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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
2
Several Putnam county residents from Greencastle Washington and Monroe townships announce their candidacies for the Democratic nomination for Treasurer. They endorse the primary election, noting the decision rests with Democratic voters and the March 7 ballot.
Sheriff Edward H. Bitelforge of Madison township seeks the Democratic nomination for Putnam county sheriff pending primary results. Howard S. Harris of Greencastle files for the Democratic sheriff nomination. Hark L. Jackson of Greencastle also seeks the Democratic sheriff nomination subject to the March 7 primary. Allen Eggers of Jackson township runs for the Democratic sheriff nomination pending the primary vote.
Coroner Jacob E. McCurry of Greencastle township declares his candidacy for coroner to the Democrats of Putnam County, subject to the outcome of the upcoming primary election.
Mrs John Miller of Roanoke reports using Chamberlains Cough Remedy over two bottles last winter and says it cured a severe lung cold and cough. She has recommended it to many people who praised the remedy and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
Feeding poultry requires restraint in the morning to keep hens active and avoid fattening. Small flocks can sustain cleanliness and egg yield with simple housing, while large flocks demand daily droppings removal and soil turning. Repairs, protective housing, and strategic nesting can boost winter egg production.
The best crop rotation aims to improve soil, reduce pests, and maintain field condition each cycle. Include at least one leguminous crop, maintain livestock for manure, and avoid growing successive crops that attract the same pests to disrupt pests’ food sources.
Two brothers John 46 and Joseph 43 Dougherty were found dead in a Hoffman Oklahoma cabin. Physicians believe starvation after illness kept them from seeking supplies as neighbors say they never moved without the other. Local residents recall the pair arriving four years ago from an unknown origin and living inseparably.
Daily corrected quotations detail hogs cattle sheep and calves prices at Indianapolis markets with ranges for heavy and light hogs steers cows bulls and lambs plus poultry butter eggs and berries. Grain bids include No 2 red wheat No 4 white corn and various oats and hay values for trading at the Board of Trade.
J Bradley Puller former banker at Fuller & Son Winslow and his sisters own family bank. He took work with a concrete firm for $2 a day ten hours with deductions for idle time. Bank liabilities reported at $158647 with assets $120995 deposits to receive about 7 cents on the dollar.
Cotter Arkansas Mrs John A Bunch is president of United Zinc Co owning hundreds of acres of mining land in the North Arkansas zinc field and is the only woman actively engaged in mining there. She manages company affairs and holds mineral land in her own name.
A Durant cotton oil mill experiments with peanuts as oil producers and reports definite success. Bryan county peanut crop leads others with 40 to 60 bushels per acre and easy sale at 60 to 60 cents per bushel. Hay sells for 8 to 10 dollars per ton, with about two tons per acre. In Englewood Tedford district a boy named Perkina choked to death after drawing a wooden mouthpiece from a toy rubber squeaker into his throat.
A testimonial from Mrs. Charles Gladydh of Baldwinsville New York claims she cured indigestion and constipation by taking two bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets two years ago while living in Syracuse. The ad notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
A collection of brief notices and dramatic phrases including died eloped married fire embezzled absconded sold a farm arrested came to town cracked a safe killed an officer robbed a church assassinated died by own action and a reference to news telephone 65.
Health tips for poultry include grit, charcoal, and feeding. keep clean houses weekly and spread garden soil under roosts to fix nitrogen. Open front houses provide ample fresh air, reduce dampness, and cost less, aiding stronger flocks and higher egg and stock receipts.
A poultry writer argues for keeping hens in small flocks, noting better health and egg production, easier disease control, and food savings. He cautions that large flocks invite more disease spread and poorer outcomes, recommending twenty flocks of fifty for a 1000 hens.
Dr Charles J Bushnell of Washington DC declares America spends six billions a year on crime and pauperism with little to show for it. He compares the government to a Mt Vernon miser who brags of rich father but wears shabby clothes, highlighting frustration with public spending and outcomes.
Mrs Black waited for her husband at a store at one. Growing impatient she rang his business and assumed she had the right number. An undertaker answered saying he was there to bury them all, not to meet.
A reader recalls a family moment as a boy sobs over his father who fell down stairs. The sister witnessed the fall, but the boy claims not to have seen anything.
A medical man in an asylum encounters a patient who claims to be Czar Nicholas, insisting his name and status shift with marriages. The patient asserts he was the German emperor in a prior life stage, prompting the doctor to note shifting identities within the ward.
Comic dialogue from Cleveland Plain Dealer shows Mose claiming to be in the doctoring business under a doctor, serving as a trainer and caretaker for a horse patient rather than a human physician, with fanciful misinterpretations.
A furious manager confronts his stage staff over an actor who once worked in a cookhouse. The dispute centers on a miscast battle scene where the actor accidentally shouts Scale the fish rather than Scale the walls.
A neighboring exchange references Norah Maloney Me as she practices music. Kerrigan mentions a planned purchase related to her planny while noting a Pettish Brooklyn life ambience. The tone hints at Irish slang and local color.
Mrs A Toussaint of Whit ore aged 8 says Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent for stomach trouble and biliousness. She reports personal benefit from the remedy and notes it is obtainable locally.
Timetable lists westbound and Highlander buses by periods Morning Afternoon and Evening with departure times at 6:10 7:15 8:10 9:00 10:10 11:15 12:10 1:15 2:10 3:40 4:10 5:15 and 6:10 8:15 11:10. Highlander service appears in several slots and late departures marked L.
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