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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1913
Page
3
A bishop jokes about fishing for men when a local fisherman teases with bait. A tourist at Pike's Peak asks what Pike peeked at. Strickland Gillilan, famed for a punny poem, requests ice water for a supposed bhiech diving act during a Missouri lecture.
Greencastle Lodge No. 348 L O O F will meet Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Important business and first degree initiatory work planned. Visiting members welcome. Thomas Lisby N G John Cook Secretary.
A testimonial from M. E. Gebhart of Ole, Pa, claims rapid relief from diarrhoea after using Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The rekl says it is not an ordinary attack and that one or two doses almost always cure it, with availability from all dealers.
Sarah K. E. Duncan of Tipton reports her son suffered a severe cold last winter and feared pneumonia. She says one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stopped the cough and cured the cold, and it is sold by all dealers.
Logan Mize, a retired Greencastle farmer, praises Doan's Kidney Pills for treating backache and kidney issues. He notes continued satisfaction after a June interview and reiterates the product's reliability. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole U.S. agent.
G. Arth reports to the French Academy a Jonval turbine running on damp packwood turns the upper wood into a brittle black mass resembling coal. The transformed section yields 7394 calories vs 8000 for coal, suggesting coal formation may occur faster than geologic estimates.
A New Jersey inventor creates a match receptacle that attaches to a gas bracket. It stores matches in an enlarged gas key and provides a built in striking surface. The device offers convenient access whether the bracket is wall mounted or ceiling hung.
A writer in Outing extols sea leapers. He praises the whale for towering leaps and notes a British Navy record of a whale clearing a boat. He also describes tunas leaping ten to forty feet in the air and even twenty feet high with possible thirty or forty feet horizontal projection.
The British scientist Lord Kelvin foresees earthquakes increasing in magnitude as the world ages, with Jamaica and Sumatra cited as test cases revealing victims sinking into the sea. He predicts quakes will occur only every few million years once internal fires diminish, followed by a distant fear of a planetary collision remelting the Earth.
King Edward the Seventh grants Sir Frederick Treves and Sir Francis Laking, baronets, an honorable augmentation to their shields of arms. The lions of England, including a gold lion passant guardant, are added in recognition of their skill and care during the king's dangerous 1902 illness.
The Heraldic Lion on a red field is linked to Sir Frederick Treves. Only other case of a medical professional bearing royal shield charges occurred in 1612 for Gideon Delaune, apothecary, who gained a charter for the Apothecaries' Society and the gold lion passant guardant plus a fleur de lys of France.
An innovative swimming machine, resembling a bicycle, features a narrow ellipse frame with a buoyant cigar shaped float for prone positioning. A rear rod with a foot pedal driven propeller powers movement, while a hand operated rudder steers, promising appeal to aquatic sports enthusiasts.
The Zuni Indians of New Mexico use a wooden cedar corn planter with a foot press. A farmer saddles a burro and plants seed corn in deep holes, dropping grains and covering them as he travels across arid plains.
A travel note on Naples beggars describes persistently soliciting lamed and blind in the main streets. It advises travelers to avoid giving money, or risk crowds and extortion by able bodied loafers. If needed, use a firm denial with "niente" and possibly a backward glance and "Va via" to dismiss beggars.
The mouse deer or chevrotain is under twelve inches high with brown fur speckled in yellow. Its body shows white underparts, no knee joints, and male tusks. It is timid, hides in jungle by day, and feeds at dawn and dusk. in captivity it remains gentle yet shy.
Dr James B Bailltt of Louisville recounts Arizona experiments with a Gila monster and a rattlesnake. He describes placing both in a box where the monster gradually killed the snake by biting near the tail, and Bailltt later died from wounds two days after the encounter. Chicago News reports the incident.
The Greek Catholics in the United States, numbering about 500000, are in full communion with Rome and led by the pope. Most are Ruthenians Roumanians Italians and Syrians from Galatia Calabria the Carpathians eastern Hungary and Turkey with over 100 churches 40 schools and 98 priests largely settled in Pennsylvania.
Hans Doering records a Mussulman in prayer in a Chinese Turkestan setting. He describes the interpreter’s carpet being spread opposite his window while the man’s wife and child converse nearby. The koran chants are audible as the worshiper kneels and recites Allah. They perform this devotion each morning and evening, with or without visitors.
Estimates place annual rat damage in England at fifty million pounds. A slaughterhouse near Paria reports 85 horse carcasses torn by rats in a single night. Rats eat almost anything from Kes to birds and young animals, and even each other when pressed for food.
An Anglo Russian magazine reports on alleged torture of political prisoners in Russia, with claims of Baltic and Polish prison atrocities. It cites Riga as a site with an inquisition style chamber and devices like rubber sticks and pincers used to force confessions, supposedly sanctioned by central government and the czar.
The writer notes that many top Chinese teas never leave the country and are not sold in bulk. European and American specialists obtain samples through Chinese export centers, but these teas are kept for testing and comparison. Only one non-producing-country supplier is known, charging 75 to 100 dollars per pound.
A Monon Route special offers round trip tickets from Greencastle to Chattanooga for 11.60 with return by Sept 28 and optional extension to Oct 17. Special cars depart Greencastle at 3 25 p m on Sept 14 to join the Department Special at Louisville. For reservations contact W W Gilgis traveling passenger agent Bedford Indianapolis Sept 10.
Greencastle druggists promote E R U S A as a safe pile cure with no opiates or poisons. They claim other pile medicines harm users and promise a $50 forfeit if not proven effective. Jones Stevens Co. Sole agent.
The Daily Herald ups weekly price from 6 to 10 cents starting the week of October 1 due to higher printing and operating costs affecting city subscribers.
Greencastle residents urged to use a German preparation Adler ika with buckthorn bark and glycerine to prevent appendicitis and relieve sour stomach gas and constipation with a single dose, advertised by Stevens Drug Store as evidence of its effectiveness.
Partial timetable notes show multiple departure times and routes with east and west directions. Entries include early morning and daily services with Sundays excluded, listing station times and agent reference J. D. Ellis.
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