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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1912
Page
2
Notices show subscription terms for the city editor with pricing by carrier and mail. Single copies cost two cents, weekly by carrier six cents, and annual by mail at three dollars. No names or dates provided.
Prosecutor William M. Sutherlin Sheriff Theodore Boers Coroner unresolved. Commissioner First District H Witt Sutherlin Commissioner Second District James B Bu nten. Trustee notices list meeting days at various townships including Marion Fillmore Madison Mill Creek Jackson Floyd with addresses and weekly at home or residence to transact office business. Tax rate noted 58 cents per hundred on taxable property. Oliver Stringer listed among trustees.
An advertisement claims ill health stems from poor digestion and that a few doses of Chamberlains Tablets will strengthen digestion, invigorate the liver, and regulate the bowels. It asserts many have been permanently cured and urges purchase from dealers.
The Putnam County Commissioners approved numerous allowances on August 5 1912 for personnel and services including Harry M Smith A C Byers Nort Western Manufacturing Co Go Water Works Co Indpls News Broadstreet Hoagland Carter Vinzant John Curran Gladys Rogers A A Lane and others Total items cover supplies public advertisement janitorial bridge and merd const payments with multiple entries for lane and Rogers.
Notice from Putnam County Auditor that a petition by John C Browning and others to graft drain bridge and pave a public highway in Greencastle Township will be heard by the Board of County Commissioners on September 2 1912. Includes list of claims and certifications by C L Airhart Auditor. Also notice of real estate sale petition in Probate Cause No 3561 pending in circuit court with hearing set for October 1 1912.
The Monon timetable in effect July 7 1912 shows daily times for northbound and southbound trains with early morning departures and late evening arrivals. It lists specific arrival and departure times such as 1 54 am 9 48 am for northbound and 12 28 pm 6 48 pm 2 20 am 8 25 am for southbound, reflecting station schedule details of that era.
Lindsay Scott of Temple Indiana extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as highly meritorious. For sale by all dealers.
A group led by J Higgins requests the Board of County Commissioners hear the petition on September 2 1912 to improve the boundary highway between Jackson and Floyd townships. The plan calls for bridging grading draining and paving to 85 feet width, linking rural mail and school wagon routes with Groveland and New Maysville roads, totaling a public works proposal by numerous local freeholders.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and the seal of my office this 3rd day of August. The list includes Oren Hall J F Case B F Weller J W Rooher J F Bartlett W A Cooper Co R Buchanan Co W Temple L C Lasley T S Allgood J E Cullipher M D J M Stewart W C Cunningham Carl Williams C W Grantham B F Bowers Wm Underwood James B Graham B H Walls Oscar Kent G N Coffman Alice Wilson Clark Wilson John W Ader Fred Rogers Frank Walls James Hylton Bert White John Wilson Jonathan Hansell D C Summers H C Sutherlin James J Bugg Lucia Summers David M Vaniice Chas McFerran S W Ader John E Call Lloyd Summers Elisha Patrick L B Mills James V Tyre Homer B Tyre Bd W Timmons Burt Lesure Joseph Welter Harry Higgins.
Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals for multiple bridges in Monroe Jackson Floyd Marion and surrounding townships. Bids due by 10 am August 31 1912 with bond equal to twice bid amount and two sureties. Plans in Auditor’s office Greencastle.
William W. Matkin of Greencastle Indiana testifies that after a railroad wreck his back and kidneys were injured and frequent kidney secretions caused annoyance. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief and says he has no objection to his name being used in local papers. For sale by all dealers priced at cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents United States Remember the name Dean's on take no other
A junk yard advertises buying all kinds of junk including old metal and feathers. The seller, Hl. Oberstein, operates a yard in South Greencastle near Gardner Brothers Tee Plant.
Mr W S Gunsalus a farmer near Wleming Pa says he has used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in his family for fourteen years and finds it excellent and recommends it. For sale by all dealers.
Readable text notes an office location in the Bence Building on South Vine Street in Greencastle Indiana. Details on size rent or contact are not provided in the fragment.
Plan your vacation now and request illustrated booklets of resort areas and low excursion fares to Colorado Michigan Canada and Atlantic and Pacific coast points. W W Gilgis T P A Monon Route.
A speaker endorses Zemo as a reliable treatment option to combat severe eczema, avoiding risky experiments and opting for a trusted remedy. The remark emphasizes safety and confidence in the medication.
Daily excursion fares valid through September 1st with final return by October 1912. Details list many destinations across Alberta British Columbia Colorado Illinois Kentucky Mexico Minnesota New Mexico North Carolina Ontario Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Utah Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming. For information call Monon depot.
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