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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1914
Page
2
County leaders must file extensive annual reports with the state statistician detailing a range of metrics. The county clerk logs licenses and cases, the auditor and sheriff report actions and prisoners, and the recorder records deeds mortgages and transfers of property.
Malta society notes show Grandmother Goodwin and Anna Goodwin visiting Mrs. Ransom while Vir and Ira Brothers spent a night with his father in Filmore. Emma Morgan and three daughters visited Mrs. Clark in Terre Haute and returned Monday. Various families including Campbell Garrett Nichols and Snodgrass shared Sundays and dinners across Cloverdale Amo Coatesville and nearby towns. One report notes a sister’s fall and serious injury in Amo.
A Harry Lauder tale features a Scotch gamekeeper questioned about deer hare and gorilla presence. The visitor asks about gorillas and the keeper quips that they come now and then just like the visitor, delivering a playful regional punchline.
An anecdote recalls De Wolf Hopper famed for Casey at the Bat as he attends a dinner where a lawyer jokes about a comedian being funny and about hands in pockets. The tale, from The Popular Magazine, contrasts a professional wit with legal pose.
A publisher rejects a novelist claiming the plot is improbable while the author argues the tale reflects ordinary life in a college town. The man, a college football player, proposes to the heroine within a week of a game, prompting disbelief at his bending knees so soon.
A visitor at a hotel pays ten dollars for a day’s stay with a fifty dollar check. The proprietor balks at cashing a stranger’s check and demands change instead, accepting 75 cents while noting tough times. The exchange exposes frugal hospitality and cautious business practices of the era.
Sparrow greets Mr. Sarat and asks about business as Small describes gradual progress and a slight uptick in activity. The brief exchange highlights modest trade activity in the town.
A man seeks a precise location of his death and others warn that knowing such a spot would only worry him. The friend dismisses the idea as crazy, while the man insists he would avoid the place, claiming he would not fret near it.
A mistress laments muffled doorbell delays while a servant explains half an hour of ringing for Mrs Upton. The scene hints at anxious friends and suspected heartless relatives muffling the bell to avoid contact.
A humorous exchange between Smith and Atkins notes two life moments when men care about looks. Smith says the first at age 20 for lip hair, and the second at age 40 for hair receding on top.
Miss Wilkins asks students to name one thing of importance not existing a century ago. Ralph Franklin, an only child in the front row, promptly replies: Me.
A town surgeon removes from a four year old boy a collection of objects including carpet tacks cartridges rivets a nail chalk twine an iron bar and a ball of paper indicating the child may need pockets in his trousers to prevent such finds in the future.
A visiting nurse describes several TB patients aided by Red Cross Seals funded care. A boy with a hip ankle TB uses one crutch and a special shoe, possible to discard the crutch. A working man regains ability to work after clinic support. A man near life‑long illness resumes work. a widow caring for children gains independence.
In loving remembrance of Margaret Anna Hunter who departed this life December 10 1912. December brings sorrow as we recall a dear baby taken two years ago today. The loving heart rests in God’s home. We hope to meet again. From her father mother and little brother.
Mrs Verne Shaffer of Vandergrift Pennsylvania endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children with colds or coughs saying it always helps and is superior to other medicines. She recommends others try it. For sale by all dealers.
The Central Trust Co of Greencastle Ind trustee announces it has qualified as trustee under Richard M Hazelett's voluntary assignment. It has taken possession of the assignor's property for the benefit of bona fide creditors under Putnam Circuit Court order and Indiana law. Dated November 25 1914. By James L Randel secretary. 3t Weekly December 4.
The article surveys industrial Y M C A buildings and programs across North America, from Berlin New Hampshire to Greenville Junction Maine and Bogalusa Louisiana, highlighting facilities, funding from lumber firms, and aims to improve worker welfare and productivity. It notes a mobile Y M C A car at Havill Idaho funded by Potlatch Lumber, reducing camp liquor sales and boosting morale. It ends with a note on artificial milk from soya bean casein, calling for tests before replacing cows.
Myrtle Monard and Gilbert Braithrewaite, bound by old family agreement, clash with pride and fate. Gilbert arrives to claim his promised month with Myrtle and the $10,000 if they wed, but Myrtle resists until a sudden ride encounter sparks a mutual confession of love and a kiss that changes everything. The pair marvel at their parents' “clever” arrangements and the unlikely happiness that follows.
Queensland sugar planters offered 1s 2d and a pound reward for the destructive sugar cane grub beetle. Hundreds of men and boys have taken up beetle hunting as a profession with earnings from £6 a week for a man during beetle season and from £2 a week for boys.
A reflective motto attributing growth to work as the sole path to development. It asserts that idleness yields undeveloped faculties and that labor shapes hands, hearts, and minds more than the outcomes themselves. Turner’s quotation emphasizes the inner transformation sparked by sustained effort.
Greencastle residents report kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills with Mrs. W H Johns of 403 N Indiana St praising instant relief and improved health after use. The ad notes dark urine backache headaches and rheumatic twinges as warning signs and promotes 50 cent price at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the remedy.
The court appoin ts Eliza J Wells as executor of the will of William A Wells late of Putnam County Indiana deceased The estate is declared solvent Dated December 2 1914 James Allee Allee firm attorneys notice runs December 4
Indiana readers report rapid relief from stomach and digestive issues after one dose. Claims include improved work attendance and fewer severe spells. The ad asserts the remedy cleanses the digestive tract and may prevent operations, urging chronic sufferers to try it.
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