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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1914
Page
3
A fragmentary courtroom scene shows a witness dodging questions, citing hearsay and personal memory limits. The judge insists on answers while the witness deflects. A comic aside follows about a pug and a cloud ridden narrator seeking a pie-filled landing.
A humorous exchange recalls Professor Robert Herrick of the University of Chicago advising a young sonneteer on word choice. He was once caught by his wife in a playful moment with the cook, who fled in blush to the kitchen as the language lesson unfolded.
A fragmentary account shows a traveler on horseback stopping at a Arkansas farmhouse. An old mountaineer queries the news and recalls a man who died nine years earlier leaving a pile of newspapers unread, a relic of past times amid a toast to soft landing and airborne legends.
A fashionable portrait painter meets a woman with a fatal squint who visits his studio. Both feel awkward as he proposes to sketch her in profile, noting the eye’s unusual shyness presents a rare challenge in art and nature.
A gentle man guiding a class prompts Johnny to draw a moral from the Jonah and the whale tale. Johnny replies with a witty moral that a good man cannot be kept down, delivering a light classroom moment.
In a light exchange a boarder overhears talk about Bell Smith. The scene hints at gossip and mild intrigue among roommates with a quip about the kind of duck a second boarder prefers. The tone is casual and ruefully humorous as conversations drift.
Millicent tours a vacant house she once shared with Alec as August sun burns the grounds. She confronts memories in empty rooms where their life and quarrels linger, from unmade beds to a stained floor, the sign To Let mocking their faded spring.
Millicent plans to rebuild a broken marriage by refurbishing a home and waiting for the tenant to return. The husband appears, recognizing their bond, and they reconcile as they remove the rental sign. Grace Bowditch urges generous giving to develop character and soul wealth.
Wisconsin station promotes an A shaped hog house with a fixed floor to prevent holes in wet ground. It outlines precise lumber: nine 1x12s 16 ft, 11 O G battens 16 ft, five 1x12s 14 ft, one 2x4 10 ft ridge, two 2x8 10 ft plates, seven 2x4 16 ft rafters, three 2x6 8 ft runners, four 1x12 16 ft rough flooring, and notes cut lengths for exact roof fit.
Silage can be fed to horses in small amounts not exceeding fifteen pounds daily. Feed twice daily starting light and increasing as they adjust. Some mix silage with two thirds straw and one third silage. Horses may object to odor at first but adding oats and bran helps. Hoofed animals at rest may receive more, but silage should not dominate the coarse feed. Silage-fed horses look well and improve condition in spring.
A nervous commuter fleeing footsteps home from the railroad station flees into a churchyard to escape. A stranger then reveals he is told to follow him to the neighbor Mr Brown and asks if there is much more to do before arriving.
In a light dialogue Mrs Wagson notes Mrs Wigson's claim about weight and beauty. Mrs Wigson asks how to pronounce bonpoint asking about proper French phrasing and etiquette.
A cheerful man greets an absent minded friend and jokes about the other’s memory. The conversation brims with comical hesitations until the hint appears on the umbrella handle, revealing the borrowed item from six months prior.
A droll man who stammers meets an old college friend on the street and spends hours together. Returning home he is teased by his wife as a clock on the landing chimes four strokes after he claims it is just after one.
A collection of witty lines and misquoted snippets from Hawthorne Thackeray Dickens Dickens Shakespeare and Goldsmith. The notes reference remembered phrases about luck humor and victory attributed to well known writers.
A brief study notes how criminals use mustaches beards and other facial features to conceal identity with police descriptions often omitting precise mouths. It cites examples from London Answers and references to cases where disguises aided wrongdoing.
A historical account notes how criminals mouths are described in trials and how lip reading and facial expressions reveal character. Observations cover Dumollard and others with remarks on lip shape, wrinkles, and the mouth as a marker of guilt or danger in both men and women.
A Chanute man tells of an event in a Kansas town at a ticket office. He buys a ticket to Kansas City with two dollars from a worn bill and later returns with three silver dollars after a curious sequence.
A man explains how he bought a two dollar bill for 1.60 at a pawnshop then sold the pawnticket for 1.50 to an acquaintance. He ends up with 3 dollars while the other person holds the pawnticket securing the bill.
A long haired man meets a boy who asks the time. After replying that it is ten minutes to nine the boy races off with a warning to get a hair cut at nine. The man flees toward a policeman who stops him noting there are eight minutes left before nine.
Richard A. Ballinger, then Interior Secretary, recounts his first law case in Kankakee Illinois. A man linked to bigamy by three wives faced trial and two-year term. the client later asked if it would be safe to rejoin society after prison.
Simpson Jones claims he buys cigars by the box while Sampson jokes he buys them by the bale, reflecting playful banter over tobacco habits and purchasing scale.
An old physician and avid angler hurries home after a fishing trip to weigh a newborn. With no scales handy he uses pocket scales to weigh the baby, prompting the astonished father to proclaim a surprising thirty seven and a half pounds.
A jagged exchange unfolds with insults hurled at the speaker. The nervous scene centers on a supposed barber and a frightened victim described in tense dialogue. The victim warns against a cut while the barber presses.
A widow speaks to a friend about coping with the absence of a husband in the home. The scene centers on her solitary moment by the kitchen stove, reflecting on grief and domestic life.
A varied digest notes domestic commerce with a porter flat request, German capitalists avoiding investment in Southwest Africa while seeking British colonies, a Cape ostrich worth over 10000 dollars in plumage, a Viennese prison term for insulting a telephone girl, and Malta tomato paste packed for Italy and resold to Americans as Italian.
Trustee notices list scheduled weekly office hours for WILL STROUBE ERNEST KIVETT BENJAMIN WALLS OLIVER STRINGER D E ETCHESON FRED TODD and RECTOR across multiple townships. Residents advised of locations and days for transact office business.
Greencastle resident W. H. Renick reports multiple years of successful use of Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys. The ad notes the product is available at local drug stores, with Foster Milburn Co. as sole US agents, priced at 50 cents. Local residents are urged to remember the brand name.
S F Fish of Brooklyn Michigan says five years ago he suffered the worst chronic constipation. He claims Chamberlain's Tablets cured him and they are sold by all dealers.
W. W. Tucker physician and surgeon operates from Vine Street office between Washington and Walnut in Greencastle Indiana.
A Milwaukee mother extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and effective against coughs and croup. The ad notes W M McGaughey a local physician with offices in Evans' Block and lists contact details and sale by all dealers.
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