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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
2
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Alexandria Ind August 22. Aaron Freestone a local resident testifies that four years of liver trouble indigestion poor appetite and numb limbs improved after using Trutona He says appetite returned and the stomach aches faded He recommends Trutona as beneficial for stomach liver and bowel troubles and nervousness The remedy is being introduced in Greencastle by druggist R P Mullins
The Teachers Institute roll expands with new names listed including Bertha Blatchley Earl B Sutherland Mamie Hollingsworth Maybelle Layman Goldie Sheets W M Goldsberry Gilbert Hall Rath Hutcheson W R Allee Mary Richards Ola B Scott Florence Earlie Ida Adams Etta Adams Lelia Pickett Lydia Williams Co Malan Ina Rogers Kathryn Allen Miss Ilene Cammack Miss Nina Cook Miss Ella Rector and Miss Gertrude Cook attended Bainbridge band concert in Bainbridge last Thursday evening in the Miss Cook car.
A man suffering stomach trouble is described as a shadow who could not eat due to bloating and gas. After using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, he improves in two months and regains appetite and energy. The ad asserts the remedy removes mucous and inflammation causing stomach and intestinal ailments and offers money back.
Having rented my farm I will sell at public auction all my personal property nine miles west of Greencastle nine miles west of Greencastle mile south of Vivalia on the County Line road local sale details indicate a rural auction event with property likely from a farmowner listing.
Friday August 29 1919 sale to begin at 10 o clock a m items include six horses and mules eleven cattle seventeen head of hogs oats corn clover seed farming tools and more Isaac Brattain will offer fine registered Duroc hogs at sale and terms allow six months notes with interest on larger sums.
A strong county farmers organization will spread lessons, boost total community production, and focus on marketing, political, and social questions. Purdue extension aims to unite county agents and farmer groups, enhancing state and national farming progress and securing a prosperous, educated countryside.
Members Miss Irma Parrish Miss Mary Bond and Miss Agnes Edgerton will travel to Indianapolis on Friday September 5 to demonstrate canning before visitors at the State Fair. Miss May Pickett president will accompany the group. Miss Peck of Purdue University spoke to the club Thursday.
Postmaster William Denman reports ample meat and staples at the Greencastle post office window with government food selling rapidly. Items like rice dried beans cherries and vegetable soup are sold out while Denman urges more tomatoes and bacon purchases.
The water monitor, a large reptile found in India Sri Lanka and the Malay peninsula, reaches seven feet. Its nearest relative the gigantic Australian monitor grows to twelve feet. It lays twenty or more white eggs and is noted as a swift runner and climber feeding on mammals reptiles and birds.
The passage describes a crocodile called Ka hara Goya by locals, its aggressive escape into trees and swift tail swimming. It notes indigenous blood poison methods Kaharatel, using venom from snakes and skulls, and a monitor ritual to intensify fire with animal hiss.
Billy, son of a golfer, envisions a future as a pro while his friends Eugene and Gladys stand by. He plans to marry Gladys and travel for golf, yet admits he will miss home. He says he would rather be back in the trenches than speak about the war fears.
In a playful exchange the question about garden progress sparks a joke about green things. London Tit-Bits notes the quip while recalling John Henry Mears record around the world in 1918 in 35 days 21 hours and 36 minutes.
A sharp exchange mocks a girl deemed unsuitable for a ball, calling her wall-eyed and unfit for high society, with the insult pivoting on a garden party setting. The witty banter highlights social snobbery and rumor in a domestic scene.
Brick Chapel announces a ten day revival starting August 24 led by Rev Fraley with morning sermons on The Fatal Rejection of Christ and Zaccheus in the evening. Guy H. Wayne from Terre Haute will direct nightly music and Win-My-Chum Week events are planned by the Epworth League. Everyone is invited.
Rev C V Jackson of DePauw University will lead a week long revival at the Reelsville Methodist Episcopal Church starting Monday August 25 with services nightly at 8 o clock through Sunday August 31. The event aims to serve the whole community with participation by local pastors and DePauw students.
Mrs John Dunbar left this morning for Attica Indiana to spend several days with her friend Mrs Mary Clapham.
Delburt Reeves of near Lebanon will move this fall with his family to a newly purchased farm west of the city, formerly owned by L. Stoner. The Stoner family has bought the Wailiar Durham farm near No. 10 school house west of town.
Eighty acres tillable at 150 per acre. One hundred one acres improved near highway at 8175 per acre. Two hundred twenty four acres with sugar maple and black walnut. improvements and water at 160 per acre. Three hundred forty acres grain and stock farm in northern Putnam with fine improvements and water. bargain at 165 if sold before September 1. Other farms and city property available. See us for farmer gains.
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