Notice to Gravel Road Contractors in Putnam County Indiana
Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids on 10 405 feet of macadam road improvement in Franklin Township George F Swaim et al road. Bids due January 4 1915 at 2 PM at the County Auditor Greencastle. Bid bonds double bid. no traction engines. affidavits of no collusion.
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Board of Commissioners
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Franklin Township
Putnam County
George F. Swaim
W. W. Tucker Physician and Surgeon Ad
W. W. Tucker physician and surgeon lists office on Vine street between Washington and Walnut streets in Greencastle for medical services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Tucker
Vine Street
Washington and
Walnut St
Greencastle
Children Coughs and Colds Recommend Chamberlain Remedy
Mothers worry over frequent winter colds in children. Mrs. L. H. Bradley of Mohawk NY reports her children all recovered after taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. symptoms disappeared in a few days. Sold by all dealers.
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L. H. Bradley
Mohawk
N. Y
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate Wilson Horn
Creditor heirs and legatees of Wilson Horn deceased are summoned to Putnam Circuit Court in Greencastle Indiana on January 18 1915 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Arthur J Hamrick notes the date December 21 1914. 31 Weekly Dee 2%
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Wilson Horn
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Arthur J. Hamrick
Notice to non-resident in Indiana case attachment
State of Indiana Putnam County Model Clothing Company vs Charles Galway in Greencastle Justice of Peace court. Plaintiffs seek 38.05 and affidavit on non residency. defendant must appear January 9, 1915 at 10 A.M. or default. Witness Philip M Frank Justice of Peace Greencastle. December 16, 1914.
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State of Indiana
Putnam County
Model Clothing Company
Charles Galway
Philip M. Frank
Justice of Peace
Theodore Crawley
Indiana
Greencastle
Daily French Soldier Rations In The Field
Paris reports the standard daily allowance for a French private in the field totals around three pounds. Meals include vegetable soup, army biscuit, rice or beans, fresh or canned meat, coffee and sugar, with occasional fresh vegetables and wine as extras depending on commissary supply. Each soldier also carries a one day emergency ration of biscuit, canned meat, condensed soup, coffee and sugar.
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Paris
Commissary Department
Blackmail by Pigeons in Paris Novel Scam
An unknown man attempted to extort 800 from a Paris tradesman by sending four carrier pigeons with a demand note. The victim was to attach a 200 note to each bird and release them, but the tradesman handed the pigeons to police and no identifying marks were found.
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Paris
Dynamited Himself in Despondent Act at Brownsville
George Kelley, 55, shot himself with dynamite in Brownsville Pennsylvania after heavy drinking and despair over his wife’s death. He bought three sticks, laid the fuse to a two foot length, placed the explosive under his head and waited for the blast, resulting in fatal injuries.
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Brownsville
George Kelley
Saloon Raffles Provokes Church Fair Games Ban
Law and Order League actions in Kearney and Arlington New Jersey prompted saloon men to seek police protection against all lotteries at three church fairs. Police halted a sale of chances for a home made quilt, equating it with turkey raffles and stopping the activity.
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Kearney
N. J
Law and Order League
Arlington
Turkey
Opium cigarette raid indicts eight in Chicago case
Secret raids uncovered a Chinese chemist’s opium cigarette invention and a federal law making its manufacture or sale a felony. Seven Chinese and one white man were indicted after the invasion of dens where the device was produced. the chemist fled as the scheme resurfaced with the indictments.
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Chicago
Hearts Ease Bloom in a Country Garden Promise
Eben Baker tends a garden at the Homestead with heartache over Faith Emery leaving for a country home. Faith returns to reveal she will miss him and has found happiness in love, meeting again beside the elm where a heart’s ease flower blooms as the couple confess their feelings. Germany is to have an English theater in the very near future.
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Eben Baker
Faith Emery
Faith
Eben
Martha
Vaith
Ben
Germany
The Punktown Bugle Echoes From Long Ago
A nostalgic poem by Walt Mason recalls the Punktown Bugle weekly gossip sheet with quirky town items about Peter Prune cows, Voges cows, Jim Zimmerman painting, a mudhole in the square, prunes stolen from Vail, and Sam Jones with a two seat runabow.
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Walt Mason
Judge
Greely
Peter Prune
Peter
Punktown
Jonas Voges
James Zimmerman
Jim
Vail
Sam Jones
Sim Piker
Tommyrot
Punk Town
Bill Jones and the borrowed life of a townsman
A humorous verse narrative by J. A. Waldron recounts Bill Jones who borrows from neighbors, dodges protests, moves West, returns wealthy, plans a bank, buys a brick building for a park, then vanishes in a winter morning as distrust resurfaces. The tale blends credit mockery with frontier opportunism and social satire.
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J. A. Waldron
Bill Jones
Bill
Jabez Hines
Bil
Hill
Had No Ticket Story of Mandy and Two Ladies
A young colored girl Mandy explains to her employer that another lady is waiting on the steps. Mandy reveals the visitor forgot her pocketbook and left, while Mandy’s manners reveal a humorous miscommunication about who entered first.
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Kase
Guardian to sell ward's land in Putnam County Indiana
Guardian David H. Harris will offer for sale at private sale on January 23 1915 at 10 AM in Greencastle Indiana undivided two thirds interests in multiple described parcels in Putnam County. The sale follows a Putnam Circuit Court order and proceeds will be cash subject to court approval with parcels including sections 30 29 19 and 20 and railroad strip rights.
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Putnam Circuit Court
George Hoskins
Lyon & Peck
Greencastle
Indiana
Ward
Section
Said
Vandalia Railroad Company
Putnam County
David H. Harris
Ordinance Regulating Private Sewer Connections Greencastle IN
City ordinance restricts sewer connections to the public system in Greencastle Indiana. Petitions must describe property and proposed connection and receive Common Council consent. Violations carry a fine up to twenty five dollars and the measure takes effect after two weeks’ publication.
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Greencastle
Indiana
Common Council
Ward's Real Estate Sale Completion Order
Proceeds to complete sale of ward's real estate interests to allow purchaser to finish title. Lyon and Peck serve as attorneys for the ward. Published in 41 Weekly, December 18 with poster notices.
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Lyon & Peck
Take Cold Easily and Cham berlain Cough Remedy
The article advises cooling the skin with a cool sponge bath each morning to prevent catching a cold and suggests Cham berlain Cough Remedy as a quick cure. It notes the remedy has a wide reputation and is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlains Tablets End Stomach Troubles say Rome woman
Mrs F P Tritsch of Rome New York reports five year stomach weakness cured by Chamberlains Tablets after consuming three or four bottles. She says her health has been the best since. For sale by all dealers.
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F. P. Tritsch
Rome
N. Y
Chamberlain
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Greencastle Health Woes
Greencastle residents report relief from kidney ills in a local testimonial. Mrs Renick of 1011 Crown St praises Doan's Kidney Pills obtained at Jones Stevens Co Drug Store, noting long use with good results. Price 50 cents, available at all dealers.
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Doan
Greencastle
Wehi
Renick
Crown St
Conan
Jones, Stevens Co
Dean
Profits in Raising Capons for Market
The article explains capons offer high returns, often double that of other fowl, as Mississippi Valley markets expand. It details caponizing with automatic tools, timing from one to a half pounds, and nine to ten month weights of ten to twelve pounds, yielding 20 to 60 cents per pound live weight. It notes capons as brooders for chicks and their superior care compared to hens, with practical demonstrations by a farmer and family.
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Middle West
Mississippi River Valley
Concrete Ties Fall in Test
After years of experiment a Middle West railroad abandoned concrete ties. A large batch was laid and tested through summer with success but winter frost heaved them out of the ground. The ties are now being tried again with more success.
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Middle West
Ur Cround
Stee
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Co. L. Atrhart
James E. Houck
James B. Bunten
H. Witt Sutherlin
Dily Dee
Ind
St Daily
Endo Raffles
Guardian
Daily Herald
M. S. Miller
J. Walter Cooper
I. N. S. Miller
M.S. Miller
Capon
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