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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1924
Page
3
Milton Pierson of Coatesville married Elizabeth McFall of Evansville Monday at 9 o'clock in the home of John Knight on Elm Street. Rev. Levi Marshall of the Christian Church performed the ceremony.
Vernie Beaman buys and moves into the Dewey Albright property in Reelsville while Albright relocates to a farm west of town. The Pennsylvania Railroad Authority employs a large crew here laying new steel. Local residents attend sales and visit relatives, with several trips to Greencastle and Indianapolis noted.
For thirty days only the Herald offers a special combination rate for a year of Greencastle Herald and Indianapolis News subscriptions at five dollars and fifty cents.
A survey of beings used as draft animals shows diverse strengths. A small Shetland pony can carry a full grown man. Pigs and sheep prove surprisingly capable, with examples of hogs and ewes used for plowing and riding. Llamas, zebu cattle, and oxen also serve as beasts of burden, while reindeer and elk in the Andes and Arctic regions offer additional draft power.
Boston haberdashers report men visit multiple mirrors and try many hats before buying. Most customers select gray hats, with a small share choosing brown, and men often seek friends’ opinions while salesmen advise on becoming styles and proper hat size.
John H. Quinn head of the American Legion recalls war memories at a bonus luncheon in San Francisco. He recounts a winter trench scene where a captain observes doughboys in mud and icy water and a red faced doughboy shaving, humorously noting shaving water in his stance.
Many buyers focus on aerials while neglecting the ground connection. The article advises using a buried iron pipe or plate as a direct ground near the receiver, ideally on the lower floor, avoiding ground via water pipes.
An employee of a lighting company proposed using train locomotives to replace two leaking boilers threatening service curtailment. Two engines were rented from a railroad for about $200 a day, pumped away for three days, then returned to hauling commuters to and from New York.
Sir David Bruce argues health and civilization are two sides of the same coin with credits like bathtubs safe milk and X ray against debits such as tinned foods and sewage poisons. He cites huge losses from illness among insured workers and calls for medicine to shift from a reactive to an offensive stance.
The Philadelphia chapter of the Society of Colonial Dames of America proposes erecting a replica of The Old Swedes Mill at its original site. The mill, the first mechanical enterprise in the area under Governor Printz, stood on Cobbs Creek near the river. The reproduction would be presented as a gift to the city.
Tim Healy describes a Spain meeting with Rudyard Kipling who dislikes him for political reasons. Healy proposes a handshake on neutral soil and jokes about being shot. Kipling quips about writing a dirge, and the exchange ends with a playful misspelling.
Report says the Assamile group struck petroliferous contents while boring 20 to 25 miles south of Strne hours France near Sund hausen. Representatives from the University of Strasbourg and the ministry of public works confirm oil presence at five meters depth as drilling continued for water supply. Prospects for exploitation are under consideration. The Parhelbeven field north of Strasbourg remains France's only significant petro petroleum source.
Exhibits in the British Empire exhibition at Wembley include a glint magnet weighing about 6720 pounds and a powerful magnet able to lift around 6000 pounds. Thieves have snatched souvenirs and umbrellas from visitors, including a silver handbag, prompting warnings to guard belongings.
A large number of bears including black bears grizzlies cubs and yearlings roamed Mackenzie Park near Pel Coola British Columbia. Visitors observed bears at a wharf hot springs and a salmon-smoking house. No harm reported.
Classified brief notes a lost package containing a suit and cap near the south side of Christian Church with a request for the finder to return it to Herald office and a reward offered. Also promotes sales opportunities from Heberling Medicine Company stating earnings potential and no experience required as well as a house sale advertisement and a local farm produce offer at Locust Street with phone pickup.
The passage argues for broad participation in government decisions by all workers and rejects privatization of taxation. It favors keeping taxes as a public function and opposes hidden monopolies while asserting that those who profit most from society should contribute proportionally more to the state.
Samuel Logan Scott, County Superintendent of Schools in Clark County, born on a farm in southern Indiana, was educated at Borden College, Indiana State Normal, and Indiana University. He served as president of the county superintendents association and four years on the state board of education. In 1911 he was elected president of the Indiana State Teachers Association and declined a first assistant state superintendent appointment. He is a Methodist.
The undersigned Jesse H. Sears is named administrator of the estate of John J. Sears, deceased, in Putnam County Indiana. The administrator is dated October 12 1924 and states the estate is believed to be solvent. Andrew Durham is the attorney.
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