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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1920
Page
2
Irregular or delayed use Triumph Pills are claimed as dependable relief not sold in drug stores. The ad urges writing for details to the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and promises free information.
The Greencastle township trustee proposes 1921 expenditures and taxes set at 5 cents per hundred dollars total. Items include township 1400.17, road 176.87, library 860.55, and poor 830.14 with a 1 cent tax on the dollar for each category. Net taxable property and poll numbers are listed with total valuation across lands, improvements, and rail/telecom lines. Signed by trustee E.R. Hamrick, dated August 4 with late 1920 entries.
The trustee of Jefferson township Putnam County schedules the annual meeting at the trustee home on September 7 1920 at 1 PM to present estimates. Township expenditures 1000 tax 7 cents per hundred Local tuition expenditures 8000 tax 50 cents per hundred Special School Tax expenditures 5100 tax 32 cents per hundred dollars Additional road tax expenditures 1000 tax 7 cents per hundred Total expenditures 15100 total tax 96 cents per hundred dollars The township total valuation of personal property is 201760 with a listed assessment of 1,337,030 for real and other property.
A 1920 notice signed by Walter Dorsett as trustee outlines estimated figures from the prior year tax duplicate. It cites mortgage exemption totaling 1 650 120 dollars and a polls count of 1 58, dated August 5 with publication August 9.
The Washington township trustee in Putnam County announces a September 7 1920 meeting at Reelsville Indiana with estimates: township expenditures 1200 tax 4 cents per hundred. local tuition 18500 tax 60 cents per hundred. special school tax 10800 tax 35 cents per hundred. improvements 1534180 tax 1 cent. total expenditures 22200 total tax 105 cents per hundred. Signed J O Mullinix trustee dated August 5 1920.
N W Ayer marks its fortieth anniversary with a dinner in Philadelphia. The tale to illustrate advertising grit recalls Roebottom of Camden, a roofer who injured his foot on Mickle Street and refused to pull out the nail during lunch hour, citing his dinner break.
A Chicago Tribune report recalls a famous disputed election and the refrain Concede nothing. On a relief train at a railway wreck a man claims agent of the road refuses to identify himself while calmly stating no one is hurt, amid chaotic scene.
A young man seeks to marry a society girl and endures a grilling from her father, who finds him heavily handicapped by his abstentions and lack of social habits. The father ultimately resigns, declaring, It’s her funeral, and she can risk it.
In Cape Preston a springtime storm loosens hearts and tests rivals for Rachel on the Sally Prince wreck. Danny and Neil duel for her, then race into darkness to rescue Rachel and Angus Finley trapped in the strait as a gale erupts.
After a stormy voyage and a lost oar incident, Rachel faces ridicule from Danny and Neil. She accepts Danny’s proposal, denying marriage to Angus, while the men walk toward Reverend Grant’s nearby home to arrange the wedding as the storm subsides.
Venus Cleopatra and Cytherian discuss modern beauty ads shown in a daily newspaper. The page lists Wood-Nymph Switches Parisian Pompadours hair goods pads and complexion products with prices from 2 cents to 8 78 and mentions a novelty Grecian profile device for thirty days as an example of accessible beauty trends.
A humorous exchange notes the odd habit of picking up pins, joking that a bowling alley worker makes about six dollars a week from doing so. The banter highlights lighthearted workplace superstition and daily odd jobs.
A dated travel caution piece advises not to speak, hold hands, or reveal marital status in public. It urges staying discreet with two names on hotel registers and avoiding overlong expressions of solicitude. The tone is admonitory and practical for travelers.
A buyer asks for a new bookkeeper and is refused by a merchant who jokes that being bald means no hair to wipe a pen and will rust out a box weekly. The exchange captures a humorous street scene and a quick wit banter about appearance and work.
In Greensburg, South Carolina, a snow white figure appeared at night four times, rousing miner Peter Oleson and neighbor Frank Piso. Grocer William Maiers identifies the ghost as a young woman killed and scalped during an age of Indian flight from eastern Pennsylvania, lamenting modern changes.
In Des Moines a woman attorney in the police court room was robbed of a purse containing $5 while arranging bond for several alleged pickpockets. A crowd of bystanders including accused pickpockets gathered as the crime occurred. The robber remains at large.
A highly excited man, described as Chinese, reported an 8.0. S. call at the South Clark Street police station, noted as the station's final police work for the era.
In Chiis Chinatown a crowd gathers after a car hits a dog and drags it to the front of Yet Yan Lo Yet's store. Police respond to rumors of rioting as bystanders misinterpret the event and discuss ancient beliefs tied to the animal. Yet Yan Low appeals to authorities and relatives for help to calm the scene.
Washington Postmaster General Burleson denounces mail pieces of odd shapes and dark address sides as causing hand cancellation and slower service. He urges businesses to reform packaging to avoid mutilated deliveries and extra labor.
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