Notice of Private Sale of Greencastle Real Estate
Executors of John G. McCoy estate will offer by sealed bids on August 15, 1914, at 10 a.m. the South Jackson Street property in Greencastle Putnam County Indiana. Bids to be received at C C Gillen’s law office Greencastle. Property lies four blocks from courthouse and two from West College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. McCoy
Putnam Circuit Court of Indiana
Putnam
Indiana
Greencastle
C. C. Gillen
South Jackson Street
Court House
West College
John L. McCoy
Benton Curtis
Atty
Notice of Letting of Building Contract in Putnam Co Indiana
Trustee OTVO B Rector invites sealed bids for a school house in Marion School Township Putnam County Indiana. Bids due by 2 pm August 8 1914 with certified check and bid bond. Specifications on file. right to reject bids. Posters weekly July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion School
Putnam County
Indiana
Fillmore
Greencastle
Otvo B. Rector
Manior Township
Doan's Kidney Pills Confirm Local Testimony
A Greencastle resident George W. Wood testifies to long kidney troubles and back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He confirms earlier statements and endorses the remedy as effective. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
George W. Wood
Doan
Jones, Stevens Co
Mr. Wood
Foster-Miburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Colombian Etiquette Shakes Hands and Inquires Daily
An observer notes a customs in Colombia where arriving South Americans greet each person with a handshake and ask after their health and relatives. A Bogota merchant explains the daily greeting extends a routine business walk to nearly an hour due to these courtesy steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Marta
Colombia
Bogota
The Silver Locusts Joke of a Prairie Chief
A Western commissioner mocks a great chief who tells a locust plague tale. The chief quietly counters with a fatal jab about offering a silver paleface to appease the Great Spirit, exposing the folly of the mocker.
Golf at High Altitudes and Rarefied Air
The article notes how air density at 6000 feet elevation in Johannesburg alters golf ball flight. A misty still day reduces distance by five to ten yards versus a windy day. A driving contest showed carry distances of 221 and 22 yards, yet top amateurs surpassed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Speech and Humor At Cleveland NEA Dinner
Booker T. Washington spoke at a Cleveland dinner hosted by the National Educational Association. He recounted a minister story about a church fire as the sermon reached a peak, then urged the crowd to wake the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
National Educational Association
Booker T. Washington
South
Brother Ones
Automobile parts boom tests old lines and new makers
The article notes many manufacturers plan to produce auto parts but face shortages as demand for 1910 output grows. It warns that shifting to parts could hurt established industries, while profits in parts shift toward a normal competitive level amid rapid innovations and many inventors. It also recounts Arctic explorer W J Bower’s discovery of the Nunacaotics tribe and copper deposits, plus a Washington reception misidentity anecdote involving Commander Robert E Peary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bower
Prince Albert Land
Nunacaotics
Bower
Bowers
Point Harrow
Washington
Nebraska
Robert E Peary
The Captain's Repartee and German Capital Punishment
A ship captain grows irritable amid tourist questions while a dapper youth asks about a commotion off the starboard side. The captain jokes about a cat fish having kittens. In Germany capital punishment persists with 98 executions in seven years, Silesia leading with 211. Berlin has none, with executions sent to Ploetvensee for the guillotine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Prussia
Silesia
Brandenburg
Posen
Rhineland
Berlin
Ploetvensee
Didn't Forget Himself Waif Offers Prayer in Deaconess Home
A three year-old waif in a deaconess home volunteers a prayer. He asks God to bless all in the home by name and all sailors at sea that ships won’t harm them and all poor boys and girls may have bread and candy. He ends by blessing Alfred Warren Randall and hesitating over the nightgown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Warren Randall
Woman's Opportunity and Health for the era
Good sense is the greatest preservative of health. Never before have women had such a chance in the world as today in this country. The chance will avail nothing unless they have the health to seize it and the vigor to hold it.
Duties of a Military Attache
The duties of a military attache are to acquaint himself with changes in military affairs and to report on mobilization armament and equipment of the power he is accredited to.
The Guest of Honor At Lord Avebury’s Operation
A characteristic tale recalls Lord Avebury facing a surgical procedure. Friends urged chloroform but he declined saying he preferred to be present at the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Avebury
Not a Profitable Job in Uncle Eben's Talk
A humorous Uncle Eben remark declares dodging work as a habit that keeps a person busy and fretting nearly all day, critiquing idleness as a vain occupation. The line reflects dialect and social humor typical of rural or period vernacular.
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Eben
Harness to Stop Kick Prone Horses In Canada
A Canadian inventor introduces a harness to curb kicking horses. It includes a belly and back bandage with a head strap over the eyes, side rings, dopples with pulleys, and ropes to limit the hind feet. The device aims to deter kicking by restricting leg movement and creating a tiring, inevitable resistance.
Cattle and hog barrier device featured by Missouri Valley Farmer
Farmers may let horses and cattle roam between fields while keeping hogs in with a fencing device. Nail two 18 inch planks to posts across an opening, with 15 inch stakes apart. A hog can pass between but cannot turn to jump both planks, while horses and cattle can cross easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley Farmer
Corn as Sheep Feed Fattening with Clover Balance
Corn makes a strong fattening feed for sheep when fed with care. It contains about 60 percent starch and 6 percent oil, both highly digestible. Starch heats and fatten effect. oil adds fat. Do not feed corn alone. pair with clover hay in equal weights during fattening to meet growth needs.
Seed quality dictates cantaloupe profits says expert
R N Blinn of Colorado Agricultural College warns that seed reliability drives crop profits. Mixtures or poor seed can ruin a season, especially for cantaloupes with tight market demands, as shown by early Rocky Ford experiences where mixed seeds lowered field value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Blinn
Colorado Agricultural College
Rocky Ford
Making Good Sized Herd From Three Sow Offspring
The piece discusses turning three sows into a self supporting herd in a couple of years with good care. Boars may be sold to neighbors or at scales while most sows could become breeders. Investment is about 160 dollars and promises strong returns among livestock ventures.
Water and Horse Care in the Field
The speaker urges equal care for horses and workers in the field noting horses endure tougher work and must be watered and supplied, just as people carry water for themselves. The message emphasizes humane, practical treatment of working animals during labor.
Our Nutty In Novelette Hero Rescues Stranger at Sea Dock
A dramatic rescue unfolds as a hero dives into the surf to save a woman from a watery grave at the dock. Doctors crowd the scene while the rescued woman lies nearby in a clingy gown as the hero explains the stranger is not related wife or sister, but a jewelry buyer who owes him a four hundred dollar ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Guards
Fragmented 1900s prose notes mix wit and world events
The garbled OCR text blends quirky lines about suffragists, finance wordplay, a London tragedy, Spanish riots, and a joke on pie wedges. It mentions an Oxford man harming himself after seeing his wife’s portrait and cites John Armstrong Chaloner asking for an income rise from 17 000 to 82 000 a year to fund publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Armstrong Chaloner
Household Hints Fruit Salad Dressing and Marshmallow Pudding
Instructions describe fruit salad dressing with melted butter flour milk sugar and whipped cream. Marshmallow pudding mixes marshmallows nuts whipped cream and sugar, to stand several hours.
Old Fashioned Hard Gingerbread Recipe Card
A brief vintage recipe lists one cup molasses and hot water, two and a half cups lard, one teaspoon salt, saleratus, and ginger. It instructs mixing with flour to a stiff dough, chilling, rolling to one fourth inch, and baking in a quick oven.
Not an Art Exhibit. Weary Guest-My Goodness
An odd collection of dialogue and wry exchanges features a dentist remarking on gold flakes in a tooth and a victim quipping about a back collar button. A partisan quip about not taking sides and a social gathering with talkative guests round out the scene.
Notice of Executor for Indiana Estate
The undersigned appointed by the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana as executor of the last will of Jeanette I Ellison, late of Putnam County deceased. Estate stated as solvent. Dated July 6 1914. Jackson Boyd Executor Weekly July 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Putnam County
State of
Indiana
Jeanette I. Ellison
Jackson Boyd
Wkly
Woman's Duty to Herself Promotes Health
A Woman’s Duty to Herself urges women to maintain health for happiness, noting indigestion and constipation as common issues. Mrs H C Getty of Indiana Pennsylvania reports Chamberlain's Tablets cured her ailments and improved her overall well being, with sale through dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Getty
Indiana
Chamberlain
Notice of Administration for Samuel Rightsell Estate
The undersigned, appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana, acts as Administrator of the estate of Samuel Rightsell late of Putnam County deceased. The estate is to be settled under Indiana law with appropriate administration steps forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Putnam County
State of Indiana
Samuel Rightsell
Indiana
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