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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1919
Page
2
The Greencastle Indiana Daily Herald lists publication details and charges. Cards of Thanks cost 50 cents each, obituaries 1 dollar per obituary, poetry 5 cents per line, with daily listings for subscriptions and delivery.
A sealskin coat made from Lobos Island and Uruguayan seal pelts, dyed in St. Louis, announces a price of 2000 dollars and is presented to Madam Daltasar Bron, wife of the Uruguayan president.
A six year old girl Tinzel mixes words and helps a poor boy by asking her teacher to supply paints. Her sister Stavel recounts how Miss Wright received the paints and kept the boy's kindness anonymous. The item reads like a human interest vignette amid a page of varied notes.
Thousands of Argonne Forest veterans reach New York harbor and receive aid from Salvation Army workers. Wounded Marines, one with a Croix de Guerre, are comforted as doughnuts and coffee are handed out with warm smiles. The Home Service Fund Campaign opens March 1 for 1 000 000 dollars.
A shavetall veteran recently released from the air service discusses readjustment to civilian life. He recalls the pull of flying, the lure of cockpits, and the insignia that symbolized status, while acknowledging the army’s role in restoring his vigor and sense of purpose. The Kansas City Star notes his reflections.
The passage notes varied author habits in choosing work times. Longfellow and Oliphant favored late nights, Tarkington liked mornings for tennis, Wells burned midnight hours, while Thackeray and Shaw preferred mornings, with Shaw praising open air and condemning all night work.
United States reports note China imports 1.4 million tons of coal in 1907 while exporting 1 million tons. Geological director Tsog claims coal could supply world demand for 1000 years at current rates, highlighting China’s industrial backwardness though coal occurs in every province.
During the war in France paper was produced from dead leaves due to material shortages. Leaves were crushed and processed to separate fibers, then pulped and treated with lye, washed, and bleached. The powder was used for cat litter, fuel briquets, or carbonized via destructive distillation.
A newly married Kansas City street car motorman took his bride on his run. After two locks she operated the controller briefly before the duty returned to him and they continued their day together at home.
In Coblenz Germany March 28 a big corporal asks host Miss Ruth Woodsmall to host his mother. A white clothed mother visits with three doughboys and Ralph Stepp, a corporal, is found by his mother after two years apart. The meeting shows the Army of Occupation’s human side at the Hostess House.
Evangeline Booth daughter of Salvation Army founder William Booth devotedly served the East End in disguise as she aided the poor. She now leads the Salvation Army in the United States and a national campaign seeks thirteen million dollars for its postwar program.
A 1919 newspaper note surveys global trade, stating the US dominates Australia’s machinery market. It also mentions Bellevue Hospital Medical College of NYU to admit women students next September for the first time, and includes assorted statistical fragments on exports, currency figures, and a bank cashier’s sworn statement dated May 21, 1919.
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