies still aboard.
Louis Murray, an estate employee for Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, encountered a small black bear on the Croton aqueduct path in Tarrytown New York. He misread it as a pig, approached, heard a growl, and chased it away after discovering the animal was a bear.
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