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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1919
Page
2
Daily Herald subscription rates listed for 12 month and 4 month options with city carrier pricing. Cards of Thanks and obituaries priced per item with per line poetry surcharge. Mortgage lender advertisement for Aetna Mortgage and Investment Co. at 508 Fidelity Trust Building Indianapolis.
A collection of quick remarks and exchanges about marriage proposals, drinking, and art criticism. Characters debate consent in marriage, a tramp blames drinking, and a critic praises a painting within a humorous vignette style. The tone mirrors a late 19th century column of social quips.
A fragment from The Retort Courteous recalls praise for a new sinister item, noted with a curious line about a plate and a timestamp resembling 9 59. The garbled text hints at a satirical or playful exchange in a Tribune context.
A French traveler witnessed a mother elephant restraining a mischievous calf in a lumber yard near Burin. The calf pulled tree trunks loose, provoking a strong chord of discipline as the mother bayed and finally sternly thrashed the offender. The observer sympathized with the penitent animal.
A brief, garbled excerpt describes LT buying a new lock and installing it in a hall. The writer and spouse returned from a walk to find something altered or missing, with unclear dialogue about an intruder or nearby interference.
In a tense exchange a wife asserts she has suffered every calamity, while the husband responds calmly that she has never been a widow and must have misunderstood her use of the word calamity. The dialogue captures a sharp domestic argument staged as a brief vignette.
John J. Leary Jr. recounts Roosevelt's defense against a Michigan editor's drunkenness accusation. The former president attributes the rumor to a joking cigar remark and notes he sued only when editors printed what they knew was untrue. He recalls pursuing the Michigan case with intent to stop malicious misrepresentation.
Worry weakens friendships and fortunes as fragile mental gears strain under stress. Unguarded speech and rash decisions heighten loss and jeopardy. If inner friction remains it drains thinking and ages the mind prematurely. Protect mental life from fretful intrusion and preserve clarity.
Coal sold by heating value is tested by the U S Bureau of Standards using a bomb calorimeter. A thirtieth of an ounce of coal is sealed in a steel capsule, oxygen under high pressure is added, the bomb is placed in a galorimeter and ignited electrically. The heating value is calculated from the water temperature rise.
During a presidential election, two friends a Republican and a Democrat planned marriage. The Republican bet his groom would shave for the wedding if Hughes won. When Hughes lost he wed anyway, delaying by a week and nearly losing his bride in the uproar.
Indianapolis hog prices rose one dollar in local yards with general sales around 20.50. Receipts totaled 3,500 hogs, 800 cattle, 200 calves, and 450 sheep as demand from outside buyers remained strong. Some hogs sold at 20.25 while cattle and sheep held steady and calves weakened.
An elderly Scot jokes about aging and rheumatism in a short humorous exchange. The man insists old age brings no relief from ailments, and the other speaker remarks on aging as a shared fate. The dialogue uses dialect phrases to illustrate the point with wit.
Office at 13 East Walnut Street opposite post office with phone 356. Residence at 505 Elm Street and Red 407 for contact.
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