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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1920
Page
4
Three Planet office reporters discuss training to gather dramatic crime details. Wells is assigned a Van Glasten robbery case with a rumor of a martial pearl theft, while fellow reporters chase leads through police contacts and local figures. The piece notes the craft of journalism and the lure of a strong exclusive.
A mine worker returning from Consolidated Coal and Lumber Works is robbed by a pistol wielding assailant. After the burglar fires multiple times, the worker deflects, retrieves the money, and demands the return of his pistol and belongings.
The writer Mark Twain toured Europe with his family while continuing to write at sea. An approaching storm forced him into the cabin, leaving his daughter a moment. He told her to say he would not be long, as he was writing an anecdote, a tale overheard by a passenger who asked where he had gone.
An Irishman visiting a Washington dentist refused to open his mouth as the chair neared. The dentist had the assistant push a pin into the man’s leg to prompt opening. After the procedure the patient admitted it hurt less than expected, then realized the pin had gone deeper than he thought.
A country school teacher asks students to name the domestic animal of the kingdom. All have earned the domestic animal, but one set remains. The puzzled class hears a timid answer from Allan who quietly reveals the one with bristly hair and a fondness for getting into mischief, admitting it is him.
Patrons report several instances of discourtesy by a new clerk who refuses to show books and fumbles locating them. The staff member previously worked for a New York trust company, raising concerns about training.
Prof Alfred B Atearns of Phillips Andover Academy speaks at a New York alumni dinner about a spelling rule he recalls from childhood. He relays a story of a mentor offering an infallible method to spell words ending in el and te by writing W and e alike and placing a dot between them.
Plans began to raise about 800 for a monument to Edwin Coppock buried near Salem. The effort followed Edwina Coppock’s hanged memory and faced shifting public sentiment amid abolitionist tensions as time faded the campaign.
A historic grave marker for Edwin Coppock stands in Meope Cemetery at Salem. The monument was quarried and erected by Thea Howell Hise who cut the sandstone, laid the foundation, transported and raised the stone, chiseling Edwin Coppock’s name to honor his cause and memory.
A historical sketch notes the decline of the penknife once essential to penmen and scribes. Quills gave way to metal nibs, and skilled pen mend ers with their knives faded from rural life as writing tools changed.
A collection of folk weather rules notes red sun with water in blu eyes and damp walls predicting rain. Animal and insect behavior such as cattle lying down, horses stretching, birds singing or ceasing, and fog or halo around the moon are cited as rain indicators. A farmer's wife link cheese salt sensation to rain, and matting behavior on floors signals dry or wet weather.
The Jains of India are described as champion fasters within Hindu culture. They fast for 30 40 and 50 days at a time as a regular devotional practice.
A reader asks how to construct a 1500 bunga low within a $2,500 budget. The query seeks practical steps, materials, and cost estimates for a sizable project, likely detailing foundational needs, sourcing, and assembly considerations.
A German report claims rats aided construction of a Munich telephone network. A ferret with a rope pursues each rat through subterranean tubes to pull through long multi wire cables, with success noted in the unusual method.
A discussion notes the doubtful soothing effect of black wallpaper on nerves and laments dark rooms. It cites a household head whose dislike of his abode appears tied to dining room paper and a gloomy blue drawing room. The piece urges light and cheerful designs amid long London sunlessness.
The piece explains the bloodstream's travel, comparing red cells to boats and white cells to patrols. It estimates a heart rate of 69 beats per minute producing about 7 miles of blood movement per hour, 168 miles per day, and 6,324 miles per year, with a remarkable long-term cumulative figure.
Weather Bureau expert notes that storms seem linked to equinoxes with March and September showing some support. In Europe March is stormiest, while January tops in Britain and Norway. overall Europe shows storms peaking near equinox seasons.
A Swiss watch features a tiny hard rubber phonograph plate that calls out the hours clearly up to twenty feet away. The plate can be personalized with a message voiced in the tone of a friend or loved one.
A unique sundial in the grounds beside Wentworth Castle uses a yew tree pin and clipped box bushes as Roman figures and borderings. Planted over 200 years ago, it remains well preserved and its timekeeping rivals newer designs.
The article explores fingerprint patterns arches loops and whorls noting they are unique to individuals and persist from infancy to old age. It discusses nail growth rates health indicators from nails and fingerprints the opposable thumb differences between humans and monkeys and links between thumb behavior and truthfulness. It cites studies on lines near nails as indicators of illness and criminal tendencies and covers handedness and brain thumb center significance.
About 10 million migratory sheep in Spain travel up to 200 miles between plains and mountains. Known as transhumantes, their routes and behavior are governed by regulations dating from the fourteenth century. At times travel along common routes is restricted to protect the herd's grazing rights.
Large scale blasting at Cligwyne quarry near Carnarvon displaced a 100000 ton granite rock. The huge mass was lifted and shattered into many pieces tumbling into the pit below. The explosion roar echoed over the area.
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