Profuse American Titles Rise in Modern Society
A visiting American journalist laments the growing use of honorifics such as Senator attached to names in the United States, predicting social distinctions may mirror German customs. The piece contrasts past simplicity with present prestige signals, then shifts to medical notes on how travel spreads germs and shapes quarantine rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aniel Webster
Webster
Websster
Germany
Woemien
Boston Heraldi
Birds crowning a ship launch in living garland
A Japanese ship is launched with a cage of about twenty birds suspended from the bow. As the prow enters the water the cage opens and the birds fly free, symbolizing the ship-Chicaso Chrono lele. In Switzerland near Coire Grisons a snow region forms a jet black line due to swarms of legged insects moving like grasshoppers.
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Coire
Grisons
Classified Advertisements Read Across Greencastle
A collage of notices seeks furnished rooms and maids in Rector Hall and a rental near Washington and Locust Street. Farm loans, printing jobs, and household goods sale await inquiries. Local agents and businesses advertise druggists and real estate services in Greencastle Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Vestal
Dobbs’ & Vestal Real Estate Office
Greencastle
Ind
Clemenceau’s Taxi Days Remembered by Tacoma Nun
A Washington nun Nich Ole Thien recalls Clemenceau’s youth as a cabdriver in Paris guiding him to duels and battles for power. He nicknamed him Tiger for his dominance and remembers the old days when Clemenceau hailed his cab at night after leaving his office.
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Tacoma
Wash
Nicholas Thien
Clemenceau
Anc
Feld
Mny
Msieu Clemenceau
M'sieu Thien
Li'intrasigeant
Cab Sass
Tiger
M. Thien
M'sien Clemenceau
Shoes as Ornament in Serbia Stir Charity Efforts
In rural Serbia many live without shoes, relying on gunny sacks or cloth. The first American Red Cross issued shoes caused uproar as villagers valued them highly. An elderly woman stored her pair for fetes or burial, saying they were too beautiful to wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serbia
American Red Cross
Treasure of the 1.40 corats stone in Portuguese lore
A legendary Tien dinedam stome of 1.40 corats, famed as large as a goose's eye, long a prized possession of Portuguese pioneers. Vetoed at £ AS 000,000 it was seized by criminals near Minas Torpes, carried to a village priest, and a governor was later fined. The story ends with rewards and church preferment for the priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streeter
Cyeee
Parailian
Ted
Abnite
Minas Tlorpes
Flowering Holland Grows A Garden After Constantinople Fall
After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Holland develops a passion for flowers and gardening. Dutch citizens plant new blooms and fragrant plants from the East, bringing beauty and color to the land.
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Holland
Hem
Orchid variant rare in Byrn gardens in Burmese market
Most orchids in Byrn thrive in private gardens with care. A single exception is a fragrant species called tazin by the Burmese, often sold in Rangoon during Christmas week. It flowers only in remote, infrequently visited spots and during the tigers mating season when danger to humans rises. The plant commands high demand in Burma and sells for its weight in silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrn
Rangoon
What Mother Wanted
A fragment from an Exchange column recalls a Morning knock on the door and a neighbor’s boy asking for a lemon squeezer or lemon hugger in playful mispronunciation. The brief scene highlights a quaint domestic moment and a child’s endearing phrasing.
President Wilson presses league as Oregon crowd listens
In Portland on a cross country trip, President Wilson urged ratification of the League of Nations covenant despite opposition led by Hiram Johnson. He warned against minority rule and insisted on a united, strong United States backing peace, while condemning pro German propaganda and urging Americans to lead.
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Wilson
California
Hiram Johnson
House of His Friends
Portland
Oregon
Columbia Highway
United Nations
On College
Wil
Leclare
Cerna
Tomach
Cery
Torah
Mr. Wilson
America
United States
Germany
Europe
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised in Michigan
Mrs. A. H. Ian of Caseville Michigan thanks the remedy for saving her baby's life this summer and says the family never goes without it. Mrs. Mary Carrington of Caseville also vouches for years of prompt relief from Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Michigan
A. H. Ian
Caseville, Mich
Mary Carrington
Washington Township seeks higher school and road taxes
Washington Township tax officials petition the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners to raise levies beyond last year for higher teacher wages more school supplies building repairs and road work. A public hearing is set for September 18 1919 at the State Board office. Taxpayers and interested parties are urged to attend. Dated September 10 1919. J O Mullinix Trustee. 21-D September12-18
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State of Indiana
Putnam County
Washington Township
State Board of Tax Commissioners
J. O. Mullinix
Public Sale After Partnership Dissolution
Dissolved partnership leads to a public sale at Dr. W. R. Hutcheson farm five miles east of Greencastle on the Washington Street Pike. Exact date and time not provided in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hutcheson
Greencastle
Washington Street Pike
Farm auction notice lists livestock and gear for sale
On a September Tuesday sale begins at 10 00 listing horses cattle sheep hogs hay straw corn and farm implements. Livestock includes mares a gelding yearling driving mare and bales of cattle and calves. Also listed are 25 acres of corn and numerous farming tools with six months credit on large items and 2 percent discount for cash.
Local Medical and Legal Figures Convene on Grounds
Dr W R Hutcheson and M D Lyon appear among a group including Dobbs Vestal Sherrill Auds and Paul Albin clerks. Lunch will be served on the grounds, indicating a community meeting or event with healthcare and legal professionals in attendance.
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Main St
W. P. Sackett
Kodaks-Eastman
R. P. Mullins
West Side Square
the Teasdale Company
Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
Baldwin Piano CO
Phonograph
James L. Hamilton
Washington Street
Plame
Asia
Christeneers
Christies
Herald Office
Rector Hall
Washington and
Locust Street
Blanch G
O’ Hair
Troy
Ohio
Bainbridge
H. Brown
Indiana Daily Times
West Side of Square
South Jackson Street
Hallie King
Riley and Werneke Printing Co
Carl Williams
Fouts Bros. Realty Company
Majestic
L. G. Wright
Greencastle Telephone Company
Barnaby’s Mill
Paris
Gem
Flower Oerdens of
Orchid
U.S
League
Lodge
Mount Clemens News Bureau
Senator Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Marsa
Watts
Central Trust CO
Leh
Oliver
John Deere
DeLaval Ceam
M. D. Lyon
Brunswick Tires
Service Stati
North Side Square
Jones
School of Auctioneering
Robert M. McHaffie
Stilesville, Indiana
A. J. Duff
East
Willard Batteries
Burdick
LEE
Goodyear
U. S
Greencastle Battery Company
Chichester
Tor
Uran
Aetna Mortgage and Investment Co
Fidelity Trust Building
Indianapolis
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