Cards of Thanks rates and wording note
Ard s of Thanks state that Cards of Thanks are charged at the rate of Bc each. The fragment also references cost and wording practices for such notices in the publication.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1921
Page
2
German Secret Signals Revealed by Optical Techniques
Readers learn how German labs reportedly developed covert signaling lights using polarized light that shifts color through binoculars, didymium-based screens producing yellow-side black lines, and spectrum-splitting wires moving to create visible bands. Aimed at maritime use, these methods were described in Popular Mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Secreted His Little Hoard in Spare Bedroom
Mrs Housewife in Connersville persuaded her husband to let two ministers use a spare bedroom during a church conference. A telephone warning arrived about grave importance, illness or death. The husband learns the message and the superintendent reveals the money is gone from the spare room, later clarified as moved to the cowshed to avoid the ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
All Around the House: Household Hygiene and Tips
Readable bits give household advice on clothing care food and cleaning. Tips mention bathing skin with milk for burns smoothing jar edges with sandpaper and using dripping fat in hash and singing about camping popcorn. The tone feels like a late era domestic column with practical y tips.
A Dangerous Flirtation at Lakeview Lodge
Lily Price faces a trio of suitors at a mountain hotel as a mountain drive ends in a near mishap. Ferris, openly flirtatious and jealous, clashes with Lily and her fiancé John Shaw, who arrives to calm a tense moment and reveal loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Price
Mr. Ferris
Lily
John Shaw
Ferris
John
Lakeview Lodge
Philip Perris
Miss Price
Blue Mountain
Verris
John Simw
Shaw
Not Now Excerpt Reflects Car Sale Refusal
A short dialogue notes a man named Yeat leaving without a car purchase due to stated financial inability. The exchange questions the decision as a misstep. The tone suggests reproach and cultural slang of the period.
Fifth Wheel Talk and Carriage Comment Arises
The remark questions the usefulness of a fifth wheel while noting many automobiles include one. The line contrasts opinions on vehicle design and practicality.
Rain’s hidden value to farmers in water and fertilizer
A National Geographic bulletin explains that about 20 inches of rainfall, equal to roughly 2,260 tons of water per acre, drives crop growth. Evaporation supplies the root zone with ammonia and potash, saving farmers up to $12 to $25 per acre in fertilizer costs compared with war-time prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
United States
New Aeronautical Terms Adopted by National Advisory Committee
Washington enacts standard air war terminology for army and navy use. Officials say laymen mislabel any air traverser as airship while terms shift to airplane seaplane and airship classifications, with aerostat aeroplane and other definitions clarified for pilots and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Army
Navy
National Advisory Committee
Heliicopter
Ornithopter
Something to Think About By F. 4. WALKER
Column notes English visitors say Americans waste money and lack thrift. The writer critiques “newly rich” spendthrifts, warns of hardship without hard work, and urges high thinking, thrift, and self denial to secure old age and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. 4
Walker
America
Eastern diplomacy a joke in central Europe tale
In Constantinople a story about Prince Furstenberg's bizarre post illustrates the postwar diplomatic chaos. He served as a representative of a government that no longer existed while being accredited to a state that also did not exist, yet he was paid for duties he could not perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Europe
Prince Furstenberg
Ukraine
Hetman Skorpadsky
Kiev
Left Husband 150 Times in 14 Years Wedded Life
Detroit man testifies before Judge Clarry J. Dingerman that his wife Helen Caldwell “left” him 150 times during their 14 year marriage from 1907 to 1921. He claims she frequented dances and would return home to deny plans, leaving their young son on the steps. He seeks relief as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Caldwell
Detroit
John
Clarry J. Dingerman
Buried Treasure Found Near North Sea Coast
A Hamburg dispatch reports twenty million marks worth of gold and silver unearthed near the North Sea coast. The treasure is believed to have been hidden by Germany’s legendary "Captain Kidd," uncovering a long awaited maritime mystery.
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Berlin
Germany
Capt. Kidd
North Sea
Hamburg
Zeitung
Why Not Tell Her So A Poem On Enduring Love
A verse urges expressing lasting affection. It compares fresh passion with a steady, aging flame and asks why one should withhold words of love as time deepens commitment. The speaker notes shared years strengthen devotion and ends with a prompt to declare love.
Last Surviving Grandchild of Signer William Ellery
Newport news notes Henrietta Channing Ellery, born April 8, 1888, as the last surviving grandchild of signer William Ellery of the Declaration of Independence. She lived in Newport all her life, never married, with sister Mary who predeceased her. The Ellery home on Thames Street is no longer standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, Rn
Henrietta Channing Ellery
William Ellery
Miss Ellery
Newport
Mary
Ellery Home
Thames Street
Newpot
Denighters
Plural Rules for Spoonful and Similar Units
A note on forming plurals for spoonful cupful and armful explanations. The unit is the material filled not the container. plural adds s to spoonful not to spoon. Two spoons filled uses spoons full. two spoonfuls when using a spoon to fill and empty into a cup.
No Distinctive American Type, Study Finds
The Smithsonian and Dr. Ales Hrdlicka report an eight year study on old American stock. They note no pure American type yet, but indicate trends toward a national type may emerge with continued intermarriage. Tall stature and head features are highlighted, with variations by ancestry and region. The study included 741 individuals across New England, the South, and Appalachian Tennessee communities.
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New York
Smithsonian Institution
Ales Hrdlicka
U.S. National Museum
Hrillicka
U. S. National Museum
Hrdlicka
Ife
New England
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