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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
2
Charles J. Arnold proprietor announces publication details for Greencastle Indiana and notes a 50 cent charge for Cards of Thanks.
Notice outlines obituary pricing at 1 dollar per obituary with an additional five cents per poetry line. The policy applies to all obituaries and related notices in classified sections.
A list of candidates appears for Montgomery Putnam and Owen counties. State Senate positions include Andrew E. Durham and Willis F. Gill. Key county roles cover prosecutor clerk auditor treasurer recorder sheriff coroner surveyor assessor and commissioners. Council at large names include William S. Burris Ora A. Day and James G. Britton.
The early oil age in the United States traces to 1558 59 with George H. Bissell and Yale professor Benjamin Silliman Jr studying crude oil for illumination and Edwin L. Drake drilling a Titusville well. Earlier uses included household remedies and extracted oils from streams. Darken fish bowl guide suggests dark green bottom paint to calm goldfish and create pebble castles.
Experts define normal temperature as the average over a long observation period after which further data changes do not alter the result. In practice, few long records exist, so normal temperature is taken as the average over the longest feasible observation period.
Plato describes music as a moral law that gives a soul to the universe and wings to the mind. It imparts charm to sadness and life to all, representing order, harmony, and beauty as an invisible but dazzling force.
The text notes that certain birds predict weather with cries and songs. The green woodpecker is called the rain bird for its laughing cry before rain, while the missel thrush is known as the storm cock for singing before windy or wet weather.
A pure bred Jersey owned by Hollis Williams of Estlin Saskatchewan bore five calves weighing about 30 pounds each. The dam had previously calved three normal calves. none of this year's litter survived after the cow was frightened by a passing train and ran over a mile before birth.
The Department of Commerce bureau of the census reports declining typhoid fever mortality from 1916 to 1920, marking improved community health. Massachusetts and Wisconsin have the lowest rate in 1920, while South Carolina shows the highest. Racial disparities appear with New York State showing lowest white and colored rates, and Kentucky the highest for both groups. Nine states record higher 1920 rates than 1919, including Colorado and Michigan.
Mrs Blanche J Bimot, a French teacher at Western High School in Washington DC, received the Medaille de Reconnaisance from Ambassador Jusserand on behalf of the French government. The award recognizes meritorious services she rendered in her native country during the war at Johnson Ricketts hospital and orphanages.
A commission appointed by the last all Russian Soviet Congress prohibits land buying and selling with confiscation penalties. Land titles stay with the state but are allocated to communes or peasants' societies. Individuals may join a commune or obtain a farm, lease land to others, and labor may be hired with special permission.
In Mexico City a rash of wall climbing among boys follows a visiting "human fly" act from the United States. Several youths are injured and one boy dies after attempting hazardous climbs, prompting police and rescue workers to respond to multiple calls for help.
White Salmon residents recount O L Bernice driving a flock to winter quarters when a fog caused 40 sheep to vanish and a dog to go missing. A week of search found no trace of the sheep until the dog returned with 389 sheep, all but one having wintered somewhere under the dog’s quiet guidance as wolves coyotes and cougars preyed on sheep.
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