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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
3
June 1 start the Monon Route offers round trip fares to Atlantic and Pacific coast resorts and other points including Colorado and Michigan. Send a card to W. W. Dilgis, traveling passenger agent in Bedford Indiana for literature and full details.
Advert reads that beautiful women have good digestion and Chamberlain's Tablets will correct faulty digestion. It claims easy intake and agreeable effects and notes sale by all dealers.
Homeseekers excursion begins the first one third Tuesday each month to southern and western points. Winter tours to southern points on sale daily through April 30 1913 with return by June 1 1913. Year round rates to Western and Pacific Coast points with final return nine months from sale. Inquiries at Monon depot phone 59 J D Ellis agent D W
Monon Route announces summer tourist excursion fares effective June 1 to September 30 with final return limit October 31, 1913, to all points across multiple states and provinces. Rates and timetables available from Agent J. U. Ellis.
Promotional claim for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, stating it cures diarrhoea and is sold by all dealers.
Ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure touts internal action on blood and surfaces of the body. Mentions J. CHE BY & CO Toledo as seller and claims relief for constipation with a listed remedy.
Olive Green argues in Everyday Dinners that Sunday feasting causes Monday gloom and headaches. She says heavy, poorly cooked Sunday meals disrupt the week, and fasting Sundays could yield radiant amiability. A four sided toasting rack feature accompanies the column.
A prominent 18th century style note discusses table manners with a female critic lamenting lax habits. It contrasts current behavior with a London etiquette book from 300 years ago, outlining proper spoon use and avoiding improper tablecloth rubbing, and cautions on salt and wine handling.
The piece suggests decorating for a golden anniversary like a silver wedding with gilt instead of silver. It proposes elders reading reminiscences, a former groom reciting a celebratory poem, and the bride cutting a large cake. It notes dancing afterward and advocates biographies of successful people to inspire ambition and resilience.
Harold Bolce argues in Appleton's that scientists condemn animals and that New York City should end horse use. He cites dirt dust disease costs including 6 million for street cleaning and 4 million for hospital care, proposing a 1914 cutoff to ban horses in the city.
The Argonaut notes a formed English cabal of duchesses and influential women intent on boycotting Americans in London society. It argues that wealth opens doors in British society, while those without money cannot gain entry, and that American wealth sustains a lively but selective English social scene.
A quirky note on place names shows Kipling in Canada and Shake in Oregon as rare echoes of Shakespeare. It contrasts the abundance of Miltons and Byrons in the United States with few Browning clubs and no Browning towns, reflecting namers’ quirks.
Cuban customs officials debate whether a turtle qualifies as a reptile or an animal. They note parallels with American customs rulings that frogs legs count as dressed poultry for tariff purposes.
A New Jersey man who has been bald for thirty years is growing a new crop of hair. The report rejects any implication that the hair growth is connected to his wife’s recent death.
Helen rides in the back seat with Mr Summers while Warren is away. Summers cultivates a studied intimacy, prompting Helen to feel increasing discomfort and resentment at his attentions and Warren's neglect. The night, car, and porch setting heighten the tension as Helen debates how to respond.
Public notice of a sheriff sale directed by the Putnam County Circuit Court in 1913. Ernest E. Reese as plaintiff seeks $1164.75 plus costs from multiple defendants. Sale of rents and profits for up to seven years to cover the decree, July 26, 1913, Greencastle courthouse between 10 am and 4 pm, described parcels totaling about 162 acres.
Advertisement notes constipation and indigestion relief with Hollister's RM Tea. For sale at Owl Drug store claiming regularity and improved wellbeing.
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