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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
3
Madison Township trustee notices announce weekly office hours at the residence every Wednesday and Saturday for business transactions. Saurda to transact the business of Trust appears in the Madison entry. Ernest Kivet is listed with similar weekly hours in Mi Creek Township.
Benjamin Walls states he will be at his Jackson Township office each Friday to conduct the duties of his trustee office. The notice emphasizes ongoing availability for constituents and official business.
Oliver Stringer announces he will conduct office business at his residence on every Tuesday and Saturday each week in Jefferson Township. The notice specifies residence as the place of business and dates align with weekly schedule.
Monroe Township announces weekly Wednesday office hours at Bainbridge by D W Etcheson Floyd Township sets residence hours each Wednesday for office business by Fred Todd Marion Township posts residence hours on Friday and Tuesday at Fillmore by Otto B Rector
A mixed item set includes a railroad timetable for Big Four lines and an official notice from the Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners. The notice, dated August 4 1913 and sealed August 30 1913, invites bids for repairing 3984.6 feet of macadam road in Cloverdale and Jefferson townships known as the J S Haltom et al free macadam road with bid opening at 2 pm August 30 1913.
Wish to keep informed while away ordered Greencastle Daily Herald will call daily for 25 cents a month and provide home town news from Greencastle and vicinity. Call 65 to place the order before departure.
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Johnson C Herod deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on September 1 1913 and show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Arthur J Hamrick July 30 1913. SD Aug 8th
Notice is hereby given that pursu county and state on Saturday August 30 1913 for the improvement of fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty feet of macadam road in Marion township according to the plans and specifications on file in the Auditor's office at Greencastle Indiana known as the FE Tincher et al pro toxed free macadam road clock p m August 30 1918 when awarded James F P Houck Co L ATRHART Auditor Putnam County Posters.
A farm scale will maintain better relations between farmers and merchants and produce dealers and between landlords and tenants. It will give the farmer, like the men who trade in his commodities, a chance to know and demand his own. Constipation facts and Hollister’s R. M. Tea claim relief and a 35c price at Owl Drug store.
The article explains lawn care hinges on regular watering, requiring a person to hold a hose. A tripod supported sprinkler holder is used to steady the hose and prevent tipping, even under strong water pressure, ensuring even irrigation across large plots.
Advice on stopping churn at small granule size to avoid moisture. Describes typical practice of continuing until peas sized granules, drawing off buttermilk, adding water, ten to twelve more revolutions, then returning water, salting during churn, and final moisture about fifteen to sixteen percent with three to three and a half percent salt. Temperature kept to firm butter in about thirty minutes.
A calf should receive limited milk in its first days, about three to four quarts daily, given in three feedings. Do not overfeed or switch to large amounts at once. gradually increase as the calf develops and can digest more.
An old column notes many women suffer chronic constipation causing nervousness dizziness and sallow complexion. It states Chamberlain's Tablets invariably bring relief and are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by all dealers.
An appeal for prompt action in diagnosing and treating animal ailments. The ad touts Humphreys Veterinary Manual as a free, risk free introductory offer from Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co, promising to save farmers money and provide a valuable reference. It lists 156 William Street New York City as the mailing address.
The public trust in Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy rests on extensive use and the numerous cures of colic diarrhoea and dysentery it has produced. For sale by all merchants.
Reno born to Clarence Christy and wife on Aug Sth a daughter Sherman Aubrey moved into the house owned by Sherman Christy Mrs Susan Hunter and daughter of Iowa spent one day last week with her uncle James Johnson Ear Brown has been visiting with homefolks Frank Wood and wife and W D Mann and a grandson attended the Whitecotton reunion at Indianapolis Sunday Chas Hunt and family have moved to Coatesville Mrs Maggie Gross spent one day last week with her aunt near Fillmore Maurice and Nellie Johnson have been visiting in Indianapolis.
For sale by all dealers. Chamberlain's Tablets improve the appetite strengthen the digestion and regulate the liver and bowels, important to dyspeptics.
Fleming reports twelve government creameries in Alberta produced 925000 pounds of butter in 1905 averaging 21.35 cents per pound. Exported to British Columbia Yukon China and Japan, profit goes to 1200 supplying farmers. Private creameries added 650000 pounds, boosting provincial farmer earnings to about one third of a million dollars.
An advertisement promotes Hollister's Kh M Tea as a remedy for sour stomach clogged bowels pimples and foul breath claiming it purifies the blood and cleanses the system available at the Owl Drug store.
Mary declares Fred loves her and plans marriage though no proposal exists. Helen questions the delay as Mary notes Fred's increasing dislike for her mother. An advertised weekly laxative tea claims to cleanse bowels and purify blood, sold by Ow! Drug store.
Detectives from the Chicago Law and Order League disrupted a card gathering of about 100 women at Douglas Pavilion and Wentworth avenue venues. Women protested as officers insisted on stopping the games while noting gambling among women harms families, promising arrests to curb the activity.
Advance sheets of the Wiltzius Catholic Directory list the U S Catholic population at 14 235 451 with 16 093 priests and 12 923 churches. It details 80 seminaries with 5 687 students and 213 universities and colleges for boys plus 708 academies for girls. It notes 4 703 parochial schools with 1 197 018 children in attendance and 290 Catholic orphan asylums caring for 44 966 orphans. Total educated in Catholic institutions reaches 1 897 348. The hierarchy includes the Apostolic Delegate one Cardinal thirteen Archbishops ninety Bishops and other officials. The top dioceses by population are New York Chicago Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia and others, with Milwaukee listed at 235 000.
A Little Rock party on the White River north bank in Desha County killed a 650 pound black bear. The massive animal measured 32 inches around the neck and 7 feet 9 inches from tip to tip and defeated eleven dogs in fifteen minutes before the hunters brought it down. The bear was killed by Ed Warrington.
Gen. Rafael Benavides, commander of Mexican forces that recaptured Vera Cruz from Maximilian in 1867 after a 110 day siege, arrived in Mexico City from the United States. He had not visited Mexico in forty one years since that victory.
In Mexico City Gov Geo Torres reports Yaqui leader Chief Bulo and several hundred followers have surrendered. Bulo named an officer in the Mexican army and given a bodyguard of sixty five, funded by the government.
James Wilson in Washington discussed federal aid to farmers and noted gains from darum heat the wheat testing machine and granite potash extraction He predicted future cheapness of fine products making grapes affordable He recounted a boy story about paying cars for fruit highlighting rising farmer prosperity
A crat fied young attorney thanks the judge after a favorable decision. The judge expresses interest in the argument and notes the attorney made a convincing case. The exchange is recorded in a Chicago Record-Herald item showing appreciation and wit.
St Peter critiques a political candidate's record and notes a red ink label End seat hog marking the file. The exchange highlights the mock caution over perceived seating leverage in a campaign context.
Out on the water the verse suggests a somber scene about death at sea and a call to action for a sale of Hollister's A. M. Tea at Owl Drug store. The text appears as an old timey advertisement with moralizing tone and product placement.
Mrs Goodart laments overworked shop girls and advises avoiding bargain sales as a way to help. The exchange includes a quip about tenderness and yearned aid from Mr Goodart. An ad-line promotes Hollister's A M Tea as a summer tonic sold by Owl Drug Store.
A caller questions a man at a desk about life insurance while the man reveals concern over being worth more than he can afford to carry. The exchange shifts to a domestic quarrel over a ring between Pessie and Mabel regarding Starry. The piece reflects a humorous or human interest vignette from a Kansas City publication.
A brief exchange on a ship features a novice seaman unable to keep anything on his stomach and a doctor’s question about resilience. The banter ends with a quip on money and family ties, concluding with a taunting line about the herald.
Travel rates from June 1 to September 30 1913 apply to all points in Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Colorado Idaho Illinois Kentucky Manitoba Maryland Mexico Michigan Minnesota Montana New Mexico North Carolina Ontario Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming. Agent J C Ellis is the Monon Route agent for reservations and times.
By order of the Greencastle Common Council adopted August 12 1913 owners or harborers of dogs must confine or muzzled for sixty days under penalty of 3 to 100 dollars for each violation. The marshal and city police may kill dogs found running at large without a muzzle. Witness August Milles Mavar seal August 15 1912.
A Sunday special runs Aug 24 leaving Greencastle at 8:53 a m and returning from Louisville at 11 p m. Fare $1 75. For details call J D Ellis, Agent, phone 59.
Fedrick completes a three year osteopathy course at Kirksville and joins Dr Spaunhurst in Greencastle. The new associate is permanently connected with the Spaunhurst Osteopaths firm and can be reached at phone 226.
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