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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
3
An advertisement promotes a revised edition of Humphreys' Manual of Diseases, detailing its medical remedies and therapeutic guidance. The text notes a sixty year pedigree and lists price and availability.
An old column argues firms that advertise deserve trust as they seek to keep customers. It claims buyers are entitled to clear prices and services, and notes a firm that refuses to explain or concede when customers buy elsewhere is unreliable.
George F. Becker argues the earth acts as a heat engine transforming thermal energy into mechanical work. Differential surface cooling creates slight uplifts, producing stresses that may rupture rock and shape continents. He links ocean formation, erosion, and subsidence to a global crumping mechanism driven by temperature contrasts.
The article notes odd early economics with payments in deer skins and recalls Tennessee’s 1774 to 1784 link to North Carolina. It also mentions Tennesseans in 1785 forming the discontented Frankland government as part of a broader colonial-regional history.
A 1789 speech cites Frankford state laws with salaries paid in animal skins. Governor 1000 deer, chief justice 500, governor secretary 500, state treasurer 450, county clerks 200, house clerk 206 raccoon skins, assembly members 3 raccoon skins, warrant fees one muskrat skin, service by constable one mink skin.
The article notes that fish and birds possess a wider field of vision than humans because their eyes are positioned to scan outward rather than straight ahead. It explains balance and orientation differences and contrasts with the need for a pilot to turn to view both sides.
A dialogue recalls a lively young man famed for his wild nature. He was engaged to a girl who eloped with another man, shaping a turbulent chapter in his romantic life and reputation.
In a wartime quip a man wears a tin can as a helmet after misreading a can label. He claims he cannot remove it until swelling subsides, while others joke about baked beans and yellow jack ete.
William H. Crane argues in Green Book Magazine that old time actors relied on theatricality and heavy villain roles, while today’s performers like Otis Skinner show realism. He notes issues of height for Shakespearean parts and contrasts barroom personas with stage discipline.
A dredging crew near Winner four miles south unearthed a dinosaur fossil after hitting a deep section of a ditch. The bones appeared ivory hard and brittle, with paddle shaped structures extending from vertebrae about six feet long, suggesting a prehistoric reptile rather than a buffalo.
A 1911 report to the Local Government Board records a four month campaign in East Anglia where 15,352 rats were examined for plague, 35 infected, and 27 premises harbored plague rats. All affected sites were destroyed to curb transmission.
Excerpted reflections on wife traits from Bobby Burns and a Philadelphia Ledger note. It surveys qualities such as good nature sense and wit, plus personal charm like eyes and carriage, in a humorous, early 20th century voice. It also quips on child beds and gossipy behavior.
Kansas City Star reports doctors offering varied guidance on daily water consumption. Some advocate up to a gallon to three gallons daily in heat, citing benefits for digestion, detoxification, complexion, and disease prevention, while others caution about drinking with meals.
The article describes an electric rain alert for sleepers, an electric piano player for motion pictures in Ohio, a wrist fastened dusting mitten by a New England inventor, and a two wheeled barrel truck with an adjustable hook for securing loads.
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