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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
2
The Greencastle Ind post office lists mailing hours and an address at 17 and 19 S Jackson Street with daily service except Sunday. Cards of thanks are 50 cents each and obituaries are one dollar per notice with an additional five cents per poetry line.
Newspaper ad for RAT-SNAP pest killer claims cakes need no mixing and promise guaranteed results. Size options include 1 cake for home use, 2 cakes for outbuildings, and 5 cakes for farms or factories, sold by John Cook & Sons and partners.
The article notes asbestos being explored for casting molds in metal eating and other light alloys. Ground asbestos mixed with binder forms patterns, dried, heated, and used to create durable molds. In the US, up to 1,700 castings have been produced from a single permanent mold.
Rat Snap cakes promise inexpensive, ready to use rodent destruction in homes and outbuildings. The ad claims a money back guarantee and lists sizes for different spaces including poultry houses and coops.
A National Geographic Society bulletin excerpt describes a model where a two foot globe stands for the sun and a mustard seed for Mercury at a central point. It places Venus Earth Mars and other planets at increasing distances with corresponding sizes, illustrating the vast scale of the solar system.
Dr Rudolph Rieder told the Wisconsin Archaeological Society that American aboriginal myths reveal origins in cave dwellings. He described a Mandan legend where a vine led a young warrior and his followers from underground to the world above, with several chiefs and warriors accompanying him.
The passage notes a Mandan fable about a fat woman attempting to leave a cave despite chiefs counsel. The vine breaks, forcing the tribe to stay underground, suggesting the Mandans were small in number and wary of fat women.
The article suggests native Arab horses are unusually friendly and fearless when raised among the owner's children and handled from foalhood. It advises pony owners to trike friends with their pony, spend time in the stable, and build quiet, deliberate handling to form a strong bond. Riding and driving become more interesting once the pony and master are pals.
A Java Island wedding ritual features a village procession led by two masked monstrous figures with inside movers, a gamelon orchestra, and bamboo angkoeng noise. Women carry pauper birds and peacock feather fans, followed by priests. the bride sits on a wooden platform carried by four men, then returns to the groom’s house. After a circle around the village, the couple kiss relatives’ feet to end the ceremony. The feast lasts late, with men and women eating separately.
The article traces mosaics from Nineveh ruins through Egyptian temples to Greek sites. It notes Greece popularized the art with works in Athens Erectheum about the fifth century B C, in glass and marble. It hints at later development beyond those early periods.
The paradise fish with crimson and blue shines in sunlight with a rainbow glow. First brought to France from Canton by M. Simon in 1869, it nests eggs in a floating glutinous nest up to six inches across. The male guards about 200 eggs in the nest.
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