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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
3
Money loan offers 2 percent monthly balance interest on chattel security including horses cattle and other goods. Amounts listed include $2500 for one month and $50 for one month. Located in Greencastle Indiana near Ricketh Jeutry, south factory.
Notices from Madison Mill Creek Jackson Floyd and Merion Townships show trustees to transact office business at residence or office on Wednesdays and Saturdays weekly. Names include Ernest Kivett Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer Fred Todd Fillmore and others across townships.
Local residents in Greencastle are astonished by quick results from a simple backthorn and glycerine mixture marketed as Adler-ika. The Jones-Stevens Co claims a single dose draws foul matter from the body and relieves sour stomach and gas immediately.
The London Globe reports the notorious David Kotchmel, famed as the king of beggars, was arrested in Home. He allegedly ran mendicity schools in provincial towns teaching pupils to wheedle money. He also reportedly held twenty wives across towns and used forged identity papers prior to marriages.
Little Stinger Island in Back Bay Va measuring 10 by 22 feet sold for 15000 dollars, the highest price for such small land in Princess Anne county. The 220 square foot parcel rises from the water and serves as a natural duck battery near the Virginia and Carolina ducking grounds, with a mainland strip only valuable for a clubhouse.
A historical note discusses the wide range of immigration and social issues challenging American law. It cites various groups and ideologies, including ethnic and religious minorities, socialist influence, labor federations, and abolitionist debates, highlighting legal complexity.
The Maryland Coal Company operates the deepest shaft in Pennsylvania near St. Michael, two and a half miles south of South Fork on the Dunio branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The hoist shaft reaches 697 feet while the air shaft is 671 feet deep, per Col Henry C Demming. Blue Knob mountain lies within ten miles east of the site.
A preliminary report shows United States output of primary refined lead in 1910 at 470 280 short tons, up 22 268 tons from 1909, which was itself a record high at 448 112 tons.
A Russian aviator operates his aircraft as a taxi business by the meter and intends to add more planes to offer short passenger runs, extending the venture as demand grows.
The AT and T president is said to possess a letter claimed to be from Marie Antoinette. The document supposedly shows a promise to pay for feminine fixings to be delivered by installment.
In the Pritish House of Commons 24 evangelical Christians are among 42 Labor party members. The figure highlights religious composition within the Labour group as it debates policy and priorities.
A note recalls Queen Elizabeth era banquets when each guest brought a personal spoon. Le Figaro reports a large sailfish captured off Concarneau, eight meters long, four meters in circumference, weighing four tons, with a female companion seen nearby as the catch was towed to port.
Edmond Jason recounts Lord Algernon Musgrave's grief after Ada Gordonley's death and his haunting encounter with Jane Mathews who resembles Ada. Tempted to abandon memory, he confronts the vision in a castle room and ends by killing the impostor, freeing himself from the spell.
Frances ends her engagement to Hugh Pendexter after learning of her uncle's limited wealth and years apart from her former love Richard Carleton returns to offer support and asks to protect her. Frances accepts a tender reunion hope.
A Farm and Home note advises building a well protected covered coop or yard on farms to raise young chicks. Enclose sides and top, use one inch mesh for the first three feet and two inch mesh above, and bury netting or boards to deter skunks. A 20 by 40 yard can raise 200 chicks before they are self sufficient.
The plan advises using a 1 by 2 inch frame of furring strips six feet long for individual coops. Cover with inch mesh netting eighteen inches high and place a center ridge pole to support half inch board shutters for shade and storm protection. Attach yards permanently to coops and move daily to fresh grass, letting chicks roam after daylight and secure them at night.
County Gentleman explains crop rotation reduces pest injury and soil fatigue. It enables efficient soil fertility use through varied crops and supports catch crops that add organic matter and nitrogen. Continuous single cropping harms soil bacteria and humus, so diversification is favored.
The piece urges exchanging heifer calves to improve genetics, noting some dairymen save or discard calves. It also gives butter making advice: churn cream only to one-half full, stir often, and work butter until water is removed and it bends without breaking.
The guidance advises docking lambs early to keep them in the flock and turning the flock to pasture early with brief grazing. Gradual change from dry feed to pasture prevents indigestion and scours. A rye field run benefits both the sheep and the rye.
Fragmentary rural notice highlights a farmer sowing pasture in the fall for hogs and invites reader subscription. The brief mentions a good patch of witerry and a sense of congratulation for the hog pasture plan.
An affidavit states John Whipps and spouses heirs unknown are non residents of Indiana. Defendants are summoned to appear January 19 1914 in Putnam County Indiana before the circuit court to answer Noah M. Mendenhall's complaint to quiet title and reform and record a deed. Clerk certifies.
The sheriff of Putnam County Indiana announces a public auction on October 29 1913 at Greencastle Courthouse to sell rents and profits for up to seven years from a disputed parcel in fractional section 30 township 13 north range 4 west, to cover a decree of $2 158.75 plus interest and costs. If rents cannot cover the full amount a further sale of the real estate fee simple will occur. Dated December 2 1913 Theodore Boes Sheriff.
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