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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
2
Abarien J Arnold Proprietor Greencastle Indiana publishes news daily except Sunday at 19 S Jackson Street. Cartes of Thanks are 50 cents each obituary 1 dollar each. Additional poetry lines billed per line.
An article recounts a Papua river find of osmiridium, a hard metal eight times as valuable as gold. Prospectors washed gold in river beds and discarded a dull gray substance now valued at $200 per ounce. A mining engineer identified it as osmiridium, sent for refinement in London, insured for voyage, with scarce remaining after flood loss.
Astronomers note a distant stellar flock termed No 700G-or N O CL Tous containing perhaps a quarter of a million suns. The group is moving faster than previously known, and its vast distance means signals take immense time to reach Earth, illustrating the extended reach of celestial observation.
The article explains venedum as a remarkable elastic metal mined from large ore beds in Colorado. It notes that once a use is found, abundant sources are identified and mined in vast quantities. A by product of mining is urentum from which radium is derived.
The tale recalls Hebe, goddess of youth, losing her role to Ganymede the handsome youth. Jupiter appoints the successor while Hebe retains power to renew youth for the aged. Some say she resumes duties after marrying Hercules and aiding reconciliation with Juno.
A long list of 1921 fair prizes offers premiums for oats seeds vegetables and canned goods. Awards include cash, hats, knives, and merchandise awarded by local merchants like Winchester Razor Co. and Brown Moffett with entries due by noon October 12 and exhibits by October 18.
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