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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1919
Page
2
A readable fragment reports a New York society woman who hid duties by false bottoms in trunks and kept wardrobes on approval to copy designs. It describes shopkeepers' tolerance for charge customers and notes wealthy women’ gambits to save money and flaunt cleverness.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports ongoing auditing of wool dealers to recover excess profits and distribute shares to growers. About 10 percent of country dealers showed excess profits. larger dealers require months to complete fee account audits while notices detail consignments and purchases under wartime rules.
A farmer's note urges studying seed selection and protection methods to secure larger, higher quality yields. Close seed selection is touted as yielding big profits for farmers.
Washington reports large gains in cold storage for butter and eggs. On July 14 this year 108,552,000 pounds of butter were stored across 302 repositories, up from 68,202,000 pounds a year earlier. Eggs totaled 7,670,000 cases across 372 storages, up from 6,212,000 cases last year. Frozen and cured fish stocks fell 4 percent from a year ago, totaling 58,994,000 pounds of frozen fish, 29,147,000 pounds of cured herring, and 6,522,000 pounds of mild cured salmon.
President Wilson tours the Midwest delivering forceful speeches on the League of Nations and the peace treaty. He calls opponents quitters and urges support to prevent future wars, arguing the league protects the weak and preserves American security and interests.
A full grown mouse in a pie sold by Carl Singer of Wichita led to a $25 fine and $7.50 costs after a boy bought the pie for a lunch for a produce company office force. Deputy O H Graves reported the incident though the pie type was not stated. The buyer filed a complaint, and Singer faced two counts for selling poisonous substances in food and for keeping uncovered cooked food.
More than 100000 people lined the streets of a Missouri city as the President and his party passed. At a luncheon he was hailed as the benefactor of the world and the greatest citizen. He spoke to six thousand at the coliseum and earlier addressed twice that many in Indianapolis, driving through five miles of cheering crowds. The tour is described as a triumph.
A short, colorful sketch describes Giovanni the music man in vivid dialect. He plays piano at a bar and hopes to make money while pleasing women with compliments and plans for good food. The narrator admires his music and vows to sing from the heart.
A reflective column notes crow's feet and aging bring changes in mindset, warns against rushing life choices and delays in romance, and observes theatergoers who arrive late. It also comments on crooks in hardship and the clash between modesty and selling goods with a Milwaukee Sentinel quote.
A public auction will be held at the Tilghman Ruark farm two miles west of Stilesville on National Road. The notice lists sale action and location but provides no other details.
On Wednesday September 10 at 10 30 A M a sale of livestock including horses cows sows sheep and hogs will occur along with farm implements. Items include a 1918 Ford car a wagon plows drills harrows harnesses and household goods. John Masten also offers additional livestock and produce at the same location.
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