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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
3
The note urges that young women should not waste time on idle decoration but prepare for the needs of later life. It critiques excessive early youthful adornment and emphasizes practical provisioning for what will be required as adulthood approaches.
A correspondent notes a curious name found in York records during Elizabeth I’s era Marmaduke Clari onett. the name echoes a burlesque character. The item reflects the period’s odd nomenclature and provides a glimpse into archival quirks.
Ed rd C. Pfiffer Jr of Evansville says Tratona eased his stomach trouble and dull pains. He reports renewed pep and energy, stating his condition improved since using the tonic. The medicine is sold at R P Mullins Drug Store in Greencastle.
Farm loans advertised with local firms. Mention of Jidéney Brown Moffett as architect and landscaper. Public sales and notices from Dobbs and Vestal. Help wanted for a girl and a middle aged woman with references. Rentals include a 7 room house after Sept 10. Oak dining room sale and a strictly modern 8 room home offered. Housework required with or without child care. Contact details provided for Green castle Indiana area.
RAT SNAP kills rats and mice and deters those not killed. It leaves no odor as rodents dry up inside. Sold in cakes, no mixing with foods. Cats and dogs won’t touch it. Available in 25c 40c and $1.00 sizes. John Cook and Sons J Sudranski Co R P Mullins guarantee.
Mrs. Emily Shaw endorses RAT SNAP stating her husband bought a trap for $2 and she bought a 50 cent box. She reports 3 rats caught but 12 killed in a week and says she could not raise chicks without it. RAT SNAP sold in 25¢ 50¢ and $1.00 cakes, guaranteed by John Cook & Sons and others.
A farmer recalls using rat poison that harmed his watchdog and credits RAT SNAP as a safer, effective rat killer. The ad notes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, sold by John Cook & Sons J Sudranski Co and R P Mullins. Also an elderly woman wanted for kitchen and dining room work with phone contact 499.
The Greencastle Water Works Co reminds water consumers that bills are due and payable on or before the 15th of each month at the company office located at 26 South Jackson street. Prompt settlement of accounts is requested.
Two registered Duroc boars and two registered Duroc sows offered for sale by C. J. Arnold. One sow bred for early fall pigs. Excellent breeding stock advertised in The Herald. NOTICE PHONOGRAPH OWNERS A small lot of new releases playable on all phonographs except Edison unless you have an attachment. Caugh thran's Music Store.
A farmer notes that leaving corn stalks stacked in fields and hauling them to the yard is eased by a convenient carrier shown in the illustration. The device saves labor and time in handling the stalks on farms.
A sketch from A G Knapp of Pottawatta mie County shows the front wheels axle bolster and pole of a farm wagon with two poles forming a rack. The ends drag on the ground, a three foot cross piece is fixed near the lower ends, and two upright stakes four to five feet complete the setup.
A partnership dissolution leads to a public auction at the Fred Vaughn farm also known as the oy Lee farm in Marion township. The sale location lies seven miles east of Greencastle five miles west of Stilesville two and a half miles east of Mt. Meridian and seven miles southwest of Coatesville.
Thursday August 19 sale includes five harness mares and a mule plus nine other mares and foal pairings. Also offered are shoats and sows in various weights, two purebred Duroc sows, four grade sows, and a single eight year old milk cow fresh in April.
Twenty tons of No 1 baled clover will be sold by bale or ton. Twenty tons of No 1 timothy will be sold in stock. Forty four bales of wheat straw and some mowed oats baled. Also some timothy baled.
A list of implement items is announced for a forthcoming sale with details to be provided the day of the event. Dinner will be served by the Ladies Aid of Mt Meridian M. E. Church. Names mentioned include Fred W. Vaughn, Othal Meek, Otto Sherrill, Oscar Rector, and Auds Whicker and Rector of Stilesville. Officials listed as clerks.
Saturday specials include granulated sugar 20¢ per Ib Perle Crystal Coffee 28¢ per Ib Phoenix Brand Coffee 48¢ per Ib Corn Flakes 10¢ Prunes large size 18¢ Vandalia Flour 24 Lbs 1.60 Pure Lard per Ib 8e Oceans No 2 Pork and Beans two cans No 2 Sugar Corn 25¢ We pay in trade 2c more than market price for fresh eggs.
Mrs. C. W. Stiles visits her husband manager of the Putnam Auto Co. Allen Eggers of Roachdale visits Greencastle en route to Indianapolis. Ernest Kivett of Mill Creek township in Greencastle. Kivett a former Mill Creek school trustee. Boone County adopts eight month term and new teacher salaries, northern counties expected to follow. Georgia Rockwell of Indianapolis and Lucille Allee of Mt. Meridian go to Bethany Park for several days. J. P. Allen attends Methodist Hospital executive board meeting in Indianapolis. Dr. H. A. Gobin travels to Lafayette on university business. Dave Badger returns home to Manilla after visit. Frank Bittles travels to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Hiram Calender in Indianapolis on business. Reese Matson leaves for Chester, Pa. after two weeks here. Mrs. Nellie Matson Brown of Chicago visits Lockridge family, then goes to Indianapolis to visit Henry Clay Allen and W. L. Raphael. Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Raphael return from Cincinnati and Wooster, Ohio vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cannon called to Rushville for death of B. A. Black, longtime Rushville grocer. Miss Margaret Bailey and Miss Jean Bailey of Martinsville visit Fay Hamilton family. Mrs. Hamilton is sister of the girls’ father. George Christie drives to Mooreville to fetch Mrs. Christie from camping trip. Mrs. F. A. Arnold leaves for Kansas City to visit sister Mrs. Sitlington. Athletic director E. C. Buss travels to Detroit on business. Nelda Werneke and Kathrine Bauer leave for Washington and New York City to visit relatives.
D B Caughthran will leave Sunday for Elwood to spend a week on business. Mrs Anna Burnsides Phelps of Gary, sister of A P Burnsides, is visiting Mr. and Mrs Burnsides. Mrs Fred Ferguson of Danville Texas is here for the weekend with Mr. and Mrs A P Burnsides.
Reports from Indianapolis state Claire Bittles, previously very ill, is in critical condition and now unconscious after an operation for an abscess under the skull above the left eye. The patient had been deteriorating for several days.
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