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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1920
Page
3
Multiple entries list White Wyandotte cockerels and Belgian Hares for sale. Rentals include a modern news room bungalow and a 2 room furnished apartment. Employment ads seek a salesman and laborers for Indiana Portland Cement Co. Also notices for a lost purse and farm tenant requests.
Thompson of the University of Washington under Prof Benson reports a new tannin extraction technique from fir slabs. He shows fir bark offers a competitive extract yield versus chestnut, with bark and wood processed together to obtain tannin for inks and dyes.
Chemists at a Rochester New York railways and light company claim to have produced a substitute for gasoline. The fuel can be distilled from by products of oil used in making water gas and could reduce gasoline demand. Odor from unburned fuel is noted, with efforts to eliminate it, including possible scenting.
Clever imitation pearls are made by filling glass bulbs with a solution of fish scale nacre. The method involves casting the bulb interior with a 10 percent gel tin solution, partial drying, then adding sodium phosphate before slow drying. The resulting pearls resemble real ones but show a seal point to reveal the copy.
A new automatic cooler uses a series of small pipes forming shelves in the cooler. Water main connections allow incoming cold water to pass through pipes whenever a faucet is opened. The design vents better and circulates fresh cooled air continually. Davenport man patents a rolling valve for car fuel control.
Registered Duroc boars and sows offered for sale by Charles J Arnold. Includes two reg istered duroc boars, rop sow, rop sow and pigs, rop duroc shoats. Herald Office.
The Twentieth Century Club meets tomorrow at 2 30 with program led by Mrs H C Clippinger Mrs L P Harris and Miss Leht Indianapolis visitors include Mr and Mrs William S Hart guests of Mr and Mrs Creveling Mrs Ford Lucas spoke in Indianapolis at the Federated Women’s Clubs Claypool Hotel Mrs W S Crevely hosted bridge at East Anderson street and more residents attended federation meetings in Indianapolis Other notes report Mr and Mrs Leachman of Detroit sending word their daughter Mrs Harry Webster and her baby joined Mr Webster in Frankfort for a civil engineering post The Bee Hive Rebecca Lodge plans a masquerade at the hall Friday evening distinctive local social items include Kentland visits and illness updates at home Pleasant Hill cemetery burial of an infant son of Mr and Mrs Homer Brattain and updates on the Baney family ongoing health improvements and confessions of illness
Mr and Mrs DeHaven of South America return to the U S Tuesday and plan New York as their future home after years abroad. Allen D Albert, ex president of Rotary, missed today's talk but will speak next week. Rotary notes delay Hanna street improvements until spring due to material shortages. A club room for Greencastle boys is discussed using the old fourth ward school building. Mrs Martha Buford and Thomas Cooper, both of Terre Haute, wed Tuesday by Squire Philip Frank.
Mrs. Fannie Brackney age 50 wife of Frank Brackney died Tuesday near 11:30 after Goa goitre operation at Rawley hospital in Brazil. Funeral Thursday at Brick Chapel church at 11 conducted by Rev Ashby. Burial in Brick Chapel cemetery. Survived by husband and three children including Capt. Emmett Brackney.
The message urges voters to support a hospital measure for personal safety and protection, stressing the cost is minimal when lives are at stake and naming Victor L and Raphael as references.
Trustee transfers involve College Avenue Church to Mt Zion Baptist in Greencastle. Properties include Grencastle, Cloverdale, Russellville, Monroe, Clinton, Washington, Marion townships with prices from 900 to 4500 dollars. Names include John L. Steeg, Harry Heiby, J. R. Foster, Fred L. Wolfe, William Hoodt, Harry Mundy, Jacob Curtis, Jesse Wright, John R. Woodmire, Henry Kohenberger, Samuel A. Frost, William Archer, Marshal Smith, John Horner, Hayden Wood, Union Chapel M. E. Church trustees, John R. Cox, Sarah Modin, Charles Miller, James Witt, Trene Macy, Delamo Williamson, Delmer Redding, Henry L. Lyons.
The piece argues daily life risks from rush and speed pose danger to workers and families. It urges readiness for accidents and stresses the need for prompt medical attention and proper equipment for loved ones.
In Greencastle Bert Stoltz of 108 W Jacob St endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for back and muscular pain noting two boxes cured his issue. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufactures. Also a 1920 Chevrolet for sale at a bargain by Putnam Auto Co.
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