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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1919
Page
2
The Greencastle Indiana Daily Herald lists subscription prices and notices. Rates include one year at an unspecified amount, four months, and per-week carrier charges. obituaries incur a charge of 1 per obituary with an additional 5 cents per line for poetry. Cards of Thanks are 50 cents each.
A witty dialogue among movie-going boarders and a landlady centers on desperate acts after lovesick rejections. The clever exchange traces side whiskers from sideburns to a joke on facial hair as a King George reference echoes the discussion.
A golf correspondence column receives a playful question about course strategy. The racing editor crafts a whimsical answer advising a straight approach and a traditional shot to finish, using humorous, archaic phrasing.
A professor and his wife discuss phrasing and accuracy, highlighting miscommunications. The husband suggests hanging a picture over the clock, while the wife mishears. he notes that misplacement would hinder telling the time. The exchange ends with a playful correction on old style phrasing.
Edward Lovett of the Imperial War Museum reports on colonial and allied troops in front line zones adopting talismans and symbols. Australian soldiers wear a Pentad collar motif while Fifth Company claims luck, others carry a Swastika charm, coal pieces, or undisclosed mascots. German and Italian charms include vulgar pig figures, a red fungus symbol, a teetotum, and a Christ medal.
Marine Ralph Walter Slater of Mount Tell West Virginia walked 26 miles to Charleston to join the Marine Corps after passing the examination. He then walked another 26 miles home to tell his family goodbye and returned to the recruiting office through West Virginia mountains finishing a total of 78 miles for enlistment.
A traveler praises Palermo as picturesque with its rainbow hulls and bustling port. He notes noisy streets near the custom house where officials weigh goods as drivers and clerks clash over cargo. Marionette theaters fascinate him despite grim doorways, and stage pictures show knights, dragons, and gallant figures amid chaotic scenes.
A 1804 dollar recovered from a derelict Yankee schooner at Liverpool sold for 6000 dollars and would fetch more today. The practice of placing dated coins under ship masts, a custom noted by Pearson’s Weekly, also extended to Scottish pennies called dolits tucked beneath masts for thrift.
A biographical meditation on Alexander the Great, aged 36, describing him as the world’s first chief missionary. It credits his conquests and use of the Macedonian spear and Greek language to spread culture and thought, portraying his 18-year career as globe spanning and transformative.
A columnist laments the current youth tone describing rudeness and fear of polite responses. The piece argues lack of discipline leads to contempt, social decline, and negative stereotypes of girls as gossipers and idle followers.
The article argues that virtually all advances in aerial navigation in the country have been achieved without government aid. It asserts private enterprise is as involved as national effort, and, on the whole, more economical and effective.
The Standard Oil Company abandons plans to make petroleum butter, citing higher profits in other refinery byproducts. The comment implies historical novels will ignore this episode as history ignores fiction.
A fragment notes that normal men fit through a single opening large enough for the head while women require hip space. It cites a Life magazine quote claiming today reflects yesterday and mentions an eighties era line.
Despondent sufferers with indigestion are told they can achieve lasting recovery. The ad asserts hundreds were permanently cured by Chamberlain's Tablets and can now eat anything. It claims the tablets strengthen the stomach and restore natural function.
A Dallas News cartoon caption jokes that a woman hobbling with an agonized expression indicates she has more foot than head. The remark critiques fashion or comfort choices in a pointed, period voice.
Text reflects a historical remark where an emperor travels in disguise as a woman to explore rights and social roles. The phrase suggests a noble figure testing gender boundaries to understand human dignity and freedom.
Mrs A H Hall from Caseville Michigan reports the remedy saved her baby's life this summer and keeps it in the house. Mrs Mery Carrington of Caseville says it has given prompt relief for years. Ady.
Public sale announced on the Elisha Buis farm located seven miles east of Greencastle four miles south of Fillmore five miles west of Stilesville along the Greencastle road with items to be sold at auction.
Tuesday September 16 at 10 00 a m a sale of 22 head horses and mules 10 head cattle 160 hogs 49 sheep hay and grain farming tools and 2 percent discount for cash 6 percent notes 3 6 or 9 months credit Terms include 8 percent from date after maturity and savings for cash purchases Readable description lists multiple animal types and farm equipment for sale with payment options
A public notice lists Reese Buis Roy Buis Rome Gorham Cols Geo West Claud Coffin and Albert Hunter Auets with Alex Brayn as clerk The M E L Church of Fillmore will serve lunch.
A late night drive home from a dance ends when a car slips in frozen farm wagon ruts and veers into a barn yard. The girl spots the danger and slams the brake, stopping the car a few feet from the barn door. The elder narrator confirms the tale as true.
A Stars and Stripes letter-from-reader reflects on Civil War loyalties. The writer, from south of Mason and Dixon, recalls changing views from Dixie to favoring the nickname Yank as the official battle cry and notes the Union and Confederacy are welded.
In Everybody s Thomas H Uzzell reports on tire tests by the bureau of standards and the office of the quartermaster general. Lab durability runs and carcass testing led to a new method after noting improper toughening. Makers began sifting zinc oxide before mixing with rubber yielding better tires and saving about 40 million dollars for the government.
Ada Tingley of Idaho, praised by the North Western division of the US biological survey, traps predators including coyotes bobcats wolves lynxes and mountain lions. She rides from 8 30 each morning to tend six trap lines using a secret fish bait formula and can fire a two caliber rifle with high accuracy.
The liner tube for a 12 inch gun, 36 feet long, was finished and rifled before shrinking into place. Typically the liner is bored and rifled after shrinkage, and this is noted as the first time a gun of such large size was assembled after the tube was finished.
Johannesburg New Metropolis is described as the largest most cosmopolitan city in South Africa with a population of OM4.274. The text notes a varied taste among residents from simple native needs to cultivated desires and mentions music as a means of meeting these wants.
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