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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
3
A new safety deposit box section was installed in the First National Bank vault this Thursday. The heavy steel units, weighing thousands of pounds, were rolled from the sidewalk into the vault. Nearby, a 3/4 inch water pipe burst in front of Christie Son Shoe, prompting pavement removal to locate and stop the leak and plan a pipe replacement.
Subscribers urged to settle arrears by calling at the office or sending payment. Help Wanted a woman to sweep and clean on Fridays. For Rent two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Grand Central Hotel offers meals 35 cents or 21 meals for $5. Sale of 22 dandy feeding shoots must sell by Tuesday September 20. Contact Hurst and Stoessel Law Office. Grand Central Hotel E S Vermilion.
Greencastle Lodge 1592 will screen two reels of Mooseheart Home pictures at the Opera House Tuesday and Wednesday night with general admission. Various local items follow including rental notice for a front room, a lost ring with a reward, sale of a gas range, and updates on residents and local officials.
Nicholas Long of the Merchant's Trust Co. Greensburg Pa says two years of stomach trouble left him nervous sleepless and weak until Nerv-Worth relieved his symptoms. The ad claims the product treats stomach and nervous derangement, neutralizes acids stops gas aids digestion and sleep with a money back guarantee at $1.00 per bottle through R P Mullins and druggists.
Employment opportunities include W C A Employment Bureau Norma Linton rector hall hires college girls and a carrier for South end route. For rent furnished rooms and a large barn. Cars like a 1919 Ford Touring car for sale. Livestock including Shropshire rams lambs yearlings and a heifer calf. Goods from Kash Karry Store include baked bread pies cookies flour sacks sugar sacks and a big Northwood Addition Lot Sale with music prizes and entertainment on September 24. White Leghorn cockerels spring chickens and fat hens for sale. Empty barrels and lard cans offered for sorghum molasses.
Lois Wilson, once a school teacher, gained fame after winning an Alabama newspaper beauty contest and has steadily advanced to leading roles in popular pictures. She is described as a sweet, home loving type.
A reader reports drastic improvement from Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after years of medical costs for stomach troubles. The ad claims the product clears intestinal mucus and inflammation, easing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis, with a money back guarantee and wide druggist availability.
The report notes head-hunting in Borneo and very low literacy in Java with women described as debased. It highlights a 1,200 mile circle around Singapore housing over 50 million people lacking a college-level school. The Methodist centenary plans a college and Christian hospitals, with the Dutch government funding three of four dollars needed and ten hospitals planned, one already built.
Experiments at the Bureau of Mines in Reno Nevada show radium radiation coloring a colorless Colorado topaz turning yellow. exposure to light removed the tint, and researchers seek to render the radium induced color fast.
The centrifugal gun that drew high expectations has failed under army ordnance testing. Experts conclude it lacks military value due to excessive weight and inability to achieve sufficient initial velocity.
An Englishman travels from Petrograd to Moscow using a tailor's receipt as ID with a large printed heading, postage stamps, and a red signature claiming it is a British embassy issued diplomatic passport. He shows it to officials as proof of authority.
In a witty exchange, Senator Sorghum says he has trouble enough with political reporters without adding the burden of book reviewers, implying friction with literary critics over memoirs or reminiscences. The quip highlights the press scrutiny surrounding his public life.
A dialogue suggests that when women vote party managers may favor handsome men for ticket positions. The exchange contrasts appearance with political prospects and questions past marriage choices as a social commentary.
The article traces the origin of the name Natalie from Dies Natalis and its spread through Europe to forms Noel Natale Natal and Natalija. It notes St Natalia in Greek tradition and varying popularity across France England Russia and Spain. It singles out Natalie's talismanic gem and assigns Thursday as a lucky day and the number four as a lucky number for wearers.
Thousands of home seekers in Vienna organize to seize vacant rooms and large residences. They accuse the government bureau tasked with housing of impotence and appoint agents to locate all unoccupied premises and overcrowded properties. A published list names targets including a baroness with ten rooms living alone. They threaten force to secure lodgings.
Experts advise against shelf paper in kitchens as it collects dirt and invites insects. Paint shelves with enamel for a hard wipeable surface. For color options, use colored enamel such as bright light blue or soft green to achieve decorative effects.
Popular Science Monthly reports a new glass that resists sudden temperature changes. Two semi metallic substances with different expansion points form the composite. Tubes of each glass are fused together to create a rugged, highly stable material.
A reader finds two dead fish along Horselake in British Columbia a ling about three feet and a 18 inch sucker. The ling had tried to swallow the sucker headfirst and became stuck as the sucker’s thick body and stiff back fin acted like a fish hook keeping it from escaping.
Experiments at Huntley farm show sunflowers can yield 25 to 30 tons per acre for silage in the Northern Great Plains and Water-Moon states but livestock prefer corn silage, which also produces less than half as much tonnage per acre.
Farmers are advised to turn oats and wheat stubble when moisture allows and to work land promptly if sowing wheat after oats. Weeds should be converted to humus to improve soil. If a spring crop follows wheat, break early to control weeds and prep the field, while blow sands are best left until spring.
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