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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1912
Page
3
New business ad offers 15 cent fares with prompt taxi service by Harry Collins. Also a 1912 1913 Jefferson Township trustee meeting set for September 3, 1912 at School District No. 6 to present estimates including township, local and special school taxes, road taxes, library and poor expenditures, totaling 6265 dollars with 90 cents per hundred tax.
A public health note claims ill health stems from poor digestion. It asserts Chamberlain's Tablets strengthen digestion, invigorate the liver, and regulate the bowels, removing the miserable feeling. The ad says many have been permanently cured and that the tablets are for sale by all dealers.
Brazil division of Terre Haute Indiana Traction Company issues an important update to the time table. The notice lists Rupert Bartley as a local age with a 1:00 local designation and references the A M G C only service.
Monon timetable effective July 7 1912 at 5 00 am shows northbound arrivals around 9 48 am 12 28 pm 6 48 pm and southbound departures 2 20 am 2 32 pm 6 21 pm with listed stations and times in brief.
Mrs Adams, thrilled by a call from Jane away at college, promises care and sends help in a long chat that overflows with plans to mail cake, clothing, and comforts. She rails at high phone charges, grieving the cost of brief talks.
The piece recalls the boy Jones era in Victoria's early reign. In December 1840 he accessed Buckingham Palace, hid for days, was caught by the princess’s nurse, and turned over to police. The privy council judged no alarm, sentencing him to three months for rogue and vagabond. He tried twice more to enter the palace, and the magistrate offered navy enlistment as a remedy.
Gracie entertains visitors while her mother dresses. The ladies, amid a strained chat, spell out sentences about her. One calls the child quaint, while Gracie sighs that she is tired of being called quaint and unable to help it.
A proposed national movement funded by Americans would rival the Rockefeller Foundation by establishing local committees in every county to support education. It plans vocational training, ethics education from kindergarten onward, and a Washington-based development committee to publicize and organize conventions and influence federal action.
Major Reynolds of the Sixteenth Wisconsin led with gallantry at Shiloh after being briefly arrested for disobedience, receiving release from General Grant for courage. The regiment fought near Pittsburg Landing, endured wounds among its officers, and later joined Sherman's campaign toward Atlanta with heavy loss at Bald Hill.
The Farmers' Mail and Breeze describes a two section barn door system using a track bolted under the cornice and stay rollers to prevent wind flapping. Side pulleys and a top rafter pulley with sash cord allow one person to raise and lower the doors, claimed to be safe and reliable when open or shut.
The Grand Duchess Anastasia and her brother Grand Duke Alexis, heirs to Russia, are said to prefer American lemon drops and sweet pickles. Ambassador Curtis Giles Jr. returned to the court with a trunk of candy and pickles for their June 18 birthday, the eleventh for the duchess. No mention is made of lactopepsin.
A witty column notes rising scrutiny of the coffee trade as authorities target a powerful coffee trust. The author quips that, with plentiful grounds, enforcement may grind on.
A practical guide argues daily manure spreading preserves fertility. Collect liquids and solids in a water tight gutter, drain to one end, and use a hand cart or dump cart for distribution. Apply on summer fields after harvest and on winter grain fields while avoiding newly seeded land.
A farmer describes building a concrete silo with 14 ft diameter, 29 ft high, 6 inch walls reinforced with No 8 wire. Expenses totaled 203 dollars including cement, labor, roof work, reinforcement, bolts, and asphalt. Silage reportedly turned out in splendid condition with frost only on the sides.
Potatoes after alfalfa promise a fine crop and rotation, including alfalfa, potatoes, and grain, improves soil fertility. Weeds should be fought early, moles controlled with traps, and more frequent plantings extend the garden season. Wood ashes improve soil, blossoms on new strawberry beds should be removed, and clover and alfalfa cut at appropriate stages. Notation of crops aids productivity and labor distribution. Stock proves most profitable for marketing grain and fodder since it returns manure to soil.
Auditor of Putnam County Indiana reports a petition by J Y Higgins and others to improve a rural highway along the boundary between Jackson and Floyd townships. Hearing set before the Board of County Commissioners for September 2, 1912. Petition lists numerous signers and requests 45 foot width with bridging grading drainage and paving using specified material.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Humphreys Homeopathic Medicines listing cures for infant colic crying and wakefulness, diarrhea, coughs, headaches, indigestion, croup, rheumatic pains, malaria, piles, catarrh, influenza, whooping cough, asthma, kidney and nervous disorders, urinary incontinence, quinsy, hay fever, and summer colds. Sold by druggists or by mail from Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
The ad touts Zemo as a clear vanishing liquid that stops scalp itch and soothes eczema, rash, pimples, and skin irritations. It claims easy application, no sticky residue, and a 2 cent trial bottle, with regular $1 bottles sold by druggists from BE W Ros Medicine Co of St. Louis.
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