Trustees Notices Madison Mill Creek Jackson Monroe Floyd Marion Floyd
Trustees announce weekly times to conduct office business at listed townships and residences including Madison Mill Creek Jackson Monroe Floyd Marion townships with scheduled days for each trustee to transact official business. Names include J W Knauer Ernest Kivett Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer B W Etcheson Fred Todd Otto Rector.
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Madison Township
J. W. Knauer
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
Wednaday
Floyd Township
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Fillmore
Otto Rector
Notice to Non Residents in Putnam Circuit Court
In Putnam County Indiana a quiet title suit John S Booker vs William B Eggers and Nathan Morphew proceeds. Non residents Eggers Morphew must answer by October 1 1914 or the court will hear the case in Greencastle. Clerk Arthur Hamrick issues the notice with Pearl Newgent as deputy. James & Allee represent plaintiffs. Weekly August 7.
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State of Indiana
Putnam County
Putnam Circuit Court
John S. Booker
William B. Egwers
Allee
James & Allee
William B. Eggers
Nathan Morphew
Indiana
Greencaste
Orvewcastle
Arthur
Hamrick
Pearl Newgent
Llee
James
How to Cure a Sprain With Cham berlain's Liniment
Sprain may be cured in about one third the time required by the usual treatment by applying Cham berlain's Liniment and following directions with each bottle. For sale by all dealers. Advertise in the Herald.
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Chamberlain
Gas Prices and Early Public Utilities Across Atlantic Markets
The piece traces the price of gas in New York from 1824 to 1828 at ten dollars per thousand cubic feet and notes England's early gas origins. It highlights the New York Gas Light Company as a landmark, mentions other US incorporations, and credits William Murdoch as a pioneer of practical gas lighting. It also covers the handkerchief’s diffusion from Italy to France and Germany, noting fashion and edicts of 1595.
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New York Gas Light Company
National Light and Heat Company
England
America
Baltimore
Boston
Moody's Magazine
Hales
Earl of Dundonald
Scotland
William Murdock
Himmingham
Redruth
Cornwall
Murdock
Italy
China
Alps
France
Henry III
Germany
Dresden
London
Apple Tree Defies Core Claims in Clitford Tale
Justice of the Peace David Barb of Clitford reports a tree that bears seedless apples with no cores in Bortholomew county. He notes the tree blooms never in spring yet produces apples identical to others. The source text blends folklore with odd observations and includes unrelated aside from Indianapolis News.
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Justice of the Peace
David Barb
Clitford
Bortholomew County
Justice Barb
Tee City
Indianapolis News
The Pants Button Mystery in a Quiet Street
A poignant scene follows Miss Mather helping a distressed girl whose plea for a pants button drives a small moral tale. A grieving street child explains a funeral for a cat requires a pants button for admission, prompting the old woman to search and reflect in a park.
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Momma
Night Gatekeeper Stands Ground At Pennsylvania Crossing
A Philadelphia Public Ledger report recalls a railroad crossing incident in which a new flagman worked seven to seven, told not to leave before the Limited express. As the train ran late, the gatekeeper signaled with a red lantern, stopping the speeding locomotive. the engineer shouted questions about the signal.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Limited
Archdeacon’s Footman Receives Unusual Cards Task
A venerable archdeacon hires a new footman, a former stable boy, to accompany him on formal calls. After two hours, two cards remain at the last house, forcing the pair to request only one card while the other man protests.
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Thomas
Thomase
Harper's
Fragmented Dialogue About Advertising and Pride
A garbled dialogue features a bystander scolding a speaker for advertising his business and for bragging. The exchange includes mock German imitations and broken phrases, with characters using hindered pronunciation as commentary on vanity.
Fragmentary Seotchman Dialects and Humanity Observations
A collage of overheard quips and sketches shows an old Scotsman joking about aging and rheumatism, a wry exchange on marriage and propriety, reflections on drinking, painting criticism, and a note on a new minister. The items read like humor and social commentary from a bygone era.
Johnny Ralston's Fight Prompts Mother's Concern Ally Sloper
A dialogue from Ally Sloper recounts Johnny Ralston a well behaved boy who fights others despite promises to stop. After a schoolyard cut cheek and swollen nose he insists the injuries were accidental, while Blanche muses on comfort and pity.
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paAhgers
Pesce
Johnny Ralston
Johnny
Tommy Higes
Blanche
Bluff
Tam
Sloper
Weather Prophet Hums Through Miss Amanda Scene
Detroit News excerpt shows a weather prophet teasing about his new system as an aunt questions honesty. The exchange features Ananda the schoolgirl and Miss Amanda in a softly lit room as a lamp is dimmed. Judge observes.
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Ananda
Amanda
Detroit News
Fragmented Irish dialogue and clues of a torn engagement scene
The text shows characters O'Hara Cassidy Ellen and Tom in a rough exchange about injury and engagement. Cassidy jokes about a hand loss while O'Hara consoles him. Ellen comments on an engagement ring moment, hinting at a domestic or social scene unresolved by the fragment.
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O'Hara
Cassidy
Distorted Dialogue In Scrambled Newspaper Fragment
A garbled dialogue fragment from a modern society column features an X ray operator and a surgeon debating their roles while bystanders react. The text references a blush on a fair person and mentions powder causing a creasing blush, followed by a reporter’s explanation.
Household Hints Spiced Peaches and Preserved Fruit
A recipe column describes spiced peaches using sugar vinegar and spices in cheesecloth bags and boiling until tender then sealing. It also outlines preserving whole peaches with cinnamon raisins and vinegar and sugar simmered to coat fruit, then stored in a cool dry place. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek remark about aging and hair in storybooks.
Greencastle Seeks Bids for District Sewer System Plan
Greencastle Indiana invites sealed proposals by Aug 26 1914 for a district sewer system including a disposal plant. Plans on file with the City Clerk. Bid bonds of 1918.50 required. failure to sign contracts forfeits checks. Council may reject any bid.
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Greencastle
Indiana
Common Council
Eity
The Case of L L Chantelou Texas Uses Chamberlain Remedy
A Texan named L L Chantelou relates his wife suffered severe bowel trouble for months. After doctors and various medicines, a 25 bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her after the second bottle. For sale by all dealers.
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L. L. Cantelou
Clarendon
Texas
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