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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
3
An advertisement notes a dramatic weight of relief from stomach sourness and constipation using Adlerika and similar remedies. It cites Jones Stevens Co. and claims simple bark and glycerine formulas draw toxins, offering two doses to relieve symptoms instantly.
A letter from Iniam Orvis of Clare, Michigan praises Cham’s Collie Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as the best medicine in the world. The writer states a young girl with dysentery survived, and asserts wide dealer availability.
Mrs G Stengle of Plainfield New Jersey writes she suffered a month of stomach upset after eating. After reading Chamberlains Tablets testimonials she tried them and has taken nearly three quarters of a package and can now eat almost anything. For sale by local dealers.
In Grace E. Craig's The Coral Necklace a wealthy American girl Faire overhears Teresita, a poor hotel maid, crying over her inability to afford clothes. Faire gives her fifty francs from a coral necklace gift, easing Teresita's burdens as they share a moment of mutual support.
A short sketch describes a small gray backed sparrow known as Chippy a pet name for a whiping sparrow. The bird has a yellow brown patched wings and tail a white throat and breast and a tireless singing habit.
A London merchant in Glasgow tries to test station etiquette at St Enoch. A porter gives a brusque reply after the man boasts of polite civility, prompting a humorous clash over station names and manners.
A playful exchange about the building’s red globe at the elevator prompts chatter on service and decor. Residents joke that the color signals concern, while staff clarify it marks maintenance status and safety checks.
A boy asks the grocer for two pounds of butter exactly like a previous order. The grocer replies with patient service while noting his impartial approach to customers. The boy adds a family context about visiting relatives to avoid another visit.
Professor Grange recalls a joke about a bricklayer and a plumber debating love. The bricklayer says running away cures love, the plumber retorts he should run away with the girl to cure it. A humorous exchange ends with a sly hardup remark about a restaurant mix up and a missing overcoat.
Dialogue snippets reveal a flirty exchange with declarations of love and witty responses. A light back and forth includes playful refusals and a marriage proposal tease. The tone shifts from ardor to humor, highlighting social banter over romantic sincerity.
Four year old Barbara and her sisters attended a church service. She cried on returning home saying the preacher spoke about Mary and Martha and did not mention her at all.
A banter in a general store asks which paper sells best in summer. The proprietor jokes that fly paper outsells others due to its “catchy” content, implying a pun on attracting flies and readers. The exchange highlights light humorous commerce discourse.
A doctor tells a patient his case is serious and urges a consultation. The patient, too ill to care, agrees to bring as many accomplices as the doctor wishes.
Marie and Maude discuss Cholly's dancing talent noting his light footwork and charming stage presence. Maude suggests deeper familiarity reveals his lighter, playful traits.
Guidance on preventing glanders spread among horses. Watch for chronic nasal discharge and suspicious cases in borrowed or range horses. Isolate and disinfect stables, avoid contact with blacksmith shops and public watering zones, and maintain sanitary stables to protect owners and buyers.
A hog grower held twenty five pigs and traced costs from June 1 to sale on November 20. Grain use totaled 120 bushels oats and 315 bushels corn costing about $115 plus $6 for pasturage and $25 for the lot, yielding roughly $140 production cost. Selling at $4.10 per cwt and 240 pounds each, gross about $9.85 per hog or $240 for the lot, net profit near $100, an income over 60 percent on the investment.
Prof Soule of the Virginia Experiment Station outlines a grazing crop strategy to feed hogs. Prepare land carefully and seed alfalfa for multi season grazing, add artichokes for fall and winter feeding, and include grain to hogs at one to three pounds daily. Corn can stretch to support 25 to 50 hogs, lowering cost per pound and improving pork quality.
A Wisconsin Experiment Station note says pure bred animals tend to degenerate toward original scrub types. Lack of nutritious food accelerates this regression, preventing the full expression of superior traits inherited from pure bred sires or dams.
A charming elderly Washington socialite, known for kindness, frets over misnaming guests. She vows not to call Mrs Meggs Mrs Farrell after a mix up, finally confessing she greeted Mrs Meggs as Mrs Farrell.
A dispute erupts as Captain Pugg calmly questions an umpire after a call. Meeker insists the call stands and orders the baserunner to advance, escalating tension on the field.
Farmer Jones visits his nephew in London and dines at Cafe Royal. While waiting for their meal, the younger man asks about cerebrospinal meningitis. Uncle Jones replies he has had no such illness and would rather have fried liver and bacon.
A joke filled tale recalls 50 percent customers with quirks like a hunchbacked debtor and a blind man. A streetwise exchange about Mona’s singing versus instrumental music sits beside a burglar alarm in a pie cupboard scene.
In a short exchange a pale type writer girl explains she had a bad spell and a cruel office boy quips that she should attend night school. The remark highlights workplace teasing and the implied social setting.
Not on their heads, says Sissy Hoys to Bertie. Bertie agrees, noting How Tille’s clothes hang and don’t fit. They quip about how much worse she would look if clothing switches were on her head.
The sheriff of Putnam County Indiana advertises a public auction July 26 1913 for rents and profits of multiple parcels in Section 17 Township 12 Range 4 West totaling 162.25 acres to satisfy a decree of $1164.75 with interest and costs. If rents fail to cover the decree the sale will include the fee simple in the same place to satisfy the judgment. Dated June 28 1912.
An Owl Drug store ad claims Hollister's A. M. Tea drives constipation away. The notice urges readers to buy for 35 cents, noting benefits of improved breath, complexion, headaches, and overall energy.
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