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Newspaper
Greencastle Democrat
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
7
A wartime style health ad promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble and related diseases. It urges urine analysis and a 24 hour test, claims vast efficacy, and offers a free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
Frank Smith spent Sunday at Brazil. Mrs. Florence Dunbar visits Indianapolis. Harry Conklin returns home from the gas belt tour. Clayton Wolverton visits Rushville for a week. G. W. Black ships horses to Indianapolis this week. Multiple residents visit relatives in Crawfordsville and Brazil. Dr. John DeMotte hosts guests from Chicago and others visit Greene, West Baden, and Martinsville. Many locals spend Sundays with friends and relatives while traveling to nearby towns.
A Putnam reader writes from Macatawa Michigan noting cool breezes and lively summer resort life. He praises lake views, fishing, dancing at night, and prominent visitors from Indiana, with vivid scenes of shore life and social activity.
A town feature blends a Maud Muller parody with a comic insect tale. The piece narrates Jake Muller and a mule in hayfield misadventure, followed by a satirical report on a kissing bug attack on a Democratic editor and a garbled post mortem. The dramatic ending notes future generations avoid such clumsy creatures.
Letter from Gertrude M Johnson of Jonesboro Texas salutes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After childbirth she suffered monthly spells and mental decline until starting the remedy. Five bottles later neighbors note improvement and she urges other women to try Pinkham's products.
Saturday night Wesley McMurray Big Hill Logan Hill and James Moran ll Concluded to have a general ad time They drank heavily and landed in trouble Guardian Marshall Starr sent them to jail They spent Sunday then pled guilty before Mayor Birch on Monday McMurray Hill Moran and Logan Hill received twenty five and fifteen day sentences respectively They are now with Sheriff Bunten
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