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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1914

Page

3

Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by 6000 Newspaper Claims

A mass of proof from 6000 U S newspapers highlights 30 000+ recommendations for Doan's Kidney Pills. Jane Albin of 08 Illinois St Incastie Ind testifies heavy work causes kidney pain and pills relieve pain quickly with continued use. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.

Dean Castle Jane Albin Illinois St Incastie Ind Doan Miss Albin Foster-Milburn Co., Props Buffalo N. Y

Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad

A testimonial from Sam Guin of Whatley Alabama praises Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for saving his life after severe illness. He credits the product with settling his stomach and restoring health after a dire episode. The notice urges readers to obtain the remedy from all dealers.

Guardians named for estate of Lucius Dobbs in Putnam County

The Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana appoints George A Dobbs and James Dobbs as administrators with will annexed of the estate of Lucius Dobbs who died in Putnam County. The estate is to be settled by June 26 1914 with attorneys James & Allee at weekly publication.

Circuit Court Putnam Fanty State of Indiana Lucius Dobbs Putnam County Indiana O Dobbs George A. Dobbs James

TERUG CHICAGO INDIANAPOLIS LOUISVILLE BY

Train schedule fragment lists northbound departures with times 2:34 am to 8:26 am and 2:41 pm to 5:21 pm. Names Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville appear as destinations or stops in a dated timetable.

Chicago Indianapolis Louisville

Cured of Indigestion by Cham Tablets Claim

Eadie P. Clawson of Indiana Pa reports relief from indigestion after using Cham Tablets. She describes daily discomfort, bloating, and belching, noting her daughter's use of the product helped her. Sold in druggists and stores.

Eadie P

Humphreys' Medical Book In Celebrates Sixty Years

A revised edition of Humphreys' Manual of the Diseases and Treatments is issued marking sixty years. The work details remedies and guidance for various internal ailments. Price set at twenty five cents.

Celem Wwe Fhumphreys Humphreys Les

CLAIM DEATH IS NOT PAINFUL ARTICLE

London reports a man who recovered after hours near death contradicting the idea that dying is painful. His son described groaning and difficulty while others noted the night eased by unconsciousness. Doctors cited include that most deaths are not painful and even spectators suffer more than the dying.

London

Woman Farms At 86 Asserts Independent Rural Life

Hillsboro Kansas feature on Mrs Chas Broker a lifelong open-air worker aged 86 and Merion County’s oldest hunter. She runs her south Hillsboro farm alone, handles milking and field tasks, hauls game with a muzzle loading shotgun, and only seeks help when needed. Her long life with few illnesses underscores her vigor and self reliance.

Hillsboro Kan Chas Merion County Kansas

TEACHES PIG TO PLAY BALL

Forbes farmer Hodgin teaches his hogs to play baseball by catching ears of corn in the air and running to first base. The educated porkers show surprising fielding stunts, catching on the fly and maneuvering at difficult angles.

Forbes Mo.w Hodgin

Would Sell Husband's Body Fossil Request Stuns Museum

A Texas woman offers her deceased husband’s fossilized body to the American Museum of Natural History, saying he was no good in life and seeking a price for the relic. In Jamaica New York a 14 year old boy, Raymond Smith, survives an operation to remove a hairpin from his stomach after a week of failed attempts.

New York Museum of Natural History Texas Jamaica N. Y Raymond Smith

Yearling bull seized by Elkhart police

Elkhart, Ind. police stopped a yearling bull that escaped from a crate at an express office and rode in a patrol wagon as the strange passenger. A high wind caused a toy windmill on a shed to spin rapidly, generating friction and starting a fire at a warehouse owned by A. L. Locker.

Elkhart Ind Atchison, Kaa A L. Locker

Eagle Goes Far Aestray in Weebington Pa Farm Trap Tale

On his farm near Weebington McCollum trapped a large golden eagle the first of its species seen in the area. In Denver Sehuster prayed for a boy and his wife and the stork delivered triplets two boys and a girl.

Weebington H. B McCollum Denver Col—Hyman Sehuster Stork

Horse Unwilling Patient in Oscanenra Tragedy

Lewis White of Oscanenra New York suffered three broken ribs a shattered collarbone and internal injuries when attempting to pull a horse's tooth. He was treated and hospitalized following the accident.

Oscanenra N. Y Lewis White

Trousers Pressing Device Promises Even Crease

A New York inventor introduces a trousers presser using two plates with resilient straps and clasps to hold and press fabric. No irons needed, quick placement and constant compression ensure a neat crease without mattress folding.

New York

Witches Brooms on Trees Do Not Harm, Possibly From Mites

The leafless season reveals dark globular aggregations on many tree boughs known as Witches brooms. They arise from early bud disturbances that split into multiple twigs. They do not decay or injure the tree beyond sap loss, and may result from insect or mite irritation.

The Gardener's Patch and Other Courtly Wit

A New England gardener tale opens with two applicants and a householder choosing the one with patched overalls. A remark on facial judgment follows, then quips about women aging, men marrying, clergy marshaling fees, and a mother’s pride in looks. A woman’s letter-log counts a husband’s rental as guests’ rooms, reflecting social foibles.

Excavations on Palatine Hill Reveal Century Gaps

Excavations on the Palatine hill reveal a Necropolis containing remains from the ninth, eighth, sixth and fourth centuries before Christ. Fragments from the seventh and fifth centuries are missing, and archaeologists study the field to determine why.

Rome Palatine Hill Christ

Dremsbury Glutton Beaten by Three-Yard Hot Pudding Feat

A Dremsbury champion glutton attempted a world style eating feat by consuming a three yard long hot black pudding. He matched himself to finish within a set time but failed, managing to eat all but the final yard.

Dremsbury England

Intoxicated insects and the warning from a garden

The text describes a garden with buzzing insects drawn to a plant that exudes a chemical lure. Bees wasps and bumble bees become intoxicated, stagger and collapse for hours then recover to attempt more feeding. It warns of misled insects failing to return home and continuing work after brief descents.

Dabta Umay Boon

Bell with the Wail of a Child in Seoul

Ancient Koreans tell of a bronze bell in Seoul named for a child’s wail. A cruel ritual supposedly required a living infant to be cast into the molten metal, creating a haunting cry heard when the bell tolled, a legend still claimed by observers.

Seoul Keowee

Old Time Carving Terms Revealed in Dining Etiquette

An old magazine lists table terms from Queen Charlotte’s era showing how game was prepared for the table. It records phrases like cut up a turkey rear a goose unlace a hare wing a partridge allay a pheasant dismember a heron thigh a woodcock display a crane and seat swan Beet and mutton were carved and sportsmen favored terms for the spoil’s appearance.

Charlotte

Breakfast and luncheon dishes in traditional Japanese meals

The article describes a sunrise breakfast in Japan featuring a small truit and persimmon, kamaboko fish cakes, and tea. Luncheon begins with charvan, a clear fish bone soup, served in handleless lit ue bowls, followed by shiruiko rice cakes fried in oil with a red bean sauce.

Japan

Ant Hill Construction Through Nightly Sand Work

A vivid description explains how ants build a pebble wall around their entrance. At night they carry pebbles to fill the hole, leaving a small top gap. The last ant seals the gap from inside with sand. By morning faint antennae appear at the gaps, then one by one the ants emerge in a rush.

Checking Old Age and Cheesewire Techniques

Physiologists note aging linked to calcareous deposits clogging the body and advise dietary changes to slow decay. Practical tip describes using wire to neatly cut a whole cheese, looping ends around clothespins to form handles and pulling to split the cheese into clean sections.

Training a Pet Squirrel With Gentle Taming Methods

A historical guide explains taming a squirrel through feeding cues and repeated gentle stroking. It warns to carefully handle and restrain the animal with a cord and glove to reduce biting. The piece notes the squirrel can become attached and unlikely to run away, though it may visit its mates.

Havng

Taking Care of Goldfish

Practical guide for young readers on caring for goldfish. It recommends a broad-mouthed glass vessel nearly full of water with shells and gravel, avoiding bread crumbs, using commercial fish food, and keeping a water weed plant. Water should be changed twice weekly by siphoning with a rubber tube.

Dol y Doll Poem by Annie James

A children’s verse asks a dolly doll why it remains silent and inactive while the speaker imagines growing, playing, running, hiding, and eating if she could become the doll. The poem ends with the signer Annie James.

Care of the honey and hive storage tips

A writer in the American Bee Journal advises harvesting white honey from full supers and avoiding mixing dark fall honey with nectar from clover basswood and sweet clover. Store honey in dry warm shipping cases, check for pollen or bee bread, and smoke moth worms with caution using sulfur or alternatives, noting the flammability and danger of bisulphide or carbon methods.

American Bee Journal

Dog Driver and Night Sweep Arrives at Signal Halt

In Muskogee a street sweeper driver with a dog keeps a lit lantern and a bird. The dog walks ahead as the train crew spots the moving light and stops. The dog wags its tail as the train advances then reverses, prompting the engineer to jump down and investigate the signals. The engineer jokes he will rely on higher signals from the ground after this incident.

Muskogee

Field Peas for Hogs and Feeding Tips

South Dakota Station advises Viking peas with oats sown two bushels per acre to feed hogs. Oats keep peas off ground to prevent rot. Canada field pea with an early oats variety. drill deeply after well preparing ground. Plant in spring when soil warms. Trials show 421 lb cow peas yields per 100 lb gain vs 458 lb corn. peas are nitrogenous and balance swine rations.

South Dakota

Sweet corn as fodder feed and planting tips

Sweet corn, though sweeter than field corn, is useful for fodder. Dairymen plant early to ensure fodder supply during short range periods. An acre or two can bridge critical feed gaps. Drilling is common, with rows spaced by the width of a corn planter and plants about 12 to 15 inches apart in the row.

Millet Mix For Baby Chicks And Safe Additions

A farmer notes millet as good feed but warns against excess millet in chick mixtures. If millet dominates, blend in coarser fine corn chop. Chicks prefer what they eat, and cornmeal dough can be safe with chopped onions or green feed.

New Strawboard Process Claims Journal Use

A new strawboard manufacturing method is claimed to harden the material enough to replace Babbitt metal in machine journals. Practical tests suggest dampening makes it moldable, reduce friction, and that strawboard journals require about half the oil of standard journal metals.

Babbitt

Riddles and Jokes From a Teacher’s Page

A collection of playful quips on coats, army bayonets, threadbare garments, potatoes, babies, boots, ladies, trains and rivers. The set ends with a pun about locksmiths and walls, illustrating light humor in a classroom context.

Propagating Rose Bushes By Water Cuttings

Roses may be propagated by placing a cutting in a bottle of water and suspending it in sun warmed light. Keep water topped as it evaporates and transplant to a small pot once roots appear. Some hybrid perpetuals have been raised on their own roots this way. The method is inexpensive and easily tried despite not always succeeding.

Trustees Notices From Madison to Floyd Townships

Trustees list for Madison Mill Creek Jackson Monroe Bainbridge Floyd Marion townships shows each trustee naming weekly days and locations to transact office business, including W Knaur­er Ernest Kivett Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer and Dr Etcheson with residences and offices specified for Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday.

Madison Township W. Knauer Mill Creek Township Satuday Ernest Kivett Jackson Township Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer Monroe Township Atainbridge Drr. Etcheson Hatte Townshop Marion Township Fillmore Vite

Dr O P F Overstreet Dentist Greencastle Indiana

Dr O P F Overstreet operates a dental office in the Benee Building on South Vine Street Greencastle Indiana for patient care and public health.

Benee Building South Vine Street Greencastle, Ind

McGAUGHEY Physician and Surgeon Listing

Brief directory notice for Mm McGaughey a physician surgeon with residence at corner Groenington and Seminary streets provides office and residence telephones 227 and 339. Office in Evane Kloek Noo va Soot Vaeheoun tr.

Mm. McGaughey Groenington Seminary Streets Kloek

Commissioner’s Sale of Real Estate in Putnam County

The Putnam County Circuit Court commissioner will sell at public auction on July 25 1944 at Greencastle Court House south door. Property includes 44.30 acres south half of SW quarter section 21 12 4 and 40 acres from NW corner of NW quarter section 6 12 4. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in one year secured by mortgage at 6 percent. Riley Allen commissioner. W M Sutherlin attorney.

Putnam Circuit Court Riley Allen Et al Lydia Allen Court House Greencastle Indiana Putnam County Riley Allen W. M. Sutherlin St Wkly

Chamberlains Tablets Cure Headache and Nervousness

Mrs. Richard Olp of Spencerport New York asserts Chamberlains Tablets cured her headaches and nervousness restoring her to normal health. For sale by dealers.

Chamberlain Richard Olp Spencerport N. Y

New Feet Relief Promises Quick Comfort for Tired Feet

An advertising blurb touts Speedway as instant relief for burning, smarting feet and sore joints. It claims cooling, non staining relief with full strength application, guaranteed by A Cook Dry Company, urging immediate purchase and trial tonight.

Speedway Speed Way A. Cook Dry Company Makers of S Way

Severe Attack of Colic Cured by Remedy

KE E Cross traveling in Virginia and the South became suddenly ill with colic. At the first store a merchant recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses cured him. Do not travel without a bottle, for sale by all dealers.

KE. E. Cross Virginia Chamberlain

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