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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
2
Readable text shows Greencastle Indiana listings with partial times Sunday afternoon, telephone line 65 and street reference Jack Treed in the unnamed context. Details are incomplete but indicate a local notice or ad portion from a 20th century paper.
A historical formula details making grafting wax from resin four parts beeswax two parts and beef tallow one part by weight. Melt mix pour into tepid water form sticks one inch thick, wrap and store. A softer version uses resin four pounds beeswax two pounds linseed oil one pint.
KILLS RATS and mice RAT SNAP comes in cakes not mixed with food. 25c size one cake for pan or kitchen. 50c size two cakes for chicken houses. $1.00 size five cakes for farms and factories. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook and Sons J Sudranski and Co R P Mullins.
A playful collection of gem facts notes the black diamond cannot be polished, an uncut diamond resembles gum arabic, and heat causes a diamond to burp like charcoal. It touts Ceylon as a premier gem repository and claims the United States holds every gem known to lapidaries. It defines the carat as a grain of Indian wheat and mentions a ruby escorted to a king’s palace in Burma amid elephants and soldiers. It also notes the sapphire in the English crown was worn by Edward the Confessor.
Report notes manure is fermented naturally to completion prior to its relocation into the hotbed pit, ensuring proper breakdown and anaerobic conditions for subsequent use.
No More Rats or mice after you use RAT SNAP. It claims to kill rats with no lingering odor. The ad targets homes, chicken coops, and small buildings and mentions sizes for different spaces.
Mrs Graves advises using RAT SNAP to eradicate rats in a henhouse after a farmer found two dead rats and many sightings. The product, sold by John Cook & Sons and others, comes in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 with a money back guarantee.
U. S. Government bulletins claim rats can be killed with RAT-SNAP. Break a cake into small pieces and place where rats travel. RAT-SNAP comes in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook & Sona J Sudranski Co R P Mullins.
An old advertisement touts P D Q bed bug insecticide claiming it kills bed bugs roaches fleas and their eggs without harming clothing. It markets a 35¢ box and a hospital size of 2 50 making five gallons with three spouts and urges purchase from R P Mullins Drug Store or via Ow Chemical Co Terre Haute Ind.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Friday and Saturday but provides no identifiable names places or events to summarize into a factual news item.
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