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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1920
Page
2
The Greencastle Herald lists charges for cards of thanks and obituaries with 50 cents per card and one dollar per obituary plus five cents per poetry line. Publisher Charles J. Arnold operates the paper from 17 and 19 S Jackson Street.
U S Department of Agriculture figures claim two rats breeding for three years yield 359 709 482 individual rats. Act at first sign. RAT SNAP offers extermination without mixing with foods and leaves no odor. Sold by John Cook & Son J Sudranski & Co R P Mullins.
A Chinese warden tightens bound feet as vanity drives traditional beauty rites. The practice reflects cultural norms and historical gender expectations shaping punishment and control.
Paris and Seine department plan a full takeover of surface transit to improve service. The move allocates 80 annual payments totaling about 400,000 francs, with potential reductions via bargaining. The system currently operates 117 streetcars and 44 buses, across 2540 vehicles.
The first annual report of Jolla FL Kramer, prohibition commissioner, is due soon and is expected to estimate the number of arrests since prohibition began January 16. It notes about 75,000 persons including police, state authorities, federal officers and agents are involved in enforcing the ban.
A collection of maxims on money and prudence noting sympathy cannot replace cash and that a busy person should avoid meddling. It warns against repeating a bad term and suggests wealth can excuse a lack of sense, while every story has multiple sides in opinionated fashion.
Ottumwa office man Jesse Spurgeon introduces a novel calculator that adds multiplies subtracts and divides. The device uses a lever indexed from one to nine to set the multiplier and perform operations with a single press producing rapid results. A model by George H Haller impressed observers and demonstrated simpler construction and lower cost than existing adding machines.
A Thuringia tombstone dating to 1630 honors Stuegel, the dog of Prince von Wagenheim’s master of the hunt, celebrated for loyalty and talent. The inscription invites viewers to study its head, paws, and tail to infer breed, noting the sculptor’s skill over modern breed focus.
A new paring machine promises to peel a peck of vegetables in one minute. It uses a bowl with abrasive lining and a central water jet spun by a motor to scrub skins off as vegetables tumble, leaving clean produce with only eye removal and deep indentations needing hand work.
A simple setup uses an iron ring on a stand between an electric lamp and a vertical drawing board. The ring casts a shadow on the board, producing various eclipse forms as the ring is rotated. Moving the ring closer or farther from the lamp changes the eclipse size.
A narrative about James Smith who fell ill and lost work for a year with four dependents. His landlord, though not wealthy, faced mortgage and tax burdens, and a savings bank ultimately held the mortgage. The piece extols banks for bearing burdens during hard times and urges thrift and banking to prepare for future rain.
An old United States assay office site in a well known street yields pay dirt from dust and soot in the cellar and chimney. Contractors tearing down the 1823 building recover silver ingots and gold producing dust, with thirty barrels totaling about $2,000 unearthed so far.
The widow of a wealthy real estate man left Capt. George Cooley of the Yonkers police a large fee in her will after she read a report about his admonition to improve oneself. The will, probated recently, makes him executor and his fee is at least $26,000. The World notes the irony as commentary on civil contracts.
Famous hog raiser James McGuire of New Jersey recommends Rat Snap to farmers troubled by rats. The cake bait is sold in three sizes 3dc 65c and 1.25 with no mixing required and claims to be eaten by mice and rats but not by cats or dogs. John Cook & Sons J Sudranski & Co and R P Mullins guarantee and sell the product.
Mrs Joanny reports finding a dead rat in a cellar and praises Rat Snap as wonderful. The ad lists cake sizes Go and 25c, and mentions sellers John Cook & Sons J Sudranski and R P Mullins with a guarantee.
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