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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1921
Page
2
The notice lists charges for Cards of Thanks at 50 cents each and obituaries at 1 dollar per obituary with an additional 5 cent per line for poetry. It outlines that these notices are payable at the gate.
A Mc Clure's writer notes the alimentary canal hosts a vast microbial population with about 126 billion new microbes forming daily in the average adult. It questions Pasteur's once-held belief in essential bacterial necessity, citing Arctic animals that exist healthily with few intestinal microbes.
The Carnegie Institution undertakes experiments to measure the physical properties and efficiencies of the human body. An apparatus under Professor Benedict at Wesleyan University treats the body as an engine, allowing careful study like that of a steam plant. Researchers also examine food’s chemical and physiological effects. President Woodward notes the instruments used are also subjects of research.
J A Eddy reports in the Engineering and Mining Journal of a remarkable New Mexico spring saturated with sodium sulphate. Distilled water weighs 8 1 3 pounds per gallon while the spring water weighs 102 3 pounds. Temperature tops 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Overflowing liquid cools into a crystalline white bed of sodium salts extending miles and forming a lake like expanse. The warm brine harbors a tiny shrimp like organism and a plant grows in the dry sodium sulphate plain.
Studies of morosaur skulls and other sauropods reveal a tubular opening atop the skull leading to the brain. Professor Osborn suggests a large pineal cone shaped eye may have resided there, addressing a debated organ first posited by Marsh. Restored morosaurus skulls show enormous eye openings.
A young boy named Marold follows his mother instruction to refuse a second helping at supper. A hostess offers more marmalade, he hesitates and explains he cannot accept a second time but would accept a third if asked. The tale centers on child obedience and social politeness.
The Grand Canyon may result from river erosion rather than a earth crack. Geology texts disagree on the canyon’s age, with figures varying but all agreeing the gorge formed over tens of millions of years.
The tale follows riding master Desmond once seen at the Corner Grocery where locals debated his eye and marriage prospects. He reflects on life with horses and women, marries twice, and retires to a jocular, self aware view of domestic harmony and horse lore.
A Kiev region elder recalls his son Pavel, a rich American merchant, who he believes will return in triumph. A mysterious stranger questions the tale as the old man clings to dreams of wealth, fame, and family.
A college romance unfolds on a moonlit river as Bobby Clark professes love to Nell Eames. After a year of shared trips and playful banter they face an uncertain future as he prepares to leave campus. They decide to stop drifting and commit with a kiss aboard the canoe near the dam.
A college couple celebrate a canoe cruise on the Huron River. He faces leaving the university and the world of ideals for reality while she, a town girl, ponders the coming separation and their future. The scene focuses on lingering shadows and the final night together on the river.
Brown, a lawyer by profession, pursues literary success after meeting Cecilia Bennet editor of a major magazine. He finds her younger and more striking than expected and becomes determined to impress her, submitting stories and seeking social proximity while navigating his growing infatuation.
A fiction editor exhorts a writer to be concise as he struggles to craft short stories. His beloved notes the need for brevity, prompting a deeper entanglement after she discovers a manuscript titled My Whole Story bearing Lincoln Brown’s signature declaring love.
Fort Worth police officer G W Montgomery stands 7 ft 1 in and cites a taller man, A A Smith Powell of Grandview Texas, at 7 ft 4 in. Powell, 48, is the youngest of several brothers once with a circus. his kin include an 8 ft 2 in William and a 7 ft 5 in mother.
A meteor flashed across the sky in Pottsville recently and was found on Broad Mountain by Thomas and William Shore of New Castle. The impact shattered a tree and the meteor embedded itself deeply in the ground.
Bloomington reports show 250 IU mathematics students from rural districts outperformed city youths. Farm students averaged 82.4 on final exams, city children 74.5, and those of businessmen 63.6. Only 7 percent from rural districts failed to pass.
Thomas Davis of Mindsan aged 85 has covered 142000 miles by bicycle over twenty years. He began riding at 65 and in 1913 rode 782 miles. Taville of Lake Geneva Wisconsin chairs the central good roads committee of the National Automobilists Association.
Simple spice cakes with or without raisins taste better with generous butter coating while hot. Sprinkle powdered sugar and cinnamon. top with candied peel strips for elegance. Leaf cakes get granulated sugar and cinnamon. coconut frills enhance gem cakes. Crumb cake uses a butter flour sugar mix. creamy frosting boils sugar and water then beaten into egg whites for a shiny, creamy finish.
A distorted OCR fragment lists multiple train numbers and times for north bound east bound west bound routes. The entries include various sleeper and transit numbers such as No 114 No 148 No 144 and times ranging from early morning to evening with several nonstandard abbreviations. The text suggests a rail schedule snapshot lacking complete context or destinations.
The fragment lists T H I and E traction with a telephone contact 823 and the word Creencar, suggesting a small ad or notice for a local service or listing. No additional readable details outline a clear event or outcome.
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