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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1920
Page
2
A brief item indicates obituary charges set at 1 dollar per obituary with an additional 5 cent per line fee for poetry entries. The notice explains the pricing structure for readers submitting obituaries and verse.
Secretary of State Charles H. Wagner, Columbus. Auditor of State Charles R. Hughes, Peru. Reporter of Supreme Court Wood Unger, Frankfort. Judge Supreme Court Fifth District Francis E. Bowser, Warsaw.
A Youth's Companion report highlights border lawbreaking as 8000 smugglers operate along the line. Notable schemes include tea chest runs from Canada into Maine and an aqueduct of pipe and wooden spout used to move gin, oats, and other goods.
From Rev H Boswell Bates legacy George A Merritt founded the Path school at 60 West Twenty Fifth Street New York to train cripples in commercial and railroad telegraphy. The free nonsectarian program has lifted nearly 50 recipients from dependence to honest labor earning 12 to 18 dollars weekly.
Sig Caprini left his island to King Albert of Belgium for a noble cause. The king’s minister of arts handed the property to Italy to create a restful retreat and activity center for artists. Milan Academy villas will host artists, turning the site into a small capital for fine and industrial arts in the Italian lakes region.
A collection of old beliefs explains gendering ships as feminine from ancient Greek practice honoring Athene. It links Friday’s superstition to Christ’s crucifixion and Adam and Eve’s fall. It notes weather-cocks on church steeples as reminders of Peter’s denial and peacock feathers as unlucky due to paradise lore.
A report by M H Janelle to the French Acclimatizacion society notes ostrich eggs sent from Tunis to Marseille on August 22 1919 arrived December 12 still perfectly good The eggs could serve confectionery and baking trades as a single egg contains more than a quart of usable yolk and white Herminier kept eggs opened and used over several days.
In 1828 Cherokee Indians in present Georgia published the Cherokee Phoenix with Seenoyah designing the SG Cherokee alphabet. The paper printed half Cherokee and half English and spurred literacy among hundreds of full blood Indians. It operated about five years before suppression amid removal pressure and Georgia laws. Elias Boudinot, a native citizen, became the first Indian editor.
A growing world demand for timber prompts plans in British East Africa to improve harbor facilities for exporting forests. Between two and three million acres hold usable wood, with the best suited for wheel makers wagon builders and block paving. The new industry, though young, is expected to expand rapidly as workers and equipment move into the woodlands.
Attention is drawn to a new addition to the British Museum a colossal Chinese wood figure five feet eight inches tall seated and crafted from jointed blocks. Dated ca 1270 A D it marks the first specimen of its kind in Britain's national collection and spurs further study of this art branch. A Burlington Magazine of Art writer notes a Cleveland scholar travels to China to study and gather suitable treasures for the museum.
The Japanese edible bamboo has been introduced by the department of agriculture to the southern United States with plantations in Georgia and Louisiana. The giant grass grows rapidly and yields stalks suitable for frames, furniture, ladders, trellises and barrel hoops. The edible shoot is a tasty vegetable akin to asparagus, meeting rising American demand for bamboo timber and shoots.
Two policemen in an eastern city stopped a man swinging a woman from a fourth story window after she screamed. They rescued her and arrested him, but a doctor later diagnosed the assailant as sleepwalking during a nightmare, unaware of his actions.
An issue of Shipping and Engineering reports the Bombay Karachi aerial postal line now in operation. Three passenger De Haviland machines carry up to 1 000 pounds of mail and baggage. Mail arrives in Karachi the day of departure from Bombay and outward rates are dispatched on the day letters are due to depart.
The piece quotes Garfield Jones warning that Mohammedanism blends church and state, praising violence against Christians as virtuous. It recalls juramentados in the Philippines and Moro knife attacks, noting historical fear among Christians toward Moros.
A London Times writer reports Tilbury docks crowded with large ships unable to unload due to lack of space. Australian meat ships face berthing delays as cargoes wait for weeks. Labor inefficiency, wartime losses, and job habits cut discharging output from 100 to 68 tons per nine hours. State control of imports and railroads lowers carrying power at least 50 percent.
The Polish Business Men's club in a Toledo enclave of Polish immigrants runs a year long neighborly aid program. They request charities not to help directly, instead notifying the club to assess needs and mobilize money supplies or labor from local residents and tradespeople who respond readily.
Multiple properties listed by S. C. Sayers with immediate possession and modern features. 9 rooms 2 baths with fruit garden garage. 7 room modern home with sun parlor. 6 room cottages near and semi modern with large garden. four room house with furnace water and lights under 2000. high grade 8 room modern home. Wadley’s Hoos advert also appears.
At a Columbia tea Brander Matthews argues the American short story should prize beauty over dollars. He notes writers chase realism and price, while praising a reader's comment that a tale is realistic. Matthews stresses artful ambition in storytelling over mercenary aims.
In New York, editor of the Miners' Journal remarks that coal prices rise as quickly as aging. He recalls Uncle Peleg Worcester’s quip about feeling flattered when the barber asks if a shave is wanted, illustrating aging and market sentiment with a humorous old tale.
A collection of pithy lines spotlighting clever mothers two can play but one may quit. Talk costs when a lawyer speaks for you as stones roll to the hill’s foot. Wigs described by fiower language claim to be lie locks.
Dr. T Luzzati was summoned to three Rome households where children began coughing. He vaccinated all siblings as a precaution. Ten days later the illness proved whooping cough, yet none of the other children contracted the disease despite no isolation. Luzzati reports no benefit from vaccination once the disease is evident.
Dr Genegrier to the French Pediatrics society describes a newborn with milk intolerance cured by three subcutaneous injections of sterilized cow’s milk, 8, 16 and 30 minims, given every other day. The third dose caused vomiting and rigors, then the infant began drinking milk by mouth, progressing from five to 350 grams daily.
National Amenities England will return a flag captured at the Thames by Kentuckians in the War of 1812. The Kentucky legislature appropriated funds to send James Pughanan of Louisville as commissioner to England to retrieve the flag. He is a descendant of the battle commander.
On Tuesday September 14 1920 a large catalog of stock and equipment is listed for sale. Buyers may pay cash under five dollars or obtain credit for larger sums with a six percent note while a two percent cash discount applies. Sherrill and Rector are the auctioneers. O W Hill is the clerk. The Mt Meridian M E Church Ladies Aid plans to serve a dinner.
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