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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
2
A humorous piece contrasts a wife joining the Uplift Club with a husband’s hunger for bread and traditional chores. It riffs on poetry, literature, and social roles through comic snippets and verses critiquing domestic life and gender expectations.
Dr. W. F. King informs Greencastle School Superintendent Henderson the board will allow continued use of the current high school building if it is remodeled to meet Sanitary School Law and Health Board rules. A competent architect must determine feasibility and cost, with the board available but not required to visit.
A formal closing from W F King Assistant Secretary expresses willingness to cooperate fully. The brief note emphasizes sincere cooperation and collaborative effort in future work.
An advertisement urges readers to use ethine double strength to remove freckles. It guarantees money back if no improvement and says most cases need at most an ounce. Apply nightly and morning for visible fading of dark spots and lighter freckles.
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Margaret A. Coffman deceased to appear in Greencastle Indiana Circuit Court on June 11 1915 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness Clerk Harry W. Moore May 18 1915 Putnam County Court weekly May 21
Mrs. Florence Slife of Wabash Indiana testifies she used Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains and received great relief. The advertisement claims prompt relief for rheumatic pains and notes availability everywhere.
Putnam Circuit Court notices Effie Newgent files for divorce from Jesse L. Newgent a non resident. Plaintiffs attorney files affidavit and sets September 6 1915 as appearance date at Greencastle Court House. Clerk Harry W Moore signs the notice. May 24 1915 official action published May 28 1915.
Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals by June 7 1915 at 2 PM for construction of approaches to the Rolling Stone Ford Bridge in Floyd Township about 2 1/2 miles north and east of Bainbridge. Bonds equal to double the bid amount required. Plans and specs on file in the auditor's office. Officials listed include H Witt Sutherlin James B Bunten and R E Larkin.
Public auction set for June 5 1915 at Greencastle Indiana to sell rent profits for up to seven years on 160 acres in sections 26 27 township 13N range 4W to satisfy a 4342.49 debt with costs. If rents insufficient, fee simple may be sold. Sheriff Theodore Boes oversees. Jackson Boyd attorney. Posters.
The Putnam Circuit Court ordered sale of lands of the late Robert Crow. At 10:00 AM on May 7 the commissioner will offer parcels in Greencastle at the Central National Bank Building. Sale may be public or private at full appraised value with installments secured by mortgage.
A sentry reports a patch of alfalfa moving toward the south each afternoon from 2:30 to 3. A shot reveals a camouflaged plant device. the guard who fired dies beside the creator, a man in stripes, in a grim ending to the strange incident.
A social anecdote recounts a Japanese embassy attache correcting a guest about foot binding. He explains that the practice is Chinese, not Japanese, and that Japan lets women’s feet grow naturally while praising the guest’s feet as unmatched.
The penitentiary superintendent escorts a group of women through the building. In a private sitting room he explains the inmates are his wife and two daughters, remarking they have no other home. The visitors react with a sharp comment about the prisoners.
A conversation contrasts a statesman’s claim that every man has a price with an insisting worker’s blunt reality that many cannot obtain it. The exchange underscores cynicism about integrity and money’s power in public life.
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