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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
2
Local Greencastle newspaper details subscription options by mail and carrier with rates for daily and weekly editions. Notices include paid obituaries and cards of thanks with per item charges and extra poetry line fees.
A cough remedy praised for coughs colds croup and whooping cough has grown from a small start to widespread sale in the United States and abroad. Proponents urge a trial to prove its merit.
Advertisement asserts Chaberlain's Tablets cure indigestion biliousness and constipation restoring health and happiness. Promises satisfaction and urges readers to try the remedy if troubled by digestive issues.
A humorous exchange shows students debating school subjects geography mathematics gym class and spelling. The dialogue names figures like George Cimmoes and Jimny Nusty, illustrating playful mispronunciations and classroom banter from a Boy's Life vignette.
Aline and her brother attended a birthday party and were served ice cream cake and lemonade. Aline insists the boy drink lemonade, saying it is like water, while the boy asks for water and pleads with the hostess.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip centers on a man lamenting his wife's mourning for a $10,000 necklace. He suggests a thousand dollar reward with no questions asked. The reply questions the wife's ability to meet the rest of the contract.
A short story notes Bob, whose fox terriers cause a playful mishap. Jip, after an operation, tries to catch his tail but cannot. Bob expresses sorrow over the tail loss, remarking how it could have been managed if the tail had been left.
A witty exchange targets Madame La Mode for labeling a girlswear department as a perfect master of style. The reply labels it a miss fit establishment and questions the nerve behind the claim.
A mosaic of aphorisms on love, folly, poverty, and social quirks quotes misers skeptics widows and fools. It treads through wisdom and caution noting the limits of trust memory and rhetoric with playful bite and faded moral intent.
The article links the Genesis creation and flood narratives to Mesopotamian tablets and Euphrates imagery, noting parallels between an ancient ark shape and a modern toy version. It speculates on parallels between Babylonian seals and Adam and Eve motifs, suggesting ancient household stories predate biblical texts.
A reflective remark on poets and critics, contrasting the public hunger for great drama with the elite taste of logicians and critics. Yeats suggests poets endure amid shifting times while critics seek only familiar culture.
The article extols trapshooting as a healthful activity linking strong knees to steady aim. It praises the sport for physical fitness, outdoor air, and sunshine, claiming it strengthens nerves and could reduce doctor visits with patient adherence. It notes a seasoned shooter, optimistic and eager, embracing each target.
An old sailing skipper watches a modern engine liner and a giant aircraft outpace his craft. He senses the unstoppable progress of technology spelling the end of his era as ships once ruled the seas yield to machines and aviation. The piece laments progress displacing the helpless and the discarded.
The piece notes white horse carvings in southern England including Westbury White Horse at Bratton Wiltshire and Uffington. It recalls their origins linked to King Alfred’s victory at Ethandune and mentions Cerne Abbas Giant and the Long Man at Wilmington. The tradition has inspired much discussion with little consensus.
An 19th century style note describes seeds consuming oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. Small sealed jars with many seeds fail after oxygen depletes but a single seed grows into a plant, while a burning match shows carbon dioxide presence by milky lime water.
Robertson argues that Troy may have existed and cites Tromer as a poet who exaggerates yet relays real events. He notes scholars doubted Troy’s existence, but recent finds show Priam’s city was larger than some claim and confirms that Tihium did exist and material has been uncovered.
On July 18 1864 Harraece Creeley famed abolitionist received a letter from George Saunders of Kentucky proposing that Clay of Alabama and Holcombe of Virginia meet Creeley and Greeley to negotiate peace terms. Greeley was authorized by Lincoln to pursue the matter but the negotiations failed as Confederate delegates lacked full governmental backing. The war continued nine months longer. Creeveley opposed Lincoln and favored compensating the South for enslaved people value to end slavery.
In a Birmingham Age Herald snippet a prison visitor asks what the inmate would like to eat. The prisoner, speaking softly, replies any kind but adds a playful patchwork demand about getting a file, reflecting a terse exchange in care and constraint.
Former alderman and current Illinois legislator Theodore Long returned from Battle Creek to Chicago and described his six month battle with sleeping sickness. He reported vivid wakeful illusions of beaches and cathedrals, long sleeps, and a final diagnosis of encephalitis linked to influenza and African sleeping sickness.
Hayward farmer E Westerly killed his drab Cochin hen CRAW JEWEL CASKET Andromeda hoping for a grand Sunday feast. He opened the crop and found a corroded emerald ring with diamonds worth about 200. It likely slipped from a passing motorist and was swallowed by the hen.
Judge McMahon suspends Teresa Cheri's sentence for bigamy. Cheri argues her first marriage was loveless, arranged by parents, while she fell for Luigi Izzo after leaving Italy. She describes acting last October to marry Izzo despite the law.
A Birmingham magistrate heard a man charged with deserting his wife. He complained she smoked cigarettes. The magistrate said smoking is not a crime, and the wife agreed to quit. The case was adjourned to let the couple settle their differences.
Hattie Rudin eighteen of Great Falls Mont killed herself after writing a letter threatening self harm following rejection by her sweetheart Polson on the steps of her beloved’s home. Authorities report the case as a suicide tied to a broken romance.
An aged Chicago father recalls 20 years of service and raising ten children as his son Sergeant Joseph T. Mur returns from overseas. The family plans a celebration as the hero, with memories of the Hindenburg Line and a German helmet, brightens a long, hard life.
A Chicago youth Arnold Carls eighteen years old used binoculars on a Northwestern elevated platform asking for Halley's comet. Police said there is no record of any missing Halley report and escorted him from the station.
Ed Kramp former assistant in the Toledo fuel administration returns from seven months with an artillery unit overseas He recalls memory by a late night owl sound and dreams of German tanks and an imminent attack forcing him to rise and defend his home as if the war resumed.
Archeologists uncover a richly preserved mosaic in Rome dating to the Caesars era. The piece, well preserved under Case Popolari foundations, features elaborate geometric decorations and may have formed part of palace floors.
Rev. KR J Bennett assumes pastorate at Spruce Street Christian Church Morgantown West Virginia aims to boost attendance using newspaper ads and church improvements. He has installed electric fans and hired a brass band for services as part of his plan.
A British bill in the House of Commons seeks a 4.5 million dollar appropriation for poison to combat rats and mice. The nuisance wastes crab and other food products, with annual losses estimated at 100 million dollars.
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