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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
3
The Greencastle Daily Herald offers home-news alerts during absence for 25 cents a month. For readers leaving town, the paper will call daily with Greencastle and vicinity news if an order is placed by calling phone 65 before departure.
Fragmentary ad copy promotes Hol lister's R. M. Tea for sale by Owl Drug Store. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear details or context.
Safe druggists advertise E Ru Sa Pile Cure as a guaranteed remedy with no opiates or poisons and offer five cents back if not effective. Leading greencastle dealers named Jones Stevens Sole promote the product as the only safe option among pile medicines.
Southwest Floyd community notes seed hullers as the main attraction with strong turnout and seed quality praised. Rosa Evans returns from Indianapolis surgery. Etta Heavins sells apples to an Indianapolis firm. Fred Beck visits from Indianapolis. Goldin Iddings returns from Lebanon and will teach in Boone County this winter. Foster and Heavin face a Squire Iddings hearing. Heavin defaults. Herod sells farm to James Arnold. Carnley and McCoy face issues before Squire Iddings. Allee firm allied lawyers. Residents attend Greencastle horse show. Talbert relocates to Indianapolis. Road supervisor Henry Phillips repairs roads. Rev. Tom Heavins attends MB church conference in Muncie.
Mr and Mrs Harley Smith and son visited Morton Smith near Bainbridge. Sundey the Edwards family from Illinois visited Jerry Nichols and the town hosted an ice cream festival at Fillmore Saturday night. Austin and Sara Smith spent Sunday with the Shucks. Maria Campbell visited Jerry Nichols. Ara Morgan also visited as the week closed.
An advertisement promotes Hollister's R. M. Tea as a remedy for indigestion and constipation, claiming it helps the whole system. The Owl Drug store lists it for sale.
Jones Stevens druggists release a statement promoting Adlerika a mixture of buckthorn bark glyerine and other ingredients as a powerful quick acting treatment for sour stomach gas and constipation. The ad emphasizes instant relief and urges readers to try Adlerika.
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Joseph A Lewman deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on October 2 1913 to show cause why final settlements should not be approved and to prove heirship receive distributive shares Witness Clerk Arthur J Hamrick August 26 1912 Putnam Circuit Court weekly August 29 1912
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago lectured at Vassar Brothers Institute on Education and Life. He argued motherhood as a prerogative and urged making opportunities for couples to meet, with emphasis on children’s protection and maternal devotion.
A Chardon man named Henry tried to surprise his wife with fried potatoes for dinner after her long session with women. He served brown crisp spuds that tasted soapy and bitter because they were fried in a basin of washing compound. The wife revealed the danger, and Henry nearly fainted at the mishap.
Washington dispatch reports Champ Clark of Missouri proclaims the mule as essential to the war effort. He notes his district as a leading mule producer and says a top quality mule now costs nearly as much as a race horse due to rising prices and war demand.
In Des Moines Iowa Rhadamanthus a trophy winning duck exploded into hundreds of pieces after feasting on a pan of yeast placed on Silas Perkins back porch The blast destroyed Perkins sight and left him with severe injuries as churchgoers returned home to find the soggy wreckage of the prize bird and explain the strange accident in local history
In a fierce storm off Saint Toulon France the submarine Cigogne dived beneath a sinking fishing boat. Its crew were saved as the submarine surfaced lifting the craft and holding it aloft to evacuate the sailors.
In Vienna a baby named Anna Schmidt born with a mouth full of unusually developed teeth astonishes doctors. The infant is healthy and sturdy, and physicians debate the appropriate time to introduce solid food as they study the unusual dental condition.
An American man in Paris paid 2371 francs 20 centimes for a one night stay after aiding a stranded fellow American woman. He registered as her husband to secure her passage, paid the bill, then learned she had been in the city for three months awaiting his arrival. The hotel faced a tricky question of whether they were truly married.
Berlin debates a recent Kaiser's hunting lodge lecture by French actress Jeanne Granier on love. A Rhineland letter criticizes the spectacle as a blow to monarchy and virtue while Berlin papers call it harmless amusement for huntsmen. In Kansas City two cripples fight over a single crutch outside a saloon, each begging for support.
Fishermen along the White River between Columbus and Franklin Indiana attach a wire to trolley lines of the Indianapolis Columbus and Southern Traction Company and place the other end in water to shock and kill fish, a practice described in reports.
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania Embreeville’s blacksmith shop sees farmers bringing ox teams for shoeing to protect hoofs. Horses trained to cars and machines fear the oxen’s looming presence as industry and change unsettle rural life.
Walter Williams of Missouri University compares the Bible to the modern newspaper in a Kansas City talk to ministers. He praises Moses as the first great editor and notes biblical reports of crime and vice, contrasting them with today’s news standards.
The government’s employee rolls rise from 306,141 in 1907 to 370,065 now, a gain of about 64,000 across two years. Washington hosts 28,947 federal workers on July 1, with a payroll of 31,541,225 dollars averaging nearly 1,100 each. Census Bureau clerical hires will boost totals by about 3,000, adding around 5 million in salaries for the year or more.
Boston. Dr Elwood Worcester founder of the Emmanuel movement expands into new fields He believes the end of divorce evil will come with the new cure His mild mental suggestion and happiness focus help in threatened cases Alcoholism receives special attention in his Boston club But he says suggestion is only a small part of the treatment Appeals to conscience reason and better nature drive cures for divorce challenges.
The Lancet argues that clean shaving may reduce winter colds by limiting bacterial nurseries in facial hair. A contributor notes that a daily shave could act as an antiseptic routine while warning that mustaches may harbor organisms. The piece suggests women’s facial hair is minimal and stresses the unique daily cleansing of razor and soap.
In Trenton New Jersey Thomas M Everett bought a horse two days earlier. The animal, known to scratch its left ear with a hoof, strangled itself by a halter while Everett attempted to rescue it. He paid 251 dollars overall including a 1 dollar fee to remove the dead animal. The horse died hours before its body was found.
G A R encampment excursion offered by Monon Route from Greencastle to Chattanooga with fare 11.60, return by Sept 28th and extended to Oct 17th. Special cars depart Sept 4th at 3 28 p m from Greencastle attached to Department Special at Louisville. Reservations via W W Gilgis traveling passenger agent Monon Route Bedford Indianapolis Sept 10th.
Advertises Fletcher Castoria with claims of stomach kidney and liver relief and promotes Hollister’s A M Tea as a remedy. Sold by Owl Drug store.
A Pittsburgh area reader reports immediate relief from diarrhoea after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy upon advice from merchant Mr Yorks. The notice claims one or two doses cure ordinary diarrhoea and that thousands have testified to its value. Sold by all dealers.
The public’s trust in Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy stems from observed cures of colic diarrhoea and dysentery and from widespread use by many. For sale by all dealers.
An advertisement notes women suffer chronic constipation causing nervousness dizziness and sallow complexion and claims Chamberlain's Tablets invariably bring relief. The pills are described as easy to take and pleasant in effect and offered for sale by all sellers.
Disjointed times for east and west routes list various daily and Sunday-exclusion departures. Includes a reference to J. D. Ellis as agent and scattered morning and afternoon times across multiple lines.
Prof J G Hume of Toronto University urged a close inquiry into every death by self action to determine its cause. In a Yale talk to the American Philosophical Association he argued self-destruction is increasing and that sensational newspaper reports of harrowing acts morbidly influence those facing such temptations.
A brief advertisement notes Holluister's R. M Tea as a mild weekly laxative for babies that cleanses the bowels purifies the blood and boosts appetite. Sold by Owl Drug Store.
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