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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
3
Reports detail deaths of Frank Miller and Mrs Pauline Schovl oski with burial plans and survivors. Greencastle circus review calls Al Barnes show the best yet despite dusty rings. Numerous local notices include obituaries marriages visits and social events across Putnam County Indiana.
A Greencastle Herald classified page lists lost items, found shoes in a Ford touring car, a Hudson Seal neckpiece, a Bach of keys and a block of text missing letters. It also advertises a permanent Rector Hall position, farm sales near Greenscastle, and employment ads including a night operator and a room search.
Campaign details promise the Jewish relief effort will begin shortly with organizers Abe Cohn Jewel Vaughn E M Hurst Ralph Sandy Joseph H Scott A A McCoy Henry M Coffman and Fred Brannajman. The note also promotes buying wholesome shock corn at the Phipps and Garrett sale on Wednesday.
The Young Women's Christian Association at DePauw University offers aid to college girls seeking work and invites anyone needing help to call Miss Alvord at Red 685 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for committee consultation. Also promotion of the Phipps and Garrett sale featuring pork for winter meat occurs Wednesday.
Aetna Mortgage and Investment Co located at 508 Fidelity Trust Building Indianapolis offers lending on second mortgages on real estate.
A dealer notes that bans on smoking in public places have reduced demand for loose tobacco cutters and plug sales. He reports shifting to regulated cuts sold in canisters, with twenty five cuts lasting days yet offset by sales of cigars and cigarettes. Separately, the largest map of England costs a million annually to depict 108,000 streets in extreme detail.
Professor Jassar introduces a treatment using a toothbrush shaped instrument with forty platinum wires connected to an electrical machine. The procedure involves hammering the nose until it bleeds and then pausing for a day.
The article reports on a practice where wealthier Chinese men purchase wives by foot length. It notes that selecting a shorter foot costs more, with prices varying by an inch and reaching thousands of dollars, reflecting a methodical and market driven approach to marriage.
Soldiers receive government issued death postcards before action and they are addressed to the person they wish notified. After battles these cards are retrieved from corpses and sent to regiment headquarters where the regiment seal certifies the death.
The article notes that English peerage often altered surnames. It cites the Duke of Northumberland once bearing Smitheon, the Marquis of Lansdowne as Petty then Fitzmanrew, and other nobles such as Haylay Paget, Burton, Moleyns, and Murray with varied names.
Pitcairn Island sits in a remote southern Pacific spot with 169 inhabitants. Its sole link to outsiders is a fourteen ton cutter that sails to a neighboring isle, delivering occasional communications to Tahiti about four times yearly.
Showers of rose leaves replace rice and confetti at a recent English wedding. Roman use of rose leaves in feasts and drama is noted, and rose perfumes were used to freshen air. An Imperial decree on temple appropriation for schools is reported by the Shanghai North China Herald as enforced in Anhui. At Luchoufu four large images of the god of Literature were torn down to allow Chinese boys to study English.
A fir timber cut in Oregon produced nine sawlogs averaging 14 feet in length. The logs scale at 21 4838 feet board measure, and the total value of the product exceeds 1000 dollars.
Arnold White told London workingmen that wealth does not measure intellect noting Togo earns £648 yearly while Admiral Rojestvensky earns £11,000. The remark contrasts salaries to comment on brains.
The Hawaii legislature overrides the governor's veto to permit baseball and similar amusements on Sundays and to allow many stores to stay open on that day. The move expands Sunday activity and commerce across the islands.
A palace description details rooms at Tsarskoe near St. Petersburg. One chamber features lapis lazuli walls and an ebony floor inlaid with mother of pearl. Another shows amber walls and a third uses beaten gold walls.
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