Cards of Thanks Charged At Fifty Cents Each
Local notice notes that Cards of Thanks are billable at 50 cents per card. Readers are advised to submit exact counts and ensure payment accompanies the request.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
2
Obituaries Charged Rates and Poetry Line Fee Noted
The notice explains pricing for obituary listings at one dollar per obituary with an additional five cents per line for poetry. It outlines how charges apply to obituary notices and verses.
Would-be explorer signs up for arctic voyage
A middle-aged man visits an arctic steamer and persistently asks to join the expedition. The officer lists dangers including cold, hunger, potential cannibalism, and long separation from family before the man finally agrees to be recorded as a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohl
Movement in France seeks return of Mauritius to France
A French movement urges Britain to cede Mauritius, the former colony lost in 1810, arguing the island remains fundamentally French and desired by its people. The Newcastle Chronicle notes Britain lacks strategic or economic need and sentimental ties, while France highlights nobles’ emigration ties and ties to Bernardin St. Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Britain
Mauritius
Newcastle Chronicle
Bernardin St. Pierre
Paul
Virginia
Laper and Christenings and Allied Notes from Elkins Estate
A camp fire tale recalls W. Wallace Alexander and the Orpheus club figure at Elkins estate describing his coal mine troubles in Pennsylvania. The piece says miners worked two days on coal while christenings dominated five days, until a brass band and a shared christening day resolved the issue, prompting a comment on business imagination. It also reports on a Birmingham made lens used in wartime aerial photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Birmingham
England
Germany
Ong
Dissolution Sale Planned at Indiana Farm Auction
A partnership dissolution sale will be held at the Fred Guilliams farm residence three and a half miles south of Russellville and four miles north of Marion Indiana at 10 o clock in the morning on the specified date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Guilliams
Russellville
Marion, Ind
Farm sale offers horses cattle hogs hay and equipment
A Saturday October 18, 1919 sale lists seven horses three cattle groups with Jersey and Shorthorn stock including mares cows and calves, 64 hogs from 100 to 125 pounds, 75 acres of corn oats straw and hay, farm implements from binders plows and tractors, and sale terms offering cash discounts or credit with security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Titan
Janesville
Dinner by Ladies of Russellville Christian Church
Sam D Byrd and Laura Guilliams sponsor a day event with Saylor Bros Auds and clerk Ernest Durham. The Ladies of Russellville Christian Church invite the public to come spend the day in community activities and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saylor Bros
Ernest Durham
Russellville Christian Church
Salvation Army Plans New York College for Social Welfare Work
The Salvation Army shapes its postwar reconstruction aims in New York with a planned larger college at 333 West Twenty second Street under Colonel Charles Miles. Training emphasizes strict selection, sacrifices for officers, and service in tough urban areas, including war time roles in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salvation Army
France
Army
West Twenty-second Street
Charles Miles
Cliss
Cornell University
Almafor
Anw
Army Training College
Magellan’s World Voyage and Legacy Endures
Four centuries ago Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville on the voyage that proved the earth’s roundness for many Europeans. He discovered the Pacific, named the Straits that bear his name, and opened Pacific islands to Spain. He began with 270 aboard five ships. only one ship returned with a remnant crew after scurvy mutinies and battles with natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Magellan
Seville
Spain
Pacific Ocean
Straits of Magellan
Europe
Charles V
Philippine Islands
Ladrone
Guam Islands
America
Magellan
South America
Pacific
California
Bareback Festivn Dress Dazzles Newport Ballroom
A Philadelphia girl wore a rose colored gown with a daring front bodice and open back at a Newport dance. The dress featured no sleeves and a minimal skirt with a small train. As she twirled to the Jaxx band, garters and ruby undergarments were visible, drawing comment from a Philadelphia matron to George Gould about the girl’s interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Newport
Ruby
George Gould
Jon
Mr. Gould
Doctor urges reform of cosmetic surgery laws
Dr Sevowur Oppenheimer of New York writes to the Met Record asking to end wartime cosmetic surgery in civilian use. He notes it was once seen as shady and argues qualified surgeons should perform beautification procedures to spare the public from ugliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevowur Oppenheimer
New York
Met
War profiteer tale at lunch by A Drawback Ruppert
Jacob Ruppert recounted a story of a war profiteer hosting a dinner. When his wife entered the drawing room in a sleeveless low cut gown, the shocked guest asked where she would tuck her napkin, prompting a terse exchange about propriety and appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Ruppert
New York
Mr. Ruppert
Paris
Profiteer
Foxes Caught In Blanket Trap On Illinois Farm
An Illinois trapper and partner, while driving near Rapatee, Illinois, caught four foxes using a horse blanket lure. They found the foxes, believed to be under six weeks old, gathered near a hill and herded them into a hole for capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Humacher
Columbus
Rapatee
Mr. Hutmacher
Unclear fragmentary wartime misstatement about a case
A damaged, garbled OCR fragment describes Attorney General Palmer directing action on German propaganda cases during World War I. It mentions a case stored in the state department, a wooden box, agents watching and naps, a missing hat, and a humorous tableau with a derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
New York
Eut
Washington
State Department
Department
Joe
Regulating Immigration Since 1882 Legislation Tightens Entry
A historical report notes shifts in U S policy from near open borders to stricter controls. It cites figures of 52,000 mental or physical health failures turned away and 4,257 barred entrants, with other cases of arrests and deportations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Lear
Mininder
Beveren Club Forms to Breed Lavender Blue Rabbits
A Beveren rabbit breeders club is formed in England to rear blue Beveren and Havana strains for fur. The Beveren fur is lavender blue, long, lustrous and silky, with Havana described as a rich echo color. The aim is to produce natural rabbit furs whose color remains durable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Anu
a+ veren club
Fon
England
Beveren
Havana
Armenian Women Build Roads Under Red Supervision
Five hundred Armenian women cast as American Reds built 100 miles of stone road and multiple bridges in Marash Mesopotamia area over four months. Captain Ward Bickel of Seattle led the engineering crew and hired women eager for any employment to transport supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Reds
Associated Press
Marash
Mesopotop
F Ward Bickel
Seattle
Anthracite Operators Warn Waste From Not Sifting Coal
The Anthracite Operators association reports Pennsylvania households waste about three buckets of coal weekly by not sifting. Mining experts estimate the monthly loss from this practice at around two dollars per home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Anthracite Operators Association
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