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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
2
Ad for RAT-SNAP rat killer describes cake forms for various locations from 25¢ to $1.00, sold by John Cook & Sons and others, with guaranteed results. Separate anecdote recounts Colonel Smith and a negro servant from prewar Mississippi tale about attempting to shoot a deer with a breech loader and failing.
An advertisement touts RAT-SNAP cakes as a reliable rodent destroyer, sold in 2 oz cake form for pan and Sons and J Sudranski Co with a money back guarantee if it fails. It lists R P Mullins as a contact or distributor.
A housekeeper questions a vendor selling dog chains in a humorous scene. Relief traveler Lester, with his mother in Europe, tires of French and German and greets a rooster’s crow as the sole English sound. The line ends with a chuckle at the language mismatch.
Senior Partner requests a day off to take his girl sleighing and orders an immediate examination of cashier’s books. Junior partner seeks details as the expert is called in.
Rats killed with RAT SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs won't touch it. Guaranteed 50c size two cakes for chicken and Sons, J Sudranski & Co., BR. P Mollins.
Cecilia and Billy clash with social codes as Elizabeth’s engagement ends. A rose hat becomes a symbol of choice when Elizabeth abdicates marriage for Billy, who secretly courts Cecilia. The city’s music and Helen-like Patty-cat frame a romance that ends with a quiet, joyful proposal.
Harry Higgins born March 3 1880 near New Maysville Indiana was son of John T and Elizabeth Higgins. He joined the Christian church at New Maysville at sixteen and served as deacon before moving to Danville. He married Chloe Patrick in 1903 and had four children Herbert Herschell and Florence Elizabeth plus a son who died in infancy. After illness including flu he returned from Florida to die at home May 2 peacefully with family. He leaves wife and family and was a member of Masonic and Eastern Star bodies and Ben Hur tribe.
Rat control advice promotes RAT-SNAP products with small pieces placed where rats travel. The sales notice lists three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and names John Cook & Sona J Sudranski Co R P Mullins as distributors.
The article explains how wood ashes and ground bone provide potash and phosphoric acid for fertilizer. It details ash collection, storage, bone processing into bone meal, and a Russian style composting method to enhance soil nutrients.
A New England address by a department specialist defines farm management as a science that classifies and interprets the collective farming experience to determine whether to keep certain livestock or crops and to what extent an industry should be pursued. It treats farming as a business and analyzes factors of success and efficiency for regional applicability. Lop off the ration of all kinds when the horses are doing little or nothing.
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