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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
3
Classified ads advertise low shoes at a great reduction and list services from Brown and Moffett architects to W. H. Evans in Green Castle Indiana. Mr Vaughn Farmer recounts seed corn loss to rats and praises RAT SNAP with testimonials and local sellers John Cook and Son and J Sudranski Co.
Public sales notice lists Dobbs and Vestal as book retailers with office over Central Nat's Bank and residence phones 768 and 771 while office phone 179. A separate help wanted ad seeks a girl for general house work with no washing or ironing, contact Maude Bridges by telephone at 96.
An old Herald snippet promotes Rat Snap as the effective rat poison that cured a rat problem after a dog was nearly poisoned. The ad lists three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00 and credits John Cook & Sons J Sudranski Co and R. P. Mullins as sellers with a guaranteed claim.
Public sale set for Saturday August 14 at 1 30 P M at the Sale Pavilion Greencastle Indiana featuring two year old mules a four year old mule a two year old draft colt a driving mare with terms announced on sale day Henry Grubb Heirs Dobbs and Vestal auctioneers plus an unrelated shoe store ad and a river city house for sale noting business only inquiries.
Mrs Emily Shaw promotes RAT SNAP used at the Chautauqua festival Illmore noting a week long claim of catching 12 rats with the poison cake. The ad lists RAT SNAP in three sizes priced at 50 cents one dollar with guarantee by John Cook Sons and others.
Water consumers warned by Belle Union of notices in Fillmore AR. Address J. W. Meemmack and Belle Union No. 79 listed for inquiries about the switchboard operator position and utility notices.
Middle aged woman seeks housework in Green Castle area with good references. Contact Mrs Crawford Route 7 Box 37 or visit Templeman near W C Torr. Also an old sale notice for women’s bargains at Kristie’s Shoe Store.
Dr S A Barrett of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society reports excavations at the Crawfish river site near Lake Mills showing ceremonial earthworks associated with Azatlan where dismembered bones suggest cannibalism. The Azatlan enclosure spans about eighteen acres with a wall system and artifacts including stone hatchets and ear ornaments.
Ice forms inside the Decorah ice cave in Winneshiek County during much of the year though walls stay dry in fall and early winter. Geologists explain winter cave temperatures drop below freezing as surface moisture is sealed by frost, then spring thaw waters trickle in and freeze, a unique Iowa cave phenomenon.
The Krupp armament firm plans to focus on government contracts for reconstruction of locomotives and railway cars. It will give the government partial control of supervision. Krupp directors seek contracts in other iron construction to expand wartime activity across all factories.
In Zeandale township farmer W. K Wood brings a giant Guinea bean to Manhattan Kansas measuring 34 by some unit and weighing seven and a half pounds. Seeds cost one dollar each.
Mrs. Maria Lewis of Shrewsbury leaves her dog $500 in a will to fund its care. The money is to be spent by a grand niece on the animal’s upkeep.
London report recounts Sir Albert Stern's D revealing how the tank originated. From Murray's 1914 discussions to the Little WIRe model, the piece traces committees, opposition, and the 1916 shift from land ship to tank, ending with Stern's victory over the War Office and Lloyd George's stance.
The Civil War era wooden warship Richmond, once part of Farragut's fleet, will be towed from Philadelphia to Boston and burned to recover its metal. In London, dredging near Denham uncovers a skull and tusk fragment deemed 70,000 years old by Professor Sir Ray Lankester.
Section 4 of the Woman's Union meets Friday at 2 30 at Mrs Kra Ruark's Beveridge street home. Mrs Flora Bridges Sayers returns from Waynetown Pa. and Mrs W M McGaughey comes home from Pittsburg Pa. Mrs F A Arnold leaves for Kansas City to visit sister Mrs Will Sitlington. Prof and Mrs W V Brown go to New Jersey to visit son Irving Brown. Major and Mrs Martin H Shute depart for a vacation at Lake Maxinkuckee. Howard Harris buys a cottage on South College Ave for 2000. Mrs Harris buys Bert Smith property on North Jackson for 2500. A US Army recruiting officer opens office in the post office building for about a month. Bainbridge lot sale proceeds 40 to 80 dollars each from Lee McKee farm. Death of Bertha Ryan age 32, to be buried in Indianapolis. Family moved from Indianapolis this spring. FE B Taylor and Reese Matson visit Indianapolis for golf with Fred Hixon. Mrs Ernest Stoner returning from Greely Col. to visit James Lynch. An airplane dropped hand bills over Green Castle. County superintendent Frank Wallace in Indianapolis on school business. Help wanted for paint and roofing products, Cleveland Ohio. For sale dining room table in first class condition. Ford Truck Worm Drive 1919 model for sale. Lost extra rim and tire on road near town. George Gibson still ill at home.
Mrs. Frank Detro of Greencastle reports backache and dizziness eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with removing kidney trouble and enabling her to do housework again, buying at Mullins Drug Store. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY notes price 60c at dealers.
Uncle Bigelow admonishes Eudora that a woman who defeats a man at tennis risks losing romance and marriage prospects. He cites Flora Peacher as a cautionary tale of women outmatching men in skills, then warns that a girl who laughs at a defeated rival may doom her chances for a traditional husband.
An anecdote from Mr Anthony Grogs collection recounts Abraham Lincoln meeting the wife of a Mosby's guerrilla. She pleads for her husband who is condemned to be shot. Lincoln questions the man and, learning he is a good husband but political fool, pardons him and returns him to the wife for safekeeping. The wife mourns with joy, while Lincoln pretends to weep with her.
A Missouri pastor chapel scene unfolds as he taunts a sleeping John Stackpole calling him to come down. The ritual ends with the hymn as waves arrive and depart in grand fashion, echoing a maritime metaphor.
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