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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
3
Advertising lowers prices by expanding sales and letting firms operate on small margins. It enables consumers to buy better goods at lower costs. Advertisers believe in growing sales through advertising, while non-advertisers may seek larger profits from fewer sales.
Silk exhibit at the National Museum in Washington showcases hundreds of silk worms feeding on mulberry leaves then spinning cocoons. The display traces growth from egg to moth, explains cocoon reeling, and shows finished silk products while offering a natural history lesson for visitors and students.
A new aviation concept uses noninflammable celluloid as wing covering to render craft invisible and allow observation in all directions. A muffling box reportedly makes the motor nearly silent.
Lee Song the hatchet boy of the Liu Kwen Tong travels to a city with plans to kill a laundryman named Billy Wing and take Jing the boy. A sudden twist leads Lee to kidnap Jing instead and flee with the child as the devil’s dagger within his heart dulls.
A tramp thanks a housekeeper for a meal and explains he judged the town by the yard's mussed appearance. The housekeeper learns her fence is safe and offers him more meals if he shares how he knew he’d eat well there. He cites the yard’s disorder as his signal.
Rural Editor muses on sixteen months of work in interstate commerce law and wonders if Providence spared him after a train saved him from a deadly open switch. The dialogue reveals a moment of gratitude and fate with an implied near tragedy.
A boy, Thomas, is questioned about a punishment at school for telling the truth. He explains the teacher criticized a remark about her age and describes a joke he wrote under a picture of eggs on the board, noting the hen that laid them isn’t a chicken.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century style exchange describes a girl burned hair in a terrible accident and a joke about marrying for money. The tone hints at cautionary domestic drama and social pretensions.
The British Medical Journal editorial decries waste and overeating in Britain linking costly flavorings to poor nutrition. It argues that cheap, well-chosen foods can be equally nutritious and tasty, condemns modern society for losing cottage-home cooking, and cites examples like oatmeal and white bread in place of richer fare.
An 1800 Massachusetts Mercury ad announces American printing ink rivaling London ink, priced at 2 shillings 6 pence per pound, sold by Joseph White near the Charles River Bridge in Boston. It notes the shift from English to American ink and traces ink history from ancient China to early modern Europe.
A safety pocket to hold a watch securely is a feature of a new apron for workmen. A device for removing tires from wagon wheels has been invented that pulls over a ton yet weighs less than twenty five pounds.
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