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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1920
Page
3
The fox, reputed the most cunning wild animal, is easy to trap with proper technique and study. A veteran hunter explains fox habits, den locations, and a powerfully illustrative experimental trap that captured a cautious old fox, underscoring the value of patient observation.
Purple ore, once a trivial ballast in trench ports priced at 12.50 francs a ton in Pordeaux, has surged in demand as English manufacturers exploit its high iron content. The rising interest may spark attention to other overlooked minerals in rapid engineering advances.
A plan to borrow in one city and return in the next town is under study. The National Council of Traveling Men's Associations appointed a committee and asked the American Library Association to join. Brooklyn Public Library vice librarian John Adams Lowe chairs the new committee.
A bill passing its second reading in the House of Commons would prohibit importing bird plumage. It is warmly supported by the press but faces opposition from some members of Parliament.
Floyd W. Parsons reports in the Saturday Evening Post that the pearl button industry, valued at over 5 million dollars and employing around twenty thousand, relies on freshwater mussels. Mussel larvae depend on specific fish hosts. inadequate hosts threaten a vital industry in at least twenty Mississippi River basin states. Government action to protect fisheries has been delayed, risking future production.
The Christian Science Monitor reports a mission school in China Tengsehow Shantung where a student can have three meals daily for 18 dollars a year. Breakfast and supper feature steamed corn bread and brined turnips. dinner is millet with vegetables, sometimes pork.
Willian Lyon Phelps, Yale Prelist Literature professor, notes he earns just 25 percent credit for his after dinner speeches. He describes four versions: the prepared address, the one delivered, the homeward rehash, and the newspaper recap the next morning that bears little relation to the others.
Bert returns from college with a shadow on his upper lip and greets his grandfather. The grandfather notes Bert looks more like his mother, joking that Bert must take after his mother since Bert’s father had a chin length mustache.
A dusky witness named Mirandy answers every question with I think so. The attorney admonishes her to speak clearly and stop thinking, but Mirandy insists she cannot talk without thinking, unlike lawyers.
Local items note Dr AE Ayler in Indianapolis on business. Families from Terre Haute Bainbridge and Indianapolis visited Greencastle for weekends and social events. Founders day for Kappa Kappa Gamma celebrated with a gold jubilee luncheon in Indianapolis. Various residents and visitors traveled for family, church, and social duties across Indiana.
Help wanted for permanent labor positions with winter work at Indiana Portland Cement Co. Also notes a lost pocket book likely on Rockville Road containing change and other valuables. reward offered. Return to or notify Herald office.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorg ham noting political expediency in voting rights. The exchange suggests party and public pressure drive stances on reforms like women's suffrage.
An opportunity opens in Green Castle for a party to take up a new, clean and profitable business. No goods to sell but a venture of unusual merit. Almost a million dollars spent on national advertising by a well known firm. Requires small capital. Consult Mr. Wiggins tonight at the Commercial Hotel or write Modern Appliance Corporation 14 S Capitol Ave Indianapolis Indiana.
The article outlines the 1917 act enabling counties to build and operate public hospitals. It explains election by a county vote, board of trustees rules, eligibility, charity charges, nonresident fees, physician access, state approvals, bond limits, and taxpayer implications. The board fees capped, tax levy limited to two mills, and bonds not exceeding twenty years.
Missed money reward notice and rental offers plus sales and employment ads. Includes money lost near Monon Station and Standard Oil. Rentals at 102 EF Washington Street and 417 E Washington St. Farm work and sales positions listed with Ward's Medical Co and American Zinc Products. Also public sales bookings by Dobbs & Vestal and multiple help wanted postings at the Herald Office in Greencastle Indiana.
The new Chinese flag features five stripes in crimson yellow white blue and black to symbolize the five races within the Chinese people Mongol Chinese Manchu Mahanmeden and Tibetan.
Town discussion on a movement to uplift the stage stalled as tired business men aimed to join the censorship committee rather than promote the effort. The project faded amid competing interests and lack of broad support.
A dialogue between a young musician and an older professor explores the idea that his compositions may be played only after the names Mozart Haydn Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer are forgotten. The professor indicates the enduring value of great music may outlast those masters.
Republicans reportedly use part of their twenty million dollar campaign fund to post bets on betting boards showing odds in favor of their candidates. This is described as one tactic among several to influence the presidential race.
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