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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
3
A young negro woman tripped leaving a street car and fell near the city edge. The conductor, following company custom, asked for her name. She replied Miss Pansy So and So, and the conductor thanked her.
A humorous collage shows a woman declaring she will marry tonight and a battlefield anecdote where a recruit confronted by a stern officer ends up resisting, mistaking a marriage license office for his fate. The piece blends a wedding vow scene with a wartime recruitment tale.
A billiard room owner confronts a chalk-stealing regular in West Philadelphia. The culprit excuses his theft by claiming to be in the milk business, prompting a sharp reply about chalk and water. The tale blends street banter with other overheard quips about scraps, pudding, and racing folly.
Notice by Putnam County Auditor that P. L. Hubbard and others filed a petition for grading draining bridging and paving a section of Cataract Road in Cloverdale Township. Hearing set for January 4 1915 before the County Board of Commissioners. Petitioners ask to waive voter approval and proceed with macadamization to 33 feet width on the described route. Signed December 12 1914 Co L Airhart Auditor.
Walter Mason reflects on childhood dreams of piracy, baseball fame, and political power, contrasted with a farmer’s life of labor and the hard truth that dreams fade into everyday work. He urges readers to keep building airy schemes despite disillusionment.
A bank president counsels a pale nervous assistant cashier, urging a broader life focus and daily reporting to steady him. He offers a country club fellowship as a practical support, framing weakness as a chance to use strength for self and others.
The obituary notes John Allen of Farmington Maine for his ready wit and cutting humor. A street mishap left him slipping on ice and a Methodist minister nearby offered a quip, prompting Allen to reply with a biting retort. An army officer reportedly devised a shower bath using a perforated pail, a plug valve, and water supply.
British observers study shifting sex in lower animals with a Royal College of Surgeons exhibit highlighting a pea hen that grew cock-like plumage and spurs after age eleven. The case, linked to Lady Tynte, illustrates neuter and mule pheasant types and their medical and veterinary relevance for sex differentiation research.
In the Waldorf Astoria basement a German speaking parrot caused a scene near French chefs. The bird squawked Hoch die Kaiser and Wacht am Rhein then sang Prosit and Votre Sante prompting one chef to threaten the owner with death, believing the parrot had converted him.
Philadelphia report says William Brownstein 45 seeks a $100 weekly job with an architectural firm plus a $5,000 bonus if he quits drinking. He must first serve a month in the House of Correction and prove sobriety. violation means two extra months. An agent of the Society for Organizing Charity relayed details to Magistrate Renshaw.
Want ads claim sleeping outdoors or cold feet are solved by electric warming pads sold by Greencastle Electric Co in the Donner block.
Pictures make most acceptable Christmas gifts. see the fine line McCurry and Reed West Side Square. Rocker priced at one dollar.
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