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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
2
Obituaries in the Daily Herald are billed at 1 per obituary with an extra 5 cents per line for poetry. The notice notes pricing for mail strict advance subscriptions and weekly carrier delivery.
A Louisville Kentucky traveling salesman recalls a severe 1888 cholera mobus attack. He paid a hotel porter fifty cents to buy Chamberlain's Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy and followed the directions with a double dose. By five the next morning he was well and boarding a train.
A Dupuyer Montana hotel man F H Dear recalls using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with wonderful results four years ago and recommending it to friends Miss Blanche Harcourt of the Allen Brothers store travels to Indianapolis for a weeklong visit with her sister Mrs Charles Reed and Mr Reed
A young man at a ball used a pedometer and logged thirteen and a half miles danced. The article lists typical distances per dance: waltz half a mile, polka three quarters, galop or schottische one mile, and lancer quarter mile. It notes that girls generally cover more distance than men in a single evening.
A grocer describes three years of stomach and side pain that threatened his business until Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy relieved his symptoms. He reports improved health after the first dose and endorses the preparation as a simple cure that clears mucous and inflammation in the digestive tract. Money refunded with one dose. Available from druggists everywhere.
Elberta Lucille Bettis daughter of Thomas and Sallie Bettis died at her home August 8 after months of suffering. Funeral conducted at Dunkard church Sunday at 2 pm by Rev. Dodd with burial in nearby cemetery.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a pleasant easy to take physic. It claims they are mild in effect and highly valued by users and priced at a quarter.
The Trustee Walter Dorsett of Jefferson Township Putnam County outlines the 1919 expenditures and tax levies to be voted at the Advisory Board meeting September 2 1919 at 2 p m The total expenditures amount to 12282 34 with 83 cents per hundred dollars tax The township has 169 polls and net taxable property of 1479 800 after credit for mortgage redemption.
Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for the Mel Sutherlin Bridge in Floyd township on Pike's Peak road near Grove Land. Bids due Sept 1, 1919 at 11 a.m. require double bid bond, non-collusion affidavit, and cover labor and materials. Liquidated damages set at five dollars per day for late completion.
The parliament adopted a resolution allowing the President to issue a mandate stating that no state of war exists between China and Germany. It may await terms discussions with German representatives before issuance.
Mrs. Anna Woodward of Seymour Indiana reports relief from a mix of liver kidney indigestion and nervousness after using Trutona. She describes reduced back and side pains improved appetite better rest and renewed strength. Greencastery druggist R P Mullins is introducing Trutona.
Trustee George P. Walker announces levies for 1919 at the Cloverdale Township office on September 2. Total expenditures amount to 23 980 dollars with taxes totaling 1 40 dollars per hundred, based on a total valuation of 2 648 735 dollars and 282 polls. Credit on mortgage exemption reduces the net to 2 584 755 dollars.
The Trustee of Mill Creek Township Putnam County announces estimated expenditures and tax levies for 1920 to be discussed at the Advisory Board meeting on September 2, 1919 at 1:00 PM in the trustee's office. Proposed: township expenditures 850 dollars and township tax 8 cents per hundred. other itemized amounts total 5425 dollars with 51 cents per hundred tax. road tax 425 dollars and 4 cents per hundred. total land valuation 1,064,460 dollars. 79 polls. Signed E. A. NFIER. Dated August 2, 1919. 11-d aug12
The Trustee of Jackson Township will hold a meeting at the school house of School District No. -, on September 2, 1919 at 1 p.m. Items listed include expenditures and taxes for Township, Local Tuition, Road, Library, Poor, and other items totaling 17 910 with 87 cent tax per hundred. Township values show Net Taxable Property $2 616 470 and Polls 182. Signed Clark Wilson dated August 1919. 11-d-aug.12.
The Trustee of Madison To Putnam County Indiana lists proposed expenditures for 1919: Township 900 dollars with 5 cents tax per hundred, Local Tuition 4000 dollars with 28 cents per hundred, Special school tax 3000 dollars with 18 cents per hundred, Road tax 895 dollars with 5 cents per hundred, and Poor expenditures 358 dollars with 2 cents per hundred. Total 9153 dollars and 53 cents per hundred for poor tax.
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