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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
3
Local and personal news lists Dobbs and Clarence Vestal's effect on the Quincy Picnic and various residents traveling to Hammond Indiana Turtle Lake Wisconsin and Indianapolis. It notes guests at the O’Hair and Randel households and several families visiting relatives across Indiana with plans for upcoming reunions and motor trips.
A traveling salesman named Baldy Babbitt jokes about hair loss on a train. He offers a showy remedy to a gentleman with hat off, prompting a comical exchange about attempting to improve one’s appearance.
A country paper interview scene shows a stern Cong woman denying a teen reporter access and then declaring her own political allegiance by challenging the requester to “take a see at me.” The exchange captures local-partisan sentiment and a sharp retort from the matron.
A fragment reflecting on fame depicting its fickleness and misery. Names and places are partially hinted, suggesting public scorn and personal cost in the face of notoriety. The tone hints at reflective critique rather than a clear event or person.
A fragmentary quote from the Courier Journal hints at urgent demands and a possible catchphrase about delivering goods and avoiding capture. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable persons, places, or dates for full context.
A Washington Star writer notes Lipstus Pinkley’s mule appears downtrodden when his owner brings it to the gate. Erastus defends the animal saying the mule has kept him on the defensive for six years, reflecting on mistreatment.
A courtroom exchange unfolds with rustic dialect about a cow entering a strawberry patch and a judge seeking evidence. The dialogue hints at a neighbor dispute over damages and the challenge of proving guilt.
Teacher James explains grammar as the science that teaches us how to speak correctly. The piece attributes the alias Jimmie to the instructor and outlines grammar as rule based language study.
Jackson township Putnam County trustee proposes annual expenditures and taxes for 1921 at a meeting September 7 1920 1 PM. Totals include township school road library and poor taxes with a 90 percent rate on . Exposed valuations list land and personal property and railroads with net taxable property 2 932 170 plus 191 polls. Signed Clark Wilson trustee. Aug 5 1920. Aug 12. WANTED elderly woman for kitchen and dining room work. Phone 399.
Classified ad notes plenty of money for farm loans from Brown and Moffett. Also lists architect contractor and landscape gardening services by W H Evans of Greencastle Indiana.
Mr Vaughn Farmer recalls losing prize pedigreed seed corn to rats after storing it in a sack hung from a roof. He notes RAT SNAP as the alleged remedy and mentions three sizes for sale by local merchants. Public sales ads from Dobbs and Vestal and local help wanted notice follow in the same brief column.
A compact slate of classifieds lists a post Sept 10 seven room house with acre and electric light on South Jackson, inquiry at 819 S Indiana, plus oak dining table for sale, a 1919 Ford truck offered by R E Knoll Co, a lost rim and tire near town with reward at Crawford Blacksmith Shop, and a strictly modern eight room house in the city’s best residence area via P O Box 249 sought by serious inquiries.
Help wanted notices from a local newspaper listing a switchboard operator for Belle Union address J W Mc Cammack Fillmore AR tele phone Belle Union No 79 and a middle aged lady with a four year old boy seeks housework references available write Mrs Crawford Route 7 Box 37 or visit Templeman’s near W C Torr Route 7 Green Castle area listed 2t
Festival schedule announced for Chatauqua at Fillmore from August 15 to 17. The notice lists vendors and activities, with event details and local sponsors.
Water bills are due by the 15th each month at 26 South Jackson street. Consumers are urged to settle accounts promptly with the Greencastle Water Works Co.
Public auction Saturday August 14 at 1 30 PM at the Sale Pavilion Greencastle Indiana offering six two year old mules one four year old mule one two year old draft colt one good driving mare Terms announced at sale Henry Grubb Heirs Dobbs and Vestal Auctioneers.
Made Mrs Emily Shaw says her husband bought a two dollar trap and she used RAT SNAP a fifty cent box. The trap caught three rats while RAT SNAP killed twelve in a week. She swears by RAT SNAP for raising chicks and notes its cake form in three sizes. John Cook & Sons and others guarantee the product.
N Windsor, a farmer, recalls buying rat poison that harmed his watch dog and caused a rat problem for years until RAT SNAP was recommended. The ad promotes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and lists John Cook & Sons J Sudranski Co and R P Mullins as distributors. Rat Sway Beats the Best Trap Ever.
In Chicago stockyards a piano amid the beef and sheep kills draws hundreds of workers as ragtime and folk dancing spark energy and cohesion. The superintendent reports a 20 percent boost in workmanship quality since introducing the music with plans for green walls and flowers among carcasses.
Warren K. Moorehead curator of Philips Academy archeology reports three Indian skeletons found on a Deerfield farm. One exceeds six feet, another is of medium height, and a boy is about ten or twelve. Burials are estimated around 500 years old and located on their right sides facing east, pre dating Columbus.
Hudson river barge captain Holloway aged 92 is a father again after his wife gives birth to a boy at Bellevue hospital. This is his sixteenth child living with five from a previous marriage, making him father to twenty one children in total.
El Dorado Kansas reports the death of Robert Wright seventeen months old, discarded tin foil found in his mouth at the city park, believed to contain poison. Parents Guy and Mrs Wright note rapid illness and death within an hour of exposure.
The latest social thrill in London blends publicity with reptiles as a weekly journal features a Barnum style page one photograph. The Hon. Mrs. Macalister is shown with a snake around her neck and a baby crocodile being fondled.
Kokomo Indiana deputy sheriff Walter Knnsely and George Duncan purchased a six week old calf noted for being well developed except it has no forelegs. The calf was bought from Thornton stockmen Charles Beck and Robert Craig.
In Weston, West Virginia, authorities urge against drinking hair tonic after two barbers died from its effects. Officials warn of dangerous ingestion and pursue further investigations to prevent more tragedies.
A dated collection of home cooking dishes including Jellied Chicken and various desserts and savory items. The list covers techniques for assembling a jelly dish with eggs and chicken, drop cookies with spices, egg and cheese on toast, fillets of chicken with oysters, mutton tea with barley, steved tripe, iced beef tea, poached eggs in milk, and a plain omelet with optional chopped chives.
Simple tips for quick kitchen fixes and home care. Whip cream in a pitcher to halve time and reduce splatter. Glue a tape measure to the sewing machine edge to save steps. Steam looses stuck cakes with a damp cloth in the pan base. Avoid soap on window glass to prevent cloudiness. Add a pinch of borax to warm water for cleaning. Mix milk with blacking for shoe polish, then work with elbow grease. To deter red ants, wash cupboards with hot water and ammonia and place ground ivy. wormwood to repel others.
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