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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
3
A group hosts an old fashioned Grandmother party on January third at three. Guests dress as grandmothers and answer tea themed questions as charades while enjoying simple refreshments. The event highlights quaint costuming and playful tea trivia among attendees.
At a bridal dinner for young guests a funnel pan cake served as centerpiece with a silver turquoise ring thimble coin button heart and key as favors. Favors were hidden in the cake and tied ribbons and monograms served as keepsakes for all.
A playful list links flowers to wordplay answers like Buttercup Smilax Phlox Dandelion Jonquil Lark Spur Foxglove Forget me not Carnation Cowslip. The text then notes a harsh rice theft method inMean Industry and ends with a quip about men being made good by their wives.
The 1914 Greencastle Indiana ordinance requires prior consent of the Common Council to connect to the public sewer. It outlines petition submission, council review, and issuance of a certificate for approved connections. Violators face fines up to twenty five dollars and the ordinance takes effect after two weeks’ publication.
State of Indiana Putnam County model Clothing Company sues Charles Galway for 58.05 with an affidavit of non residence. Defendant must appear January 9, 1915 at 10 A M in Greencastle to answer or demur. Witness Philip M. Frank Justice of Peace Greencastle Ind December 16 1914.
Dr W M McGaughey physician and surgeon lists office at Evans Block No 24 South Jackson street residence at corner Bloomington and Seminary streets with telephone numbers 327 office and 339 residence.
Mrs. F. P. Tritsch of Rome New York says five years ago her stomach was weak and she could not eat solid food. After using Chamberlain’s Tablets she reports strong health and asks readers to obtain them from dealers.
Drop in and inspect the Greencastle Music and Hominy Factory at 104 North Indiana Street. Change household drudgery to pleasure with an electric iron wash ing machine sewing machine or a vacuum cleaner. A present that lasts for years. Greencastle Electric Co.
Alvin Clodfelter came back from Missouri last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Will Everman returned from Nebraska. Mr and Mrs James Garden visited with the Evermans one day last week.
A rigid exhortation argues power comes from self reliance not help from others. It warns that enabling children with easy starts harms their independence and condemns youths to imitation unless they develop motive force and stand alone.
A Collier's meditation warns against chasing fleeting joy and urges pausing to value known happiness. It cites fulfillment in art research knowledge beauty and devotion to others, and finds refreshment in nature, sea, harvests, and endless hills.
A narrator recalls Henry Ward Beecher urging self-reliance as a boy, forcing him to master lessons without excuses. The teacher’s harsh questions steer him to intellectual independence and courage, proving one must say Yes and prove it even when all the world says No. The piece ends by warning against perpetual help from others.
The text argues men should live in the moment and transform pain into courage and cheerfulness. It says endurance can become voluntary discipline, and reducing sorrow through addressing poverty, evil, ignorance, dishonesty and selfishness expands a person's nature and increases shared happiness. Harper's Weekly.
Auditor Lairhart of Putnam County Indiana announces a petition by P L Hubbard and others for the grading draining bridging and paving of a Cataract Road segment in Cloverdale Township The hearing before the Board of Commissioners is set for January 4 1915 The petition lists over fifty freeholders and voters requesting public highway upgrades and macadam paving The notice is dated December 12 1914 and signed by Auditor Lairhart with county seal and Herald reference
Putnam County Indiana treasurer will offer for sale at Greencastle court house on January 4 1915 twenty Milton McGaughey macadam road bonds in Russell township each 494 dollars total issue 9880 dollars 4 percent interest first due May 15 1916 bids due by 2 PM January 4 1915 H H Runyan treasurer posted in Daily December 28 26 31 posters
Para and Manaos houses use brick and tile with terra cotta fronts painted in blues reds yellows and greens. Interiors favor air flow over heavy furnishings with fretwork ceilings and little carpeting while ants damage gilt frames and oil paintings as climate-friendly decor.
Wealthy New Yorkers stamp city coats of arms on tablecloths and napkins while hosts engrave state emblems on linens. White House linen bears the great seal, and national colors appear in tableware. Foreign embassies display symbols of their nations along withPrussia and Britain symbols. An English inventor in New York unveils a powderless rapid fire gun driven by a large wheel crank and vacuum intake.
A correspondent notes curious names in York records from Elizabeth I era, mentions Clarionetts and possible contraction of Trumpeter, cites modern instrument names in directories, and includes varied curiosities from milk bottle design to hummingbird size and quotes.
George E. Murphison killed his wife Vera Prosser Scott Murphison at a downtown hotel and then died by his own hand. She had recently pressed a white slavery charge against him after a prior threatening case. She had earlier killed her former husband Reese Prosser in 1910 aboard a train in Montana.
Antonio Bolangue and Miss Annie Hane wed while clinging to a pitching launch off the California coast. Commodore David Crowley of Crowley Launch and Towboat performed the ceremony and Marines Superintendent Walter Westman issued the certificate. The couple, hotel employees, endured cold but happy after a several hour trip outside the Heads.
Town councilors discuss opening a municipal hotel to lower taxes after a new census count shows Mingo with 4 532 residents and a liquor license allowance of one saloon per 6 500 people. Eight saloons already serve the town, which ships prohibition goods to nearby towns. Some council members oppose the plan.
Postmaster E M Morgan reports 38 working days before Sept 9 New York postal bank deposits total 1 208 962 02 with two days over 80 000. He notes funds arrive so fast some banks cannot furnish securities quickly enough to cover deposits. Sub-treasury holds 130 615 38 awaiting distribution.
Pittsburgh board of trade vessels a moral censorship over Penn avenue loitering. They urge action to stop ogling as women walk the streets. The piece also notes unrelated items about a switchy incident in class, a track contest shift in New York, and a Chile crime figures update.
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