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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1913
Page
2
An early Greencastle page lists The Herald staff with editors J Arnold and William T. Sitlington and notes pricing for single copies, carrier, and mail delivery. It specifies a 7 cent per copy price, six cents a week, and a yearly rate of $23.00 with registration as a periodical matter.
A Greencastle resident William Sillery testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his disordered kidneys after a decade of use. He recounts purchasing them at Jones Stevens Co Drug Store and urges continued use. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is named as the U.S. sole agent and price is 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
A testimonial from M E Gebhart of Oriole Pa claims Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy rapidly cures ordinary diarrhoea after one or two doses. Yorks the local merchant recommended it and says it has helped others. The ad notes thousands testify to its value and that it 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 the last day of September 1913 and show cause why final settlement counted with the estate should not be approved Witness The Clerk of the Court Arthur J Hamrick Clerk Putnam Circuit Court of H D Aug 8th
Many women suffer from chronic constipation causing nervousness dizziness and sallow complexion. They will find that Chamberlains Tablets invariably bring relief. These tablets are easy to take and pleasant in effect for sale by all dealers.
Rev William M Carr praises the ideal woman as wife and mother citing presidents wives mothers deaconesses and nurses as model service roles. He lauds daughters who contribute to family and society and cites Lincoln and Garfield mothers as examples of virtuous influence.
The export of fighting cocks to colonies has risen with many liners sail from Southampton to Cape Colony carrying cocks. Cock fighting thrives legally in Cape Colony and has become a national pastime, while British cocks are sent to American west coast states. In Britain, it remains forbidden domestically though persistent, with saddlers and breeders in Black Country towns and Walsall producing export spurs.
A report describes how aging prisoners express desires and exchange information through lip and eye movements at chapel, workrooms, and quarries. No spoken words are used, yet long conversations occur via pure pantomime and gesture. A sailor’s mate, with a dying interpreter, learned to read dialects and used an old convict to communicate with Pacific island natives through pantomime.
The piece portrays three thousand cattle owned by twenty men roaming freely in Arizona’s Pinal basin. Each animal bears a broad hip brand, with distinct marks, and the herd remains tied to birthplaces, water holes, and barren canyons. Calves follow mothers, teaching the ways of their home range, illustrating the Western cattle-raising ethos.
The text traces barber pole symbolism to surgery crafts, noting stripes signifying bloodletting and bandages with a basin for blood. It cites early barber-surgeons in 1371 France under a king's barber and 1461 England under Edward IV, with a 1748 act separating barber trade from surgery.
A devotional excerpt highlights God weighing petitions and rewarding righteous, merciful, and selfless prayer. It speaks of God opening doors, protecting believers in trials, and yielding to those who keep commandments. A humorous quip about marriage and money follows.
The piece traces advertising origins from 1642 in Britain with the first newspaper ads, to Greek public criers in Greece, Caxton's English ad for The Pyer of Salisbury, and ancient bill posters in Pompeii. It notes magazines and newspapers becoming recognized marketing media in the eighteenth century.
An Outlook critique argues England is saturated with caste and social privilege. It condemns the fixed social order that limits individual effort before birth and traps people in a rigid class system marked by “good form” and old social conventions.
The passage notes an ancient discovery of profile likenesses by chance. It states that in 130 B.C. Antigonus had his image drawn and a profile view was used to conceal his one eyed deformity.
The Good Roads Magazine argues education is essential for road improvement among users and builders. It notes farmer conservatism slows progress, advocates shifting from labor tax to paid engineers, and praises engineering courses as a positive step to meet future demand.
The article notes European nations largely fund road work through national or state aid. It highlights New Jersey's 1901 start of state aid for wagon roads paying one third of costs, plus a transition from labor tax to money funding. Totals show state $1.3 million and counties and towns $5.8 million spent.
The Farmers' Institute of Missouri urges hard roads and water-free roadbeds. It argues that land valued at $60 an acre or more cannot afford keeps. road material can come from nearby states and be hauled at low cost. Road dragging and local materials could build turnpike quality roads for far less than imagined.
Twenty years ago cement was scarce outside cisterns, but now it appears in poultry houses and skyscraper offices. Portland cement mixed with broken stone forms the subfloor, while a finishing coat uses cement and clean gravel. Failures come from using gravel with loam, proper cleanliness is essential.
Field and Farm notes that cows should not have the same supper and breakfast feed. textures should be similar across meals for long periods. It warns that sudden changes reduce milk yield even if new rations are better and advises gradual changes over a week or ten days.
A historical note explains that common strings come from sheep intestines, not catgut. It notes the feline gut is only used for surgical sutures. Demand grows across North America with strong markets in Mexico for guitar strings and a rising interest in harps.
An academic demonstration shows how eyewitness accounts diverge on a staged quarrel. Professor von Liszt of Berlin and two pupils staged a heated exchange with a walking stick and blank pistol in front of twenty onlookers, none of whom shared the secret.
The article recalls Gen Spinner's claim that women are ten times more discerning than men in detecting counterfeit notes. He asserts a woman identifies counterfeit currency by intuition without needing a reason, while a man often reasons wrongly. The passage underscores trust in female judgment in money security matters.
A noble fleeing enemy hid in a barrel carried by servants. When the pursuer demanded blood and thrust into the barrel the blade struck the hidden man’s legs. He wiped the blade on his garment, pulling it free without being discovered.
A grandpa brought to America a round hollowed stone like a saucer with a small projection. It was misread as a grindstone but proved to be a drip stone. When set in shade with water in the saucer, it yields crystal pure drops from the underside, a method traced to Oriental origins.
Only 000,000 hot cross buns were eaten in London on Good Friday signaling the waning custom. The cross bun traces to a Saxon goddess Eostre whose name births Easter. followers converted to Christians but kept the buns with a cross to bridge old and new beliefs.
On June 1 the Monon Route announces on sale round trip tickets to all resorts including Atlantic and Pacific Coast points in Colorado Michigan and other locations with no greatly reduced fare.
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