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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
2
George F. Knauer of Monroe township announces his candidacy for Representative of Otham County, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary.
Floyd township resident H. W. Timmons announces his candidacy for Recorder of Putnam. He will run in the Democratic primary and awaits the decision of voters.
O T Ellis of Madison township is a candidate for Recorder of Putnam County in the primary election. The decision rests with voters at the primary.
Charles E. Wood of Green Township announces candidacy for Recorder of Putnam County subject to the outcome of the Democratic primary election.
M. J. Hepler of Warren township announces candidacy for Recorder of Putnam County subject to Democratic primary election decision.
George W Pursell of Green Castle township announces his candidacy for Recorder of Otham County subject to the democratic process and party endorsement. He emphasizes local service and familiarity with county records.
W. R. Buis of Mill Creek township announces to the populace of Putnam County his candidacy for Recorder, subject to the outcome of the upcoming primary election.
Cloverdale resident L. L. Runyan campaigns amid a county contest. The article notes Runyan as a candidate and references Putnam County, presenting the ongoing decision context without additional details.
For County Auditor. Joe M Allen of Greencastle seeks the auditor’s post in Putnam County subject to the decision of the election board and voters.
Sylvan A. Vermilion of Marion enters the race for Putnam County Assessor subject to the decision of party officials and election authorities.
Ben P. King of Greencastle township announces to Putnam County Democrats his candidacy for Clerk of the Putnam County Court subject to the Democratic primary decision.
Walter S Campbell of Floyd County runs for Clerk of the Putnam County Circuit Court subject to the Democratic primary decision. The campaign centers on local administration and court records management.
Charles W Huffman of Green Castle Township announces his candidacy for Clerk of the Putnam Circuit Court subject to the decision of the Democratic primary.
Albany Farmer of Cloverdale seeks election as Commissioner for Putnam County Third District subject to a pending decision. The candidate focuses on local governance and district services pending final appointment.
A donation worker condemns certain women for immoral charity methods. She states hundreds of donations turn old clothes into a dumping ground, harming recipients and undermining genuine aid efforts.
The piece argues donors should ensure garments are usable and clean before giving. It condemns cutting buttons and slovenly mending while urging that clothes aim to help those in need obtain real work. It warns against indiscriminate gifting of worn finery to the poor.
A colossal Dutch map atlas from the Stuart era sits in the British Museum, five feet ten inches tall and nearly square, bound in red leather with gilt clasps. It was likely given to Charles I in 1660 and later entered the national collection through George III's bequest, a crown jewel of the library.
In Paris at the Louvre a new frame exposes an edge of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa previously concealed. The restoration highlights the painting’s border, drawing renewed attention to the iconic portrait.
A New York man patented a toy savings bank with a clock attached. The clock face winds only after a dime is dropped in the slot, enabling the mechanism for 24 hours. It is claimed the device will accumulate 70 cents a week and foster regular saving habits.
Three men faced charges in Felt ham England for sleeping in a deer pen at Bushey Park. A keeper testified they removed hay worth about ten shillings from the racks, and the deer refused to eat it afterward, avoiding the pens where the men slept.
The Alumni Athletic Board will meet in Indianapolis to discuss baseball and track schedules and coach selections. Graduate Manager Ellis and Assistant Manager Colson aim to publish spring schedules within two to three weeks and plan an Ohio Kentucky baseball trip with early practice and many tryouts expected.
At a Medford Oregon luncheon last week Miss Mayme Trueblood 07 formerly of Greencastle and Thad Whitmer of Cleveland Ohio were announced as engaged. The wedding is set for Feb 12 and after a wedding trip they will settle in Cleveland after the university commencement. Miss Trueblood is a former Greencastle resident and a Kappa Kappa Gamma member.
Miss Marcia Jenna a college student, age 16, has been confined to her home on College avenue with an acute typhoid fever. Earlier believed to be spinal tuberculosis, doctors in St Louis were considered but the diagnosis changed to typhoid, leaving her in a critical condition. Miss Freda Rehm is pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma.
The Shelbyville Democrat lauds the DePauw University Choir after a Sunday concert at the First M E church drawing about twelve hundred listeners with many more unable to attend, noting the program’s exceptional quality and the choir’s distinguished talent. Worth Tower, Kewanee, pledges Phi Psi.
Harvard reports 1137 men in athletics across all branches. Wabash College will meet Texas on Thanksgiving 1914 replacing Notre Dame from 1913. The season opens with Purdue today and includes thirteen basketball games, ten road contests.
Ruth McNeill presents her senior piano recital Friday January 16 at eight o clock in Music Hall. The program includes works by Beethoven Chopin Schumann with pieces such as Concerto in C Allegro cambrio Impromptu Prelude Ballade and Serenade among others. The schedule lists performances by Ole Olson and the Prophet Bird as part of the program.
Beta Theta Pi district convention set for February 5 and 6 at the DePauw chapter house. Five Indiana chapters will send a large number of representatives to the event. Specialty: man with DePauw Glee Club.
Professor Howard J. Barnum head of the violin department at DePauw School of Music earned recognition for work with the DePauw Glee Club. He is set to perform at least one number during the club home concert Friday night.
Local residents in Greencastle react to a claim from Jones Stevens Co that Adler ika a German remedy mixed with backthorn park glycerine draws off foul matter and relieves sour stomach gas and constipation instantly from a single dose offered at Jones Stevens Drug store.
The text contrasts Indian writing and gesture habits with Western ones. It notes the Indian style uses downward strokes and avoids outward toe movement, while beckoning is palm-downward and leg flexion limits extension. It cites Persian script as right-to-left and mentions Hindi and Sanskrit influences.
A tale recounts George Bernard Shaw teasing critic Richard Mansfield by sending back a play they never read. Mansfield recalls Shaw asking about deathbed scenes and acts while the real print never existed. The ruse ends when a lost-and-found clerk reveals Shaw’s name on the returned manuscript.
A discussion notes clear cultural differences in labor, weapon use, and physical habits. It cites India versus Europe in pushing versus pulling tasks, wheel and crane operation, woodworking, swimming strokes, sword design, and approach to riding and boxing. The piece contrasts Indian methods with European ones across daily tasks and sports.
A Philadelphia boy devises a seated skating device using a pole wheel and a seat, enabling a rider to coast while seated and munch an apple. The idea spawns similar contrivances, including a horn-topped stick for warnings as skaters zoom by.
A village boyhood scene near a sluggish stream ends with Uncle Samuel gathering ripe fox grapes by a weedy pond. The narrator recalls the hill behind the shop and a quiet afternoon with the elder.
The fragment lists multiple times in two blocks with a lone note 6 08 pm. No persons places or events are identified beyond generic day timetable markers.
A narrator recalls children at a pond who discover yellow water flowers floating on stalks. Uncle Samuel explains the plant bladderwort uses air bladders to stay afloat, with tiny sacs visible among threadlike leaves. The cycle ends as winter sinks the plant back to mud.
Sir Ray Lankester suggests a prehistoric scene of red deer and salmon carved on a stag horn cylinder found in the Lorthet cavern Haute Pyrenees. He proposes such engravings were used to print copies on birch bark or similar material with a flat print illustrated from the ancient cylinder.
A historical report describes a Canton household chaining an insane member to a post for 15 years. It cites a similar case in New York from earlier years, illustrating cultural and legal differences in handling mental illness.
Alpine clubs and private donors have built refuges across mountains to aid lost climbers. These shelters aim to reduce danger from mists and sudden weather shifts, making rescues more likely even in heavy rain storms.
The condition of women chain makers around Birmingham is deplorable with long daily hours and weekly earnings from one to a dollar twenty five. An earlier effort to improve surroundings has failed and the situation remains dire.
New Zealand servants in Wellington have formed a union and demand earlier curfews. They seek home by 10 pm on most days with stricter limits on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
A testimonial from John Barker of Battle Creek Michigan claims permanent relief from heartburn indigestion and liver complaint after using Chamberlains Tablets. The ad asserts others have been cured and sells the tablets through dealers.
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