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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1919
Page
2
The Greencastle Daily Herald lists subscription costs for mail and in city carrier delivery, with four month and weekly rates. Obituaries and cards of thanks incur additional charges, including per obituary and per poetry line, with office details at 19 S Jackson Street.
A Missouri ticket agent recalls a comical incident when a man claiming to be a minister sought a half fare to Kansas City. The agent, armed with a Bible, questions the minister about biblical authorship as a test, then quietly grants the ticket after the exchange. The tale lampoons impostor ministers and the vagaries of judging character at a railway window.
Elmley in Kent near the Isle of Sheppey is a sparsely populated parish owned by Oxford University. The 2000 acre island lacks roads and telephones and has seen no motor cars. ferries are dangerous so residents rely on a candlelit hut door to summon the ferryman at night.
A nostalgic reflection on a worn rocker by the window described as a shrine to a mother. The chair soothed fear, inspired lessons, and bound family memory through stories, songs, and prayers, shaping character and offering solace in grief and joy.
A Pritts firm introduces a simple resistance unit with advantages such as large radiating surface for given capacity light weight rapid heat rise independence from expansion and resistance to vibration. Units can run red hot without sagging repairs are possible on individual units and tapping is possible along the center clamp.
A revival of the congress gatter with elastic side inserts returns as American shoes gain popularity in Japan. Western styles are hindered by locals removing shoes at home and in shops, leading natives to adopt the old fashioned congress boot for business hours.
The article reports ships from Europe discharging earth ballast into New York area shores risking introduction of unwanted plants and pests. The U S department of agriculture backs an inquiry to assess risk and set safeguards against potential soft‑fungal diseases harmful nematodes and hibernating insects spreading nationwide.
President signed February 2 1919 proclamation shrinking Helena National Forest Montana Along exterior boundaries and lands already in private ownership Land deemed of no value for national forest purposes after lands classification by the Forest Service following Agriculture Department recommendations
A Chicago lawyer quotes a ban quet tale where a long rangy woman vented about her husband William’s drinking. The parson advises patience and forbearance, but the woman retorts that she has exhausted every tactic, from locking him out to dousing him with cold water, to no avail.
The Boston Athenaeum curators question long assumed identifications of colonial portraits. Some sitters such as Miles Standish, Roger Williams, and the King Philip era soldier may be misattributed, and Charles Churchill is proposed as a possible original of a noted subject.
Astronomers suggest the moon was once part of the Earth during a plastic state, then ejected. They cite the Prelile ocean as the possible origin, explain crater features, and note many craters visible through a telescope with varied sizes. Professor Pickering entertained the idea of a small moon orbiting the Earth or hidden in shadow.
In the bustle era a woman tied a handmade bustle around her waist and wore it over her house dress to the store. A passerby and bystanders laughed when she realized the improvised garment remained on outward.
Popular Mechanics Magazine features views of a new village near Pisa Troly built by the American Red Cross. The settlement provides homes for artisans and families who fled Venice during the war and cannot yet return. It will house about 2,000 people.
A pawnbroker complains of legal limits on his business and the specialist challenges him to take interest. The patient retorts the law prevents him, sparking a terse exchange about motivation and obstacles in a biting exchange typical of a humorous courtroom or medical setup.
Poplar Grove Fred Lasley and Miss Mae Jones are home this week. Grandma Jones is poorly again. Rosa Williams was home Saturday. Jesse Cox, James and Lewis Bales visited Fillmore Sunday. Albert Williams went to Greencastle Saturday. Pearl Bales stays with Mrs. Nona Morrison.
Susie Ader spent Thursday evening in Roachdaze. Nellie Watson visited her mother Alice Wilson last Thursday. Miss Olaf Johnston spent Thursday with Miss Elicia Wilson. Iva Barker and Elicia Wilson were in Roachdale Saturday evening. Henry Barker and Wesley Payne went to Rusellville Sunday evening. Henry Barker and family with Alice Wilson and Eliza Michael called on Mr and Mrs Lanks Wilson Sunday night. His son has returned home on a short visit. He is in the army and has enlisted for twelve more years. William Clark and family visited Mrs Clark s sister near Greensburg Sunday. Athal Bridges has returned home from France. Near relatives were all present at his father s home in Carpentersville Sunday. Elicia Wilson spent Sunday with Olaf Johnston. Elician spent Saturday night with her sister Nellie Watson at Carpentersville.
Farmers report corn planting slowed by rains while several locals attended Greencastle eighth grade program. Social visits include Miss Isal Brown with the Flint sisters and Ruth Wells with Hester Wallace and Ferol Ferrand. Memorial services were held for Elbert Thomas, a local soldier.
E. C. Patterson of Chicago cross country driver and ex baseball star has been selected to start the International Liberty Sweepstakes at Indianapolis May List race. Patterson has financed campaigns for De Palma and Pilette, declined prize money in 1915, and holds the New York to Chicago cross country record. He also picks all western football teams for Collier's Weekly and holds a strikeout record in organized baseball.
Europe’s formidable Fallot quartet Rene Thomas Albert Guyot Jules Rablet and Louis Wagner head to the Indianapolis 500 Liberty Sweepstakes on May 31 at the speedway. Each driver is a top star with specially prepared cars built since the armistice. Thomas is renowned for winning the 1914 Indianapolis 500. Guyot finished third that year and won another race the previous year. Wagner also won the 1908 Vanderbilt and the Savannah Grand Prize.
Dr Charles Edward Locke declares the fall of the Turk and Hun signals a mighty democratic triumph. He envisions Santa Sophia restored as a Christian temple in Constantinople, with Jerusalem and Damascus under Christian control and a new dawn for world liberty and faith.
Westminster Abbey prepares to restore six old bells and add new ones to honor peace celebrations. The historic bells, mostly from Whitechapel, include a tenor of 1½ tons and dates spanning from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century. The Whitechapel foundry has handled restoration since 1570, continuing a 350 year collaboration with the Abbey.
The adjutant general of the United States Army keeps records orders and correspondence. He serves under the secretary of war and the chief of staff. Through him instructions and regulations of the War Department are sent to military officers and troops. He is secretary and archivist to the secretary of war.
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