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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
2
The Greencastle Herald lists mail and carrier subscription prices, daily and weekly terms, delivery offices at 17 and 19 3 Jack son Street, and contact numbers. It notes obituaries and poetry line charges, and specifies fees for wards of thanks and other notices.
A five month old white infant adopted by a once loving New York family begins darkening skin and triggers a tragic scene at Dr Mary’s office. The affair involves a complex past and a widow’s claim, with tensions rising over guardianship and motives. Investigators probe family history and hidden ties as the child’s fate hangs in balance.
A narrative describes the emotional moment of a mixed race infant adoption, detailing a mother's fear and a nurse's involvement as a baby is placed with another family. The account reflects the complex feelings surrounding adoption and race during the period.
Missouri, after a year and a half of trials, decides to reinstate capital punishment. Homicides rose sharply during the moratorium and a jail lynching of a condemned killer in Trinidad, Colorado, spurred the move. Officials anticipate tighter enforcement and longer delays in executions.
The University of Minnesota offers an Americanization course for foreign born workers and students. It aims to teach English, cultural norms, and skills for better integration into American industrial life and society.
Directors of the Canadian National Exhibition plan unique tributes to Canadian soldiers by name on commemorative days. The schedule lists battles and corresponding days such as Chateau Thierry, American Day, Stesjulén Day, Navy Day, Ypres and Vie, Somme Days, and Vimy Ridge Day from August to September.
Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans will be revived in February 1990 under Charles Janvier of the Res organization. The event will feature a return of the parade garade and review with improved but reduced public expenses.
London reports on wireless telephony for aircraft showing ground to air and air to ground links on the London Paris route. A night flight test Kenley to Paris Putis demonstrated clear voice transmissions over several miles, with exchange between Kenley and the French ground station. A portable switch now enables rapid conversion between voice and Morse transmissions.
A Copenhagen physician notes sunbeams show healing potential in some cases while warning of risks. He cites lupus, tuberculosis and skin cancer as possible effects and urges protection such as hats and gloves for fair skinned individuals amid growing sunbathing trends.
London impresario plans a theatre built on a motor lorry to tour the countryside. He aims to bring dramatic entertainment to rural areas using modern road improvements, comparing the idea to medieval traveling guild stages that moved from town to town.
Delegates fromTasmanian Labor branches, in their sixteenth annual conference in Hobart, praised industrial legislation for raising wages and improving conditions while resisting conscription. A motion to endorse the One Big Union plan failed by a large margin amid debate on Commonwealth change.
A dated 1880 postcard mailed from Cincinnati to Joseph Allerdice in Indianapolis surfaces after 39 years. It shows a Nathan Wolfstein & Co offer about hides, stamped Somerville Massachusetts, June 28 1018, with a note about Ohio River water levels delaying shipment. Postmaster General not liable for the odd transit.
In Detroit Michigan more than 2000 school children continue summer war gardens under Mrs Mary H Grosvenor Recreation Commission. Sixty four clubs with 9 to 18 year olds meet regularly to aid gardening. Two hundred fifty children work plots at the proposed municipal museum of art site. Canning centers exist in 22 school kitchens to assist families.
Philip Bruce son of a Brookline family joins a Boston theatre chorus for $25 a week. He is married with a son and lives in Back Bay. Bruce funds tickets for friends and pursued stage life for art and experience.
Agatha Ratalu testified she hit her husband in the face with a plate to stop him from eating tomato salad poisoned with rat poison. She claimed the action was to save his life and the pair kissed and mended in the courtroom.
Kansas City police report motor cars valued at almost a million dollars stolen annually in the area.
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