Mine treasures in U S hands and Sardinia debate
American discovery of wolfram and molybdenum in Sardinia shifts views on mineral rights. Reports say tungsten-rich deposits found by an American soldier aid, while Italians fear loss of access as oil-like metals fuel steel and dye industries. Prospectors flock to the island, now pricey and scarce.
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Sardinia
America
Eel Cross
Sarfinia
Bene de Pedra
Whiel” Hess
Char
Fenesten
Mosher
Cagiari
Sardin
Notice of General Election in Putnam County 1920
Indiana announces a general election in Putnam County on November 2, 1920. Voters will elect President Vice President Senator Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Reporter of Supreme Court Judge Supreme Court Fifth District Appellate Court First Circuit Judge Appellate Court Second District Superintendent of Public Instruction Representative Congress Fifth District Prosecuting Attorney Putnam County Representative Putnam County County Treasurer County Sheriff County Surveyor Coroner and two County Commissioners. Certification by Harry W. Moore Clerk and Sheriff Howard Harris dated October 11 1920 with Greencastle seal.
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Harry W. Moore
Putnam Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Supreme Court, Fifth District
Greencastle
A. D
Hunter Saved by His Dog in Lion Encounter
Bruce tracks two lions near his cabin but finds his wife and dog away. His rifle unloaded, a dog named EH helps guide the hunter as the lions appear on a boulder. Two well aimed shots saved Bruce and his dog, with the animal behavior notes following.
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Bruce
Bronce
Nib
Controversial Remark Sparks Debate on Appearance
A heated exchange questions a woman's likeness to a place's beauty with a provocative claim about her hair color. The dialogue hints at social judgment and regional standards shaping perceptions of beauty.
Local News Highlights From Green Castle Area
Local notes report Harry Maxwell recovering after surgery in Indianapolis with Dr. W W Tucker present. Families and visitors travel between Indianapolis Marion and Green Castle as Mrs Fox joins relatives, and Miss Donnehue heads to St Petersburg for winter teaching. Wheat sowing shifts after Ott Starr’s illness while typhoid fever hits Starr household. Jesse Earle plans winter photo work in Florida. Dr Tucker travels to Rushville to tend Mrs Glenn Tucker. Music club recital and domestic science gathering noted.
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Mill Creek Township
Ott Starr
Starr
W W. Tucker
Rushville
Indiana
Glenn Tucker
Tucker
Marion
Ohio
Senator Harding
Greencastle Telephone Discontinues Ball Game Information
Notice to patrons states the Greencastle Telephone Company switchboard is congested and information on ball games will be unavailable until a later date. Officials ask cooperation to limit nonessential calls and maintain service. Signed by L. H. Finney, Manager.
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Greencastle Telephone Co
L. H. Finney
Mer
Deportees Face Bolshevik Labor in Russia
State department reports Russian authorities assigned deportees from the United States to work on railroad repairs. Some escaped under assumed names while others remain in custody as punishment by the extraordinary commission. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were among the deportees.
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State Department
Russia
United States
Extraordinary Commission
Bolshevistm
Extraordinary Commission For
America
Thom
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Viennese Tax Plan Sharpens War Time Burden
Vienna moves to extreme wartime taxes to curb deficits. A gas deposit rise to 8,000 crowns per meter with no interest, a 2 percent salary levy on employees, 200 percent hotel room tax, apartments taxed by occupant, and rent based levies. Additional charges include taxes on servants, a 10 percent restaurant tax, semiprofessions licenses, and new business licenses.
Irish Get King's Code Amid Balmoral Castle Clash
Three experts are drafting a telegraphic cipher for royal use after Simm Penn' uncovered the old key and sent messages to King George. A debt dispute between Irish king’s household servants and Scottish and English attendants sparked a riot at Balmoral Castle as non Irish forces were driven from the castle and later repelled indoors before the steward brokered a retreat to separate quarters.
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Simm Penn
Ming George
George
Balmoral Castle
Church opens spooning parlor in Manhattan church basement
A New York City church fitted a spooning parlor in its Union Methodist basement on Broadway. It invites lonely young women to bring a beau and whisper love as gas lights burn, overseen by Grace Ferry and Rev. John G. Benson. A question about holding hands remains unresolved. Twin cousins Hettie Kline and Gertrude Helle marry separately in a double ceremony and depart on a double honeymoon.
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Ie Union Methodist Church
Broadway
New York City
Grace Ferry
Hettie Kline
Gertrude Helle
Williams
Ohio
South Bend
Ind
Kiine
Ezra Maugherman
Miss Helle
William Everly
Secret Phrase and Labor Demand From a Southern Community
A distressed narrator recalls a cryptic line about work for a weekly wage and home food rights in a southern setting. She plans to test the phrase with a prospective housework task and seeks counsel from a southern felon to interpret the offer and its conditions.
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Espa
Plannie
Precious Charlemagne Relic Reims Treasures Revealed
A ninth or eighth century reliquary of Charlemagne, a gold capsule with sapphires, reportedly contains a piece of the true cross. Found on Charlemagne's neck, it was later given by Aixla Chapelle clergy to Napoleon I and kept in the Tuileries as a talisman.
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Reims
Eugenie
le Moniteur de la Bijouterie
Crrentar
Charlemagne
Aix- la-Chapelle
Napoleon I
Napoleon HT
Tuileries
When a Woman is Nervous and Lacks Strength
A period advertisement stresses women's health and nervousness. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic that improves weakness, sleeplessness, headaches, and run down conditions. Mrs Newsby of Mount Vernon endorses the remedy's energizing效果.
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Dr. Pierce
Classified Ad Listing Fragments From Green Castle Herald
Local classified items include money lost reward between Monon Station and Standard Oil, jobs for laborers at Indiana Portland Cement Co and American Zinc Products Co, rooms for rent at 417 E Washington St, Greencastle Indiana, farm hand and farm tenant wanted, and a help-wanted ad at the Herald Office seeking a girl or young man to learn a trade.
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Monon
Standard Oil
Herald Office
Indiana Portland Cement Co
Ion
Financially Speaking: Ground Floor Propositions Narrow Futures
In a wry exchange a speaker jokes that three tines have been set in on the ground floor of all propositions, hinting at financial caution. The banter underscores cautious optimism and skeptical humor about economic plans.
Oh Those Husbands Joke Sparks Household Clash
A lighthearted quarrel over late nights and courting habits becomes a domestic punchline highlighting changing norms between spouses. The exchange plays on reasonable limits and mutual expectations within marriage.
Grocery Price Ledger Fragment
Fragmentary list shows canned tomatoes beans and pasta items with prices per dozen and multiple coffee brands Farmers Pride Crystal and bulk coffee entries also lists kitchen cleanser and sparhetti macaroni and oats Readable details limited to item names and quantities.
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van Camp
Sparhetti
Farmers Pride
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Josephine Donnehue
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Terre Haute
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Will Snyder
Brazil
Nola Pfahler
Greencastle Gas Co
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C. E. Burkhalter
Greencastle Gas Comany
Jesse Earle
Orlando
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C. W. Otis
East Semnary Street
Jesse W. Weik
Topeka
Kansas
State Historical Society of Kansas
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Washington St
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S. D. Early
South Greencastle
O. Henry
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State Teachers’ Convention
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