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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
3
A father protests harsh discipline and urges gentleness toward animals and family to counter the children’s charitable acts. He describes conflicts over adopting a waif animal and the influence of Prudy Will's teachings on household behavior. The tale frames a clash between stern parental authority and child led compassion.
A collection of humorous snippets and misheard dialogue, featuring Pat and Tim planning splurges at a hotel, a mother and child with a broken doll, a British American quip about height, a jailhouse anecdote, a magistrate exchange with a lion cage match, a judge’s quip about a man in a lions cage, and a potato crop joke claiming enough tubers to fill two thirds of the Panama Canal.
New Guinea hosts many of the world’s birds of paradise but feather demand from Europe and America plus native use threaten their numbers. Natives hunt with blunt arrows using mimic calls to lure birds, targeting the male during mating displays when plumage is most evident.
The term windfall arose when forests held timber reserved for the Royal Navy. If trees fell without cutting, tenants could claim them, making a storm or peace a boon to landowners. Thus a sudden gain from nature became a windfall.
The undersigned appointed by the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana as administrator of the estate of Hattie Brown deceased. Estate is believed solvent. Dated September 19 1919. Pearl M. Clerk. Administrator Harry W. Moore Clerk. At W Oct 3-10-17.
Classified ads list laborer and fireman jobs at regional companies, a night operator needed, mill wood supply offer, plus a 84 acre farm for rent or sale near Filmore with immediate possession and agent contacts in Greencastle and Hillsboro Indiana. Also lawn services and garage tire changer positions noted.
John Fitzpatrick, leader of Chicago labor, welcomes the National Catholic War Council’s social reconstruction program. He says it mirrors AFL and Chicago Independent Labor Party demands, aims to raise wages, curb living costs, and regulate fortunes. He urges publication in labor journals as a guide for action.
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