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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
2
Fragment of a newspaper masthead from Greencastle Indiana listing the Star-Democrat Publishing Company address at 17 and 1% South Jackson Street and staff roles for editors and circulation. Includes pricing and postal details for second class mail.
An urging ad notes cholera morbus risk from delays in medicine and recommends keeping Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand. It claims the remedy never fails and has saved lives, selling for a quarter through all dealers.
Commencing June 1 the Monon Route offers round trip tickets to Atlantic and Pacific Coast points as well as Colorado and Michigan at greatly reduced fares. A vard addressed to the undersigned will bring literature and complete information by return mail. W. W. Gilgis Traveling Passenger Agent Monon Route Bedford and
Greencastle residents read that a single Adlerika dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and related ingredients relieves constipation sour stomach or gas instantly. The ad touts rapid action and says the mixture draws off old foul matter and even cured appendicitis. Sold by Jones Stevens druggists.
The advertisement claims Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy cures stomach liver and intestinal ailments with benefits lasting after a single dose. It asserts improved digestion blood health eye clarity and brain activity and offers free literature from Geo H Mayr Mfe Chemist with Greencastle and local druggists selling the product.
A Southern cotton buyer habitually paid half and left a note for the rest. After a $1,500 purchase with an $8,000 price tag, he paid cash and offered a note for another $1,500. The merchant then produced a shawl as a gift and finally accepted the note, concluding with the buyer choosing the shawl.
A buyer notes light toned taf fetas for house and evening wear and predicts strong demand for sating crepes and new soft corded silk weaves. Corded silk is on view in advance models, while a debutante season model features white corded wool with satin trim and Venise lace accents.
Fashion notes point to increased width at the skirt bottom among advancing models while the upper skirt remains smooth and fitted. Some designers favor sweeping folds and plaits, yet most lines stay straight and clinging, with only minor silhouette changes in tailored costumes.
An English tourist in Switzerland fell gravely ill at a hotel and asked for a doctor. A well dressed man entered, asked what ailed him, and when told the man claimed the tourist could not walk or speak well. The intruder then looted the watch and purse before leaving.
Two boys in class scolded for bad behavior are kept after school to write names. One boy protests the unfairness saying the other boy’s name is Bush while his is Schluttermeyer. The incident is noted in World’s Wit.
A customer questions why cuffs cost twice as much, and the manageress explains that the staff waste time deciphering pencil notes on the cuffs, making the service more expensive.
Sam confronts his wife Mirandy about a chicken she claims is so fresh it supposedly came daily from the neighbor's door. The dusky companion defends the bird, saying its freshness furthers their joys and sorrows at home.
The dialogue contrasts glow-worms and fireflies emitting light with no heat, while a wasp has no light yet its actions generate noticeable heat. The exchange notes apparent contradictions in common observations.
Fabrics for house and evening wear gain favor in light toned taffetas trimmed with wool and corded silk. The report highlights versatile combinations suitable for women’s fashion, noting the material’s graceful drape and stylish options.
London Lord Rosebery opened the Auld Brig of Ayr restoration funded by Burns clubs raising $50,000. In a warm address he warned wealth dulls genius, citing Burns avoided Jamaica’s luxury and slavery while contemplating wealth that could have altered his literary output.
A box about the length of a kitchen table and eight inches square, lined with white ollcloth except one long side, hangs on the wall above the table for spices and baking powder. Cover the top with colored ollcloth to hang like a curtain. Brass screw eyes on each end hold kettle hooks, with penciled eyes to imply age.
In Kohler's address power is a trust from a higher source and must uplift the weak. He argues responsibility as the era’s core, countering selfish use of force with mutual aid and protections for the less privileged, urging the educated and powerful to act as guardians rather than conquerors.
A grim tally of major turret and gun explosions from the Princeton in 1844 to the Missouri in 1904 and related incidents. Names include the Massachusetts Iowa and Boston mis sourced vessels with fatalities ranging from three to thirty one and ongoing dangers from target practice and proving grounds.
Dr Creidenberg reports on a study into child personal crisis cases in Russia, noting varied causes from nervous diseases to exam fears and family quarrels. He cites 436 such deaths in state schools in one year and shows fluctuating counts linked to governmental control, suggesting reaction and suicides are connected.
In Berlin twenty one Mormon missionaries were given three days to leave Germany after an order by Interior Minister Dallwitz. Among them were three American students who witnessed the round up. The U S Charge d Affaires appealed to Germany’s Foreign Office to suspend the expulsions for the students. authorities indicated the request would be considered. In Braneceville New Jersey Howard Cole killed a white groundhog with a club on John McDonald’s farm, the first seen in Sussex County and to be mounted.
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