Claims Allowed at Greencastle August Session
Following claims were allowed by the Vermilion County Commissioners in August session. Names include Greencastle Tele Co and various board reviews, with amounts ranging from 1.00 to 478.40 for services and reimbursements. This record lists payments to inspectors, jail staff, bridge repairs, tax refunds, and insurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atnam County Commissioners
Greencastle Tele. Co
T. B. Brookshire
Brd
Runyan
C. Hurst
Airhart
Vermilion
L. Airhart
McWethy
West Divinfeeting Co
Frank Cutler
McCurry & Reed
P Floyd
Y. N. New
Potekson Seeeeree
Orn Trail
P Russell
Frank Ford
Monroe
pHi & B
P. Greencastle
Day
Indianapolis
Arthur Plummer
Russel Big
Dunbar
Dunn
Buis
Hart
Roll Stone
D. David
B. Klein
W. M. Sutherlin
Amos Wendling
Janes Allen
P. B. Roark
Jus Allee
T. Johnston
Sum Rogsdale
Pritchard
Stringer
Dp. & Lasley
Emery Michals
M. Snodgrass
Jay Oliver
Jan Allen
E.N. Hauck
Jas Allee
T. Top
Bicoo Damis Balton
Dno Wallace
P. Top Achcetes
W. BK. Leonard
M. Gardner
Thos Roach
T. Top Osevevee
Otho Bales
Eeeeves
J. T. Johnston
H. W. Moore
Insane
Ing
Preston
Cloverade Corp Tax Centrat Bank
Bond
W. H. Sutheriln
Sal
Theo Hoes
Kiger & Co
Lasuvacsss
Wrank
Insan Ing
W. W. Tucker
Insan
Has
Sudranski
Theo Boes
Earl Johnston
Chamberlain's Tablets Praised for Digestion Relief
An 8, Colby, Holland reader reports using Chamberlain's Tablets about a year ago for indigestion and constipation and calling them a splendid remedy. The ad notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Colby
Holland
Why You Should Trade With Firms That Advertise
Advertising supports consumer access to better goods at lower prices by expanding sales and keeping costs spread. Firms that advertise aim for more sales on small margins, while non-advertisers may seek higher profits on fewer sales.
Gutenberg And His Discoveries In Printing History
The article traces printing from Gutenberg to steam presses and stereotyping. It highlights Koenig's 1814 steam cylinder press for the London Times, the rise of stereotype plates, and the Civil War era push for rapid daily production and quick news delivery via wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gutenberg
Frederick Koenig
The
London Times
Times
Pony Express
New York Sun
Dutch Potato Industry Expands With New Drying Plants
A consular report notes Netherlands towns now run drying plants for surplus potatoes with annual outputs of thousands of bushels. Some 350 factories produce potato flakes for stock feed, alcohol distillation, starch, or flour for bread making. potato flour improves flavor and shelf life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
First Lifeboat Pioneers and the London Coach Builder
The article traces Lionel Lukin of Durmon England who patented an improved lifeboat design in 1784 after modifying a Norway yawl. Royal support from the Prince of Wales aided experiments but public attention was limited until the 1790 launch of Greathead influenced lifeboat design, earning him the title father of the lifeboat. The early craft saved a brig crew at Tyne in 1791.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Lukin
Durmon
England
London
Lukin
Thames
George IV
Prince of Wales
Tyne
William Wouldhave
H. Greathead
Greathead
South Shields
Parmigiano cheese making in Lombardy factories and farms
Italian dairy practices in Lombardy detail Parmigiano production from dairy herds of 50 to 150 cows to cream skimming and butter making. Milk heated to 100–107 degrees F with rennet forms a paste then salted and aged, yielding grades after 20 months Stravecchio after three years and Stravecchione after four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombardy
Milan
Novel railroad exhibit at Panama-Pacific exposition
Four western railways collaborate on a transportation building display at the Panama-Pacific exposition. A fifty foot globe bears a relief map of North America with miniature trains marching between San Francisco and St. Louis. Lighting reveals city names as the train passes, in a three minute trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railways
North America
San Francisco
St. Louis
Collar Button With Screw Peg Invention
Charles Formage of New Rochelle New York invents a collar button with a central screw hole and a tapering peg that unscrews through the collarhole. The peg is screwed tight when worn, holding the collar in place without damaging nails or causing fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Formage
New Rochelle
N. Y
Shade Grown Tobacco Expands in New England Valley
The New England Homestead notes a decade of progress in shade grown cigar leaf in the Connecticut valley and surrounding states. Investors see growing profits as wrapped cigars rely on shade leaf, while duty on Sumatra leaf and rising output from New England boost optimism for farmers adopting shaded tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
West
Connecticut Valley
Trennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Sumatra
Speed Regulator in City Charter Targets Cats
A typographical error in Long Beach California’s city charter is read as giving the city power to limit railway and car speeds and to fit fenders on cats. Police seized an Angora cat charged with exceeding the speed limit and will try it in a test case with witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Cal
White Footed Mouse and Bird Parenthood Myths
The Toledo Blade notes rural midwest children believed certain birds or all birds could be parents of mice, checking nests in bushes or thorn trees to prove it, a superstition corrected by time. It also mentions that over two thirds of the gold used globally was discovered in the last fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Toledo Blade
West Lebanon Fire Highlights Gasoline Storage Risk
State Fire Marshal notes report a large blaze in West Lebanon Indiana causing about 20000 in losses and reveals gasoline stored in an unsafe manner at Ira N Crask garage. The fire underscored need for underground storage rules and better water service. Defective flues cited as frequent fire cause. 1914 losses totaled 719921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fire Marshall Department
West Lebanon
Ind
Ira N. Crask
Fire Marshal Department
Crask
Burt Cooley
Cooley
Lebanon
Danville
Williamsport
Attica
Fire Marshal Office
Shadow surgery uses bent instruments for radico scopic extraction
The article describes a new technique called radioscopic surgery using a table fluroscope and right angled forceps. Dr Wallgamer guides the instrument by X ray shadows to locate and retrieve bullets or shell fragments quickly without damaging surrounding tissue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallgamer
Wallyamer
Quips on Driving Dangers and Flattery Lines
A manufacturer cites auto accidents from careless driving and recalls a grandson’s query about a barn car repair. A quip about flattery notes a woman prefers more words to praise her charms. A line about laziness links it to misplaced hope.
Most Dangerous Sport in History Is Baseball Not Football
An humorous history of baseball as the most dangerous national game, comparing mortality rates to other dangers and celebrating baseball's thrills. The piece weighs risks lightly while praising players, fans, and the social rituals around baseball, including jokes about women’s perceptions and attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Imitation Gems and Dyeing Secrets Uncovered in Oberstein
A German report explains how silica based imitations mimic diamonds and how stones like onyx carnelians bloodstone and agate are dyed and heated to enhance color. It notes Oberstein as a center for imitation jewelry and reveals methods for producing catseye from crucidolite aragonite hornblendes and gypsum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberstein
Germany
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A historical advertisement extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a highly effective medicine. It claims wide national and international use and notes quick relief after one or two doses for ordinary diarrhoea and colic, with particular value for summer diarrhoea in children. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
United States
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Greencastle
Ould
Bulginback
Squire Ramsbottom
Honah
Couse
Senegambian
Bar of Justice
Yassah
Western Roads
CAT
Office
State Fire Marshal
Ceore
Brown
Grandpa
Sonny
MONON
Chicago
Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
W. Tucker
Vine Street
Washington and
Walnut Sts
W. M. McGaughey
Evans
South
Jackson Street
Bloomington and
Seminary Streets
DR. O. F. Overstreet
Entist —Whee
South Vine Street
Washington Township
Mullinix
Reelsville
Floyd Township
Edgar J. Wilson
Marion Township
Emerson E. Ruark
Filmore
Mario Township
Greencastle Township
Harry Talbott
Sayers Book
H. Askew
Greencastle, Ind
E. Wash. St
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