Notice to Contractors Greencastle Indiana 1914 bids
Public bid opening planned for September 8 1914 in Greencastle Indiana for Indiana street improvements cement sidewalks brick street crossings and brick curbs. Bids must be filed with the city clerk by 7:00 p m August 20 1914 and opened in the council chamber with bonds and affidavits on file and a bond to ensure faithful performance. The city reserves the right to reject all bids by law.
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Greencastle Indiana
Greencastle
Indiana
Indiana Street
Hanna Street
Berry Street
Reencastle
Common Council
M. S. Miller
Herald
Guck a Doodle Rouses Brokers With Fresh Eggs at Soda Shops
A playful scene near Wall Street features two soda fountains with live hens and a rooster in heat coops by the fountain. Each shop promotes eggs laid while you wait and provides a mating list pamphlet to prove the claim while customers remain skeptical.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Rhode Island Reds
Patridge
Plymouth Rock
New Yorker
Mentor Ohio Cow Hat Fiasco Ends With Hatless Daisy
James Bixford attempted to fit a large Mexican straw hat on a hot weather cow named Daisy to protect her from sun. Daisy pulled free, galloped in circles with Maud chasing, tipping Bixford and scattering his belongings. Maud then corned Daisy and ate the hat.
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Mentor
Ohio
James
Bixford
Mead
Daley Hixford
Daisy
Maud
Rixford
The Face on Screen Upsets Bellport Audiences
In Bellport a film sequence showing a police parade triggers a public chase after a vagabond whose face appears on the screen. A distressed young wife believes it is her missing husband, sparking crowds to search and a doubly amused but wary public.
Ear Reattached After Workplace Accident
In San Francisco a stableman suffered an ear injury when a horse kicked him. He was found by a bystander who carried him to a hospital where surgeons sewed the ear back in place.
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San Francisco
Stableman
Am Improvements Said To Kill German Woman
An old German woman died after a period of reported improvement in her health. Her husband, awaiting better news, learned on the fifth day she had died, leading him to seek solace at his favorite saloon where the bartender asked what she died of. He answered that she died of improvements.
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Bellport
Bill Tewlegger
Bellport Opera House
Brooklyn
Niagara Falls
Uetor
Snake Hill
Manhattan
New York
Broadway
Othe
Tom
Lauder Recounts a Highland Story About Eggs and a Butcher
A Scots comedian narrates a tale of a friend who travels to the Highlands to work as an engineer. In a rustic lodging the landlady feeds him eggs at every meal and later discovers a butcher shop across the street with sausages bought for a pound and a half. The punchline centers on a breakfast miscue and the landlady’s blunt remark about the dwindling supplies.
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Sala Harry Lauder
Highlands
Dinner, Wives, and Cooking Boost Myths in Marriage
A comic dialogue between two young husbands reveals misunderstandings about food and affection. One says his wife cooked well, prompting her to cry after he praises the dinner. The other smiles and says she had a cry coming, suggesting a humorous marital miscue.
Maori witch-doctor shown to sway followers at beach
Sir Joseph Ward in St James’s Badge recalls the Maori witch-doctor Rua who boasted of walking on water. Rua challenged his followers, who urged belief, then refused to perform, leaving the crowd awed as he departed.
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Joseph Ward
New Zealand
St. James's
Rua
Shoondd Story Hint Sows Club Rift Over Wife
A fragment suggests a secondary influence keeps a person away from a club. The remark mentions a second wife as a possible factor, hinting at personal complications affecting involvement.
Looked That Way in the Suds
Bobby stammers through the soap as his mother scrubs him asking if she is trying to get rid of him. His mother reassures him saying she would never, while he clings to worry about being pushed out.
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Bobby
He Was Thankful Willie Proud of His Frat Wants
A fragment describes Willie feeling thankful and proud of his fraternity desires as he prays at night. The odd phrasing captures a childlike gratitude and a simple, earnest moment of prayer.
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Willie
Building a Silo A Guide to Construction and Materials
The guide describes silo foundations with a concrete bottom and three inches of gravel, followed by concrete to finish. It advises using one foot studding, Silo Foundations lumber, and ready made silos from manufacturers. It notes timber grades like fir, cypress, redwood, costs for a 150 ton silo, and the need for an airtight removable door and a snow cover.
Notice to Plumbers Putnam County Indiana 1914
Board of County Commissioners Greencastle Indiana invites sealed proposals for boiler four bath tubs and related connections at the County Asylum. Bids due September 7 1914 by 1 PM. Bonds double bid. plant plans on file. right to reject any bid. Commissioners James E Houck James E Bunten H Witts Sutherland. Signed Aug 18 20 27.
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Board of County Commissioners
Putnam County
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
James E. Houck
James E. Bunten
H. Witt Sutherlin
Hid
James FE. Houck
James BR. Bunten
Hen Nest Design Reflects Comfort and Practicality
Mrs. C. Be. Black describes hen nesting strategy, prioritizing dark corners, high placements, and secure but cleanable nests. She uses ash bottom, vermin destroyer, and soft hay to reduce scratching and breakage, aiming to imitate a hay stack for natural comfort.
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Mra. C. BE. Black
Rearing Chickens With Stable Coop Routine
Samuel Coad describes feeding young chicks with corn meal milk and beef scraps plus bran as they reach six months. He keeps chickens under a crate coop and monitors their location through June, feeds poultry food daily, uses wooden coop bottoms, and burns straw to kill vermin and keep coops clean.
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Samuel Coad
Milk for Pigs and Feed Tips from Old Notes
The article advises milk as the best feed for young pigs due to easy digestion and body-building elements. Skin milk is nearly as valuable for young stock and often the only available option. It suggests feeding grain to pasture animals at night to increase grazing activity and notes bluegrass seed should be gathered from June in Kentucky latitudes.
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Kentucky
Field Cheese Making On Farm Method
A farmer explains cheese production using a tin Washboiler as a cheese vat and a splint basket as a drainer. A discarded peck measure can form the mold, rennet from a butcher or tablets from drug stores, with one tablet yielding 200 pounds of cheese.
Breeding Care for Hogs and Livestock Saving Profit
A livestock focused note stresses maintaining hog stamina for profitability and emphasizes sow care and feeding during growth. It cautions on digestibility of rations to maximize milk, and urges practical culling and feeding actions for farm animals.
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L. P. Martiny
Notice to Gravel Road Contractors in Putnam County
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for 22600 feet of macadam gravel road on the W Harmless road in Monroe Township Indiana. Proposals due Sept 7 1914 at Greencastle Auditor's office with double bonds and affidavits. The county reserves right to reject all bids and sets a completion time.
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Board of Commissioners
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Monroe Township
Putnam County
W. Harmless
L. Airhart
Notice to Repair Stanley Bridge in Putnam Morgan Line
Putnam County Indiana board invites sealed proposals by 1:30 PM September 7 1914 for repairing Stanley Bridge over Eel River on county line between Putnam and Morgan counties. Location about 12 miles south of Coatesville and 10 miles east of Cloverdale. Bond double bid with two freehold sureties. board may reject any bid. Poster signed by J Fe Houck and J Br Bunten.
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Board of County Commissioners
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle
Stanley
Eel River
Putnam
Morgan Counties
Auditor's Office
Coatesville
Cloverdale
Dentist Dr O F Overstreet Listing Greencastle Office
Local notice identifies Dr. O F Overstreet as a dentist with an office in the Bence Building on South Vine Street in Greencastle. The fragment notes the practice location and professional designation.
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O. F. Overstreet
Bence Building
South Vine Street
Greencastle
W. W. Tucker
Vine Street
Washington and
Walnut St
Ind
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the State of
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Susanah Glover
Charles A
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Allee
Ames & Allee
Charles A. Lover
Court House
W. M. McGaughey
Bloomington
Kemin Streets
Vans
South Jacks Oat
MONON
U. Indianapolis
Louisville
Laster Wolroth
Holera Morbus
Woilrathe
Rouses Brokers
Chanticleer
Frank A. Muncey
William Hamilton Osborne
Opera House
Terwilliger
Donaldson
Bill
Imap
Bill Tenlegger
Mr. Tewlegger
Antickes
Bul
TLE
Bartender
Lauder
Tealy Feminine
Wowen
Tus
Silo Foundations
Tumphreys’ Homeu, Medicine Co
Williar: L
Humphreys
William St
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