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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
4
A poultry expert from the Missouri State Experiment Station urges builders of flock to value utility over exhibition. He argues that most so called utility stock fails in breeding and stresses the market for plump carcasses and wholesome eggs. He notes the middle class drives progress and promotes pure bred stock for practical farming needs.
Excavations at Taprain Lake on the Whittingehame estate reveal a late fourth century stash of battered silver vessels. Dr George Mac Donald calls the find a major northern European archaeological discovery. Vessels include flagons, chalices, bowls, spoons bearing Chi-Rho and Bible scenes. An embossed cup with undeciphered inscription Pryamia coeisiapi is the gem of the hoard. It is unclear if the trove came from a single church or multiple sites.
Professor McCray of the Kansas Manual Training Normal School advocates community singing as a tool for assimilation. He notes the last July 4 sing drew participants speaking 43 languages in the southeast Kansas coal mining region, arguing music fosters citizenship, unity, and social mixing among foreign-born residents.
In Denver a colored burglar claiming a plum jelly fancy was the motive for a home robbery. He pawned a gold watch for six dollars, arousing a pawnbroker and police scrutiny. Unable to pin the crime, officers found plum jelly in his room, and he confessed.
A tale of scarce books in bygone times describes Queen Elizabeth I owning a book bound in solid wood and worn at the waist on a chain, illustrating luxury and rarity in historic bindings and the temptations of wealth.
A Boston article alleges that Bolshevist style indoctrination exists in New England with schools promoting class hatred from childhood. Walls display Trotzky Lenin Marx and a Workers of the World Unite sign while Sunday schools supposedly feed foundational revolutionary ideas before Bolshevik education proper. authorities call it a disgrace and urge action.
A Syracuse public schools committee proposes a revised geography method to replace dry statistics. It argues pupils care about how a cedar swamp becomes Syracuse with 156 000 residents and how location relates to state history and economy, not distant mileages.
The State Board of Health bans keeping pigs in city parlors as Prohibition tightens. Hoosiers react with mixed regrets while city homes shift to country housing or converting pigs for table use. The ruling hits the fad of owning parlor pigs just as it gains popularity.
California Senator Phelan said the Korea Maru brought 140 picture brides to California for husbands who had not met them. He added information showing several brides arriving in Seattle. He argued this immigration undermines the Gentlemen's Agreement.
In St Louis Missouri Judge Garesche imposes three life terms on Frederick G Fielder after he pleaded guilty to three counts of first degree murder. Fielder claims he was crazed by drink and had no reason to kill the men.
An old tale recounts a wager among rivals over which animal would kill more rats. A hotel keeper, a cat owner, and a ferret owner each stake on their creature. The rat escapes, the ferret falters, and the crowd witnesses the climactic misfire. The narrator notes the man with a reputation wins the lesson.
Dinah, a colored maid in Mrs. Blank’s employ bound to attend funerals, wears a bright red dress to one and claims she won’t change. She later reveals the shade of red attracted the corpse’s husband, and soon says she will marry.
The Roceay Mountain Cyclone announces delays due to missing epigraphs and letters from the printer. The editors warn readers misprints may occur until replacements arrive. They insist this does not reflect carelessness and will continue the publication in a fashion until corrected. You can't always judge the dinner by the price.
The Argosy and Argonaut salvage craft demonstrated bottom walking in deep water off Bridgeport. Captain Lake claims a million dollars of coal at the sound’s floor and plans a larger vessel with a ten foot tube for future ocean salvage work.
Manila shoe dealer R A McGrath notes Filipino women increasingly wear high heeled shoes and adopt native dress. He cites 10 million island population with few Europeans, native officials running most offices, and growing prospects in hemp sugar coconut oil and mineral resources for American investment.
The piece claims one of the four roosters defeated Lloyd George causing injury to his eye before a White House visit with Wilson Clemenceau and Orlando. It notes the four birds were taken from the National Zoo and silent about the fight claiming it affected the peace talks.
A Newark woman loans her diamond ring for ten dollars each summer while she vacation’s at the shore, then redeems it in the fall. She keeps the ring safe and avoids risk of loss while away. The ring’s value is likened to four motor cars or two, illustrating its high worth.
Chicago reports Farme James Raynall of Avon Th was fined 106 dollars in Municipal Court for eloping with C B Eshelman's wife. Eshelman’s wife was sent home with the State's attorney after the case.
A historical note on the Tower of London describing its fortress origins since Roman times. It details the Warders known as beef eaters, the escort of keys led by the porter, and the ceremonial password system renewed quarterly by the king or queen, with the mayor as the only outside holder.
Philadelphia reports a new state law bans selling anything but fresh eggs. A five hour committee led by state agricultural secretary Ras�mussen tested eggs of all ages to define freshness. They said fresh eggs whip well, poach or soft boil, have no foreign odors, embryos not developed, yolk stiff, whites not watery, and chalaza wet. Busting the egg remains the test.
In Hungerford England the Kissing Day ritual of Hocktide resumes with a 300 year old trumpet blast from the courthouse balcony. A redfaced town official tolls a bell while two villagers ride round with bouquet poles collecting onepence fines and, if unpaid, a kiss from the wives and daughters of each commoner.
John D Rockefeller, the oil magnate, was reported to stop in Worcester Massachusetts for a luncheon on a cross country auto trip from Seal Harbor Maine to Tarrytown New York. He reportedly ate frogs legs clams potatoes peas beets salads pie blueberries and coffee and quipped he would give up his millions for a new stomach.
Two hunters discovered sixty new twenty dollar bills totaling 1200 hidden in a hollow oak near Steubenville Ohio. Officials suspect the money was left as blackmail payment by delinquent assailants who failed to appear.
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