Local social notes from Greencastle and visitors
Several residents and visitors are noted in Greencastle including Miss Dorothy Gantz from Mattoon and Miss Nellie Lockridge from Roachdale. Army trucks pass through town toward Camp Knox while Mrs. J B Trimble visits from New York. The piece also lists hospital stays, weddings, travels to Louisville and Serpent Mound, and local business and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette State Military Company
Greencastle
Camp Knox
Louisville
Bob the Faithful Dog in Death Defying Desert Tragedy
A dog named Bob guards his dead master after a hunting trip near the Mojave. The faithful Airedale starves by the camp while vultures and coyotes circle, remaining with the body for five days. The piece reflects on canine fidelity versus human hunger and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Daily 4
Bob
Mojave Desert
Man
Laborers Wanted at Indiana Port Land Cement Plant Limedale
Classified notice invites laborers for permanent positions at the Indiana Port Land Cement Company plant in Limedale. Also offers a gas stove for sale and mentions an ice cream festival at Brick Chapel Church on Saturday evening July 14 featuring Angel Food and Banana Cake. Another ice cream festival is advertised for Mt Meridian Church on Saturday night July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Portland Cement Company
Limedale
Brick Chapel Church
Mt. Meridian Church
Little Mother Happy Again After Nine Years
A testimonial states long distress from constipation and stomach trouble ended after a course of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy two years ago. The preparation is described as removing catarrhal mucus and allaying inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose proves results, money refunded. Sold by leading druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Rent Rooms for DePauw Students in Greencastle
University asks Greencastle residents to offer simple comfortable rooms for male DePauw students. Respond with name address phone number number of rooms type and monthly price, aiming for reasonable rates. Contact W Henry McLean Assistant to the President with full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Devon University
W. Henry McLean
DePauw
Cling to Ancient Custom Reflected in Scutari Marriage
Rose Wilder Lane recalls a Scutari household where tribal law governs marriage. A grandmother recalls forced marriages and dowries, and a daughter reflects on coercion and obedience. The piece contrasts modern city life with enduring ancestral rules in mountain tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scutari
Lee
Rose Wilder Lane
World Traveler Magazine
Divers Seek Gold From Wrecked Laurentic Off Ireland
Divers search the Laurentic wreck off the north Irish coast for buried bullion from a 1917 torpedoed liner. The Raver sails to Lough Swilly to recover remaining gold, with about 7.5 million dollars already retrieved from a 25 million dollar cargo.
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Raver
Portsmouth
Lough Swilly
United States
Ireland
American plans to scatter handbills over Paris by air
A young American rented an airplane at Bourget field to drop handbills in Paris. The fliers offer lunches with various Parisian figures from artists to a nobleman, promising music and conversation in exchange. The message lists the advertiser as Lionel P. Tompkins from an American agency. from Le Petit Parisien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourget Field
Paris
Capitol
Lionel P. Tompkinse
le Petit Parisien
The
Kansas City Star
Economy Store ad lists groceries and prices in old font
An Economy Store advertisement lists items with unit prices including corn flakes 38 for, beef cuts 30 to 40 cents per pound, bacon 30 cents, sugar cured bacon 20 cents, ham 30 cents, lard, beef liver 25 cents, pork items 20 to 26 cents, Polarine oil 70 cents, Mazda electric bulbs, peanut butter 20 cents, flour 80 cents per bag, and enamelware. The store proclaims better quality and fixed low prices at the old red front on the east side of the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazda
NED Ig
Red Front
Guatemalan jail tale turns prisoner into college
A U S church member reported a horse theft to police in Guatemala but was jailed for two years. In prison he built a self taught college with courses from lawyers and educated inmates. After a rebellion frees prisoners, the jail once again fills, but no church members remain.
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Guatemala
United States
Car Recall Brings Laughter After Horsebound Husband Steers In
In a humorous exchange a husband, new to driving a car after years of horse travel, parked near a curb and shouted whoa to the wheel as onlookers laughed at his misstep. His wife found the moment embarrassing yet telling of the transition from horse to automobile.
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J. M. Skinner
Commercial Place
J. W Bartlett
Dorothy Gantz
Mattoon, Ills
George Christie
Nellie Lockridge
Roachdale
Stella Shoptaugh
Rose
Hattie Joslin
Fillmore
Dr. C. F. Overstreet
Mrs. Overstreet
Bay View, Mich
Fred Hixon
Allegheny College
Hixon
Alegheny College
Laura Canady
J. B. Trimble
New York
Charles J. Arnold
Raymond Orr
Indianpolis
Orr
Charles Broadstreet
Margaret Bicknell
Jeanette McWethy
Mark Bills
Mary Hester
Helen
Florida
Indiana
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Ed. Hamilton
A. J. Duff
George R. Harney
Serpent Mound
Ohio
Adams County
Mrs. A. S. Young
Chicago
Mrs. Milligan Young
South College Avenue
H. L. Trick
Mr. Trick
Trick Bros
Paul Poynter
Sullivan
Mr. Poynter
St. Peterburg
Morton Acord
Madison Street
Acord
Martinsvile
Hattie Hampton
Fred DeHaven
Hallie ‘Bridges King
New York City
Everett Jones
Muncie
W. W. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Billy
L. T. Hurst
Mary Bond
Timothy Bond
Reelaville
Bernice Pryor
Bloomington
Estelle Hamrick
Fenton Lawler
Ben Davis
Oscar Webster
Rae Masten
Clarence Stevens
Mattoon
Ill
Louis Koessler
Thelma
Walter Williams
Methodist Hospital
Charles Ray
Matt and
Jeff
George Tallard Bowers
Call Herald Office
Shipley’s
Grand Central Hotel
Airdale
Wm. Eiteljorge
Allen Bros
Putnam County Hospital
Lowis B. Cowgill
E. Frenklin &T
Grand Centralotel
Mrs. Farmer
Herald
Opera House
Ook
Mer
Charles Chaplin
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
William Fox
Dustin Farnum
Aesop’s
Fables
Pathe News Weekly
Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
Via
Thire, Sy
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction CO
John J. Pershing
U. S
Henri Gourand
Doogle
Indiana Street
Leuteke
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