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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1919
Page
4
A fragment from The Americain Outline features Pat atop a ladder near a weathercock as a mistress plans a drive. Pat ties a windbound cord to the coop while jesting about the wind’s strength and the mistress’s delicate state. The piece then shifts to humorous lines about clerks and ink usage.
The dentist and the farmer are described as stump pullers in a playful exchange. Both engage in demanding physical labor, suggesting similar rugged work and hands-on problem solving in rural settings.
The Chicago News quotes a rectoral exchange about considering a property purchase in Com mutersville twenty miles out. Growella-Well urges Howell to seek firsthand local information from a former resident.
A collage of witty newspaper clippings themed on domestic life and social mores. It moves through humorous exchanges about nesting, marriage, finances, and daily foibles with taunting quips and pointed banter. The tone mirrors late era punchy humor.
The author notes similar enrollment curves across American higher education, rising with population until the mid 19th century and then a sharp uptick in the early 1880s. He cites parallels with German universities and questions a general, not local, cause for the widespread increase, citing unsolved theories.
Lieut Shackleton recounts a tale of Antarctic politeness at a Savoy dinner. An overbearing professor teases Mawson with a request to “Tam down a crevasse” leading Mawson to a perilous grip, illustrating manners under extreme conditions.
A critique argues that the phrase the land is quicker than the eye is a doubtful saying about conjurers. It praises deliberate conjuring and actorlike performance by David Devant. The piece notes how church choirs spark disputes and laments the difficulties of managing military bands and operas. It imagines Abbey Gray and Conried speaking from the past.
Lancashire's coal industry employs 116,500 workers producing about 28 to 30 million tons annually. In 1908 output per worker stood at 243.3 tons. The death and accident rate remains high with 24 percent injured requiring medical care and 206 lives lost last year.
Navy gunners show accuracy in target practice off Virginia capes proving shipmen. Uncle Eben mocks sport fads while India reports males outnumber females 1000 to 940. Aging brings fewer years for the old as the young rise.
The Honolulu Commercial Advertiser recalls old Hawaii with a legend of two natives witnessing a burial in Waipio Gulch. A girl died in a ritual procession, bodies hidden in a cave, and Kamehameha the Great’s bones allegedly moved by Princes Hoapili and Hoolulu to a submarine cave near Kamakahonu.
The St Louis GlobeDemocrat recalls Jackson reading a note from Polk seeking federal appointments as Polk vied for support. It notes Jackson favored Van Buren for 1844, Blair clashed with Jackson, and the Capital newspaper shifted to the Daily Union under Ritchie as Jackson remained an influential figure through Van Buren and Polk eras.
A humorous snippet from the Chicago News features an editor advising a married woman to use her husband for cleaning carpet tasks, framed as a playful exchange about household tips and correspondence.
The Indianapolis News argues that dead rats have commercial value for skins and byproducts such as book covers purses and fertilizing material. It notes Scandinavia and Norway rats as useful and warns the time may come when rats are hunted for profit and as enemies.
The article quotes Percival Lowell on public ignorance of astronomy. It recounts a humorous incident where a policeman arrests a man in a white nightgown, mistaking him for something amiss, and the man explains he is a somnambulist.
Shippers in the United States worried about freight costs may note a Sao Paulo Brazil case where 1150 sacks of potatoes were shipped 300 miles for 197.49 dollars. The rate equals about 1.32 dollars per keg and is not extraordinary though higher than many national goods.
A Chicago Post note discusses habitual whistling by a tugboat crew member. It describes whistling as a fixed habit and suggests it can be overcome by discipline. The piece frames a social and legal response to noise that disturbs neighbors and hints at appropriate corrective measures.
French scientist M. Lous Fuge describes a new marine spider found among calcareous sea weeds on the Mediterranean shore. It carries a bubble of air underwater like a water spider and dwells in rock-boring shells or empty shells of other species. It spins threads to seal its submarine burrow and must hold fast to keep the shell submerged. It hunts small flies and mites for food.
Aetna Mortgage and Investment Co offers loans on second mortgages secured by real estate. Address: 508 Fidelity Trust Building, Indianapolis.
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