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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1919
Page
3
Classified ad notes farm loans and abstracts of title from Wm. 8B Vestal with Dobbs Vestal real estate office in Greencastle Indiana. Also an offer from Barnaby’s mill promoting plentiful mill wood and a contact phone.
Classified fragment lists prices cut until November 10 for magazine bargains offered by R E Richards and others. Includes dressmaking by Mrs Roy Buis, help wanted at Atlass Produce Co, rentals in Greencastle and Vandalia areas, heating stoves for sale, denatured alcohol for radiators, farms for rent, and a furnished sleeping room near Greencastle Battery Co.
Beginning Nov 1 barber shops will charge 40c for haircuts and 20c for shaves and after Monday Nov 3 they close at 7 PM instead of 7 PM. Saturday hours extend to 10 PM. Names Gibson Reed Ewan Black W. O. Timmons.
The text outlines how charioteers provided cavalry mobility in ancient warfare, using retreats and rapid maneuvers to support infantry. It notes larger horses with iron age cavalry, and reports West Germanic tribes and Saxons resisting saddles and preferring foot combat, with regional variations in cavalry practices.
A discussion challenges the view that skirts belong to women, arguing that masculine attire has similarly evolved. The piece cites European fashion history, including Louis IX's era, noting how gendered dress conventions shift with culture and time.
Sailors describe sardine fishing from a rowing boat using a fine blue net lowered into the water behind the boat. Two men pull the net while a third stands to haul it in as sardines pass through the mesh and are captured. Crew report catching thousands daily and note prices rise with salt costs and Norway salt imports.
Ants living on Texas plains cultivate a single kind of grass around their mounds. They plant seeds, regularly remove weeds, and harvest the grass as food. When colonies grow large the ants can damage grain fields by clearing crops around their hills.
Discussion in literary circles centers on a Chinese poet who wrote two millennia ago and remains celebrated. The points urge living poets to endure poverty and editor rejection for lasting fame, imagining memory lasting three millennia after death.
Willem V. Duncan in the Yale Review describes the Cossack riders seen by a last night glimpse as real war lovers. The six foot seven leader and the six strong men are depicted in mountain light and shared camp meals as the train departs.
French explorer De Monts and Samuel de Champlain sparked Canada’s first apple tree planting after establishing Port Royal and Quebec. French royals revoked the charter in 1607 ending the venture, but orchards grew in Nova Scotia and later New Brunswick Maine border lands.
The piece portrays George Sand as a central romantic figure in the 1800s literary scene. It highlights her intelligence, emotional depth, and moral complexity while noting her influence on Chopin and other contemporaries. It mentions her major works and substantial earnings from writing.
The article discusses terms like Welsh rabbit and rarebit as slang for ro utious food ideas. It notes that rarelate is a shifted form of rabbit and lists other playful misnomers such as Essex lion and Fieldlane duck as cooked words from English usage. It mentions Albany beef and Cape Cod turkey as rare American examples.
A Los Angeles Times sentiment argues poets should not seek payment for verse. The piece likens poetry to sunshine and moonlight, saying poetry nourishes the soul and should be its own reward. It cites an old maxim that poets are born not paid.
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