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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1913
Page
5
Madison Township and multiple townships announce Trustee business hours. Officials Morgan Stroube, Ernest Kivett, Ben Walls, Oliver Stringer, D W Etcheson, Fred Told, Otto B Rector set weekly locations and days to transact office business including residences and local halls.
A fragmented notice combines a Big Four railroad timetable fragment with an August 1913 bidding call from Putnam and Pitt counties in Indiana. It lists train times and a formal advertisement for sealed bids to improve dam road in Cloverdale and Tson townships, with submission details, deadlines, and board authority. The item preserves names A M Gardner H Ouock J B Bunten L Atrhart and officials.
Advertises a Greencastle Daily Herald service to monitor home news during an absence. For 25 cents a month the paper calls daily with Greencastle and vicinity news. Readers are urged to call 65 and place an order before leaving.
Cred itors heirs and legatees of Johnson C Herod deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court in Greencastle Indiana on September 1 1913 to show cause why final settlements should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Clerk ARTHUR J HAMRICK July 20 1913
Pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners of Putnam County Indiana bids for improving 14320 feet of macadam road in Marion township will be received at the Auditor's office Greencastle until 2 p.m. August 30 1913. The project known as the E Tincher et al proposed free macadam road will be opened and contract awarded. Personal bids must follow law. Board of Commissioners James F B Houck. Auditor L Airhart. August 8 1913.
Advertisement touts Hollister's R. M. Tea for stomach, kidney, and liver relief and urges purchase at Ow! Drug Store.
The Good Roads Magazine argues education is essential for all road users and builders to advance improvements. It cites farmer conservatism as a barrier, urges shifting from labor tax to funded engineering, and notes growing demand for trained road engineers as colleges add engineering courses.
The note explains European nations generally support roads. New Jersey began state aid in 1901 paying one third of wagon road costs. It abandoned the labor tax for a money system. Totals show about $1.3 million state Expenditure and $5.8 million by counties and towns.
Many women suffer from chronic constipation causing nervousness dizziness and a dusky complexion. The advertisement claims Cham berlain s Tablets invariably bring relief. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect and sold by all dealers.
Burr Beecher of Winsted Connecticut pays half his house taxes to Winsted and half to Norfolk because his residence spans both towns. He eats in one town and sleeps in the other, with his bed in an upstairs chamber so he sometimes falls asleep in Norfolk and wakes in Winsted.
An advertisement touts Humphreys Veterinary Remedies promising a free 500 page manual that teaches diagnosing and treating animal ailments. It claims timely, proper care saves money and urges farmers to request the book without ordering any products, citing a William Street New York address.
An accident case trial against a celty trolley company features an elderly woman witness subjected to harsh cross examination. She retorts with a sharp insult, prompting the judge to enforce restraint and restore courtesy. Fire Precautions In France Highlighted as Inadequate. France towns lacking water supply rely on wells and hand pumps with little fire apparatus.
The implicit confidence in Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy rests on user experience and its noted cures of colic diarrhoea and dysentery. For sale by all dealers.
An ad from Owl Drug Store touts Hollister's R. M. Tea Worstle as a cure for indigestion and constipation, claiming it relieves the whole system and prevents illness in the human family.
The passage recalls a famed aviator nicknamed the wizard of the air and a distinguished compatriot born in a time of bold experiments. It captures varied public reactions from mockery to admiration as ballooning and flight drew attention worldwide.
The name Arkansas derives from an Indian tribe found by early explorers within the current state. French settlers arrived around 1685 at Arkansas Post. Arkansas joined the Louisiana Territory until 1812 and the Missouri Territory until 1819, then became Arkansas Territory with Indian Territory included. On June 15, 1836, it achieved statehood.
Winter report notes English Salvation Army expects to provide fifty thousand meals from shipyard waste at Chatham as crews on leave still receive food. In a single night six hundred people were fed from what would otherwise be discarded.
Surgical experts marvel at the successful Caesarean on Mrs Lawrence A Ramsey a 25 year old midget of forty six inches weighing fifty seven pounds. Three weeks later she greeted friends with her newborn daughter who weighed four pounds. The Ramseys known as Weis and Ramsey perform as a vaudeville duo Queen of the Lilliputians. Mrs Ramsey walked on the fifteenth day after surgery and left the hospital soon after.
William Friedberg, operator of a Mount Vernon cigar store, was fined five dollars by Judge Platt for a window placard that invited votes for the meanest man in Mount Vernon. The sign listed names including the Mayor and Chief of Police with vote totals. Friedberg pleaded guilty saying he did not know the act violated the law.
At the Wholesale and Retail Butchers Association ball in Wilmington Delaware the grand march was led by a pet sheep owned by 4 T Derry. The decorated animal moved with the crowd through the figures of the march as brass music sounded.
Professor William Griffith, a Pennsylvania mining expert and geologist, testifying in the government suit against anthracite coal carrying railroads, estimates underground coal in Pennsylvania at 2,229,201,650 tons and a life of about 84 years. He prepared the estimate for Harvey Fisk & Sons to inform coal bond investments.
In Marceline Missouri a preacher Rev Shas BE Petree aided loading the fixtures of the White Elephant saloon into drays after staff were ordered out by a local vote. He returned home, donned overalls, and assisted in removing the goods from the premises.
Miss Charlotte Mansfield, a young writer, sails for Cape Town to begin an eight thousand mile tramp toward Cairo. She will travel through Central Africa with thirty native carriers as her sole escort.
A. D. Sanders and Miss Zulu Hollis of Great Falls wed in Winnsboro with Rev. A J Foster performing the ceremony in the buggy. A bill restricting hatpins over ten inches was approved by the Oregon legislature.
The article explains foul brood indicators in bees including lazy hive activity, entrance litter, and foul odor. It recommends a four day plan: remove combs at dusk, shake bees into own hives with starter frames, allow four days of new comb building, then replace with fresh foundations and burn or wax over diseased material to prevent spread.
List of symptoms headaches sallow cheeks dull eyes and dry lips suggests impure blood stomach upset. The ad urges taking Hollister's A. M tea and notes it is for sale at Owl Drug Store.
Mrs Goodart laments overworked shop girls and suggests avoiding bargain sales while promoting Hollister's A. M. Tea for sale at Owl Drug Store.
A caller asks Mr Gizzard if he carries all the life insurance he can afford. He admits he can afford more but suspects he is worth less after a note from his employer.
A narrator recalls a sea voyage mishap with a man who has never been to sea before and admits only his band can stay down. The ship doctor asks if he can keep anything on his stomach, and the man replies no, nothing but his band, in a light exchange about money and a father-in-law's failure.
J D Ellis agent appears in the fragmentary entry with scattered times and initials, likely a scheduling or communication record. The readable parts show multiple timestamps and the agent signature.
At Chattanooga Tenn Lookout Mt near a G A R Encampment Monon Route offers excursion tickets from Greencastle Indiana for 11 60 with return limit Sept 28 and extension to Oct 17 Special cars depart Greencastle Sept 14 at 3 26 PM attached to Department Special at Louisville Reservations to W W Gilgis Traveling Passenger Agent Monon Route Bedford Indianapolis Sept 10
Fedrick completed a three year Osteopathy course at Kirksville and is permanently associated with Dr Spaunhurst in Osteopathy practice at Prevo Block Greencastle. Phone 226.
June 1 to September 30 1913 excursion fares offered for travel to 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 Wyoming Reservation details from Monon Bone J Ellis agent and time of travel for four trains.
One and one half miles northeast of Greencastle courthouse on Mrs W H Allens farm will sell 10 good milk cows 8 heifers 1 eleven year old mare 1 twelve year old horse 1 broad sow with pigs 12 head of cattle 18 acres of corn or 7 tons of hay. Also wagon carriage pole harness tools mower wheat drill plows harrow cultivator ice box milk cans and buckets and other items.
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