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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1922
Page
2
Charles J Arnold proprietor advertises Greencastle newspaper office located at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street Indicating the paper publishes every afternoon except Sunday and provides telephone contact 65 for readers and advertisers.
A notice states that cards of thanks are billable at 50 cents per card. The item likely explains pricing for readers sending grateful notes.
The notice states obituary listings carry a $1 fee per obituary with an extra 5 cent per line charge for poetry. It outlines billing and submission rules for readers sending death notices to the paper.
The slate includes United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston for the Senate and Charles H. Bidaman for Congress in the Fifth District. It lists Andrew F. Durham as State Senator for the Montgomery Putnam joint seat, William F. Davis for State Representative from Putnam Owen, David J. Skelton as County Commissioner in the Third District, and council at large candidates William S. Burris Ora A. Day James G. Britton.
The Indiana State Highway Commission invites sealed proposals by June 6 1922 for several bridge projects on State Highways 31 D 31 E and 32 F in Putnam County. Bids require a bond and plans cost 1.25 to 0.75 dollars. The director may reject bids or accept combinations.
The excerpt explains that pseudos meaning false, and prefixes like pseud and pseu do derive from Greek roots meaning false. It lists senses including a false or counterfeit condition, a resemblance to something without full characteristic traits, and notes on non Euclidean geometry such as a pseudo angle.
Frank A. Waugh quotes from The Landscape Beautiful noting that desert camping reveals greater sky beauties than museums or galleries. He argues that such celestial vistas can be glimpsed from ordinary farms or even streets, though deserts offer the most expansive vantage.
The article reports urban air dust levels with London Edinburgh and Paris containing 80 000 to 210 000 particles per cubic centimeter while western Scotland and Swiss peaks show much cleaner air with 16 to 7 000 particles per cubic centimeter.
Patagonia comprises the Rio Negro Chubut and Santa Cruz territories in Argentina. Historically it referred to the southern South American region. The name possibly derives from the Spanish pata gon meaning large foot or from Quichua patacuna meaning terraces.
The piece estimates U S rats cause 200 million dollars in annual economic damage. It cites prewar UK losses of 70 million dollars and notes rats as carriers of bubonic plague and other diseases, linked to large human mortality.
The speaker of the English House of Commons cannot take part in debates and votes only to break ties while the Lord Chancellor can speak and vote on all occasions in the Lords.
Classified notice from Boston Transcript seeking a private living gentleman for breakfast and dinner companionship in Toronto. Includes brief personal request and contact pointers.
A proverb warns that a man with little knowledge risks danger by attempting to outpace true learning. It cautions against prideful overreach and mimicking experts without understanding.
The country has only two urban areas exceeding 50 000 residents Lisbon and Oporto both meeting the threshold and standing as Portugal’s main population centers.
A window card proclaims a company motto men cleaners who dig for ladies with a playful nod to chivalry. The tongue in cheek card signals a humorous or risqué retail or service display from a past era.
A long standing practice in Norway observes Sunday as a no bread day. Bakers have kept this rule for a quarter of a century, avoiding Sunday baking across the country.
The world consumes about 3 000 000 needles each day highlighting vast daily demand across medical, industrial, and consumer sectors.
A Roman coin dated 69 A D features a bagpipe motif. The design highlights cultural crossovers in ancient iconography and illustrates musical instruments depicted in early imperial imagery.
A cable from Near East Relief reports severe starvation in central Armenia as winter ends. Bread uses substitutes like flax and sawdust, orphans number about 1,500 needing immediate removal, while many adults are bedridden. Seed and grain for spring planting are urgently needed to avert further deaths.
A Stradivarius violin made by Antonius Stradivarius in Cremona in 1735, once owned by Charles Lamoureux, sold for 108400 francs including war tax, about 9000 dollars at current rates. Tests suggesting modern violins imitate old tone did not lower interest in ancient instruments.
Independence, Mo. Frank Brown hunted elk and ordered a mule head, hatchet, and tools. A box arrived and, after opening, the mule head with artificial antlers and weeds was revealed, leaving watchers amused as the express bill shocked him.
Daily timetable for Greencastle lines except Sunday lists pickup times 12 15 PM 1 20 2 15 3 20 4 24 5 32 6 21 7 20 7 46 9 20 with sequence markers and service notes. Service hours indicate limited operation and line labels appear in fragmented form.
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