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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1920
Page
4
A reflective poem fragment imagines storing memories deep in the mind as one might save precious wine. The speaker muses on retrieving tangled thoughts like jewels from a crown and flying toward a heaven linked to enduring, sunlit writing while invoking Herbert Assurth.
Review notes Tolstoy’s humanity as shown by Gorky in Reminiscences translated by Koteliansky and Wolff. The portrait mixes Tolstoy’s extreme sensibility with boyish humor and a fearsome self-scrutiny, revealing love, fear, and hatred in equal measure.
A Washington dispatch reports that hop production remains strong despite prohibition. In 1917, 29,000 acres produced 29,388,000 pounds with exports of 4,118,000 pounds. 1918 output was 21,481,000 pounds, last year 20,546,000 pounds. This year’s forecast around 20,000,000 pounds signals a climb back toward preprohibition use as export demand rises while most crop stays domestic.
A dialogue shows two auto jackers planning to stand a bus by a tree while they return for it. The second jack keeps the car in a safer spot to avoid theft by bystanders.
A quirky Indianapolis News blurb describes a carrot kept at a Naht residence by Virgel EK Herms dorfer 787 Bosart avenue. The carrot is like many others but stands out for wearing a bone necklace found when its sprouts grew through a circular bone piece.
A poem describes the twilight as a moment when day’s brightness fades into somber beauty. Friends gather in shadows to reminisce and plan rest, finding comfort as recollection and anticipation mingle.
Hartfordian John A Caulkins proposes landing stages atop tall buildings to enable city landings. He suggests inexpensive light weight structures that absorb shock of arriving planes and provide urban perches for human flight.
The design envisions a landing stage carried by latticed columns with a girded horizontal framework. A metal lath steering and heavy wire net surface create an elastic floor that resists snow and ice and remains firm for walking. Mr Caulk asserts the plain world affords ample grounding facilities for planes of the present type.
A Great Northern rail broke into 17 pieces after a bend test revealed cracks on upper rail surfaces. An investigative committee found that a nicked rail yielded at 600 pounds from 12 feet, while un nicked rails withstood 20 feet, highlighting practical failure risks and contributing to rail maintenance practices.
Stark Young of the New Republic recalls ideas from a friend returning from Italy on a liner. Marsala wine impresses as a potential American import and orange juice with strawberries is suggested as a novel combination.
A lightning bolt shattered two flocks of 1,250 sheep sleeping on the range above the American Park canyon in north central Tinh. The strike split the herd into two swaths, about 250 sheep killed or injured in the impact, with animals between the paths spared.
Mrs Brogan praises a neighbor's cook while Mrs Grogan jokes about her golfing wife. The master goes out each morning to play golf with her, ensuring an early breakfast is ready for the household.
Experiments are under way in the Philippines with the cultivation of cinchona plants from India in the belief that quinine can be produced locally. Local scientists and planters are testing adapted varieties and growing conditions to establish a domestic quinine supply.
The exchange notes that the man was not in military service but has attended two sessions of Congress, suggesting a claim of exemption or status based on political service. The dialogue contrasts familiarity with service status and public duties.
An informal verse expresses joy in fishing and nature. The speaker notes the peace of sitting by a creek, hearing birds, and hearing the bobber as a small heaven. The poem highlights simple pleasures and gratitude toward God.
Agnes greets Patty in a cottage as she reveals she has left school and struggles with writing. Patty confesses her lack of success, contemplates ending her writing career, and then considers forming a partnership with Jack to pursue a new path together.
A new talking doll integrates a complete phonograph inside its body. The mechanism uses a tenth proportional toe doll as drive, with a revolving platter in the head and a hidden horn flare in the hair. The head rear opening allows record changes.
Orlis I Kennedy of San Bernardino claims earthquakes begin with tiny crust shifts seen as cement cracks. He says he predicted the Hemet San Jacinto quake over a year ago and now plans a cement ribbon a foot thick and 1000 feet long for lab tests.
Dr. E. K. Roberts and Harry Van De Linder report exciting experiences after a day at Point Magu hunting sharks with bow and arrow. Sharks often swim out to sea with arrows embedded and hunters must quickly overtake them. The sharks are not man-eaters, as yet unseen North.
August 1 report from Auburn describes Berg driving an Ayrshire bull named Rosenberg to harness like a horse. Previously in Sweden he trained cattle and horses for the government. The bull calmly navigated among passing cars in Worcester, but photographers swarmed for pictures delaying the return.
Two artists banter about a wealthy client commissioning a portrait of his children. The humor rests on the painter’s boast of skill and the irony that the patron wants the children painted badly. The exchange plays on art world pretensions and social satire.
A Baltimore American quote captures a pessimist noting human conflict persists despite calls for universal peace, joking on personal resilience by asking if marriage equates to lasting harmony. The snippet reflects skepticism about ending fighting among people.
Effie Saunders despairs of her father’s old fashioned ways while living with Mrs. Newcomb in the city. Ted Newcomb reveals he plans to marry, prompting Effie to meet her partner and her father’s new wife, Mrs. Saunders, who has bought the house and joined the family.
The article argues for a massed war on rats noting their disease spread and crop damage. It introduces a poison trap device designed to lure rats inside while preventing access for non target animals, with a box and interior bait chamber to promote safe, targeted poisoning.
A wild deer wandered into Winnipesil l, mingling with trolley cars and crowds in the downtown retail district. The incident surprised residents and offered a mix of amusement and astonishment for a rapidly growing city.
A cargo of rare manuscripts valued at 550,000 was landed in the United States aboard the steamship Lapland. Philadelphia dealer Charles Sessler, who had been abroad months, bought items for private collectors and himself. Among the purchases is a group of 12 letters between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Charles Lamb. The total cost reportedly reaches 825,000.
The Scientific American notes that despite wireless telegraphy progress, undersea cables remain crucial. A new 7000 mile link from Great Britain to the Far East via the Mediterranean is being laid, and a Vancouver to Panning Island cable is under discussion.
Miss Melvina Baker of Auburn Maine died in January at ninety and had her longtime pet hen buried with her. The hen aged nineteen at death was mounted by a taxidermist and displayed as a parlor ornament after Baker requested the tribute on her deathbed.
A dialogue strip from the Louisville Courier Journal shows Adam asking what Eve seeks and Eve replying about summer furze, highlighting a fashion oriented seasonal exchange. The phrasing reflects a playful, antiquated newspaper voice with a focus on style and seasonal trends.
The caption notes a bride revering her husband with playful banter about domestic life and affection, reflecting social humor from the era.
The wife of William Thorys accuses her husband of volatile moods and tormenting behavior including playing cornet at night and throwing objects at her. She seeks separation as the court considers whether his actions amount to cruelty and moral cruelty amid financial strain and a small child.
A fragmentary reminiscence on the decline of street organs and talking machines as workers and audiences shift during wartime. Observers cite higher wages elsewhere and households adopting canned music, while street vendors note reduced demand and competition from modern devices.
Innovation anchors flexible raft systems along the east Missouri River bank at Folsom Louisiana to replace costly revetments. Built from loss and are towed to site then assembled on rails with anchors and reinforced concrete piles. The design aims for durability and simplification, with rollers and pile sections enabling rapid deployment.
A jumbled paragraph recalls Union soldiers in Union suits and a border traitor in a Confederate uniform. The minister critiques a passive public and suggests collective action, framing the era’s loyalties through a comic vignette.
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