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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1921
Page
4
Authorities in Port Atherii plan to use an excess water supply to generate electricity for lighting. A creek seven miles away provides headroom of about 60 feet despite hydraulic losses. The project faces transmission friction and efficiency constraints while powerhouse operations cost 50 cents per unit under current rates.
A fragment from Melvin Lane in the New York Sun notes queer, contradictory events at a dance place. Heckvenicker endures hours of music while Landeck’s check is mishandled at a paying window.
A tired businessman contemplates a vacation as Dustin Stax explains he needs a change of scene. The dialogue hints at a routine office life and questions about his work effort. The exchange suggests a moment of workplace boredom and the desire for variety.
The boy recounts a cold cow's milk and spent eggs at the aunt's farm, noting the milk was too cold compared with their cry. The exchange reflects a child's reaction to rustic farm life in London.
East coast tourists and Los Angelenos form a car camp east of Lincoln Park on Alhambra Boulevard. Motorists’ cars serve as apartments with rows of vehicles, clothes lines, stoves, and sleeping gear resembling hotel rooms. Some sleep in tents on army cots, attracted by lower costs and rural delivery recognition by the U.S. government.
In New Guinea a trader and party meet erect natives who fear outsiders. After a man drowns in a stream the tribe demands a life as payment. The party offers trinkets but the demand persists, leading to a coastward escape. The dead man’s brother later kills a white man in revenge as customary.
The Grosvenor, East India Company treasure ship buried 139 years, is reportedly located off Pondoland South Africa. Salvage plans include a 90 foot tunnel to shore, with bullion ingots, emeralds and coins recovered by locals and engineers confirming the intact keel to deck.
Trade Commissioner Gillespie cites Palestine government plans to enlarge Jar and Haifa ports, build a power plant, irrigate the Jordan valley, and construct a railroad from the Sea of Galilee to join the Baghdad line. Likely only Jaffa port improvements will be realized soon.
London reports George Sawyers head porter of the London Trenton and South Coast Railway is retiring after 01 years of service, claiming he can make his voice heard nearly a mile away.
Nicholas Lange of Merchants Trust Co. Greensburg says two years of stomach trouble vanished after using Nerv Worth. The ad claims the remedy treats both stomach and nervous derangements, restoring health and sleep. It promises a money back guarantee and lists R P Mullins and druggists as sellers at $1 per bottle.
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