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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
2
The Herald Greencastle lists publication data, editors Charles J. Arnold and William T. Sitlington, and subscription terms. Single copies cost 2 cents, carriers 6 cents a week, and annual mail rate 33.00, with Second Class mail status at Greencastle IN post office.
Greencastle resident William Sillery testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his disordered kidneys after a ten year span. He recalls purchasing from Jones Stevens Co drug store and endorses the remedy as a permanent cure. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is U S sale agent. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
An anonymous testimonial from Oriole Pa credits Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing diarrhoea after a merchant, Mr Yorks, urged its use. The note claims one or two doses normally solve a diarrhoea attack and praises the preparation as highly successful with thousands of testimonies. It notes the remedy is sold by all dealers.
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Johnson C Herod deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on September 1 1913 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness Clerk ARTHUR J HAMRICK July 30 1913 St H D Aug 8th
Many women suffer chronic constipation causing nervousness dizziness and a sallow complexion. Chamberlain's Tablets are advertised to bring relief, are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by all dealers.
A historical note on improving hive health through proper ventilation and water access. It explains bees seeking water in spring, risks of chilled foragers, and the benefits of a roof vent controllable by the keeper. It also discusses moisture, cold walls, and practical setup for an efficient ventilator.
The article notes honey as a once essential sweetener before cane and beet sugar. In ancient Ireland a Breton law section protected beekeeping, suggesting skilled, keen beekeepers. Mead derived from honey and abundant wax candles supported daily life in well to do households.
Instructions describe making a winter sugar syrup by mixing one third granulated sugar and water, heating slowly for an hour without boiling, and feeding birds via a feeder with a shallow honey board. Use a jar or dish, cover the opening, supply all at once, then remove feeder when empty.
The article argues for keeping multiple pitchforks in the stable to suit each location. It cautions against using one fork for cleaning stalls and handling bedding and feed, noting forks are inexpensive and its practice saves time and improves hygiene.
The article argues forage comes easier via the meadow route due to familiar methods, but evidence from the fodder route challenges years of meadow-based reliance and questions past practices in forage production.
Gottlieb Van Renselear from Missouri brings a family of twenty five to Ann Arbor seeking co education and homes. The clan includes fifteen daughters and eight sons who each own a cow and aim for college. Landlords resist large houses and some refuse children. The family hopes a local college environment proves they can balance dairy duties with study.
Dr Zeller of the Bureau of Statistics in Stuttgart estimates a world population of 1 544 510 000. He classifies 634 940 000 as Christian and 823 420 000 as heathen, with 175 290 000 Muslims and 10 860 000 Jews. Confucians, Brahmins and Buddhists numbered 300 000 000, 214 000 000 and 121 000 000 respectively. others follow varied cults. One thousand inhabitants yield 346 Christians, 114 Muslims, 7 Israelites, and 533 others. He cites a gospel call to evangelize all nations.
The article explains that sweetness is detected by the tip of the tongue while the back tastes, with front portions sensing aroma for substances like sugar and wine. It notes that salt or vinegar placed between teeth and cheek lacks flavor and that different substances stimulate different tongue regions.
The article argues fire knowledge dates to Quaternary times with hearths and calcined bone found in early cave sites. It notes food cooking from earliest periods and suggests fire knowledge began in volcanic regions, spreading with prereflective methods and later controlled production.
The text notes Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport showing a circular railway and an electro magnetic locomotive in Springfield Massachusetts in 1835. It also cites Dr Charles Grafton Page’s 1851 electric locomotive trip from Washington to Bladensburg, aided by Congress funding, reaching about 19 miles per hour.
St Elmo s fire is a luminous phenomenon seen on ships mastheads and yardarms and on church spires trees and horse manes as well as around heads. It is caused by electricity accumulating at high points and is named for St Elmo the patron saint of sailors.
A stingy angler on a rainy Scottish loch asks his gillie for a dry spot in the boat to light a match. The gillie quips that his throat is dry enough, delivering a short humor note from the Fishing Gazette.
The article details methods to place incubator chicks with brood hens, including night transfers, dark nests, and keeping hens lice free. It notes pitfalls such as hens killing other breeds and stresses care in the first week, feeding regularity, cleanliness, grit, water, and occasional green feed. It cites a Connecticut station brood er example and suggests a 50 chick packing case brooder costing about one dollar.
The Indiana Farmer advises a 24 hour food fast before slaughter, proper hanging to drain blood, and careful neck knife method. It covers scalding, plucking, and plumping with hot and cold water, cautions on head and skin color, and notes steaming for ducks and geese while avoiding singeing for best looks and prices.
In Tennessee stations lettuce seed is sown in sand beds then transplanted to permanent beds rich in soil mix and manure with nitrate of soda applications. Pot culture saves time by housing young plants in sand beds and enables close spacing. Also advice to sow clover twice if needed and plenty of it.
The article explores jade as a Chinese medicinal and ritual material. It notes jade powder for stomach ailments and polishing scars, cites a myth of a jade held in the mouth curing thirst, and describes jade artifacts found in tombs. It mentions jade sources in the K'unlun range and Lan-t'ien region and historic beliefs about jade hills.
Sawdust formed into briquettes weighing about a half pound each heated nearby German schools with little ash and no smoke. Made by drying and pressing without binders, the dense edges resembled polished oak. Demand exceeded local supply, shipments came from Sweden and distant factories, and a fire destroyed the producing plant.
A collection of old sayings contrasts views of women from Spain England France Germany Scotland Arabia and Persia. The proverbs reveal sharp humor and varied stereotypes about women and gender roles across cultures.
Rome once housed two cubs Romulus and Remus who fought and led to Remus’s death. The surviving wolves declined until both died, leaving Rome without its living symbol for two months. A new wolf was placed in the capitol garden with talk of a mate, opposed by authorities to avoid repeating the Romulus tale.
A Servia village mayor was sentenced to five years for lese majeste. He admitted to daily curses against King Peter before breakfast, the tribunal reporting a habit of irreverent speech and abuse toward the crown.
Beginning June 1 the Monon Route sells round trip fares to all resorts including Atlantic and Pacific Coast points in Colorado Michigan and beyond. Send record to W. W. Gilgis for literature and full information by return mail.
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