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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
2
In Greencastle Indiana the Herald notes Republican mood after registration day. The column mocks the party’s knowledge and jokes about Jim Goodrich and his so called Business Administration that supposedly delayed state business and spurred special sessions. The piece frames the political debate with satirical tone.
About 75 percent of Putnam County voters registered last Saturday. You have one more chance to register on October 4. If you do not register you cannot vote in the November election. It is your duty as a citizen to vote.
The piece questions Senatorial candidate Harding’s position on the League of Nations. It notes his shifting statements from against to for with reservations, and mentions Eugene Hamrick’s attempts to explain Harding’s stance, pondering if Hamrick speaks with authority.
A judge faces three youths charged with burglary. One admits theft and implicates the others. the other two deny involvement and offer an implausible story. Greencastle has recent robberies, the deniers appear well supplied, and circumstantial evidence backs the guilty boy while the others offer no corroborating facts.
A rural piece explains boys can profit by trapping birds and small animals for markets in cities. It cites fawns sold to a park commissioner for 35 dollars and prairie dog pups sold with cages to buyers, noting strong demand from shows, parks, zoos, and private aviaries. Hawks and owls can fetch prices if delivered alive.
A writer notes that squirrels build two nests in the woo ds, winter dregs on a tree cleft between branches and a summer nest high in the branches. When mother squirrels have eight cubs, she carries them from branch to branch to safety.
Two men argued over buying a mouse in a rural setting. One asserts a prior tale about a mule and a young animal with no tooth in its head. The other responds with a reflective remark about time passing in the country.
The article surveys historic cordials of continental origin, noting Benedictine from 665 A.D. and Dom Bernado Vincelli’s 1500s monk-made cordial. It describes Fecamp distillery, Chartreuse, Curacao, maraschino, Kirschwasser, Kumel, anise, coriander, clove cordial, and creme de menthe.
A school teacher and a host recount a tall tale in which Slick Dick Peterson, believed dead after a train accident, returns to town to cash a check. In a barn scheme, townsfolk view him through a crack, sparking fear and jokes about mistaken identity and the uncanny echo of a man who has really died.
In a crowded drug store a frail old man asks the soda fountain operator if one glass poses danger. The clerk reassures him that a barrel of soda is safe and the man jokes he will prove her wrong by drinking six pineapple sodas before leaving, but then he never returns.
Henry and Mrs. Justly scheme to loan junk to new neighbors to provoke a rift. The plot backfires as a stepladder fails and a neighbor breaks a picture, revealing the double meaning of their plan and prompting uneasy self-justification. The tale ends with a wary, comic Coleman-style confession about borrowed goods.
A traveler notes Moroccan pastimes not tied to religion. Children play football, leapfrog, wrestle, fence, and rabbit hunt with curved sticks. Adults engage in powder-play on horseback, firing from high positions then reining in on their haunches, a scene praised for Moorish horsemanship.
A fragmentary exchange hints at Pat’s illness and fragile condition. The dialogue style suggests concern within a neighborly conversation, noting Pat’s sickness without detailing specifics or outcomes.
Swiers notes his wife makes brandied peaches this season and asks Briges if she likes them. Briges replies she is not fond of the fruit but appreciates the spirit and effort behind the work.
A woman asks what she can do for him and whether he wants employment. The tramp bluntly notes that fancy wording cannot make work sound more inviting. He questions the need for three syllable words when offering labor.
A dialogue contrasts marriage as a man’s bond with his wife, implying that a double marriage would diminish a man’s essence. The exchange frames marriage as the defining unit of a man’s life and hints at social views on fidelity.
A fragmentary exchange asks how long it took to learn to drive a motor car, with an answer suggesting months rather than weeks and ending abruptly with a dialectal aside.
A playful dialogue fragment labels Cholly recalling a doctor warning that smoking would make him feebleminded and Mies Keen retorts with a punchy reply about stopping. The exchange hints at humorous, period style banter between two individuals.
In this era of expensive lingerie waists, special laundries run by wealthy women flourish in major cities. Reports tell of society women backing laundries to protect fine garments, offering intelligent care and skilled washing. Prices for delicate waistlines range from fifty cents to a dollar fifty, with other items similarly costly to clean.
An article describes a brick cleaning machine to replace hand cleaning. A platform supports a rotating two-disk wheel with nail inserts to scour mortar from bricks. Guides align bricks as operators work on either side, reducing cost and enabling reuse of old bricks in new structures.
A Berlin professor sent his automobile by rail without a notice on the benzine reservoir. A railway employee found a large quantity of benzine aboard and taxed the owner twelve times its value under Dutch law. The bill reached 21 500 marks about 5000 dollars.
A Paris statue of Camille Deemoultin vanished from its pedestal and was found the next night re-dressed in modern riding boots. The revolutionary firebrand's garments mismatched the period, with coat and cloak dating later than the sculptor’s era and knee breeches replaced by current riding boots, prompting a humorous explanation.
A detective exposes a shadow trick used by subway ticket sellers to skim coins. The routine involves a light and shadowed plate to misdirect customers, with one man reportedly earning about zero dollars daily under the scheme before being caught.
Fragmentary OCR mentions low Batianae and potatoes with reference to chemical composting. No clear event persons or organizations emerge.
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