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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1919
Page
2
Daily Herald lists subscription prices by mail in advance for one year four months and shorter periods with various rates. It also notes obituaries priced at one dollar each with an additional five cents per poem line and cards of thanks charged at fifty cents each along with single copies and weekly rates.
The record shows daily hours from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 30 p m with additional Monday evening and Wednesday evening sessions from 7 to 8 p m and Saturday hours. The location is E Washington Street with a 25 percent note for Mours.
A Clark Mills New York resident reports suffering from a severe chest cold spent days coughing. After using Chamberlain's Dough Remedy she received prompt relief and many others share similar results.
Loggers supply an electric logging engine by extending over a mile of power lines through the woods from the mill. Foresters favor the move to extend electricity to the entire camp, noting current is developed at the mill. Fire risk from logging gear is a concern but deemed manageable with electrical equipment.
A portable electric grinder designed to be moved over the work features a meter of one eighth to one half horsepower to clear the operator. The spindle accepts a five sixteenths inch hole and uses standard grinding wheels, enabling interior grinding and a wide range of applications with a compact shaft and adaptable wheel size.
A cough remedy praised for coughs colds croup and whooping cough has expanded from a single scent based sale to nationwide and international distribution. Proponents urge readers to try it and expect superior merit.
Brussels reports signs of Germany trying to reclaim its prewar market position. German goods appear in Belgium, often via neutrals like Holland and the Scandinavians, bearing American, British, or French trademarks or lacking German names while retaining unmistakably German manufacture.
Huntington West Virginia reports that prohibition officers and U S marshals chase a giant copper still in Wayne County. The article recalls 1850s to 1860s moonshine, especially Uncle John Jones on Lick Creek, whose 100 percent pure liquor commanded demand before federal licensing ended distilling.
Alberta scientists at the University of Alberta report trimming the beard from barley rather than removing it. They claim the barb is the main handling problem and removing it could improve grain use. If confirmed, the beardless barley may become a staple in western Canada. Two Alberta varieties, two rowed for beer and six rowed for feed, yield 40 to 50 bushels per acre.
Miss Mathilda Carlson testifies in supreme court that she and sister Sophia saved for decades to buy a mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery for themselves and relatives. They claim each paid $7,000 for the plot and vault with space to enter from inside. Sophia Curtson's body is now entombed there and a quarrel has arisen over removing the Feigelgren names from the deed.
Chinese laborers who aided the Allied armies on the western front have recently arrived in Canada on their way home. One man shown carries his fiddle and other instruments as he prepares to depart with his possessions.
At the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States convention in St. Louis Col. Victor C. Vaughn argued there is no winter epidemic. He warned that handshakes can spread disease and that dirtier air increases immunity, citing war-time statistics showing higher rural death rates due to filthier atmospheres.
London reports canvas pontoons modeled after water wings can lift 100 submerged tons. Two pontoons raised the steamship Main sunk by a U boat in Luce bay Scotland. Pontoons with 500 ton capacity soon to be made and a battery of 50 could lift the Lusitania to the surface.
Four young men from Montreux Switzerland bet to play a hand of ecarte in a den attached to a traveling menagerie They climbed into the lions den and then rejoined the crowd without experiencing any molestation or danger, attracting admiration from fellow citizens
A postal card mailed from Fort Ethan Allen Vermont on July 31 1906 by Hazel Macy to her father in Boston has finally reached H B Macy of 870 Atlantic avenue after 13 years en route. The father died years ago.
Harry Campbell admitted posing as a woman named Henrietta Campbell in Kansas City. He paid a $100 fine after Justice J. J. Shapard found him guilty of impersonating a woman. Campbell, who wore a dress and hat in court, said he had long posed as a woman while working as a roominghouse keeper in various cities.
A blackbird perched on a Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power line roost near Eau Claire caused a 20 minute outage between Altoona and Milwaukee after the bird was electrocuted and the shock traveled down the pole into the ground.
A speaker at Utica discusses why newspapers focus on sensational events while warning readers not to assume the world is doomed. He notes that everyday good deeds and quiet progress go unreported, and urges balance while reading the press.
Mrs Vanderbilt recounts serving canteen workers and entertaining soldiers near the front. An earnest doughboy, Albert Bridgetann of Grand Rapids, compliments her as he prepares to ship out, promising to look her up if he survives.
Tobermory Bay hosts a salvage effort linked to the Florencia wreck off Mull. Divers surface a silver plate and an ornate silver flagon handle amid crowds and protests from locals. Treasure-trove looms but surfacing the finds intact proves difficult.
A. Russell Bond notes in Inventions of the Great War that airplanes once for war now carry passengers between cities in Europe. An air line operates Paris to London with 12 to 50 passengers per trip and police training for aerial policing spreads in cities at home and abroad as the flying era arrives.
A visiting elderly man from the country stirred Washington by declaring he came to see a specimen of senator dignity, drawing cheers as a notable humorist moment. The remark, captured by the Birmingham Age-Herald, underscored the capital’s amused reaction to a lighthearted visitor.
Mr Brown and Mr Hughes discuss plans to charter a yacht for the year. Brown jokes that it will be affordable only if they continue merely thinking about it and not acting, sparking a lighthearted exchange on expense.
Marine men along the Atlantic coast attribute record heat to the Gulf stream with Norfolk recording 8 degrees and waters 101 degrees offshore. They note a 40 degree coastal-ocean temperature difference, boiling-like foam, and say ships find the stream unbearably hot by day. An American destroyer may inspect Gulf Stream conditions for government study.
A wrinkled woman leads a blind man and a second man with wealth, as they pause before a hotel. The scene features a match seller hawking five cents a box, a line about lifelong blindness, and a quip about risk and ignorance. The Washington Star caption notes a theme of tragedy in blindness and business.
A London writer surveys dolls in literature, noting sparse English usage before the 19th century. Dickens discusses dolls more than others, with Nobby in Wells’s Peter and Joan and the dolls house in Tone-Bungay housing 135 dolls.
A Bunyip soldier who spent 17 months as a World War I prisoner on a Silesian farm mocks German farming methods. Back in Bunyip Victoria he recalls the joke asks for a reference from his German employer, and his reply exposes his sharp contempt for German soil culture.
The 1910 census shows 2 607 978 more males than females in the United States with excess males in all states except Massachusetts Rhode Island Maryland North Carolina South Carolina and the District of Columbia. Globally females slightly outnumber males, while America’s male surplus reflects male immigration.
A humorous exchange reveals a boss telling staff there would be no limit on vacation this year. The speaker notes the unprecedented freedom comes with a twist as it implies no actual policy or accountability, prompting both disbelief and amusement.
A new company has been established in Australia to operate passenger and freight air service among the major cities of the commonwealth. The venture aims to connect capital cities and regional centers, expanding air transport options across the country.
Pago Pago in American Samoa sits on a fine harbor and serves as a naval coaling station governed by American officers. Tuuila and nearby islands form rugged tropical terrain with palm groves and native towns. Samoan cricketers play massively, 40 to 50 per side, accompanied by tomtom drums and a wild war-dance serpentine after each victory.
In Sibera private trade checks issued by wealthy individuals have largely replaced the national currency. The ruble has fallen from about half a dollar to under four cents. Green paper notes called Verensly fetch higher premiums than yellow-backed bills from Omsk. Vindisestok merchants issue slips and instruct clerks to read American Grill, Owo Rubles, Not Good for Ever.
An historical note discusses using swordfish and related head oil as a marketable commodity. It explains that heads yield whale‑oil‑like products, refined and sunbleached, with high value. It also covers halibut and salmon head oil industries, noting large annual outputs and growing trade by 1805.
A visiting stranger notes a town sign reading J. W. Bloor O. PD. M. T. Db. and asks what he practices. The tavern keeper replies promptly that the man offers economy and eye doctoring in the hamlet.
Canada's fuel resources lie in the far east and west and in western Alberta. Peat bogs totaling about 12,000 square miles occupy a central stretch between coal measures in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip shows the bolshevist premier asking if any currency remains and the finance minister replying there is not enough to paper a roof, suggesting printing more. The printers refuse to help until paid in real money, highlighting dire wartime or postwar financial strains.
Chairs of aeronautics have been established at the universities of Cambridge and London and various aeronautical scholarships have been instituted in England.
The federal board for vocational education reports strong local interest in reeducation for disabled soldiers. Tulane University hosts a modern tryout building donated for training, with English and arithmetic courses and social uses. Similar progress exists in Texas at Grubb School with a $10,000 appropriation.
An excerpt explains the meaning of sybarite as a devotee of human pleasure, tracing the term to ancient Sybaris in southern Italy near Taranto. It recounts the city’s wealth, power, and opulence, then notes how excess led to degeneration and self indulgence, citing Seneca’s tale of a man seeking comfort with rose leaves.
At a dinner a prohibitionist warned booze spoils base ball and a mock contest arose when two saloonkeepers offered beer as a prize. The rivalry caused both sides to rush onto the diamond in the sixth inning and order the gate shut as the score rested 50 to 37.
A Chicago Tribune reader recalls a family picnic where Betty dashes back to the bench to retrieve gum, prompting a quick chase from their car line after supper. The exchange shows a lively, humorous moment as Betty disobeys to grab her gum.
A Burma amber collection at the British Museum shows an amber block nearly fist sized cut into slabs revealing thirty one new insect species and five new genera. Most orders are represented, with ants absent, according to the English authority.
In a curt exchange a judge questions the charge of fighting in public streets. An officer replies with a nine dollar nine cent fine. The man asks about the ninety cents, paid as war tax, noting the war is over, while the judge insists the fight occurred.
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