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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
3
The article notes Barney Oldfield and Ralph Mulford near victory in the Indianapolis 500. Oldfield, a top American driver, seeks another chance to win while Mulford aims to finish strong this year with his own car.
A dialogic fragment contrasts working life with domestic tensions and humor. It touches on price of affection, divorce humor, and adult patience versus childish amusement, ending with reflections on romantic novels and partnership. The text preserves uneven phrasing and quirky street talk.
An American ambulance worker recounts British soldiers treating the war as sport, while detailing life in the trenches near Armentieres and Laventie. He describes ruined towns, shell holes, dead animals, and the grim reality of trench life including frequent foot injuries and shells, with vivid scenes of daily hardship and a startling brass band of reporting.
A Pittsburgh dealer says European nations are using about 1,000,000 horseshoes daily to equip cavalry horses and supply trains. He notes rough terrain and high horse mortality drive abnormal demand. He adds American horseshoers face supply delays due to foreign orders from New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
James Homer of Inez Kentucky designs a four room dwelling hewn from a rock cliff seventy five feet high projecting forty to fifty feet from a mountainside He aims to finish by 1916 and plans a surprise house party for his wife and four children claiming the project is sane and possible.
Barbed wire originated with Joseph F. Glidden in 1874 to keep livestock in or out. By 1902 his patent was upheld, and its use spread worldwide, influencing military entanglements and prompting engineers to devise new, deadly forms as armies in Europe fought.
Canton Michigan window exhibit features W T Heylman perpetual motion machine missing only motion. He spent over fifty years on the project before dying. Grandson to receive the device. Also noted is a New Jersey inventor’s cork substitute wood treatment using elycerin solution to remove acids and impregnate wood.
Howard Dalton of Willard Utah, a fifteen year old member of the Utah Agricultural College Potato Club, produced 360 bushels of marketable potatoes on half an acre valued at 187.77 with net profits of 141.07, earning a trip to California. He details seed, soil prep, irrigation, cultivation, and harvest steps in a full account, noting strong growth and no diseases or pests.
J. O. Mullinix, trustee, states he will be in the Reelsville office on Tuesdays and Fridays each week to conduct township business.
Edgar J Wilson, trustee of Floyd Township, states he will conduct township business every Wednesday at his Floyd Township residence, inviting residents to attend from their homes.
Emerson E. Ruark, trustee of Marion Township, will conduct business from his Filmore home on Tuesdays and Fridays, inviting residents to gather for township matters.
Harry Talbott announces weekly weekday office hours in the S. C. Sayers Book Store in Greencastle to conduct Greencastle township business during his term. Contact phone listed as $88 for inquiries.
Seventy five carloads of oats destined for export were seized by federal authorities for adulteration under the Food and Drugs Act. Investigations show water or feed barley added to oats to boost profit, a practice officials vow to end, with field agents ordered to curb future shipments.
The piece argues fowls gain constitutional vigor from selecting the strongest stock each spring and culling the weak in fall. Fresh blood periodically improves stamina and health, helping birds endure weather changes better than continual inbreeding or fixed traits.
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