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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1914

Page

3

Trustees Ro thes Madison Township and other notices

Public notices list trustees in multiple townships including Madison Jackson and Putnam with weekly residence or office meetings. Also a 1914 Putnam Circuit Court case Booker vs William B Eggers seeks quiet title with affidavit of nonresidents from Indiana and a hearing date set by the 22nd Judicial day in October.

Putnam Circuit Court Cerm Booker William B Allee Flce Deliam B. Eggers Naew Indiana Putnam Greeneas T County State Éomup Seid

Actresses Dress For Daylight Scenes And Marriage Law Quips

The New York World cites a new eugenic marriage law as reducing marriage license applications in Pennsylvania, while some believe the trend reflects people becoming more thoughtful about matrimony. The Duke of Manchester, husband of Cincinnati native Helen Zimmerman, faces bankruptcy proceedings in London cables, described as the only kind of duke an American heiress can marry.

New York World Pennsylvania Duke of Manchester Helen Zimmerman Cincinnati London

Johnny’s Birthday Mystery In Dark Forty Five Sofa

A father recalls his five year old son Johnny asking for a knife on his birthday. The scene focuses on a dull household contrast as a $45 sofa and a $30 Morris chair show signs of subtractive damage. A curious theft atmosphere lingers in the quiet house.

Father Johnny Little Johnny

Humor and courtroom quips ripple through Baldwin works

In a light city feature a young woman tours Baldwin locomative plant asking about engines. A guide explains engines boil to "make the engine lender" with a quick wit. The humor flips to a divorce suit quip about a count whose creditors loom, and a couple exchanges jests about looks.

Baldwin Jocomoive Poitely

Should Wives Get Salaries For Work Performed

A discussion on the financial strains in marriage argues wives often live on irregular pin money and that a salary for household work could protect a wife’s dignity and happiness. It contrasts French marital harmony with perceived U.S. money disputes and highlights issues of allowance, dependence, and pride.

Les Hain

New Automatic Coiling Rubber Heel Feature

A new automatic coiling rubber heel design gathers wear evenly as the wearer steps. The heel turns with movement and offers even wear across use.

GribbsS Health Advice For Happiness And Grooming

A health minded note advises cultivating happiness smiles and laughter to stay young. It suggests avoiding excess meat or tea and drinking water twice daily. It mentions lemon as a nail bleach and a hair stain remedy using Hematoma leaves steeped in water with shampoo after application.

Austrian expert lauds American juvenile courts in study

Dr. Max Lederer of Prague sent to the United States by the Austrian justice minister to study American juvenile courts. In his report he praises the system and credits women’s efforts to protect children. He advocates establishing similar courts in Austria.

Max Lederer Prague Ans United States Austria Erim‘nala Aimilar c Ourts

To Clean Furniture With Parffin Oil Procedure

To clean furniture wipe with a cloth dipped in paraffin oil and let it stand an hour to loosen dirt. Wash with soap suds and wring dry with a clean cloth. Polish with white flannel dipped in turpentine for a brilliant finish. Dirt causes dull furniture. clean with soap and water.

To Develop Neck and Chest Through Singing

The passage argues that most great singers have well developed throats and chests. It emphasizes singing as beneficial exercise tied to deep breathing and considers singing essential for health. Even without talent, effort in singing yields health benefits.

Jerusalem Embraces Modern Lines and Electric Lights

Jews return to Jerusalem as the Holy City unveils electric cars and lights. Four transit lines planned from Jaffa Gate link business areas, northern colonies, and historic sites to Bethlehem. Waterworks, new reservoirs, and Westernized services follow, with walls offered as building material and plans to convert David's Tower into a museum.

Jerusalem Holy City Old City Jaffa Ericifixion Kies Mount of Olives Jehoshaphat Bethlehem Latly David's Solomon Rock Chreith Ain Pariah Ain Fouwar Aso Dead Sea Sea of Galilee Jordan

Freak Vegetables Used in Sermons by Mason in Memphis

Memphis preacher St Mason of the Holiness Church displays a rare collection of freak vegetables to prove God’s truth. The items include sweet potatoes resembling a rattlesnake a sea gull a parrot a turkey and a duck as well as an Irish potato like a hen and an okra pod like a coiled green snake. Most come from Arkansas Mississippi Virginia Tennessee and Texas a heart shaped sweet potato also figures in. The collection is used to illustrate sermons and warning signs.

Memphis Tenn St. Mason Holiness Church Mason Arkansas Missisippi Virginia Tennessee Texas

Bananas Contest Ends Early After 18 Eaten in Smith Center

Two contestants in Smith Center Kansas ate eighteen bananas each in a local eating contest. After the first to eighteen finished, the match was halted so all could go to dinner.

Smith Center Kan

Silo Foundation Construction and Silo Selection Notes

Practical steps for building silo foundations include three inches gravel, three inches concrete, and a cement sand finish. Use studding one foot apart and Silo Foundations lumber bent to form circles. Ready made silos from manufacturers are advised for reliability and cost ranges from $200 to $500 for a 150 ton unit. Ensure a snow cover and airtight removable door. The illustrated correct method avoids a wall shell that spoils silage by blocking air flow.

Hen Nest Construction Tips From Mrs Black

Mrs Black explains hens prefer high dark nests placed in secure corners. She nails nests firmly yet not too tight for easy cleaning. An inch of ashes and a vertiin destroyer is added, fine lug replaces straw, and a soft, durable material like buclt is used.

BL Black

Feeding Young Chicks Methods in Poultry Rearing

Samuel Coad describes feeding chicks with corn meal and beef scraps mixed with milk, adding bran at six months, and keeping birds under a crate in each coop until late June. He notes daily poultry food, a wooden coop bottom, and periodic straw burning to kill vermin and keep the crop clean.

Samuel Coad

Milk and feed guidelines for pigs and dairy animals

Guidance from L. P. Martiny covers pig milk feeding advantages for young stock, use of skimmilk, timing grain by pasture, and cheese making on farms. It also notes rennet sources, tablet cheese production, and animal care aims to maximize profitability and stamina. It ends with harsh advice about culling problematic farm animals.

L. P. Martiny

Petition to Improve Highway in Putnam County Indiana

Auditor of Putnam County Indiana states a petition by D F Brothers and others to improve a Franklin Township highway by eroding draining bridging and macadamizing with crushed stone The hearing is set for September 7 1914 before the county Board of Commissioners The text lists the described route and details the petitioners and endorsers The notice appears with a local newspaper reference Herald Aug 15 22 Also a brief item on a boy’s illness from green apples and a Cholera remedy endorsement by Pearl Wolroth of Herkimer NY ending with sales note

Putnam County Indiana D. F. Brothers Et al Franklin Township Said County Board of Commissioners Said Township Range Greencastle Crawfordsville Franklin Russell Township F. Brothers Elmer E. Watson W. FF. Davis John T. Sutherlin Charles A. Edwards Joseph Everman Nathan Call Harshbarger J. EB. McCray R. C. Smythe Robi. Britton Albert Risk J. B. Noland T. L. Posher Lon Lockabill Osear Stutsman H. W. Dyer L. M. Oliver Ora Trail Roy Stultz J. D. Trail T. L. Grider W. A. Walker John Underwood A. P. Underwood Jagd A. Cruilliams Harry Gardner Milton J. Bowen Frank Hathaway J. F. Stultz J. A. Stultz Na Shuee Raymond Hays Frank Hartman James Hartman C. F. Crodian C. T. Coshow Gee. A. Gowin R. L. Blaydes Mose Rigele Harvey A. Britton John H. Dodd Chas. C. Cunningham Edward Stoner John G. Robinson L. L. Newell Ira Hillis M. A. Pickel Glen O. Pickel J. O. Parker Tom Thrift Virgil Bridges C. C Bridges Co. L. Atirhart Herald

Notice to Contractors Greencastle Indiana 1914

The Greencastle Common Council invites sealed bids for a District Sewer System and sewage disposal plant. Bids due Aug 26 1914 at 7 pm with certified checks of 1918.50. bids may be rejected. City Clerk M S Miller. St Herald Aug 6 12 19 Posters.

Greencastle Indiana Common Council Onoas Miller St Herald

Short Time Marks in Day's Clock Helpline

A brief note records multiple time stamps during the day, listing 2:34 am 8:26 am 2:41 pm and 6:21 pm as key moments without context, suggesting a schedule or event log captured in the source. No names, places, or organizations are present in readable text.

Favorite Remedy for Diarrhoea

A Peru Indiana resident Mrs. May Higgins reports a summer complaint attack three years ago and credits Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with rapid improvement after one dose. She notes the doctor’s medicine failed and says the remedy worked quickly. For sale by all dealers.

Chamberlain May Higgins Peru Ind

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