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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
3
A revised edition of Dr Humphreys Manual of Diseases released as part of a thirty year celebration. The work expands on care and treatment of illnesses with updated medical insights and remedies.
A Civil War tale features Archbishop Hughes and Henry Ward Beecher persuading Lincoln to grant a West Point appointment. Instead the boy chose Annapolis after a personal letter from Hughes, ending with Lincoln’s line I wish this done. A. Lincoln. Capt. Daniel Delehanty recalls the moment and the slippers seen in the cabinet room.
Washington reports a National Museum exhibit on sharpening stones. It covers novaculite from Hot Springs Arkansas, sandstone from Indiana and Ohio, mica schist from New Hampshire and Vermont, and the Carborundum Crystolon crystals. The article explains stone grades, uses from surgeons to carpenters, and the manufacture of abrasive wheels and pastes. The closing line adds a humorous aside about a man whose wife talks in her sleep.
Fifty top ski leapers from the middle west competed at Ironwood Hill Cary IL for the Norge Ski Club meet. Over 2 300 spectators endured rain sleet and slush while amateurs led by Christ Jellum scored 242 1 3 points and Lars Haugen won the professional event with 230 1 3 points. Ragtime Ragnar Omtredt failed to match his 169 1 2 foot world mark, while Axel Henricksen wowed fans with a somersault.
Augusta E Holliday of Benton Harbor files a circuit court bill accusing Allan Holliday and colony head Benjamin Purnell of arranging marriages like a lottery. Women and men select mates in separate rooms, then matched without regard to love. Holliday seeks to void her marriage after quitting the colony. About forty couples reportedly wed there.
A humorous anecdote about a mild English vicar who complains to his milkman that the milk is unsuitable for christening and dietary purposes. The brief tale contrasts religious life with practical dairy concerns in a quaint, punny note.
Creditors heirs and legatees of Jacob C Rogers must appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on June 21 1915 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Harry W Moore May 24 1915. Weekly May 28.
Notice to heirs and legatees of Margaret A Coffman deceased to appear in the Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on June 11 1915 and show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness Clerk of Court May 18 1915 Putnam Circuit Court.
Heirs and legatees of Winfield S Fellows, deceased, are summoned to appear in Castle Indiana on the 25th day of June 1915 to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Putnam Circuit Court issues the notice dated June 2 1915 and published in the first weekly June 11 edition.
J. D. Mullinix announces weekly office hours in Reelsville on Tuesdays and Fridays to conduct township business.
Edgar J. Wilson, Trustee of Floyd Township, announces weekly office hours at his Floyd township home every Wednesday to transact township business.
Emerson E. Ruark announces he will conduct Marion township business at his Filmore home on Tuesdays and Fridays as trustee, inviting residents to attend and discuss matters.
Harry Talbott the Greencastle Township trustee will hold weekly office hours in the S. C. Sayers Book Store in Greencastle to conduct township business. Phone 388.
Washington D C Ohio a roundup notes death tolls in 1914 with 38 trotters and 46 pacers recording top times. Colorado E and Sir R head the list with 2 05 and 2 03 percent marks respectively. Effie Powers and Ed Geers are highlighted figures in harness racing history.
In Bicknell Indiana a twelve inch creature on display defies category. It resembles a four cornered kite with a snake like head but four tusks protrude from the mouth. It appears to have gills and tusked ears, with black and white skin, caught by Grant Hooper and Carl York.
Calvin Cook a Confederate veteran from Catawaba County North Carolina carried a leaden buckshot pellet in his head since Gettysburg. After years of nasal trouble a recent sneezing fit forced the pellet from his nose ending his growth and restoring relief.
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