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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1920
Page
3
Chicago report on the Associated Advertising Clubs where Mrs Christine Frederick argues that advertising images favor pretty women and omit stout ladies. She says psychology is misused when showing only elegant figures, while others counter that ads focus attention on the product and fashion norms.
James Stucky reports a rat problem that clogged toilet drains requiring floor and pipe tearing. A plumber billed $125, Rat Snap rodents cleaner removed the rat in the basement. The product, sold by John Cook & Son and R P Mullins, comes in three sizes 35e 65c and 1.25.
Ownership and circulation statement for Greencastle Daily Herald dated October 1 1920. Editor Charles J Arnold managing editor publisher and business manager share the same name. Average known circulation over six months is 1375 copies. Notary Hazel M Lear sworn October 1 1920.
An old advertisement touts RAT SNAP to kill rats with a 50 cent cake option and claims it cremates remains with no odor. It markets three sizes priced at 5p 6d and 1s 2d and says it will save property from rats including feed and chicks. Sold by John Cook & Sons and R P Mulins.
WANTED cook at Grand Central Hotel with good wages and North Indiana ads. Farm hand and farm tenant positions seek a couple or family. Help wanted at Herald Office for office work. Public sales and auctions listed by Dobbs & Vestal with Fall sale scheduling and a farm auction on the Earl Durham property near Greencastle.
Dr Russell H Conwell claimed not to seek spirits yet three years after his wife’s death he began seeing a form on his bed. He tested the phenomenon with a hidden pen discovery and questioned its nature while peers offered varied explanations from telepathy to a satanic imitation.
A slime covered life jacket bearing the Lusitania name was recovered from the Delaware River. One arm strap was broken and seaweed clung to the garment, with a strand of blond hair entangled in wreckage.
The steamship Orizaba completed the Havana to New York voyage in 62 hours, the fastest time on record for the distance. The trip covered 1185 miles at a rate noted as 19 knots.
Biographical sketch portrays McCray as a banker grain dealer and stock broker rather than a farmer. It details his Kentland residence, farm holdings, and personal property including a billiard table, diamonds, cash, and autos amid notes on his distant farm connections and Board of Trade ties. It also reports on arsenic eating in Styria with a warning on health and mortality.
The record notes the farm personal property assessed at 120 525 dollars and insurance coverage of 150 000 dollars. Mr and Mrs Henry O Hair and their daughter Mrs Howard C Dean are in Indianapolis today.
The umbrella tree grows tallest and largest in very wet regions, with Ceylon notably rich in numbers. Its spreading branches create an umbrella-like shelter, and its thick canopy helps keep rain out during heavy downpours.
A village dialogue features a remark about Mariel being highly gifted. The exchange includes jokes about a suitor spoiling pillows and a head injury from glass. A request to the professor for a portrait is declined.
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