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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
3
A fragmented exchange wonders about the Rockefeller family and notes a guard voice asking about surroundings and a sponge. The dialogue hints at a nautical scene with a ship’s bow and a christening moment.
London Answers notes a family in Ipswich known as the odd family for a string of unusual traits. The parents named Et er and Rahab and seven children bore odd names, all vowels and events occurred in odd years or days, several members were disabled, redhaired, or exceptional in height. Multiple relatives died in 1713 across six places, and Solomon and Ezekiel drowned in the Thames in 1723.
The article describes two ancient Hawaiian idols found buried at Hookaupa Paukukalo one female idol linked to Ki hawehine the Undine of Maui myths. Her springs ponds and glens are part of the legends with tales of a beckoning golden haired woman who eludes pursuers and lures a doctor and a woodcutter to her lair in Pilholo and Wailuku areas.
The quote recalls Oscar Hammerstein’s belief that actresses should lead pure lives. He criticized cynical performers and shared a tale of an actress who mocked his demand for emotion after her husband left. She boasted of six husbands leaving her, implying she knew exactly how to express emotion.
The article explains a compact mining lamp system using a small battery on the belt and a cap lamp with a reflector. It contrasts with open-flame lamps of the past, noting the dangers of igniting coal dust and gases and praising Sir Humphry Davy for the safety lamp. It concludes that electric mine lamps are safer and more convenient.
The London Times published many items on the very old in the British empire dying during 1918 as youth were destroyed in Europe. In six months 312 people over 100 died in the British Isles and many young men perished from influenza. none of the aged died from flu.
A dense column lists real estate and goods for sale in Greencastle Indiana and surrounding areas. Items include farm loans abstracts, rental rooms, pianos, household furniture auction, mill wood, fresh fish, Ford touring car, multiple houses for sale, regional farm listings in Ohio and Putnam County, Durco boar pigs, and various notices from Central Trust Co and local brokers.
A collage of fragmented lines asks why fishes talk and mentions a whale spouting. It includes sketches of a spare man, borrowing money, motor rides, auto suggestion, and a misquoted army spur remark. The text reads like an offbeat dialogue or puzzle snippet from a vintage column.
Mildred suggests a beauty nap while Maud urges a long sleep, reflecting a domestic moment of humor and tension in a shy exchange.
A garbled dialogue shows a tramp calling someone an acrobat and a stern feminist replying that the person should go to the woodpile and do the split for their meal. The odd mix hints at a satirical scene about labor and gender roles.
The piece frames the airplane dash across the Atlantic as a daily wonder and a symbol of modern progress. It contrasts public doubt with the era's rapid aviation advances and the transformative impact of flight on society.
In a Buffalo Express exchange a First Farmer asks how to find the new hired man. The Second Farmer replies he looks in the shade of the tree nearest to tie work.
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