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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
4
A Mississippi lawyer recalls defending a horse thief by insanity plea and a judge’s sharp remark that no insanity evidence existed beyond the lawyer’s choice of counsel. The piece then shifts to a Maine coast landlord, dating quips, train rack gags, and a satirical scatter of editorial typographical errors and editor jibes.
A company of infantry in training endures a punishing route march under a hot sun with scant shelter. The cheerful yet weary troops hope for a halt as a diminutive captain leads on, while a jokey hymn is sung in defiance. The next day the captain remarks on nineteen miles completed and twenty eight more planned, noting the same child at the front.
In a smoking room exchange aboard How ard’s voyage, a guest challenges realism amid a tale of romance and a murder years earlier. A later arrest in New York reveals the missing crime clue, a bloodstained stiletto hidden in a family Bible.
A humorous personal note shows Ma and Pa clashing on summer plans. Pa wants a golf destination while Ma insists on a place where golf is unknown, leading to a family impasse.
A fragmented grocery ad lists multiple bulk and canned items with prices for 60lb flour, sugar, peaches, apricots, berries, beans, corn, peas, tuna, salmon, syrup, and preserves. It shows per unit and per can pricing amid garbled OCR text.
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