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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
3
Popular Mechanics reports two American airmen from Lafayette Escadrille staged a dramatic Atlantic City test. The pilots and a sprayed plane were drenched with gasoline then rose and burned for several minutes before landing safely. all were unharmed aside from soot.
A traveling party in Zion City faced a confrontation when a bold woman passenger proposed spitting on Main Street. Two young men nearby called out asking for a ride to the next town, prompting a tense, cautious pause among the travelers.
Mexican residents in San Francisco seek cheaper sugar by importing pinoche from Mexico. The brown low grade sugar alternative costs about a third of refined white sugar and is used mainly in cooking rather than tea or coffee. Pinoche has circulated in southern California longer but has only recently reached San Francisco.
The Boston Transcript reports a sign reading Ladies Ready to Wear Clothes appears as part of a period fashion or social notice. No additional details accompany the sign.
Mond comments on a proposal from Jack described as rude and ill judged. The remark implies regret if the recipient accepts the offer.
Matthew C. Brush assumed command of Hog Island shipyard in October 1918 after brief familiarization. The yard recently set a record by launching seven large army transports in a single day, signaling dramatic wartime production momentum.
A design to create a vast Turkish aligned state in Trans Caucasia from the Caspian to Berzerai is reported. The plan aims for a Turkish satellite and reflects a national initiative, not Bolshevik influence, with Lenine and Kemal Pasha seen as rivals despite allied aims.
Frances L. Bartlett Grannis recalls teaching in schoolhouse No. 240 Lake County Ohio at seventeen in 68 years of memory. She earned 1.50 weekly, hosted by families with harvest feasts and pigeons, then moved to New York to teach five years in a private seminary before living on 15 cents weekly from private pupils.
WANTED cottonwood soft maple and poplar blocks 4 inches and larger with bark and knots. Describe timber you have. Indianapolis Timber & Mfg. Co. Plum sale includes large purple Lombards Blue Damson and Moore's early grapes. R. A. Ogg phone 285.
Green Castle Indiana notices advertise farm loans and business services. The item mentions architects contractors and land shaping gardening by Evans and associates, plus several local names and businesses. An account of a farmer losing prize seed corn is included along with pest control product RAT SNAP and local sales notes.
An umpire must decide decisively as a baseball official. The remark underlines the required firmness and judgment guiding calls at the plate and on the bases. The role demands quick, accurate decisions under pressure.
RAT SNAP claims to kill rats and mice while deterring others. It promises no smell as bodies dry inside and reports that cats or dogs ignore the bait. Sold in three sizes 35c 65c and $1.00 by local retailers John Cook and Sons J Sudranski Co and R P Mullins.
Mrs. Emily Shaw praises Rat Snap for rat control claiming 12 rats killed in a week after spending 2 on traps. She notes a 50 cent box and mentions RAT SNAP comes in cakes in three sizes priced 0.50 to 1.00 and is guaranteed by John Cook & Sons and others.
A farmer named N Windsor recounts years of rat trouble after a dog was nearly killed by rat poison. He endorses RAT SNAP as a safe, sure rat killer and notes it is sold by John Cook & Sons and others.
Tokyo reports a subdued charter market with about 10 large ocean-going ships idle at Kobe and Osaka and some 50 more to be released from old contracts. Ship prices have fallen to roughly 135 to 140 dollars per ton with few domestic buyers. some vessels are being sold to Dutch interests.
A traveler recalls a hot headed driver in western Indiana who taunted another motorist with his horn. After their car broke down from lack of gas they walked toward a town and were rescued by a nun who offered a ride. The driver stayed behind, feeling embarrassed.
The United States Bureau of Standards has created a lab method to test oxygen-supply apparatus for airmen under simulated high altitude conditions. A bell chamber connected to an air pump reproduces decreased pressure for reliable evaluation of equipment.
The Chinese are acquiring a large number of airplanes to be used by the government for various purposes. The planes will carry passengers and freight to and from some relatively remote mining countries that were previously almost inaccessible.
The article describes vast rumored treasures in Constantinople including a gold throne adorned with rubies pearls and emeralds a second ebony throne with precious stones and two enormous emeralds weighing about two kilograms each. It recalls items from Selim the First era and notes jeweled armor pistols and riding gear lavishly decorated in gold.
Readers learn that Gretna Green weddings remain legal if one party has been resident in Scotland for three weeks, even after crossing the border for a quick ceremony. The process costs little beyond travel, with a prewar fee around 10 dollars including tea for the couple and witnesses and a reception for the priest, the local blacksmith James Dixon, a descendant of the famed Gretna smith.
In a brief exchange the narrator notes Dick has journeyed widely. The line suggests extensive travel across ventures, hinting at a life of rapid, high‑speed motion and financial swings as a defining pattern.
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