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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
4
The Mathematical Association of America notes low interest in math among high school and college students. It urges humanizing lessons to replace dry drills, arguing math should engage rather than exhaust young minds with abstract concepts.
The article describes factory and mill construction using standardized sheet steel buildings shipped as sections. They are fireproof, long lasting, cost less than other permanent structures and provide ample daylight. Flexible layouts allow enlargement, relocation, and reassembly with interchangeable steel panels and roof types.
In Louisville the Indianapolis News notes Annette Kellerman, famed swimmer and diver, on the screen. A Jeffersonville father took his son to see it, but the boy refused to attend the film, saying it would make him wish to urinate the star, a remark linked to his mother’s view of safe bathing. The guardian then chose another theater.
Spanish gypsy leader Joan San ches Vargas launches a worldwide drive to reunite gypsy bands and create a civic and religious education system. He seeks to convene a conference of delegates from all nations to discuss forming their own laws and governance.
A misprinted exchange in the Birmingham Age View captures a humorous debate over domestic roles. The near philosopher and a Mr Gipping trade quips about a wife being a helpmate, with a muddled reference to Mrs Glipping and a failed hint.
A fragment reflects a speaker fearing a grim future and anxious about securing coal for winter. The terse dialogue hints at scarcity and worry over upcoming hardships without detailing the broader context.
A brief Detroit Free Press quotation notes pushback on brandy aboard plain padding and a counter remark about Hull, suggesting humor or criticism over drinking or shipboard fare. The fragment preserves a sharp newsroom voice and exchanges between unnamed speakers.
Airman Earl Ailer, a former army aviator, endured six weeks stranded in a Nevada desert while repairing a defect in his radio phone. He reportedly subsisted by living near jack rabbits during the ordeal.
A light exchange reveals a husband apologizing for snoring and his wife reacting with dry humor about the habit. The brief domestic moment captures a playful domestic banter.
A witticism frames a woman's tongue as a unique engine of action with no exhaust, contrasting language with mechanical metaphor and implying speech drives effect unlike other engines.
The exchange shows a friendly remark about saving the show and a confession of begging. The back and forth confirms a playful admission that a pig in a poke was tucked in.
The article recalls a Wonders of Science Exhibition that showcased tools like the microscope microphone and microraph. It argues science excels at sight and hearing but not smell, questioning whether enhancing olfaction would benefit humanity or disrupt life as it is.
Models for a Pilgrims half dollar honoring the tercentenary of the landing were brought to Washington by William C Hill of Boston secretary of the Pilgrim Tercentenary commission. Sculptor Cyrus Catlin designed the coin showing Governor Bradford and the Mayflower on the reverse. 500 000 coins are issued to the commission with distribution through the National Shawmut Bank of Boston to banks in major cities through Shawmut allocations.
A mother hides two bright toffee apples after fear of colored candies harming children. Early the next morning her daughter Elsie, eight, asks if Dick and Arthur are dead yet, revealing a grim curiosity about danger.
Finley FP Dunne writes that a western scientist tries to transform a track man into a white man and claims success. He notes the irony that similar changes have long been achieved by whitewash, a witty comparison in the Sunday vine section.
A head constable defends attire in a public bathhouse during a local moral controversy. Citizens discuss propriety while officials insist costumes must be undeniably improper to warrant attention.
Frederick O'Brien in Century explains the Arioi of Tahiti practiced child adoption at birth to prevent population growth. He notes the order’s leaders cited religious reasons while the underlying motive aimed to curb overpopulation. The piece depicts Tahiti natives living as wandering performers and priests, whose culture faced destruction by civilization.
Three townsmen recount dares from wives involving breaking dishes ruining piano and breaking instruments. Each vows to obey the first request from his wife with a gamble over a bottle of wine as the result. The men compare notes that night and reveal escalating mishaps.
The Indianapolis News explains Indiana’s nickname Hoosier State. It notes early residents were called Hoosiers and cites Mere dith Nicholson’s view that “T Hoosier” may come from “Who’s here” or “yere hyer.” Other theories include a link to hussars.
A Boston Transcript anecdote from Shanghai recounts a benevolent hostess hosting soldiers who were blinded or injured in war. A glass eye rolls onto the plate and is explained as a joke from a guest’s friend Bil to test if drinks are available at the hostess’s end.
A Birmingham Age Herald fragment notes a husband faced a court for kissing his wife up to 300 times a day. It comments that some women are hard to please and the man was not accused of scattering affection around the neighborhood.
A dialogue shows a Mistress teasing Sarah about reading aloud. Sarah grumbles that she can read only when words stay in order, while her fetters or bindings mislead her when letters mix.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a man on first and third and a request for privacy. The text includes lines about public work and a character named Cornell Widow.
In the camp a young soldier wept hard, prompting sympathy. He was not reading a letter but peeling out ons, a distressing detail noted in the fragment.
A brief, sardonic line notes young men kissing girls with unnaturally white faces. It suggests many are former soldiers unafraid to face powder, using irony to comment on appearance and bravado.
Reporter Edwin Tier recalls a Hong Kong typhoon that wrecked boats and shore structures. Boats piled ashore, walls battered, lifeboats failed, two Chinese women rescued briefly, dawn revealed destruction along the Praya and surrounding streets.
The U S assay office in New York has received large quantities of gold and silver in assorted queer articles for conversion to bullion or coin. Charges for processing are lower than private firms, attracting dealers pawnbrokers jewelers and banks. Items are melted in bulk with receipts lacking detailed value, allowing payment in gold silver bullion or cash. An executrix once sent a grand silver chandelier valued at about 20 000 fifty years ago. melted it yielded roughly 2700.
Antarctic expedition member disputes common beliefs about whale depths. He argues whales max out near 500 feet, noting their prey stay near the surface and high pressure at 1000 yards would overwhelm their strength.
An excerpt from the Chicazo Journal discusses medieval handcraft in bookmaking. It notes St Christan and St Dunstin as patrons of metalwork and manuscript binding, the practice of ivory covers, and the high skill of ninth and tenth century monks in producing ornate volumes before printing.
British Express argues that supposed unity of English speaking races is illusionary. It cites superficial language similarities between Americans and Britons, noting deep differences and misreadings in cross cultural understanding.
Army airplanes operating from six bases in California and Oregon reported 494 forest fires in under two and a half months. In California 53 fires were wirelessly reported by planes assigned to cooperate with the forestry service to protect national forests. The reports claim enough valuable property was saved by the planes to equal the entire yearly Army Air Service appropriation.
A Straddle Ridge citizen reports severe illness and sleepless nights with back pain and despair. The acquaintance suggests a new complexion to reveal fresh symptoms and possible remedies in a terse exchange.
A movie star from Los Angeles boasted about self sufficiency on his ranch. He claimed to raise food and livestock yet admitted dependence on town gasoline and unraised silk shirts for his Sunday attire.
A French physician promotes tiptoe walking as a concise daily workout that engages back and abdomen muscles, tightens the spine, improves neck posture, strengthens breathing, and mimics gym training without exhausting the heart. He warns that high heels do not offer the same benefits.
Dialogue contrasts two Red narratives about American prisons. One says prisons have no torture. the other counters with claims of baths and forced labor as forms of punishment.
In a witty exchange a shopper challenges a clerk over a claimed new watch. The clerk insists the timepiece is brand new and never left the shop, prompting a humorous correction about its second hand and apparent history.
A strand from Boys Life describes a novelist's hero whose demeanor shifts from alarm to resolve as passions flare his hair rises and eyes blaze yet he regains composure and marries the heroine in the final chapter.
A humorous exchange notes likely trouble after a marriage between a Republican man and a Democrat woman. The banter underscores party differences affecting domestic life, hinting at lasting partisan tensions within the household.
This fragment notes a collision that caused stock to roll downhill and a depreciation in rolling stock. The wit contrasts a stock loss with a rolling stock depreciation in a concise, period voice. No additional facts are provided.
A terse remark notes that while a man may be roasted in these times he cannot be stewed implying sharp wit without lasting harm. The line contrasts playful ridicule with physical consequence in a period style remark.
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