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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1914
Page
2
Mrs Lida Dewey of Milwaukee endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children noting it relieves coughs and croup quickly. She claims it is safe and pleasant for kids and suitable for chronic use. Sold by all dealers.
A New York inventor promotes an electrocuting grid to kill flies. The simple two bar device uses parallel wires powered by electricity to electrocute insects that land on it, with placement near bright window areas to attract common house flies.
The article traces early tobacco use and social controls from 1600 to 1830. It notes bans by Urban Will and Innocent XI, prohibitions in alehouses, Chigwell school rules against tobacco, and Charles I urging Cambridge to forbid wigs and sermons in tobacco use. It cites an Essex church visit around 1830 with pipes hidden and spit tokens found.
A London Chronicle correspondent notes public belief misreads the most common execution form. The guillotine is favored publicly in France Belgium Denmark Hanover and two Swiss cantons. Bavaria and Saxony practice it privately. The gallows ranks next, used publicly in Austria Portugal and Russia and privately in Britain and the United States. Death by the sword appears in use.
The text notes public executions in Becador Oldenburg Russia and other regions using the musket while China uses strangulation by cord and Spain employs garrote publicly. Brunswick employs the axe and New York uses the electric chair. Italy reportedly has no capital punishment.
A National Review piece praises England for growing grapes tobacco olives and many fruits while producing prized beets for cattle breeders and shire horses from Cambridgeshire centers. It notes widespread farming knowledge across Scotland and the north and asserts England remains only partly colonized.
A Glasgow steamer fights heavy seas as passengers stay calm while a meek man fears the ship may founder. He asks officers if rescue is near and reveals his motive is to say goodbye to his mother in law if disaster looms, a scene described by Harper's Weekly.
In a Chicago Tribune fragment Larry shows a receipt from a Chinese laundry and, enraged by an insult, declares he will return to smash the Chinese man’s head. He reads the hieroglyphics on the receipt and heads toward Ping Yam's laundry.
A humorous exchange features Jimmy, aspiring president of a lumber trust, lamenting to a father about baseball managers seeking deterrents. The father asks why, and Jimmy quips he would not sell a plain board without a knot hole, highlighting a witty domestic vignette from a Philadelphia Press collection.
A Portland traveler recalls a Bangor area hotel where late night discovery of two large rats under a bed prompted the staff to respond with surprising composure. The clerk offered to send a cat to address the issue.
A young man visits a parlor awaiting a young lady when the mother confronts him with grave questions. The daughter on the stairs exclaims that he is not the one, revealing a final, humorous miscue. The piece ends with a witty aside on a disappearing paper novelty for forgetting letters.
Herbert Tate Willis notes players dislike watchers. Two men join a bridge game, sit behind players, blow smoke, and whisper. When asked to sub, they switch cards, making new deals. The substitutes finish the hands and wonder where Mr A and Mr B went, only to find them in the next room playing.
A young wife with limited household knowledge faces a comical misunderstanding with an ash collector. She misinterprets the call of ash-ees and politely refuses service, maintaining dignity in a comic early 20th century Harper's Weekly vignette.
Roscoe C Sutcliffe condemns child labor practices in Dallas claiming employers exploit children while presenting pious images. He cites a nine year old niece left to care for a baby and a nurse who claims the baby cried from being made to smile with a glove stretcher.
A quirky anecdote about a resilient goat that roams lodge rooms and coal shed rooftops. The tale notes the beast’s distant, unfriendly nature toward people and jokes about its taste for beer and ice cream sodas. It recalls a man who left Kansas to raise goats and returned to mend shoes.
The sea writer Morgan Robertson praises a friend's bold fibs in a witty exchange about a bumped foot. He recalls a workshop incident where the friend claimed an angel stepped on it. The anecdote showcases Robertson's amused view of audacious deception.
Missouri's annual buttermilk supply reaches 26,105,248 gallons with a market split showing 1.2 million gallons shipped to cities and about 10 million kept for rural use mainly fed to hogs. Labor Bureau notes widespread consumption from May to October in St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and beyond.
Washington reports slavery persists across the Philippines including Manila with widespread peonage. Children are sold by slave agents, some sent to China, and a 13 year old girl was traded for pigs and rice. The supreme court freed a slave trader for lack of physical force, hindering prosecutions as Assembly members block anti trafficking laws. Commissioner Worcester notes evidence access is obstructed by police and many officials benefit from slavery.
The article discusses brick as a road material urged by the office of public roads in Washington. It covers Roman brick roads’ durability, proposed modern brick pavement construction, and argues brick roads offer longevity, traction, and lower maintenance costs than macadam or gravel.
A London Standard article notes European royal houses destroy relics and weapons tied to assassination attempts. It details avalanches of caution from Geneva to Madrid and cites past cases where tempering, acids, and the destruction of daggers, knives, and bombs followed attempts on monarchs.
An Indiana inventor patents a cheese cutter that slices only half the cheese width. The stationary blade pivots on a back frame while the tub moves freely. A front indicator shows the cut size, making small quantities easier to portion without reweighing.
Money to loan on horses cattle and all other good chattel security at low rate of 2 percent interest on monthly balances. Amounts shown include 25 000 one month 50 50 1 00 and other amounts in proportion. All dealings strictly confidential. Home Loan Company Greencastle Ind first stairway south of Ricketts' Jewelry Store South Indiana Street.
Local residents with mild abdominal discomfort suspect chronic appendicitis and seek relief from a dubious home remedy. The Jones Stevens Drug Co advertises a four dose buckthorn bark glycerine compound, Adler i ka, as a claimed single use cure.
This remedy claims no superior for coughs and colds and tastes pleasant. It asserts it contains no opium or narcotics and always cures, with sale through all dealers.
A testimonial from S. F. Fish of Brooklyn Michigan states a five year severe constipation case was cured by Chamberlain's Tablets. The ad notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
Dr W W Tucker announces offices in Greencastle Indiana at Vine street between Washington and Walnut streets. He offers medical and surgical services to the community.
Local Greencastle residents report relief from kidney pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W. H. Johns of 408 North Indiana Street praises instant relief and improved health, with others noting family benefit. The ad urges readers to request Doan's Kidney Pills, priced 50 cents at all stores, from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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