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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
4
Dr. R H Richards lists office at 13 East Walnut Street opposite the post office and residence at 505 Elm Street. Office phone 356 and residence line Red 407.
A collage of light anecdotes from Harper's Weekly and other papers features a pretty woman in Syracuse lamenting a cooled birthday gesture to Mr de Lancey, a chancer’s claim of “speaking acquaintance” with a judge after a speeding ticket, and a dentist’s polite assurance to Miss Pascay that losing teeth young is impossible.
A chair believed to be the throne of Queen Hatasu, dating from about 3,500 years ago, is housed in the British Museum. The artifact reflects ancient Egyptian craftsmanship and royal symbolism.
The largest kite ever made measured 59 feet by 40 feet and weighed over 1 1/2 thousand pounds. The massive craft included a tall height and exceeded three quarters of a ton in total weight.
The earliest Christian visual art appeared in the catacombs as symbolic frescoes. These primitive works conveyed biblical scenes through simple iconography and shared religious messages during early antiquity.
A Gothenburg correspondent reports strict modern limits on wine and spirit sales. A buyer could not take whiskey over the counter, but could order by telephone from a cigar shop across the street and have it delivered home for sixpence if accompanied by his son.
In a domestic vignette from Puck, Mrs. Quilluser persuades her husband to reprioritize his writing. Willie needs shoes before Mary’s mittens, prompting a shift from an ode to dancing leaves to a Sunday piece on a new coal substitute.
An excerpt of a diary narrates a vagrant's drift aboard the Oversky Limited then stranded on an outpost star. The writer recalls a panic at Saturn, Radium Works layoffs, and later a chance encounter with a companion during a cook-up before a hog train incident.
A former workhouse inmate sent a letter listing demands for private dining, yard access, daily visits, and no work. The Amesbury Guardians concluded the workhouse is not the proper public institution for its author.
J. Holden explains a simple double boiler using two pails of different sizes. Place pebbles in the larger pail, rest the smaller pail on them, and set food in the inner vessel with water in the outer. A strong fire cannot scorch the food as long as water remains in the outer pail.
A narrative contrasts a drifter and a farmer in Nebraska prairie land near a rambling stone house with a gray automobile. The drifter reflects on birth, opportunity, and class as he eyes a farmer with money and a private road to town. He recalls a rough life and a longing for better chance, while the farmer appears content with independence and self-sufficiency.
Public sale announced after selling the farm on the Greencastle and Indianapolis road. Auction location is the old Tera Buis Farm three miles west of Stilesville four and a half miles southeast of Fillmore and eight miles east of Greencastle.
Sale on Friday September 26 beginning at 10 o clock describes five horses seven cattle two hogs thirty sheep farming implements household goods hay and grain. Stocks include Jersey and Durham cows Holstein heifer and calves with notes on freshening dates and milk flow. Tools harnesses wagons mowers plows and other farm items offered with 2 percent cash discount and credit terms up to twelve months.
Rollo Rollins hunts with a lifelike rabbit crafted by Dr. Faustus Lang and Si Perkins. Perkins rigs Gustavus Adolphus with a wire trap, eyes that gleam, and animates it to frighten Rollins. Rollins shoots thrice, flees as the giant rabbit pursues, enduring a night-long chase.
Anice Burdell and Cressey Randall face a confession from Randall about a five year penitentiary past and a forged check linked to Robert Leeds. Leeds seeks Randall’s pardon as the truth reshapes their fates and promises reunion and love.
Clyne seeks rest after Porter & Co plans to delay a ten year old case by hiding a former bookkeeper. A dramatic storm rescue uncovers a photo linking Brice and Luella, leading Porter to reward Clyne and Brice with five thousand dollars each and a diamond necklace at Clyne and Laeda’s wedding.
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