Greencastle Seeks Bids for Indiana Street Civil Works
Public notice announces Greencastle Indiana seeks bids for street and alley improvements on Indiana street from Hanna to Berry, including cement sidewalks brick intersections and curbs. Bids due Sept 8 1914 opened publicly at city office with required non collusion affidavit certified check and bond for five year faithful performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Indiana
Indiana Street
Hanna Street
Berry Street
Indianatreet
Fragmented Times Labeled Inconsistent Readout
A sequence of timestamps appears in the text: 1 54 am 9 57 am 12 42 pm and 5 50 pm. no events or context are given to explain these times.
Boy’s illness cured by Chartreuse Coke remedy in Herkimer
A boy in Herkimer New York suffered a severe cholera morbus from eating green apples. His mother gave Chatiau Coke Cholera and Hartshorn Remedy as advised and he improved after three doses. The account promotes the remedy as effective.
Laundry starch recipes and stain remedies from old guide
A vintage guide describes starch preparation using brand box starch with cold water and boiling water, fabric stiffness tips, linen washing guidance, and stain removal methods. Includes molasses rub for grass stains, sulfur and alcohol ignition with ammonia rinse, rust removal with cream of tartar, and cornstarch treatment for iodine stains.
A Simple Overnight Laundry Whiteness Trick
A household tip suggests soaking clothes overnight in lukewarm water with soap jelly and melted paraffin. In the morning rub spots by hand, then wash in hot water with more melted paraffin and soap jelly for about twenty minutes, rinse, and hang to dry.
A Simple Overshoe Disposal Tip for Wet Weather
A hostess can solve muddy shoe mess by giving guests grocery paper bags large enough for a pair of overshoes. Write names on the bag before handing to each guest to prevent loss and tracking of overshoes and keep carpets clean in the dressing room.
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Sabre
Kneepads from Ironing Holders Promote Easy Cleaning
An inventor touts kneepads made from ironing holders as a lightening aid for floor care. By sewing elastic to the holders a cushion forms, letting users wax or wash hardwood floors without knee strain.
Rhubarb Short Cake Ready Recipe
A simple rhubarb short cake method uses a rhubarb filling with sugar and water cooked until syrupy. The dough mixes flour baking powder salt sugar and milk to form a soft dough, baked in greased tins, split to spread rhubarb sauce, then reunited and served with cold cream.
Extermination of Sulu pirates led by Capt Humphrey
In 1911 Capt C B Humphrey commanded an expedition against Sulu pirates. A blockade and coordinated gunboat actions around Manuck Mancka led to destroying pirate craft and disrupting the last bands in the Sulu archipelago. A Moro attack was repelled as Humphrey protected his camp observers. The operation involved American and Dutch forces and ended with the pirates’ suppression.
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New York
War Department
Sulu
Pershing
Moro
C. B. Humphrey
Governor's Island
Humphrey
Philippines
Mindanao
Manuck Mancka
Celebes
Praoh
Sandakkan
British North Borneo
Samar
Serdang
Women Sew for Unemployed at Washington Square
Twenty five women of varied ages meet daily at 32 Washington Square to sew for Hospitals and large institutions. The Sewing for Unemployed Women project offers full pay, training, and placement help, with sponsors providing luncheon and a manager, Mrs. Jessie Howell MacCarthy, overseeing activities.
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New York
Washington Square
Sponsers
Jessie Howell MacCarthy
Man wedged in chimney while cleaning nests
Georgetown Delaware resident Suydenham Morris of Seaford leaned into a chimney to poke out birds nests with a pole and fell headlong inside. Neighbors freed him after a half hour as he remained wedged with only his heels outside and officials feared the chimney might have to be torn down.
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Georgetown
Del
Suydenham Morris
Seaford
Morris
State Opens Windmill Irrigation Plant in Kansas
Kansas hosts the first state owned experimental irrigation plant on the old Wichita County poor farm, 160 acres. Six windmills power six four inch cylinders lifting water seventy four feet into a 100 by 150 foot dirt reservoir, with annual operation funded by a $125,000 legislative appropriation. The system pumps 20 to 35 gallons per minute per mill, with repairs minimal and water supplied year round. Funds cover all labor. the State plans two additional windmill plants at Dighton and Tribune to test different pumps and designs for cheapest power and practical reservoirs.
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Kansas
Leati
Kan
Wichita County
State Board of Irrigation
Dightonane County
Tribune
Greeley County
One-Man Boarders Blamed for Divorces in Jackson County
Kansas City social workers report that twenty percent of Jackson County divorces stem from one-man boarding houses. Investigators warn about the risk of marital strife as boarders court wives, with boarders often becoming defendants in Juvenile Court.
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Kansas City
Anna Cunningham
Department of Social Relations
Board of Public Welfare
PLC
Love that sees, believes, sacrifices in Jesus
The sermon spotlights Jesus as the exemplar of vision faith and self sacrifice. It contrasts His unwavering love with Judas betrayal and notes Jesus sees the capable life in Judas, believes in its realization, and finally acts in costly sacrifice even as Judas departs in darkness.
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John
Judas
Jesus
Nazareth
Great Sea
Danascus
Angela
Jesus Christ
Putnam County plans boiler and baths at asylum
Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for constructing and installing a boiler four bath tubs and related connections at the County Asylum. Bids due September 1914 by 1 PM at the County Auditor in Greencastle. Bonds double bid. right to reject any bid. Commissioners Houck Bunten Suth erlin. St Hld Aug 18 20 27.
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James FE. Houck
James B. Bunten
H. Witt Sutherlin
Putnam County
Indiana
St Hld
Notice to Gravel Road Contractors in Putnam County Indiana
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by Sept 7 1914 for 15 236.00 feet of macadam gravel road on W Harmless road in Monroe Township. Bids require bonds double the bid amount with eligible sureties, affidavits of no collusion. Right to reject bids reserved.
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Board of Commissioners
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Monroe Township
Putnam County
W. Harmless
Atirhart
St Herald
Notice to Bridge Contract for Putnam Morgan County
Sealed proposals are invited by the Putnam County Board of Commissioners at the county auditor’s office in Greencastle Indiana for repairing the Stanley Bridge over the Eel River on the county line between Putnam and Morgan. Bids due by 1 50 P M Monday September 7 1914. Bond double bid with two freehold sureties required. Board may reject any bid. Posters dated August 18 20 27.
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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 Ploverstreet Opens Greencastle Office
Dr O Ploverstreet announces a new dental practice in the Bence Building on South Vine Street Greencastle Indiana. The office aims to serve residents with general dentistry and family care from a located Greencastle address.
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Bence
South Vine Street
Greencastle, Ind
Physician and Surgeon Greencastle IN office address
A listing for a physician and surgeon located on Vine Street between Washington and Walnut Streets in Greencastle Indiana. The notice provides no name or specialty beyond medical practice.
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Vine Street
Washington and
Walnut St
Greencastle
Ind
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Xotice
Common Council
Rght
M. S. Miller
Gerald Aug
Putnam Coun
Glover
Allee
Ames Allee
Charles A. Gravey
Putnam Circuit Court
Aideo
J. Hamrick
Mu McGaughey
Innorner
Bloomington
Ets
Omaus
South Jackseet
Zomi
MONON
Chicago
Indianatolis & Louisvillery
U. S S
Washington Square House
Gjhort Germans
Rev
L. C. Rotenbach
Auditor’s
DR. O. Ploverstreet
W. W. Tucker
Humphreys
Humphreys Homo
Wiliam
York
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