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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1921
Page
2
Local celebrity’s ill gift ends in fractured etiquette
A well known figure buys a broken statuette as a marriage gift hoping the recipient will think it broken in transit. The shopkeeper instead wraps each piece individually, revealing the ruse and undercutting the prank at the lady’s home.
Vacuum buoyancy to solve dirigible power rethink
A French aeronautics expert argues future airships depend on using a partial vacuum in a light envelope to gain buoyancy. He notes Italian engineers negotiating with the French government on vacuum theory, predicting deflation could revolutionize flying and reduce inflationary material costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
The Artillery Fern Explodes When Watered
A curious plant called the artillery fern rare among observers behaves strangely when dipped in water. Its red seed buds burst with a sharp crack and puff of smoke as the branch is illuminated, producing a miniature cannon effect covered with exploding buds after watering.
Nightmare Dreams From Dinner Conversation
A casual remark links food to dreams as one person recalls dreaming about bankruptcy after eating a sirloin steak. The exchange hints at food influencing nighttime images in a lighthearted tone.
Smoke Screen Change Cowboys at Camp Meade
Reserve Officers Training corps members at Camp Meade were surprised as smoke screen candles produced white clouds instead of black. Government experts achieved the color shift with a secret chemical combination. The white clouds are not sickening and form a better protective screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Camp Meade
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Railroads Plan To Cut Rates By Cutting Wages
A statement by Thomas DeWitt Cuyler after a Chicago meeting of major railroads says they will seek wage reductions for train service workers and all other rail labor and insist that any savings be passed to the public through lower rates. They cite depressed business, high labor costs, and a gap between returns and required investments as incentives for rate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
United States
United States Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adamson Nct
Rairoad
Railroad Labor Board
London Census Leaves Question Of Largest City Unsettled
The 1921 British census shows greater London at 7 476 168 people with outer ring growth pushing total past 7 25 million, placing London ahead of New York when including suburbs. Surplus women reach 1 720 802, births fall to prewar lows, and population trends reflect war losses and emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Jersey City
Hackensack
Yonkers
Great Britain
John Bull
Midlands
Glasgow
Mammoth Cave Discovery by Carl Robertson Reveals New Underworld
Naturalist Carl T. Robertson reports a week long Mammoth Cave exploration uncovers a vast subterranean avenue. He describes a smooth limestone sand floor, a fairy fountain fed from a roof crevice, and upper level stalactite formations unseen by any prior explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T. Robertson
Mammoth Cave
Schuyler Flint
German Professor Quizzed In Coblenz Lecture
A Coblenz professor finished a trig lecture before an audience of students when a tall American soldier rose and, in imperfect German, asked why German chimney sweeps wear top hats on duty. The scene blends academic formality with a touch of comic curiosity as the crowd listens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Germany
Postwar Climbing Boom Strains Swiss Alpine Huts
The Swiss postwar climb has swollen excursionists at Alpine Club huts in the principal climbs. Nonmembers overwhelm shelters, especially on Saturdays and Sundays, disturbing sleep of bona fide climbers. Proposals include weekend reservations for club members, a dedicated hut section, and banning alcohol sales to curb non-climbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
London Daily News
Geneva
Alpine Club
Alpine
Woman builds $150000 fortune from rooming houses
Mrs. Olive Phillips of Los Angeles recalls starting with nothing and rising to own a 95 apartment hotel worth about $150,000. She began by winning a prize story contest and expanded by buying, reselling, and running rooms while visiting the United States and Canada to study successful hostels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Phillips
Los Angeles
Cal
Phillips
United States
Canada
Sleuths to Go to School for Detective Training
Department of Justice agents attend a new bureau of investigation school to study search and arrest laws, evidence basics, citizen rights, and case preparation. Chief William J. Burns says the curriculum aims to end hit or miss methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
William 4. Burns
Bureau
Straw Hat Kicker in New York Fined
A New York youth was fined five dollars by Magistrate McQuade for kicking a straw hat. The magistrate declared the man may wear the hat until Christmas and it would be immune from destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
McQuade
Chicago woman fined for dog on peddler in Hagen case
Mrs Dianda Sebach of Chicago was fined 14 dollars after a dog attack incident involving Jacob Hagen a notorious peddler. The case centered on Hagen’s complaints and alleged damage to property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peddier
Dianda Sebach
Chicago
Jacob Hagan
Neddler
Hagen
Lobsters Thrive in Puget Sound Experiment
Lobsters measured eighteen inches long are being harvested from Quileene Washington using a new gill net. Four years earlier five hundred young lobsters from New Jersey were transplanted to Toad's canal in Puget Sound. Water is about ten degrees colder than the Atlantic yet the lobsters thrive and multiply along the shore. Eastern oysters in Puget Sound have grown in size and supply the Northwest market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quileene
Wash
New Jersey
Toad’s Canal
Puget Sound
Atlantic
North- West
Whisky Hidden Under Bibles Leads to Seizure
Deputy Sheriff Vat Richards of Dallas Texas seized eight gallons of card whisky found under a pile of Bibles and hymn books in an automobile. An arrest was made and the books and other contents of the car were held as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif Vat Richards
Dallas
Tex
Tide Motor Experiments in Breton Coast Power Future
Experimental plan to harness tidal power on the Breton coast aims to convert nonproducing coast into energy. A dam and turbines would produce up to 4 800 horsepower, with a two dam setup providing steady output and potential industrial power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breton
France
Bregey Ministry of Public Works
Ant
Stunts Daunt Passenger Flight from Berlin to Amsterdam
A passenger on a Berlin to Amsterdam leg, seeking stunts, forced the plane to extreme climbs and descents. The feat nearly incapacitated him before landing in Amsterdam. He canceled the London leg and traveled by boat, later returning to flying with recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
Berli
Amsterdam
London
Miss Lulu Clark Accepts Farm Gift on Strait Pact
Miss Lulu Clark of Seward is willing to remain single until age 30 to inherit a 160 acre farm in Town from an elderly friend who desires to make her a present. Clark is about 20 years old and agreed to the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Clark
Seward
Miss Clark
Cow Causes Missouri Pacific Train Derby Near Elmore
A Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed near Elmore Arkansas after the engine struck a cow. The impact threw the animal against a switch stand opening the switch enough to derail the first nine cars. Several passengers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Elmore
Ark
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