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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1919
Page
4
A historical science note explains that atoms are not final and consists of electrons in rapid motion within spheres. It states that electrons and subatomic particles form the smallest units, with every atom housing thousands of lesser particles and implying a vast scale beneath the atom.
In a hurry the two Irishtown pair attempted to clean Taftiy windows by driving a plank through the window and sitting on it. A misstep and the window tether pulled free sending Olive swinging the plank. They realized they arrived first and wondered which path led them there.
An old Cincinnati tale features Irish attorney John McGrath suing a saloonkeeper for 200 in a squire’s court. The saloonkeeper demanded a jury, McGrath pointed to the jurors and declared them villains, and he won his case.
A fragmented exchange features a wife and husband debating whether Shakespeare authored his plays, with playful mis-spellings and garbled phrases suggesting a humorous or satirical touch about heaven and asking Shakespeare himself.
A grocer’s boy hums while serving a customer and a claim arises that the boss ordered whistling to prompt payment. The elderly customer protests the practice as improper and the boy explains it was the general manager’s directive.
The United States bureau of markets reports July totals for Egyptian cotton in Alexandria. The visible world cotton supply stands at 4 127,097 bales, about 1.6 million more than last year, with 2.61 million bales in July and a notable year over year increase.
The five tallest structures cited are the Woolworth Building at 705 feet, Metropolitan Life Tower at 700 feet, Singer Building at 586 feet, Municipal Building at 500 feet, all in New York City, plus Philadelphia City Hall at 556 feet, and Ulm Cathedral in Germany at 328 feet.
A wartime exchange shows Jack remarking on rising values toward 30 cents. Ethel responds that prices have increased since the war, reflecting the era’s inflation and social dialogue.
The article explores yawning as a response to insufficient oxygen and the need to draw in air. It discusses how breathing muscles open the airway, the brain’s role in yawning, and the social spread of yawns when one person yawns in a room.
A clipped, jumbled magazine fragment recounts a wartime anecdote about soldiers in Over There. It describes a dogged search for a fallen horse and rider, with a field scene of hay, a hat, and a rescue. The piece blends fiction with soldierly bravado and curious details.
Two boys argue over whose father is the meanest, comparing a shoemaker father who shouts in shows and a dentist father whose child has only one tooth, highlighting playful rivalry and pride in parental traits.
They chatted about art when the young man grew weary. He recalls a picture so moving it brought tears to his eyes, yet the damsel pretended to be serious. He adds he cannot recall the subject, but a heavy painting fell from its cord and struck his lead.
A farm hand who worked daily from dawn to late night told the farmer he would quit noting there are hours each night with nothing to do. The worker said there is no steady job if tasks are scarce, revealing idle time between chores.
A speaker recalls an unusual morning when driving a car into a garage for repairs. Roman in charge appeared glad to see the customer and eager to help, a contrast to T’s usual view of garage workers as nuisances.
The government printing office in Washington can print and deliver four million postal cards each day. This amounts to about one million two hundred fifty thousand per year. If laid end to end, these cards would circle the earth more than four times.
Reader submits a fragment: a boy asks his father about trouble while noting the death of his father, drowned while with their kittens. The grim dialogue centers on a harsh deed and a promise intertwined with loss.
A brief exchange in a studio comedy sets up wordplay about sittings and abundance. The dialogue hints at a paradoxical view of work and rest through a witty misunderstanding in a creative space.
A string of aphorisms and wry observations touch on commerce, manners, taste, and culture. The author riffs on substitutes for goods, misers and dreamers, and even aviation adding terms to the lexicon, all in a brisk, lampooning voice.
An elevator boy in a New York office building resents needless questions from the public. A garrulous old lady asks if he feels sick riding up and down, and he replies that the motion and stopping bothers him but finally confesses the real issue is answering questions.
A farmer scolds his lazy son for lounging on the stile and singing at dawn. The boy replies that he is merely acting as the lark does when he wakes early, explaining the promised behavior by turning it into a joke.
A woman entered a bank and asked to cash a check. The teller instructed her to indorse it, noting the signature would reveal the husband’s absence. The woman returned with the check marked Your loving wife Edith, exposing the scheme.
An Age Herald contrast asks if a successful author earning modestly and forgotten after death or a starving writer made famous posthumously is the truer measure of success. The quip notes hostile reactions from a landlord butcher and a baker, reflecting urban views.
A lively exchange from a Philadelphia Dodger to an ad writer mocks the use of flashy terms in ads. The proprietor rails against phrases like verve and nerve used to hype a sales force, calling out the printer for bold wording.
A man argues that politeness costs time as he explains misarticulation when saying please to a telephone operator. He claims every use of please wastes valuable time and leads to incorrect sounds like three.
A historic description of a feared magic act where a fakir and his assistant perform a spear through a bag. The assistant enters a bag, breath counts control the thrust, and the trick ends with the attendant emerging unharmed. The performance demands extreme skill and exact timing to avoid fatal risk.
A renowned physician outlines his charges for medical services to medical students. He cites 250 dollars for a house call, 10 dollars for an office visit, and 5 dollars for a telephone consultation. A student asks how much he would charge a colleague for passing on the street.
Lazy Lorenzo and Dog-tired Dick debate work and strikes. Lorenzo fears a future where machines run all tasks by a button press. The dialogue hints at resistance to automation and the moral unease of technological control.
The foreman orders foot trimming for a mule in a barn. An earthquake or tornado hurls Hix Nibs through the barn door into a gravel pit. He describes the freak weather as stunning and unusual for the area.
A furrier assures a woman customer the coat is genuine skunk fur and will wear well. She asks about rain and water damage. he replies with a quip about a skunk carrying an umbrella.
A shoe salesman asks a floor manager to have another clerk assist Mrs. de Stilino after an afternoon visit at her house ended with a cup of hot oolong spilled down her back. The exchange suggests a dispute over service and price.
Official post office notice states cigarette papers are prohibited from parcel post to Greece including Macedonia Epirus Samos Aegean islands and Crete. The ban applies to mailings to the Greek post office and related territories.
A mother calls up to her children asking if they are in bed. The children answer yes and boast that they said their prayers quickly by dividing them, with Earl reciting a section all at once.
The author describes a first parachute jump from a basket, noting the initial free fall of about 150 feet, the sudden opening of the parachute, and a rapid descent toward the ground. After landing with a slight thud, he concludes parachuting is splendid sport despite danger.
A British army chaplain celebrated the relics of the Magi at Cologne Cathedral. The skulls once belonged to the three wise men and traveled from Helene’s Constantinople to Milan before Frederick Barbarossa presented them to Archbishop Reinald von Dyssel. They are now kept in the cathedral treasury near the organ in a gilded reliquary shaped like a basilica.
A mother notices Anne greedily eating olives and pits piled on her plate. After dinner she scolds her for the mess and pits, but Anne explains she discarded the rest by throwing them on the floor.
A newly married woman mimics local etiquette and clubs, recounting shopping trips to her husband. One night he notices her anxious look and she explains her day in brief, saying she went shopping and bought a few items in Indianapolis.
A young man in town earns acceptance by the girl he loves who sings with a forty member beauty chorus. Her father questions the intensity of the romance as the youth insists his love surpasses what she imagines.
A Sunday service drew chuckles from a congregation when a young parishioner whispered to his father about the choir. He asked audibly if all the singers would have their air cut as the surplices were worn.
A line in a domestic dialogue places a 1920 lease expiration as a key detail. The young lady’s father interrupts an exchange with the suitor who quips of gazing, while a reminder text anchors the scene in a stalled romance.
A garbled OCR passage records a stray dialogue about a woman described with odd phrases and translations, mentioning a wife and a note about feet size. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
A historical discussion asserts a lost continent named Atlantis may have existed between northern Africa and the Caribbean. Geologists cite ancient Phoenician and Greek voyages and suggest remnants above water, including Jamaica and Bermuda, with Atlantis said to be about 1,000 miles long and anciently elevated over 8 million years ago.
A frustrated player attempts a drive at the Munecis Countey club and slices the ball badly. His quiet, humorous exchange with his wife nearby reveals the light tone of a tense moment on the course.
A couple shares a charged moment at a dance scene in California Pelican. The man trembles as he questions what to do while she commands him to lift his feet and not step on her gown until the song ends.
A coin was brought up before a court for stealing cheese from a grocer's doorway. The principal witness, a carter, testified he saw the man take the cheese and held him. The magistrate pressed the witness about the act, but the man denied being caught in the nefarious net, claiming it was the scraff of the neck.
A disinterested dealer calls a Brigham Age Herald critic cheap for a painting priced at Porty thousand dollars. The self made millionaire argues art's value lies in money sense, not fame, noting four square feet of wall space could be covered by paying far less for a canvas by a long-dead old master.
A fragment from a historical piece depicts a registrant and an observant passerby engaging in a brief exchange about exemption and a wife. The colorful dialect highlights attitudes of the period.
Bernice loves Teddy the family watchdog. When told they would visit a friend after dinner she refuses saying she cannot go because she went with Teddy. The brief note captures a child’s attachment and the humorous twist in the exchange.
A courtroom quip highlights a marriage to an old millionaire as a judge notes the woman kept her heart for herself. The remark underscores social attitudes toward marriage and wealth in a referenced case dialogue.
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