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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
2
Publication listing shows a daily newspaper edition from Greencastle Indiana. It notes a 10 cent weekly price, 2 cent single copies and 3.00 yearly subscription, published every afternoon except Sunday by Herald-Democrat Publishing Co. at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street.
A Chicago Record-Herald editorial urges Americans to stay calm and support stability as war abroad nears. It argues the U S economy is sound with strong grain crops and gold reserves, calls for neutrality, and says public calm will sustain favorable conditions.
The piece defends the Democratic administration of Governor Ralston, contrasting it with Republican rule. It cites a fifteen million advance by Republicans, unpaid bills found by State Auditor O’Brien, and a 1905 sinking fund transfer. It argues taxes were raised, then rebalanced, to fund education and charity without new temporary loans.
A nineteenth century city restaurant features a clock built into a frying pan with oysters for hour markers. The piece mentions a giant Bowery museum clock once made by a cripple and other curios, plus an abbey tale linked to Tom Purdie and Sir Walter Scott.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during bereavement and floral offerings from friends and Rev. Beck and Mr Hanna. Browning family announces the Sixtieth Annual Reunion on August 20 at Gilbert Sinclair grove near the interurban stop. Lon Manis of Pittsburg visits Greencastle after twelve years, reuniting with brother Jesse Manis.
Ellen Terry urged tolerance for the harem skirt at a farewell luncheon in New York saying if it is pretty and becoming it will stay, regardless of reception. The item notes ignorance and bigotry in such fashion debates and cites related social quips about dress and a London school band quarrel.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune recounts Pierpont Morgan story of a New England Yankee marooned with a coffin, left on a desert island. After days of calm the ship spots a black speck on the horizon and the Yankee reappears, halves of the coffin lid in hand, claiming a voyage home.
Congressman J Hampton Moore as a Philadelphia reporter covers a human interest tale about a Wotan who died at 88 leaving a twin sister who had lived with her for six years. The house faces a cemetery on the town edge. A neighbor entertains the waiting reporter as the sister comes in for questioning.
The text presents a garbled dialogue attributed to Senator Bankhead amid a political dispute. It weaves a miscommunication claim with a holiday anecdote about a young Canadian visiting Washington and a quip about reindeer. The overall content is fragmentary and lacks a clear news event or reporting structure.
China plans a significant presence at the Panama Pacific Exposition led by Commissioner Ing Chi Chu. The investment totals around 10,000,0000 with at least 3,000,000 earmarked for the Chinese pavillion. Chu is described as a Harvard educated statesman. Mrs hu formerly Miss Minga Hu is noted as a Wellesley College graduate in 1918.
A library theft case reveals a man obsessed with poetry who purloined last pages from Wingaville bound volumes. He soaked the final poem leaf with water to loosen and remove it unseen, mutilating twenty four issues before fleeing the city. He later surfaced in the Egyptian army abroad.
Instructions describe preserving blueberries with sugar and water, plus a classroom scene where students answer questions about Joseph and his brethren. The text mixes household tips with a boy asking a question about the biblical tale.
A disturbed trench at Medina Ltwiy uncovered chalk bed water burst as a well was formed. At four town feet ancient clivic ruins including streets and houses lay beneath earth. twenty-six feet showed preserved plant matter and thick vegetable layers.
A fragmentary note blends a Dutch ornamental plant the Molland Primrose with a later reference to Hammurabi's code. It mentions the flower opening at sunset and blooming suddenly, then shifts to a translated legal excerpt about medical care and penalties for eye injuries under ancient law.
A brisk Herald want ad promises fast results for readers seeking efficient help and quick responses, touting reliable listings and prompt attention from advertisers.
Willie searches for his lost Gog and shouts I waw him. The family doubts him until he bursts in with I’ve seen Pidul. The mother quips it must be imagination and Willie retorts his imagination is white behind.
An elderly Glasgow couple, sunk in poverty due to dull trade, wrote to their son in America asking for help. They feared they would have to enter the poorhouse if he did not send assistance. Three weeks passed before a letter arrived from their son promising to return home with them.
A garbled excerpt shows a friend asking what the speaker was imprisoned for as they describe finding a horse before the owner could claim it. The dialogue reveals confusion over charges and a claimed act of recovering a horse.
A garbled dialogue shows a Medtech pariah minister speaking about not being seen in the airk these three oabbaths and a character named Jocn reacting. The text contains many garbled words and incomplete phrases.
During 1908 season forty steamers sailing from Montreal carried mechanical refrigerating plants and combined 1,105,556 cubic feet of cold storage, totaling 4,907,195 cubic feet across SPALON. Nineteen steamers with cooled air held 104,790 cubic feet. Brazil notes orchid trade with plants up to 406 leaves sold in Pernambuco for $5, and U S price at $160 railward. Railways in Holland described as punctual with wooden carriages and cafe style services. Canadian export trade to Britain surpassed $124 million this year, rising from under $50 million in 1890. McKinley tariff impact cited.
The London Globe reports the death of Andrew Robertson of Lennoxtown who held the longest employment record in the same firm. He began in 1320 as a tier boy at R Dalelish Falconer & Co and served seventy nine years in various posts, ending as a color fixer.
By decree of the Putnam County Circuit Court I Theodore Boes sheriff will auction rents and profits of a 60 acre tract in Putnam County Indiana on August 22 1914 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Greencastle courthouse to satisfy a $4779.70 debt plus costs. The tract lies in Section 14 Township 12 North Range 4 West and is described as the west half of the northeast quarter with metes and bounds. If not sold for sufficent amount the property may be sold to satisfy the decree with no valuation or appraisal required. Posters printed July 24 31 and August 7 14.
Mrs Rosie Rish of Wabash Indiana reports Chamberlains Tablets cured her stomach trouble. The ad claims the tablets strengthen and invigorate the stomach and enable natural function. For sale by all dealers.
In the September 1914 Putnam Circuit Court. Nelilah F Sutherlin files to foreclose mortgage against non residents Minnie L Miller and Albert Miller. Defendants must answer by September 17, 1914 at Greencastle Courthouse or the complaint will be determined. Clerk Arthur J Hamrick signs. Pearl Newgent deputy. William M Sutherlin, plaintiff attorney.
Geo Brock of the Enterprise Aberdeen Maryland endorses a cholera and diarrhoea remedy as a quick safe cure. He reports universal satisfaction after twenty years of use and recommendation. Sold by all dealers.
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