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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
4
A man recounts rescuing his ailing wife who could not eat or retain medicine. Following a friend’s tip, he used Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, claiming she recovered, gained weight, and now feels well. The ad promotes the product as a cure for catarrh mucus and various stomach disorders with a money back guarantee.
Indiana counties towns and citizens urged to wage war on rats on Rat Day May 27. County Agent Fouts named county leader by state health board and conservation committee urges every man woman and child to help destroy rat haunts reduce disease spread and property loss.
The piece notes Jerusalem under British rule modernizing with street cleaning fire brigade service and water supply. It highlights the clock tower at Jaffa Gate, carved from Solomon’s white stone, with a London-made dial showing European and Arabic time. The tower dominates a rebuilt approach through the old wells into the city.
Garden tips advise changing the location of individual crops each year to reduce disease and insect pressure. Replanting the same varieties in the same beds drains soil nutrients and lowers yields, so gardeners should rotate crops and mix varieties to keep plants healthy.
A Manchester Guardian special correspondent notes the Paris craze for English trained nurses amid US and French troops. Polish legionaries, French, and English nurses mingle as French children imitate English fashion with bright coats and beaver hats.
Dr Blanchard B Moore of the United States bureau of mines warned of a radium shortage. He noted that estimating current supplies differs from past projections and that six years ago engineers predicted deposits could last commercially 10 or 12 years at the then production rate.
Two boys debated teachers and veterans in a fragmentary text. A claim about a Civil War veteran schoolmaster prompts a witty remark on pensionary eligibility. The garbled passage touches on marriage eligibility tied to certificates and a jumble of phrases like knitting and spluning.
A brisk exchange in the Birmingham Age-Morathd notes a young woman waiting to speak with Mr. Wadsen, head of the grounds committee, about proposed improvements to the golf links. Members of the committee are described as firm and unyielding, with high stakes on the project.
A lively exchange features Senator Sorghum and a critic debating what constitutes a politician's duty. The critic argues the era lacks earnest leadership while Sorghum defends compromise as essential to serving the country's best interests.
The article notes Baja California’s rich yet little exploited resources, proposing a congressional hill to buy the peninsula. It traces history from 1627 expeditions through to modern views, describing geography, population, transport, and abundant minerals including gold, silver, copper, iron, coal, lead, gypsum, and salt.
British efforts in Mesopotamia include a completed irrigation project northeast of Baghdad aiding 800,000 acres, enhanced Tigris Euphrates confluence navigation, and a developing port. Palestine policing by Jewish soldiers, road and telephony work, water supply, and Zionist educational and agricultural programs aim to restore peace and rebuild ravaged lands, with large Armenian and Syrian camps near Baghdad.
An old Sumerian Eden legend tied to Quara is noted by Maj. Gen. Sir George Mac Minn with the army adopting aspects of the tale. The piece describes Temptation square and Adam's lane as official spots near an Arab town amid heat and dust, with a barking dog and heavy ammo in a tense scene.
The Collier's Weekly extract portrays the peril faced by American regiments in the Argonne forest as they patrolled exposed terrain. Majors and wounded soldiers endure hours of machine gun and artillery fire while patrols push forward to probe positions and uncover needed details for future attacks.
A Chinese historical note links early banners reaching the Caspian Sea to trade in silks and iron. Dr P L Post er Bain of the U S Bureau of Mines estimates China has about 400 million tons of iron ore suitable for modern furnace use and an additional 800 thousand tons usable by native methods.
A curious tale centers on a Frenchman whose prized possession is a gold model of a field gun from the Franco German war. After conflict, the owner’s father bought substantial discarded war materiel for a song, including many field guns, and profited enough to retire wealthy.
A reflective piece recalls Lyq Stearns and his Union connections as it traces the fading prominence of checkers in American culture. The author muses on how past eras valued strategy, civic virtue, and character, contrasting them with today’s sports focus on baseball and other pursuits.
Prominent lines trace Palestine’s battlefield history from Thothmes I through Megiddo to Allenby, detailing clashes across Sharon Plain, Carmel, Gilboa, Megiddo, and Acre. The account cites Hittites, Egyptians, Philistines, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Ottomans, and Napoleon, ending with Allenby’s 1918 advance.
A jumbled 19th century style account details Prussia Balkans policy, Austria and Russia interests, and a Buckbrrest figure plotting against a Prussia ally. It cites a critic’s lines about memory of a grand adventure and mentions a prince’s travel, an Ottoman sultan, and failing interventions as tensions rise before a war.
A Manchester Guardian correspondent notes Rodin as the century’s greatest sculptor, recalling his rejected Verdun design for France’s defense monument. The piece questions enlarging small works without Rodin’s guidance and the risks of altering his untinted vision.
The essay describes the Hebraic idea of God as an absolute, immutable, transcendent Boling who reveals himself through Israel. It argues the Hebrew spirit blends metaphysical and practical aims, guiding society and addressing practical problems of organized human life in Jewish Palestine's future. The view cites Leon Simon’s The Future of Palestine in Asia magazine.
A British firm builds an automatic lightship with two steel gas tanks storing months of fuel. No attention needed once set in motion, delivering a steady light for months and remaining reliable in wind and spray. The beacon shines eight to twelve miles, aiding safe waterway navigation at night.
An excise officer travels through bog and rain to locate moonshine sills in Ireland. A native guides him toward a tarred square where a soldier on duty is identified as Pat’s brother Mike, a private with no recent service.
Paris alderman Louis Dausset proposes demolition of the ring of ancient forts surrounding Paris. He argues for closer contact with the suburbs, simpler access through gates, and freeing valuable land for building purposes.
Through natural gas use in Hungary and Stehenburgen discovered shortly before the war, it is hoped certain Hungarian towns and industrial districts may be entirely independent of coal. The gas found in Stehenburge is estimated at about 216 cable meters, equaling 35.3 cubic feet.
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