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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
2
The notice lists delivery terms for the Greencastle Indiana Herald with pricing for daily copies and subscriptions. It notes 10 cents a week, 2 cents per copy, and 3.00 dollars yearly, with second class mail status at Greencastle post office.
The piece urges Democrats to stay united after local elections and face Republican divisions. It notes rail and labor issues, praises Governor Ralston for arbitration in Indiana strikes, and mentions John Hays Hammond’s opposition to Wilson’s Mexican policy. It also reports lodge and club activities in Roachdale and nearby notices.
A historical overview of watermarks from early papermaking to their use in detecting forgeries. It notes Elizabethan forgeries by Ireland, watermark symbols like the jug and circle crosses, and mentions Tate and Spellman in England. The piece discusses post horn paper names and the 1690 act to promote white paper manufacture.
A visitor describes Carlyle’s Scottish home at Craigenputtock as a gray two story whinstone building with surrounding whitewashed outbuildings. The dreary hill farm sits on moorland near fir trees planted in Carlyle’s era and is a mile from any habitation with Dumfries sixteen miles away. The narrator notes the land’s stubborn moor soil and solitary setting. Mrs Carlyle jokes she can hear sheep in still weather.
Gail Hamilton argues that without railroads Columbus would have been seen as a pretender for America, noting Indians guided explorers like John Smith Champlain and La Salle and blazed trails later used by rail builders. Monuments at St Louis and Portland honor Sacajawea who guided Lewis and Clark across the Rockies a century ago.
In London during three months 10 percent of 760 milk samples were tuberculous and tracing the milk required examination of 8715 cows on 102 farms nationwide.
The 14 Southern States plus Missouri and Oklahoma have an aggregate population of 32.5 million, 18 million fewer than the United States total in 1880. The data reflects regional population distribution and growth during the period.
The report notes about 900000 Landogers live in more than two in a room, with 26000 in six or more per room. It adds that artificial wood from straw and dried grass is being tested for matches.
Leather boots gain durability from a leather inner heel claimed to extend use. A report notes in China capital punishment by proxy exists, where a rich convict can hire another to take his place in a crime.
The London Engineer notes American engineers push for the term turning machine over lathe reflecting US localisms in a largely scattered nomenclature. Also covered is Japan adopting European census methods with a Tokio professor inspecting Rome Berlin and Vienna to study how to take a more exact census.
A English firm buys a large tract of land in California to grow fruit on a large scale. The venture links distant regions as part of a global agricultural effort. A new curtain rod uses a stiff spring to adjust itself to any window width, showcasing female invention.
American typewriting machines are favored in Siam with many used in government offices and business houses. Some units are equipped with Siamese typefaces for local work.
Compressing flour keeps its quality for a nearly indefinite period and reduces bulk by about one third. Some doctors advise beet in a regular diet to improve temperament and reduce irritability.
By order of the Putnam Circuit Court guardian William R. Vestal will sell at public auction eleven a m December 22 1913 at the south door of the court house forty two acres in the northeast quarter section 30 township 14 north range 2 west north of the national road Terms one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with six percent interest secured by mortgage Purchaser may pay all cash Hays Murphy Attorneys Daily Nov 22 Weekly Nov 28
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Joseph C Butler deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on December 20 1913 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares
The Clerk of said Court records on the 25th day of November 1913 and signs as ARTHUR J. HAMRICK Clerk. The notice is dated November 28 and references 31 Wiky.
Public sale begins 10 a m Thursday December 15 at Cooper farm 24 miles west of Mt Meridian on the National Road for the late Laura Scobee estate. Items include three general purpose mares three brood sows 125 lb shoats wagon plow corn planter two buggies blacksmith tools harness and other implements 250 bushels corn some wheat two bushels clover seed fodder forty shocks seven barrels apples cream separator range and heating stove. Nine months credit on sales over five dollars with note and approved security eight percent interest from date if unpaid six percent cash. Auctioneer Otto Sherrill administrator Raymond Scober attorney W M Sutherlin clerk W E Gill.
Defendants John Whipps Sarah Whipps Griswold Terry Laura Terry E Lawrence and unknown issue are non residents of Indiana and must appear in Putnam County Circuit Court Greencastle on January 19 1914 to answer Noah M Mendenhalls complaint to quiet title and reform deed. The clerk issued this notice November 24 1912.
The judge appoints Raymond Scobee as administrator of Laura Scobees estate in Putnam County Indiana now presumed solvent. Dated November 22 1913 by attorney W M Sutherlin with notice published November 28.
J R Mathews and wife visited Bainbridge over Sunday while Clyde Allen and Marion O N Frank Day and family hosted. In shucking is about the only activity. J B Morrison rebuilt his wood shed. James Cox lost a horse. Obituary of Robert Smiley Irwin born Oct 18 1858 Putnam Ind died Nov 22 1913 after five months illness. He married Nora Alta Wood June 21 1888 and left eight children. He joined Otter Creek Regular Pedestinarian Baptist Church and was a Mason. Funeral at Elder William Skelton sermon, interment Little Walnut Cemetery with Masonic honors.
In Greencastle Indiana residents speak out about local concerns as William W Matkin testifies about kidney ailments and relief from Doans Kidney Pills. The item notes other community updates including a doctor critique and local business movements.
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