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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1914
Page
3
Greencastle residents report kidney troubles affecting young and old with backaches languor and nervousness. Dean's Kidney Pills are praised by H Renick of Crown Street and Jones Stevens Drug Store for years of use and relief. Price 15 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
Fragmentary notes describe indigestion and bloating with belching in Clawson Indiana Pa. A patient reports night and day discomfort and relief after trying Cham Blete as advised by a local seller.
An eastbound auto crashed into the Indianpolis motor track crossing at Staunton Road. Scrainer and John Hunt of Indianapolis escaped with slight injuries. The traction car was put out of commission.
An eastbound limited traction train crashed into an advertising automobile at the Staunton road crossing this morning injuring Edward Schrainer of Indianapolis and his assistant John Hunt. Schrainer suffered a bruised hip while Hunt had a small hand cut. The collision tore off front wheels and wrecked the top of the auto, which was built on a truck and enclosed at the rear. Local doctors treated the injured and the train was backed to the scene before another car was secured from Terre Haute to continue the run. Brazil News.
President Wilson met with Henry Ford and other business leaders in Washington on July 10 and said business sentiment is improving and supportive of anti trust legislation. Ford reported no sign of a downturn and urged optimism while the president urged Congress to push the trust program.
The burial service for Mrs. Clarissa Frazier of Terre Haute was held at Locust Street Methodist Church in Terre Haute after her death Tuesday. Rev. B. D. Beck led the service and interment followed in Forest Hill Cemetery. The body was transported to this city for the funeral service held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The day brought oppressive humidity and a near miss at the season high as the mercury approached 104 percent but did not exceed the record. KE Shipley reported the day’s maximum, with details furnished by The Herald.
Hays threshed 655 bushels from a 25 acre field, averaging 26 bushels per acre. Twelve acres were planted with New Marvelous Wheat using 20 pounds seed per acre, far less than the usual 90 pounds, yielding about 12 percent bushels per acre with an exceptional result.
A supplemental complaint against Breed Elliott Harrison to force bond acceptance was dropped after Fred Likely of the Bond Company assured Greencastle attorneys the firm would not accept the bonds while litigation continues. The Anti faction had prepared the filing to add the bond firm as a party, but the promise ended the move.
Heber Ellis DePauw University athletic manager sent ten sweaters to Old Gold track and baseball players last spring despite 104 degree heat. Sweaters went to 35 former DePauw athletes with track and baseball honors, plus reserve wearers, and were presented at the athletic reunion. J M Hixon of Attica joined the event as other local movements included the Grubbs visiting Lowell Indiana relatives.
In Hollister Missouri and nearby Arkansas, two men named Joe married each other’s daughters creating a tangled in law relation. After the wives died the two men and their blended families endured hardship and formed a strong bond as neighbors along the White River region.
Edmonton Canada reports Rev Father Gouy head of St Isadore Mission at Fortsiwith leaves Canada and travels to Nantes France after a voluntary twenty two year exile among Creelodians north of the sixtieth parallel. He plans a Papal audience in Rome before returning to mission duties.
A deeply buried bullet sunk in Poruaod Maine sand is believed to date back about 221 years. The fragment, found near a tree felled by a park official, appears to be from an old weapon likely used in a historic battle around September 28, 18th century, with a July date also noted.
Wallace Idaho doctor extracts a four inch live lizard from William Boyle's stomach after five years of illness. Doctors had diagnosed stomach trouble gall stones liver trouble and Bright's disease. The live reptile hatched from an egg swallowed in water. Boyle is recovering.
A farmer in Benville Arkansas, James Stallard, was fatally bitten by a two month old pig while carrying it home after a purchase from a neighbor. The bite caused blood poisoning and Stallard died shortly after. In Tenaha Texas, James Pate had a unique fishing encounter catching one large fish that devoured a smaller one on his line and hung the other fish heads on the hook.
Gunda the Indian elephant at Bronx Park’s New York Zoo amasses a coin stash in his bank within his cage. A keeper's inspection reveals discarded coins and even a stray Canadian ten cent piece, suggesting a playful yet keen sense for sorting money.
A family of seven toed cats near the Oak Street police station in New York fascinates residents. The brood includes father Seven Wood Dick and mother Six Toed Judy who gained seven toes late in life. Six kittens, all colors, share seven toes on their front paws and are watched by Lieutenant McCarity who notes Madagascar and Malta as famous seven toed regions.
A noisy scene unfolds with a boy asking his mother about his father’s job and declaring he will be a cake sampler. His playful logic and misheard definitions turn the classroom into a lighthearted exchange about work and words.
Harris reads a mother's plea to return home but lovesick, he plans to marry Alice who then reveals she is not Aunt Mary's real niece and that her father is Robert Sturgis, a wealthy broker. He forgives her, and they embrace, choosing love over wealth.
Trustee notices list several officials with locations and weekly days to transact business. Names include W Knauer in Madison, Ernest Kivett in Mill Creek, Benjamin Walls in Jackson, Oliver Stringer in Monroe, and others across Floyd Marion Macon and Bainbridge townships. The notice also mentions an office address for Rector a dentist in Greencastle Indiana.
This public notices a physician and surgeon named M McGaughey with an Evans office location on Jackson Street and residence at Bloomington and Seminary streets. The listing provides a price and address details for medical services.
The Putnam Circuit Court orders a commissioner sale by Riley Allen et al for two parcels in Putnam County Indiana. The south half of the southwest quarter of Section 11 Township 12 North Range 41 West totaling 44.40 acres and 40 acres from the northwest corner of Section 6 Township 12 North Range 4 West will be sold at public auction July 25 1914 at Greencastle Court House south door. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in one year secured by mortgage at 6 percent.
Mrs Richard Olp of Spencerport New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for curing her headache and nervousness and restoring her health. For sale by dealers.
An old fashioned drugstore advertisement touts Speedway as a universal rub for rheumatism gout sore throat bruised tendons tired feet and muscular soreness. It promises instant soothing relief on application a money back guarantee and a free instruction book with each bottle from A Cook Drug Store.
Cross travels in Virginia and other Southern States fell suddenly ill with colic. At the first store he found a merchant recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses cured him. Do not travel without a bottle sold by all dealers.
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