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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
4
Dialogue snippet shows a family standoff over summer travel. Ma favors a destination with new golf opportunities while Pa wants a location famed for golf. The quarrel centers on conflicting preferences for recreation and leisure.
A quip from the Louisville Courier-Journal compares a candidate’s rhetoric to Diogenes searching for honesty. The jest suggests skepticism about political speeches while hinting at hopeful sentiment.
A fragmented price list showing bulk coffee per pound, dried prunes, Baise pies, potatoes per pound, sugar per pound, matches, bars of soap, baking powder and coconuts. The OCR yields scattered figures with irregular punctuation and several misspellings.
Rat Snap promises simple rat control with no mixing, sold in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25. James McGuire of New Jersey endorses the product saying it saved a hog’s value after a single dollar spent. Cats and dogs won’t touch it. Sold and guaranteed by John Cook & Sons J Sudranski & Co and R P Mullins.
An article describes Aboriginal practices with bone pointing as a death curse. It notes aversion to wagtails, burial customs with bones kept as keepsakes, and the ritual act of pointing a bone at an enemy, often preceding illness or death.
A note outlines hair strength and elasticity, typical growth rates, and beard length estimates. Pincus measured patch growth versus surrounding hair by removing circular scalp sections, finding growth slows after trimming and rarely exceeds the rest. Beard hair may reach about six and a half inches per year, with long histories yielding substantial beard totals.
A boy, Humphrey Potter, turned stopcocks to feed steam and condense water in a beam engine. He observed synchronized motions with the beam and linked valve handles to the beam with strings, creating an automatic engine and a notable invention.
A Millville Mississippi reader 19 writes of a gentleman friend who has remained just a friend for a year and wonders if mistletoe would push him toward romance. The letter ends with a jokey judgment that if a man needs mistletoe to be encouraged there is no hope for him.
Washington health authorities report about 1,000 structures razed or upgraded to sanitary standards in the district over less than two years. In March and the prior two months January and February roughly 32 buildings were demolished each month as a model for other large cities.
At a meeting Mrs. Borrmann Wells faced scoffers in a lively exchange. A man posed several questions and received quick replies. The final query asked why she would not marry. Mrs. Wells quipped that the objection is beside her on the platform in Mr. Wells.
In Molteno Cape Colony farmers deploy imported eagle kites to frighten locust swarms. The plan aims to deter locusts from infesting fields using tethered birds of prey imagery and motion to disrupt the insects.
An editorial condemns live bait and cruel handling of fish. It argues fishermen should use flies or decoys, stop stringing fish through the gills, and kill fish promptly to prevent needless suffering and ensure better condition for transport. It notes boatmen now use battens to deliver a sharp blow and end the life quickly.
In a no lown town action for ejectment by a religious society to recover a cemetery the court ruled for the plaintiff after weighing evidence. The defendant physician had bought the ground for the society but held title in his name after severing ties. The judge added two reasons: the church needs a cemetery and the doctor has not shown a large enough practice to justify his own burial ground.
A patient named Tompkins nears recovery after a serious illness with doctors and a nurse tending him. He confesses love to Nurse Edith who gently deflects his marriage proposal as part of his treatment, keeping spirits high while in care.
The text estimates how long it would take a person to count to a billion at different rates. At 200 counts per minute the task would take 9,512 years and more when including rest breaks, illustrating the enormity of a billion. It uses hypothetical daily limits to show the scale in clear, measured terms.
Dentists with public spirit seek recognition of oral hygiene in public schools. They advocate central and medical child inspections to correct early tendencies that can debilitate the entire system if unchecked.
A visitor recalls touring English castles and manor houses and mentions a local Englishman quipping that heiresses have restored many ancient ruins to good condition. The remark highlights changing perceptions of historic sites and restoration practices.
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