Greencastle Star-Democrat publisher details
The Greencastle Star-Democrat published every afternoon except Sunday by Star-Democrat Publishing Co. at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana editor Charlee J Arnold and city editor T Bittinetas. Subscription rates list home delivery 6 cents a week and mail at 2 cents per copy. Postage and filing notes appear.
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Star-Democrac Publishing Co
South Jackson Street
Greencastle
Indiana
Doan’s Kidney Pills Gain Praise From Greencastle Readers
Thirty thousand voices praise Doan’s Kidney Pills for backache kidney and bladder relief. Miss Jane Albin of Greencastle Indiana reports kidney discomfort heavy work pains dizziness and fatigue eased after using Doan’s. Her condition improved quickly and she has had no trouble since. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
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Dean
Greencastle
Jane Albin
Illinois St
Ind
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United
Time table change announced for rail service
Terre Haute Indiana line announces an important timetable change effective Sunday May 26 1912. East and west bound schedules list multiple arrivals with limited services marked by t and notes for specific stops including Greencastle and Brazil. Rupert Bartley serves as agent.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co
Brazil
di T. H
B. Co
Greencastle
New Business Deal for Rubber Tired Cabs for Hire
City transport ad offers rubber tired cabs for trains or city calls with price 16 cents. Prompt service guaranteed at all times. "Cabs for parties and funerals" available on short notice. Phone No. 56.
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Catalog Ad
Historical advert listing a wide range of remedies with prices for infants children and adults. Claims over fifty years use and free medical book offer. Includes remedies for diarrhea coughs colds bronchitis toothache headache vertigo indigestion rheumatism bleeding piles laryngitis malaria fevers and more. Published by Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
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Humphreys
Umphreys' Homeo, Medicine CO
Cormer
Ham and
Aun Streets
New York
Strange Civil War Essay of a Negro Soldier’s Recovery
A physician recalls treating Samson a Black veteran after Bull Run. A spent shell fragment lodged in his brain, and after surgery he regained speech and memory. The account links wartime trauma with a Rediscovery of identity and asks how memory persists.
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Bull Run
Washington
G. Guffing Wilcox
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Samson
Hannah
Paris
Germany
Richmond
Summer House for Poultry Coop Shown in Illustration
A small poultry house designed for hot weather provides comfortable shelter for 50 to 60 hens. It measures eight by twelve feet with a front seven feet high and rear 4 1 2 feet, built of light framing and inch siding. It includes two south facing 12 by 16 inch windows, ventilation shutter, wire mesh, rear roosts, droppings platform, nest platform, and whitewashed interior. Construction costs are estimated at $12 to $15 with good lumber and several coats of paint.
Fowls Market Water Injection Method
Experts report injecting about 8 percent of an animal’s weight in water immediately after slaughter improves meat quality. An attachment by two Indiana men uses a hose and hollow point to inject water through the breast, with the water kept at 50 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour or more before chilling.
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Indiana
Feeding Fowls for Health and Exercise
Advice on poultry feeding: morning empty crops, scatter grain early to promote activity, midday warm moistened mash to appetite, and a liberal grain scatter at roost time. Emphasizes keeping fowls busy and active throughout the day.
Oyster Shells for Fowls and Egg Shells Debate
Experiments show hens may obtain shell material from varied feed without added oyster shells. Feeding shells is unnecessary if poultry diet already provides adequate lime for egg production.
Plans to transform Mesopotamia’s deserts into fertile land
London reports the Turkish government pushes a $150,000,000 irrigation scheme to irrigate the Euphrates delta, with a British dam under construction. The project aims to flood plains to produce grain capable of influencing world cereal markets, echoing ancient fertility myths of the Garden of Eden and the delta’s historic role as a global breadbasket.
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London
England
Mesopotamia
William Willcocks
Euphrates
Herodotus
Prince George William of Cumberland killed in auto crash
Vienna reports that Prince George William of Cumberland and his chamberlain Von Greve died when a car crash occurred during a high speed run. The prince, unable to operate pedals due to illness, used a self designed device that kept him bound to the car. Von Greve attempted to save him before both were crushed as the vehicle overturned. The chauffeur survived with minor injuries.
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Vienna
George William of Cumberland
von Greve
Prince George
van Greve
Riot greet new warden at Folsom prison in Sacramento
Hundreds of convicts roared and cursed at the first night of James A. Johnston as warden of Folsom State Prison. The uproar lasted three hours from 9 p.m. with shouts for outgoing Warden W H Reilly and for the incoming Johnston. A gunshot over the crowd ended the noise as guards faced resignations from D I Wood Frank Ramirez A Yorki W McFadden and J McKnight.
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Sacramento
James A. Johnston
Folsom State Prison
Johnston
W. H. Reilly
Reilly
Bedlam
Folsom
D. I. Wood
Frank Ramirez
A. Yorki
W. McFadden
J. McKnight
Diamonds Found Inside Trout in New York Hotel
A trout opened at the Waldorf hotel in Trout, New York, revealed it had swallowed a platinum chain three inches long and three diamonds, a curious discovery reported as a hotel curios item.
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New York
Waldorf Hotel
Variety of Omelet Recipes Show Kids How to Cook
A historical cooking note presents multiple omelet styles including Fruit Caramel Cheese and Ham omelets with stepwise guidance. Instructions cover folding technique, heating, and ingredients like eggs milk cornstarch cheese almonds and maple syrup. A closing line warns that the family should not wait for the omelet.
Leftover Dishes Offer Quick Meal Ideas
Practical guidance on using small meat remnants including ham in omelets sandwiches and cakes. Recipes cover minced liver with onions puree, sausage and rice cakes, Yankee toast ponch and bacon butter toast with lettuce garnish, plus storage of boiled ham meat in a jar for lasting sandwich filling.
Plenty of Room. A Comic Jab About Medals
A satirical cartoon caption from Punch mocks a stout general who can wear all his medals. The dialogue suggests amusement at his size and the impracticality of displaying honors. The item reflects period humor and social commentary on military status.
Brooder for Little Chicks from Missouri Valley Farmer
Arthur S. Wenger of Dayton Virginia describes a fireless brooder for 25 to 50 chicks. The design uses a two by two frame with a mesh front and muslin covered hover, a sliding door, and a low roofed coop that nests over floorboards. The hover box includes a muslin frame with a burlap cover and hay bedding for warmth.
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Arthur S. Wenger
Dayton
Missouri Valley Farmer
Bedbugs in Chicken House Remedies
The article discusses various old fashioned methods to fight bedbugs in poultry houses. It warns turning sheep into houses is ineffective and describes treatments including boiling whitewash with turpentine, taroline mixture, and a mix of turpentine ammonia kerosene with gum camphor. It advises burning and whitewashing roosts and nests before reuse.
Insect Powder for Fowls Receipt
A dated receipt describes making insect powder for fowls using one pint crude carbolic acid three pints gasoline plaster of Paris and a sieve. The mixture is stirred until wet absorbed dried evaporated and sieved into a ready to use powder.
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Plaster of Paris
Poultry Notes on Breeding and Care
Practical advice for poultry keepers emphasizing balanced breeding, egg production, and ventilation. Cautions against overbearing roosters and repetitive diets while noting that early laid eggs produce Marly turkeys and that wattles help sexing fowl. Breeding, housing health, and meat characteristics are discussed.
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