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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1921
Page
3
The piece surveys causes of right handedness from ancient curses to heredity, then argues ambidexterity results from education. It cites studies that most people are right handed, a minority left handed, and that training can develop equal strength and skill in both hands. It notes Japanese soldiers trained as ambidextrous.
The article notes experimental cotton-picking machines as not yet fully practical and opinions that only human hands may reliably harvest. It also discusses decorations and fireworks honoring a visitor, highlighting their triple purpose to honor timing, please organizers, and delight observers.
The article traces the history of the jewsharp or fewsharp from Elizabethan barter to Victorian virtuosic feats by Dr Kerner and Eulenstein. It recalls royal audiences at the Royal Institution and notes the instrument’s decline from fashionable novelty to obsolescence as music and barter items evolve.
A copper colored viper was killed on a Dartmoor farm at Christmas by a lady. The creature, reported in the Westminster Gazette, illustrates how vipers hibernate and may appear in torpid clusters for warmth. Specialists note multiple British viper varieties with varied colors.
The Washburn Chapter D A R holds Regents Day at 2 30 PM with Mrs H M Smith on Walnut Street. State Convention report will be presented. Also notes on community events and local visits including Stroube family, church ladies union, and local obituaries.
Fire place wood advertised at 4 dollars per card with tenure orders and phone number 65. For sale a Plymouth Rock cockerel at 287 L. Start a candy factory business from home with Frederick Kurn at 514 Walnut Street Philadelphia offering big pay. For rent a nicely furnished two room apartment at 410 S Jackson Street with water gas light and furnace heat.
G R Turney, Fuller Brush Co. representative for Putnam and Clay Counties, arrives from Chicago to set up in Greencastle with free demonstrations. He offers a free Fuller brush to every housewife who requests one at 1819 BE Market, Brazil, as the company opens this territory as a distributing center.
The University Choir and University String Quartet offered the first Vesper service of the year in Meharry Hall on Sunday. The hall was filled to capacity as audiences praised the high quality program and the ensemble’s refined harmony.
Chicago October 17 Rail labor leaders weigh division over a planned strike set for October 30 by four big brother unions and the Switchmen’s Union. Eleven other unions threaten walkout and may isolate the strike to 400000 of 2000000 workers. Majority sentiment favors a united strike, with formal calls to come at meetings in Cleveland.
The tale follows Deruchette's plea for a savior to recover the Durance engine after Captain Clubin sinks it among Pouvree rocks. Gilliatt, the devoted fisherman, endures months of peril using improvised gear to haul the engine intact. He battles a giant squid and discovers Clubin's treasure, then returns to find Deruchette wed to another. He vanishes as the tide rises, dying at sea.
The Indianapolis Sentinel extols lemon juice as a cure and relief agent. It advises gargling with lemon and water for sore throat, lemon in coffee for headache, lemon juice with salt to remove rust, and hot lemonade to prevent bilious attacks and cure lung colds. It also mentions curdling milk with lemon juice to ease rheumatic swelling, thick lemon sugar mix for tickling coughs, lemon-soaked cloth to stop bleeding, and lemon juice added to fruit juices to help jell.
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A missionary beside a camp fire in Moloe woods recalls a Hindu festival day when gambling from sunrise to sunset honors Lakshmi the goddess of wealth. Large sums change hands to influence yearly fortunes with fast luck and risk of misfortune. cheating often accompanies heavy gambling.
Janesell a carpenter in Noteung trains an ordinary yellow hybrid dog to carry shingles up a hotel ladder. The dog climbs with a mouthful of shingles then returns for more, a sight that astonishes residents as spring work begins.
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