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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
4
Police recovered a heavy padded coat from Lee Peck’s room after the shooting of Willie Lea York. The blue jean garment resembles a Chinaman’s blouse but is lined with steel plates edge to edge and weight about fifty pounds. The coat includes a double thickness lower section and a front holster like pocket.
A man jokes about his two sons John and George showing opposite budgets and brains for money. John repeatedly loses money on trips and debts, while George keeps change, earns discounts, and returns with new clothes, prompting the remark that John may be a genius after all.
In a curious club scene Colonel Harta Beetem recalls Amanda a trained house fly from India. The fly kept him awake by landing on his nose each morning, entertaining him until he rose. He notes Amanda’s devotion but plans to asphyxiate her due to egg laying.
The Jerusalem hotel in Jaffa is run by German proprietor E. Hardegg a religious enthusiast. Rooms are Bible named with quotations on each wall and a copy of Bible Pills in every room dedicated to Thomas Cook. A hotel bar is implied by a menu line urging guests to eat and drink abundantly.
A famed German surgeon tests students with a posed diagnosis based on appearance. A workingman disrupts, and the professor claims the man is deaf and dumb. The patient reveals the error, saying his brother resembles him, exposing the misidentification.
The Los Angeles Herald notes the sun dance lacks sun symbolism and is an ancient rite celebrating creation or rejuvenation. It parallels older Bacchic and Adonis worship in death and rebirth themes. Queen Maud earns fame as the witty royal sister in a public function mishap.
Private Doherty towers over a foot-short sergeant as he endures drills with rigid scale and phrases. Doherty laments their height difference and risks leaving, while Mrs Pebble mocks their land scape with envy and a two story garage gag about cost and mobility.
A London Mall description claims in Servia a single swineherd leads all the pigs of a village. Each morning the herd horns the streets and pigs obediently form a procession to pasture, while at night they return and disperse to their respective homes without supervision.
A rural foreman and a contractor discuss the engagement of Owen to Julia. Elders clash over social status and duty while a scholarly analogy on gears and pitches sparks the crowd, ending with a light exchange about cabbage.
A rainstorm encounter at a street station leads Betty and a young man to share two roses for friends ill with one rose each. They visit Sallie, discover mutual affection, and, after a brief courtship centered on Sallie, announce an engagement now six months old and plan marriage soon.
A courteous professor started a bonfire in his back garden. The blaze spread quickly through dry stubble and he feared his house might burn. He ran shouting Fire Help alarmingly, then added politely that only those who can conveniently do so should respond.
A young Browne recounts a tale of a dog named Ponto who saved him by growling at a robber but did not fight. The dog’s instinct avoided danger, yet the robber still stole his watch and purse despite the warning.
A store window proclaims football results and a man enters with a young man who looks worn from a deadly encounter. A cleric confirms the notice and suggests keeping the injured man until he recovers.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw in Philadelphia argues love is the best base for marriage but common sense and restraint keep it in check. She notes selfishness destroys marriages and cites a palmist warning of widowhood amid a satirical exchange about fate and life.
A colored roustabout seeks the next meeting after the New Orleans season ends. Told it is in Toronto, he borrows a boat and begins rowing. Four miles out, an acquaintance on the bank shouts hello, and he muses who will recognize him in Toronto.
A New Hampshire justice of the peace recalls a joke about a married couple deciding to economize. The man quips that he and his wife must both economize and the wife replies by offering to cut his beard while he shaves himself. The anecdote features light domestic humor from a venerable local figure.
A pithy quotation attributed to Thoreau about self responsibility and happiness, warning against blaming external circumstances for one’s lot.
A young mother and her pretty babe attract an elderly gentleman in the same car. He remarks on molding a child toward virtue. The mother replies that guiding the twig is difficult and jokes the child will become a girl, despite the elder’s proverb.
A famous physician and an eminent clergyman, both named Joe, clash in a sharp debate. The minister mocks medical mortality while the physician counters by noting clergy focus on the afterlife. The exchange ends with a dry witticism about living and dying.
A New York streetcar tale follows Danvers and Barlow as they test a five minute limit for standees. Danvers offers a seat to a waiting passenger with a return prompt at five minutes, only to face delays and a stubborn blockade halting progress to the Opera House.
A dialogue centers on a view of a prize with a focus on the unjust conviction of innocent men by fibes. Harold’s birthstone is playfully deemed a gold brick for his susceptibility to schemes.
The article argues for a two family garden to boost farm income by supplying city households with fresh vegetables. It advises securing city contracts, choosing suitable crops, storing winter produce, and matching quality to customer preferences for direct marketing success.
Scientists condemn rushing poultry processing noting meat stays tender after twelve hours of cooling. Nebraska forest service work reports jack pines reaching over 15 feet tall with 4 inch diameters after ten years. Virginia leads in wood used for boxes and crates, followed by New York Illinois Massachusetts and California.
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