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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
3
The Freeport Journal laments the loss of barefooted street children recalling boyhood days marked by brick streets ponds geese and cows. The piece contrasts past simplicity with present pride and comfort, noting no need to roam barefoot due to paved streets and modern conveniences.
The legend says Twashtri forged woman by mixing nature's elements after exhausting male materials. He combined moon roundness, serpent curves, plant twists, grass blades, flower softness, feather lightness, doe gaze, sunbeam, cloud tears, wind, hare timidness, peacock vanity, diamond hardness, honey sweetness, tiger cruelty, fire heat, snow chill, parental cackle, and turtle dove coos. He presented her to man.
Mrs Martha Querls colored suffered a stroke of apoplexy while working as a cook at the Alpha O House and died after being brought home. She is survived by a brother Roscoe McCoy of this city and a son and daughter in St Louis, with funeral plans not yet set. C F Bufkin of LaCyne Kansas arrives to open the Grand Central Hotel dining room in Greencastle.
Fred Lamb claims rats refuse his best grain after using RAT SNAP. He reports dead rats collected each morning and repeated purchases as the product allegedly eliminates infestations. Sold and guaranteed by Johns Cook & Sons and R P Mullins at three sizes 35c 65c and 125 dollars.
Most coal mines in the Clinton field were idle after a mass meeting on pricing for miners. Miners demanded $8.947 per ton and gave operators until today to comply.
An advertisement touts RAT SNAP a poison for rats claiming cost benefits. It promotes three cake sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 and notes cremation of carcasses with no odor. Sold by John Cook and Sons and R P Mulins.
A violet daylight system now lets customers take photographs at Petite Studio at night as easily as during the day The studio will stay open Saturday evenings until 10 PM Post Card photos are available for those preferring smaller prints.
A traveler wakes at a station hotel and rushes to catch his train. He remembers leaving a green morocco dispatch case on the dressing table in his room. The porter races to verify, and confirms the case was left on the corner of the dressing table.
The page lists classified notices including help wanted for night cooks farm hands and salesmen, rentals of land, lost dog rewards, and public sales. Also entries for girl or young man to learn at Herald Office, and an auction sale by Mrs. T. T. Moore with Dobbs & Vestal as auctioneers.
Poem fragments touch on peace and unity after war. Quotations from Frederick Lawrence Knowles and unrelated lines reflect on marriage, money, politics, and death. The mix presents literary musings rather than a single news item.
French scientist Dr Perrier reports findings from 56 prisoners at Nimes Prison. He notes many inmates have arm lengths near or below normal, with violent criminals often shorter than average and thieves closer to normal. Married criminals reportedly show more normal proportions than single offenders.
A detailed method to construct a sleeping bag using a 7 foot square of light canvas and a 6 foot 6 inch square of heavy mackinaw. Edge hems are sealed with waterproof cement, buttons and buttonholes form a fast opening closure, overlaps exclude draughts. Optional inner layering and ventilation possible.
A Sheffield cutlery shingle firm lists six lifelong workers totaling 350 years of service, averaging nearly sixty years each. Ages include 76, 75, 74, and 69, with three cutters and three grinders. The company even shows three generations at the beach, with grandparents to grandchildren starting as child piece workers.
Pyrite or sulphide of iron occurs freely in upper Michigan iron measures and granite gash views. It has a brassy color and is called fool's gold for its resemblance to gold. Miners call it mundic. few appreciate its value. Main use is in making sulfuric acid, with large consumption in kerosene refining and fertilizer manufacture.
The article describes the Namatand dwarf people in South Africa as yellow skinned with long hair, prominent cheek bones, dark eyes, and broad fat nose. It discusses their classification by anthropologists and compares them to the Bushmen and Australians, suggesting ancient separation from Caucasian kin in prehistoric times.
An old tip advises on preserving game during long hunts by soaking tainted meat in a strong baking soda and water solution for several hours. The method aims to freshen the meat before cooking.
In The American Magazine Rebecca Hooper Wastman satirizes the wealthy wife who funds extravagance by petty schemes. She explains borrowing small sums and selling cakes at a woman's exchange for cash while concealing her methods with a veil and plain dress.
The Jura Pyrenees and Caucasus see tunnel projects with lengths from two to over sixteen miles. Alpine tunnels like Simplon and Lotechberk prove long boring is feasible with depth, machinery, and organization. U.S. plans anticipate Rockies and other ranges being pierced to ease grades and altitude constraints.
Poem fragment by Wordsworth recalling Lucy, a maiden unknown who lived by a Dove spring and a mossy stone. She was fair as a single guiding star and is now in her grave, changing the speaker's sense of difference.
Miss Grace Lane bought five pearls at two cents each from a street peddler in London before the war. She later learned the pearls were worth five cents each and that a jeweler had spread the hoax to win a wager by selling fake real pearls.
The piece argues duty is everyday honesty and kindness not grand sacrifice. Duty is a daily responsibility, not a special occasion, requiring no extraordinary courage, with a maxim that “The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.”
A speaker weighs career paths in medicine noting chiropodists and manicurists hold steady work. Beauticians and eye ear doctors offer likely prospects, while throat specialists and beauty-beast outcomes are joked about as risky or bleak.
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