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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1915
Page
2
A playful essay contrasts stepping up in life with risers and ladders and recalls boyhood climbs. It shifts to a humorous piece on rabbits, noting their multiplication and use as food, with a playful moral about choosing between fruit trees and rabbits.
Promoters plan a massive production at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 6 to aid the armory fund. The show will feature over 4000 performers and 350000 rounds of ammunition, with 1000 horses and extensive military units. A meat company from Indianapolis ships cars of meat for the event.
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is widely favored for fast relief of colic and diarrhoea. One or two doses ease ordinary attacks, and it has proven effective in epidemics and summer diarrhoas in children. Every family should keep a supply at hand for potential cholera morbus until medical help is available.
Troops will detrain at a speedway for a large encampment drill with more than 100 coaches in sidings. The Great White Band, 200 members, will use five coaches. On Sept 5 visitors may tour the troop camp and defenses with no ammunition used that day. the full display occurs the following day.
Mrs Carrie Turner of Zanesville Ohio commends Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy stating it has never failed to give prompt relief for fifteen years used by herself and husband. Obtainable everywhere.
The U S Public Health Service reports a surge in anti typhoid immunization among government employees and the general public. By 1914 over 100000 were immunized and 300000 is expected in 1915. In four North Carolina counties campaigns anticipate 20000 vaccinated.
Mrs. M Shelley of Danville Indiana reports five years after using Doan's Kidney Pills that her backache is gone and her kidneys function properly. She reaffirms her prior endorsement and recommends Doan's Kidney Pills, 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY backs the product.
The program notes a film with a plot about a pastor recovering his long lost daughter from thieves and a separate report on the Torr family reunion at the W. L. Torr grove near Greencastle. Fifteen relatives attended with guests from Joplin Chicago and Indiana towns. The reunion theme centered on greetings, a noon dinner, speeches, and next year’s gathering planned for the last Thursday in August.
The U S Public Health Service and health boards urge abolishing the common towel as a disease carrier. Private homes still use the damp washrag, risking transfer of mouth secretions. individuals should have separate wash cloths, wash with hot water, wring dry, and sun dry away from others. Trachoma studies link towels to germ spread.
A Holland New York reader, C. B. Colby, reports using Chamberlains Tablets about a year ago and finding them a splendid remedy for constipation. Advertisement notes availability everywhere.
Killing frosts were reported today in several Wisconsin sections. Heavy damage targeted tender vegetables and some corn near Plainfield, while ice formed on small ponds near Fond du Lac. The chill affected the north and central parts of the state.
J. O. Mullinix, Trustee, states he will be in his office in Reelsville on Tuesday and Friday each week to transact township business.
Washington Aug 28 article guides fall planting of tulip and narcissus bulbs for spring blooms. It covers soil depth and spacing, pot culture, drainage, mulching, lifting and dividing cycles, naturalizing Narcissus, and long term perennation with examples from England and U.S. sites.
Emerson E. Ruark trustee of Marion township will transact business at his Filmore home on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. The notice indicates regular access for residents to conduct township matters.
Harry Talbott announces weekly weekday office hours at the S. G Sayers Book Store in Greencastle to conduct Greencastle township business. Phone 8 8.
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