Trustees' Notices Local Township Schedule for Office Business
Public notices list trustees announcing weekly locations and days to transact office business in Madison Mill Creek Jackson Floyd Marion and Floyd townships. Names include J W Knauer Ernest Kivety Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer and Pred Todd with days and residences specified for each trustee.
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Madison Township
J. W. Knauer
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivety
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Floyd Township
Todd
Local Medical and Dental Contacts for Greencastle
Dr O F Overstreet dentist lists office in Bence Building South Vine Street Greencastle Indiana. M McGaughey physician and surgeon resides at corner Bloomington and Seminary Streets with office and residence telephones 27 and 339. Office in Evans Klock No 24 South Jack Onetree.
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Bence
South Vine Street
Greencastle, Ind
Bloomington
Seminary Streets
Evans
South
Notice to Non-Residents in Putnam County Court
In the Putnam Circuit Court September Term 1914 Howard Rightsell et al sue James Rightsell et al for partition and sale of real estate. Non-residents James Baumunk and Lewis T. Rightsell must appear September 14 1914 to answer or demur. Arthur J. Hamrick Clerk. Allee James & Allee attorneys. Weekly July 17.
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Putnam Circuit Court
Howard Rightsell
James Rightsell
Allee
James & Allee
James Baumunk
Lewis T. Rightsell
Indiana
Greencastle
Stenographers Should Request Repeats, Not Be Timid
A writer in the Bookkeeper cautions against letting dictates slide when a speaker smokes or paces. He recalls a railroad office worker who lost his job because the dictating official paid more attention to his cigar than articulation. He notes stenographers often endure poor hearings yet avoid speaking up.
Elephant carcass used to make Frankfort sausages
A German pork butcher contracted for the Ghent Zoo elephant carcass after the animal was killed for unruly behavior. He produced about 3,800 pounds of Frankfort sausages from the meat and sold slices of the elephant's forty pound heart. The tale parallels Paris reports of lion carcass sausage.
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Ghent Zoological Gardens
Frankfort
Paris
Lyons
Self Advertisement in Science Brings Bitter Reward
The British Medical Journal says crankiness in scientists stems from high regard for science not conceit. Public misappreciation is the scientist’s bitter reward and misattribution of discoveries to latecomers shows the fate of those lacking self promotion.
General Harries Balances Duty with Business Ventures
Gen George H Harries commander in chief of the DC militia also runs an electric light company and a traction line admired for its car service. He serves on many civic committees and chats warmly about wife Mrs Harries recent wetting incident confirming the couple’s cheerful spirits.
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George H. Harries
District of Columbia
High and Low Wages for French Women Workers
Swift notes honesty in vanity, then cites France where stone cutters earn about 1.80 dollars daily, dressmakers receive 60 cents. He states 14,000,000 women in France, with most earning their own living.
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France
France Not Singular Asserts Dissent On Iconic Figures
Paris Le Matin notes that some French citizens challenge revered icons Louis XIV, Napoleon, and Joan of Arc, arguing against national pride and suggesting ongoing debates over historical judgment.
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France
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Joan of Arc
Paris
le Matin
Advice for Young Ladies by Hannah More
A reflection on decorating women in early youth and neglecting later needs. The author argues that early youth is overadorned while later life requires preparation, stressing practical guidance over superficial ornament. A moral exhortation to balance appearance with lasting preparation.
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Hannah
Curious Damescope Found in York Records from Elizabeth Era
A correspondent notes a curious Damescope of York records from the Elizabeth Marmaduke Clari onett period. The item sounds like a character from a later burlesque or Notes and Queries.
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York
Elizabeth Marmaduke Clarionett
Couldn't Lose Poker Story Hero Line
A clipped line hints at luck or momentum in a poker themed narrative with boastful, wry tone suggesting rising fortunes for a central character.
The Happy Neighbors
A village quarrel frames two farmers in a verbal clash. Barry argues against Peleg over a dispute with Farmer Winrow and Farmer Hayboy Yey presenting the opposing side as the proper path.
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Farmer Winrow
Barry
Farmer Hayboy
Yey
Peleg
Wealth in Swedish Bogs Contained Peat reserves
Sweden's bogs are estimated to hold 10,000 million tons of air dried peat. This amount, compared with current coal imports, could fuel the nation for about 1,600 years.
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Sweden
High Grade Milk Demands Exceptional Dairymen
Professor C B Lane of the US Department of Agriculture explains that producing certified or market milk profitably and purely is not for amateurs. A truly capable dairyman must manage breeding and health, feed economics, disease indicators, and herd conditions to ensure milk is pure and wholesome, with occasional bacterial spikes traced to animal illness.
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C. B. Lane
Dairy Division
United States
Department of Agriculture
The Three Graces of the Dairy Business
The passage extols three dairy products cream types and outlines best practices. It stresses cleanliness in milking, thorough washing of pails utensils and separ- ators, cooling and uniform storage of each cream lot, ventilation and fly control, and regular delivery to the creamery, moving more often in summer than winter.
Clean Milk Practices for Safe Dairy Handling
Guidance on cooling milk promptly, maintaining clean air in the dairy, and separating milk after milking. Emphasizes pure milk and cream as essential foods and warns against foul air around storage and processing areas. Notes epidemics from contaminated milk and emphasizes sanitary conditions.
Window for Cow Stables in Efficient Dairying
Advice on stable design emphasizes muslin covered windows for subdued light and ventilation. It argues profitability hinges on cows paying for feed and care, condemning dairy cows that do not profit as robbers and should not be allowed to live.
Good Dairy Cow Shape Described for Herd Management
The good dairy cow is wedge shaped with a wide rear and narrow front. She is narrow at the shoulders and wide between the forelegs, providing room for abundant feed and a large heart indicating strong arterial circulation.
Do not be a brute with fowls and do not let anyone else who is brui sh go among them
In kindliness there is as much profit for the owner as there is pleasure for the birds.
Plain Common Jealousy Behind Marriage Objections
The passage argues jealousy underlies objections to a wife’s religion and notes that wives should support husbands who are blind and quiet. It comments on homely appearances, social visiting habits, and the idea that some women gain husbands by posing as man haters. It claims marriage is easier than divorce and reflects on women's satisfaction in choosing husbands in peacetime.
Household FJUNTS Spiced Peaches Recipe
Instructions for preserving peaches with sugar vinegar and spices. Use six pounds fruit three pounds sugar one pint vinegar two cloves and cinnamon in a cheese cloth bag. Boil syrup then cook peaches until tender, jar and seal. Process skins similarly to preserved whole peaches.
Fruit Preserving Method with Blueberries and Spices
A recipe method describes grating nutmeg and cinnamon, tying spices in a muslin bag, scalding vinegar with sugar, adding a spice bag raisins and cooking until tender. Then add blueberries cook briefly, remove fruit, boil syrup, and pour over fruit before sealing. Store in a cool dry place.
Actor asks for line about salary refusal
A neatly dressed actor visits the dramatic editor of the Detroit Free Press and asks for a line noting he refused a $1,000 weekly salary from the opposition. He also asks to borrow a quarter and muses on universal peace, joking about women playing bridge for stakes.
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Detroit Free Press
Aunt scolds niece over flirtation with Thorpe
A fragment shows an aunt chiding her niece for associating with boys and objecting to Thorpe. The niece asserts the youth’s face isn’t as smooth as it appears.
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Thorpe
Our Nutty Nero Novelette Ends In Grim Showdown
Fragmentary tale depicts Nero threatening a grisly deed in a crowded hall. A chorus of spectators, including wives, watches as the timer counts down to the strike with no one stepping forward. The suspense builds as the crowd remains motionless while the deed unfolds.
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Wilil
I do not love you Doctor Fell in verse
A satirical poem mocks old time doctors for using cruel tools and harsh procedures while modern practitioners are blamed for excessive surgery. The speaker compares old remedies to gruesome methods. The verse laments invasive treatments and calls for reform.
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Doctor Fell
Kingdom Come
Lim
Oriu
Questioning Doctor Skimum’s Death Method
A fragment suggests Dr Skimum died by suicide with an implied self prescribed method. The text questions how he might have chosen the means and hints it was “prescribed for himself.”
Porter Delivers Valuables to Morgan Office
A Ku hn Loeb and Company porter was sent with a valuable package to J Pierpont Morgan amid staff leaving. After repeated instructions to present the item to Mr Morgan of J P Morgan and Company only, Morgan and associates were alerted and the porter identified himself before delivering the papers.
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Kuln, Loeb and Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
J. P Morgan and Company
Morgan
Mawgan
There goes the Lord's nickel
A boy named Donney loses a five cent piece tossed toward church. He searches a cellar grate and, with a wry note, observes that the coin has disappeared, muttering that it was the Lord's nickel.
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Iis
Dennis Denounces Spelling Reform Misspelling Gunplay
Dennis questions the letters MUDCCCXCviii over the post office bulleing. Hogan explains they read eighteen hundred ninety eight. Dennis wonders if spelling reform is being carried too far in this exchange.
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Dennis
Hogan
Stranger Seeks Mr O Toole Doorway Meeting
In a terse exchange at a doorway Mrs O Toole blocks entry with a rough stick as a stranger asks for Mr O Toole. The brief confrontation hints at a tense meeting about a private matter.
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Mrs. O'toole
Mr O' Toole
Parrot Tales Told At Dinner In Chicago
A Peary recounts two parrot brothers in a humorous exchange. One parrot dies after being shot down by a pheasant hunter who overhears a final insult. The survivor watches a countryman approach a roof and the parrot asks what he wants as the man descends.
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Robert T. Peary
Chicago
New York
Thoughtful Wife Debates Brown Decor in Study Plan
In a light exchange, Mrs Goldrocks suggests decorating the study in deep brown as her husband prefers a brown themed space. The playful remark appears in the Milwaukee Sentinel as a vignette of domestic humor.
Antique table sparks debate at home purchase
Mrs Newlyrich praises the table she bought as an antique while her husband questions the price. He notes he paid one hundred dollars and suggests a new piece might have been cheaper or better. The exchange shows differing views on value and taste.
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Mrs. Newlyrich
Real Distinction In West End Family Not in Who's Who
A young West End matron rues absence from Who's Who while her family includes a famed clergyman father and literary siblings. Her sister consoles that though not in Who's Who, Belle is the sole family member in the telephone directory, a costly distinction.
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West End
Belle
Climbing Rhythm Pushes Speed to Ten to Twenty Miles
A Cleveland Plain Dealer verse notes rapid climbing and boosting pace with engines drumming. The speaker revels in speeds of ten to twenty miles an hour, savoring a thrill from the rolling motion and the whish of motion.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sudden Stage Death Shocks Theaters In Two Cities
A dramatic note reports the sudden death of a leading actor while performing in Chicago and New York’s Heliéan stage. The manager telegraphed to offer the role at 150 dollars weekly, but the reply refused the job twice that amount.
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Chicago
New York
Hialtoan
Weathered Prose on Salvation and Solace from Atlanta
A fragmentary quotation from the Atlanta Constitution notes that even wealth cannot price salvation. It reflects on conscience as a shelter in cloudy weather and a lone good man awaiting providence, with angels distant and land providing yet reluctance to see roving men.
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Atlanta Constitution
In Search of Peace
A maid seeks quiet after tiring of newlyweds and asks for a peaceful posting. The proprietress offers a place with ten-year married occupants, but the maid declines seeking true quiet.
Notice to gravel road contractors in Putnam County Indiana
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for 823515 feet of macadam road on the George W Landes road in Greencastle Township. Bids due August 12, 1914 at 2 p.m. at the Auditor's office. Bonds double bid, west surety resident in county. Right to reject bids reserved. Posters dated July 18 to August 1.
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Board of Commissioners
County of
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Greencastle Township
Putnam County
George W. Landes
Auditor's
Tucker W W Physician and Surgeon Office Greencasty
Dr W W Tucker, physician and surgeon, maintains an office on Vine Street between Wasa and Welnat Streets in Greencasty.
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Vine Street
Wasa and Welnat St. Greencasty
Notice to Non-Residents Foreclosure Suit in Putnam Court
Notice to non residents Minnie L. Miller and J Albert Miller in Delilah EF Sutherlin vs Minnie L Miller et al Complaint No 8641. Plaintiff by William M Sutherlin files for foreclosure with affidavit of non residency and warns appearance required at Putnam Circuit Court on Sept 17 1914 at Greencastle Court House. William M Sutherlin attorney. St Wkly July 24th.
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Putnam Circuit Court
Delilah EF. Sutherlin
Minnie L. Miller
William M. Sutherlin
J. Albert Miller
Indiana
A. D
Court House
Greencastle
Quick Cure for Diarrhoea with Chamberlains Remedy
The most prompt cure for diarrhoea is Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Given at first sign of looseness, one dose is nearly always enough to effect a cure. Keep at hand for instant use. For sale by all dealers.
Notice of Administration in Putnam County Indiana
The clerk of the circuit court of Putnam County Indiana appoints Chaney R Knight administrator of the estate of Samuel Rightsell deceased The estate is presumed solvent Dated July 1 1914 James Allee and Allee attorneys St SD July 17
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Circuit Court
Putnam County
State of Indiana
Samuel Rightsell
Indiana
Chaney R. Knight
Allee, James & Allee
Attys
St SD
Speedway foot relief promises instant calm for tired feet
An advertisement touts Speedway as a fast acting foot relief. It claims cooling, non staining, non burning, soothing effect for feet and sprains, with a money back guarantee by A. Cook Company and partners.
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Speedway
A. Cook Company
Makers of Way
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Marion Township
Wil Rector
DR. O. F. Overstreet
Y M. McGaughey
Arthur J. Hamrick
Pearl Newgent
Piffs
Indianapolis
Louisville
Soacoare
Camphreys
Homeo
Ledicive Co
Williams
Hamphreys
Wiliam St
Swift
Homorye
He Wanted
Nan
the Great
Nero
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Donney
Collect
Brother Dickey
L. Airhart
Putnadin County
St Hid
W. W. Tucker
Putnam Coun
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St Wkly
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