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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
3
Ad extols Speedway as a fast acting pain reliever for rheumatism lumbago sore tendons tired feet and muscular soreness. It promises soothing relief on application with a free directions booklet and a risk free large bottle offer, tracing origins to an old Scotch physician and its American introduction.
Notice of sale by courtappointed commissioner in the partition action James A ullugh versus Milison Godreth. On June 13 1914 the commissioner will offer for cash the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 17 township 14 north range 5 west in Putnam County Indiana at the courthouse south door at 10 am. William Sutherlin commissioner. Poster date May 30 1914. Indigestion and constipation ad follows.
Local Greencastle Indiana readers are urged to try Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney relief. A testimonial from Mrs. W H Johns of 403 N Indiana St praises instant relief from hip and side pains after using the pill. The ad features a generic vetting of the product with claims of widespread local endorsement and urges readers to ask for the same remedy.
A Boss recalls a clever young man who wooed a girl by a staged rival and family ruse, culminating in marriage and a hopeful future. The tale closes with a note on the Pacific island coconut and its uses in food, medicine, and tattooing applications in Hawaiʻi.
The flag that flew over Fort McHenry and inspired Francis Scott Key was made by Mrs John Pickersgill in Baltimore at Pratt and Albemarle streets. Three fragments torn by shell fire remain preserved and are in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
In Monessen Pennsylvania a pet raccoon belonging to Franklin Sauter has adopted a brood of hatched guinea hens. The raccoon, once hostile to birds, now mothers and protects the chicks, a rare case naturalists call unique. The animal first became tame after a hunting capture and was later found nestling with the guinea brood in a stove box.
Principal W A Lewis leads a program at the Hays agricultural experiment station to cultivate 300 acres for students under intensified farming. The plan rents land to students with water rights, allows crop choice under teacher direction, and aims to market outputs through merchants and state institutions to fund schooling.
The piece portrays plant wizard Luther Burbank as a hermit focused on aiding nature for food and beauty. He argues that advancing plant science furthers humanity, while those blocking social progress should be discarded, likening moral reform to pruning for a refined species.
George Miskelly, a Canadian Pacific conductor, observed a bear beside the tracks near Smith Falls and halted the train. He then killed the bear with an axe, preventing potential danger to passengers and crew.
Morrison reconnects with Saunders in a restaurant after return from Europe. Saunders touts his fiancée Miss Gilbert and shows a photo of Claire Gilbert, whom Morrison hopes to woo. A mistaken pairing at a Paris reunion unsettles Morrison, then he discovers Claire is someone else and plans to ask for her hand, setting a hopeful course.
Trustees announce weekly in person sessions at various homes and offices to transact office business across Madison Mill Creek Jackson Floyd Marion Monroe and Etcheson townships with schedules on different days for each trustee including W Knauer Iknest Kivett Ben Walls Oliver Stringer and Pred Todd plus a non resident notice in Putnam Circuit Court seeking sale of real estate and response deadlines in 1914. Also final settlement notice for estate of Ernesty McCammack set for June 26 1914 with proof of heirship and distribution due.
Doctor W M McGaughey announces offices at 327 Evane Block No 24 South Jackson street and residence at corner Bloomington and cminary streets with telephone numbers for office and residence listed.
A reader endorses Chamberlain's Colie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for cure and full relief. Legal notice calls for heirs and legatees of Oliver J Shaw to appear June 18 1914 in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana to show cause why final settlement should not be approved. Witness note dated May 28 1914. Also claims Chamberlains Liniment cured rheumatism with first use.
In a tale from The Nursery Rover, a big Newfoundland named Rover, living in New Jersey, endures four boys stoning him while he calmly guards a water well. He wags his tail and eyes the visitors kindly until a fourth boy tries to take a cup. Rover barks loudly, scares him away, then returns home wagging as if to say the lesson is learned. The piece highlights Rover’s gentle nature and memory of cruelty.
The poem narrates a princess riding a dragon, slipping off, then riding a slippery whale with a curling tail. She later sails to the Moon in a balloon, curling inside a spoon curved edge and cocoon like chamber, and remains there according to the snippet attributed to Margaret Heauchamp in Good Housekeeping.
A short verse from the Washington Star about a young Johnny who goes fishing at a dry pond and returns home hungry. The tale ends with a joking line about getting little beyond a sting in the eye and a simple sight.
The Putnam circuit court appoints Lloyd A. Blue as commissioner to auction the Cummings farm holdings in Putnam and Morgan counties Indiana on June 25 1914 at 11 oclock. Real estate is offered in parcels or as a whole with terms one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months at 6 percent interest secured by mortgage.
Somerset hosts an ice cream festival this Saturday night with invitations to all. The Ladies' Aid at Brick Chapel plans an ice cream and strawberry social Saturday evening. Local graduates include Basil Pruitt Hazel O Hair and Ferol Ferrand. Families visit relatives and attend Indianapolis races as June events unfold.
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