Notice of Issue and Sale of School Bonds in Greencastle
Greencastle School City and Greencastle School Township trustees announce bonds totaling 1525 dollars for district repairs and heating projects. Bonds bear 6 percent interest, mature 1921-1925, with semiannual interest payments starting July 1, 1921. Additional township debt of 16475 dollars also issued for similar purposes. Bonds dated July 1, 1920, sold July 1, 1920, at 10 AM in Greencastle High School.
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Greencastle School City
Greencastle School Township
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle
Limedale
Fox Ridge
First Ward
Second Ward
First
Putnam Cennty
St. D
Wealthy widow seeks marriage after health cure
A widow proclaims health improvement after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. She claims the remedy cures stomach and intestinal ailments and invites others to try it with a money back guarantee. The ad touts relief from catarrhal mucus and inflammation as proof.
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Mayr
Paisley Shawl Story Ends In Elusive Luster
A West minster Gazette writer chronicles the Paisley shawl from its rise to a brief modern peak to extinction after 1880. Weavers created elaborateCashmere style designs but fashion faded, leaving a rare legacy and Queen Victoria briefly reviving interest by purchasing seventeen shawls for royal occasions.
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Thear
Scotland
Victoria
Edward
Quotes on human folly and social observation
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms reflecting on pride wealth gossip luck and social behavior. Notes on honesty happiness and perception contrast prudence with vanity while offering quips about communication generosity and everyday folly.
Rhodesia and Ophir linked by ancient gold works debate
The article surveys archaeology in Rhodesia arguing forts temples and gold workings may date from 2000 BCE or later, fueling debate whether Rhodesia was Ophir or at least Havilah. It notes biblical ties to Solomon and Shea and contemplates Tarshish as a port for Ophir’s goods.
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Rhodesia
Ophir
Milton
Michael
Cunmbalu
Sofula
Ophiru
Congo
Angola
Shea
Sota
Tarshish
Arabia Anh
Emaciated Bride in Javanese Rite Described
Detroit News reports on Java marriage customs where the groom endures daily priestly instruction and a cold water immersion while the bride undergoes weeks of semi starvation. The practice frames an emaciated bride as beautiful and highlights religious rites surrounding the wedding.
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Uixing
Java
Detroit News
The Shah's Marble Throne Of Pera Described As World’s Finest
A description of the Shah of Pera’s throne highlights its immense size and beauty. The seat is made of pure white marble measuring ten by ten feet, set on a platform with fourteen ivory pillars carved as men and women, and covered in gold leaf. A solid gold staircase leads to the platform.
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Pera
One Millionth of an Inch Precision Gauges Made
Steel gauges accurate to a millionth of an inch are produced at the United States Bureau of Standards. An example shows 82 finished gauges exact to .000001 inch from a lot of 33, with the rest within .000001 inch of accuracy. The gauges are steel discs.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Long on Ancestral Acres in Schenectady’s Frontiers
Charles P. Sanders of Schenectady traces six generations living on the same land from the 1658 Glen house, later rebuilt after river erosion, with ownership passing through a line of descendants to the present eighth generation.
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Charles P. Sanders
Schenectady
N. Y
Alexander Lindsey Glen
Annual Time of Trouble and the Old Navy Wanderer
A column contrasts spring time festival customs in households with the idea of home and harmony. It then profiles a returning sailor, the “old timer” of the American navy, who is worldly yet longs for a familiar American railway porter and a Yankee train after wartime service.
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London
Paris
Cucumber Cultivation in Vast Greenhouses Abroad and At Home
Describes cucumber farming in large greenhouses including Hoeklong and a Thai town, where cucumbers are grown year round for Chicago market. Explains space efficiency with vines trained vertically on strings and a wire fence, using square feet of soil per plant and minimal ground space.
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Eoghind
Hoeklong
An Tiiola
Chicago
Cat Dies After Alleged Breath-Snatch Incident
Mrs Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge reports a brindle cat died after a supposed incident while a baby slept in a cradle. She recalls cheering a cat’s squall and a baby’s yell then finding the cat dead as the baby laughed, husband noting a possible breath-sucking act.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Train Stop Banter in a Welsh Town
A visitor questions locals about the town's name while a native jokes about getting off the wrong train. The exchange highlights confusion over arrival and purpose, with a playful tone and regional flavor.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
County considers pipe line route from sand plant to creek
County commissioners view proposed pipe line route from the sand plant to the creek and discuss permission for a water line along a public highway. The county signs a heat contract with Allen Bros store and Opera House to link to the courthouse plant, paying 0c per radiation foot. Brinckmans from Cincinnati visit for about a week with Sheriff Harris and wife.
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Fern
Sand Plant Co
Allen Bros
Opera House
Court House
Meet Me At Christie's obituary notice and local ads
The 10 year old Richard Sudranski son of the late Dr and Mrs Sudranski died after an appendectomy at St Vincent hospital. A sum of money was found hidden in a crevice in a stone wall and may be claimed within a week by identifying its location. Greencastle Boy Scouts will receive the money if unclaimed. Also listed are notices seeking a woman to assist with house work and jobs for teams and men on Northwood developments in Green Castle with applications to Eunice Miles and Mr Champer respectively.
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Ohio State Journal
Richard
Charles Sudranski
M. Feibelman
Indianapolis
St. Vincent Hospital
Greencastle Boy Scouts
Lost Sigma Nu Fraternity Pin At Christie’s
Finder of a Sigma Nu fraternity pin is asked to notify Simpson Stoner. Contact phone number 226 for return.
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Sigma NU Fraternity
Simpson Stoner
Overdoing Exercise Warns Doctors In Munsey Article
Dr. William Lee Howard argues excess exercise harms health, noting former athletes suffer germ diseases due to depleted reserves. He recommends slow steady activity like walking or moderate swimming, kept as regular as sleep, contrasting it with risky intense regimens and hurried weight loss.
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William Lee Howard
Munsey
United States
RAT S N relable rodent destroyer for kitchens and farms
KILLS Rats and mice using small cake sizes 25¢ per cake 5¢? 25¢ cake good for kitchen cellar 5c size for chicken houses 1.00 for farm buildings sold guaranteed by John and Sons J Sudranski Co Mullins AP the old hoor pan all build Cook RP
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John & Sons
J. Sudranski & Co
Mullins
Cook R. P
Rag scoped surgery introduced by Dr Wullsemog
Shadow surgery uses a bent right angled instrument set with table fluoscope and X ray guidance to locate a translucent patient during operation. The camera like view reveals the boy while the surgeon bends tools to avoid masking the foreign body and directs forceps with precision.
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Wullsemog
Wallyamer
Trutona Relief Credited By Terre Haute Woman
Mrs. Agnes K. Adams of Terre Haute credits Trutona with easing six months of stomach bloating pain and heart discomfort. She says symptoms faded after starting Trutona, noting improved appetite and sleep. The ad claims Trutona rebuilds nerves and tissues and aids digestion, sold at R. P. Mullins Drug Store in Greencastle.
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Terre Haute
Truzona
Agnes K. Adams
South Fifteenth Street
Trutona
Greencastle
R. P. Mullins Drug Store
Lost Tail Light and License No 78397 Notice
Public notice requests contact for a missing tail light and license number 78397 with a call or drop at the Herald office. Also advertised are goods for sale including a coal range dining table and chairs at 8 Spring Ave and a reference to items from Christies.
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Herald Office
Spring Ave
Robbery Claim Involving Mrs Meanly and Mrs Swelluan
A fragment from the Boston Transcript recounts a claim that Mrs Meanly stole jewels from Mrs Swelluan. The dialogue blames Mrs Meanly, noting an offer to a cook and maid and an alleged transfer of valuables.
Birds Communiting Flight Between Feeds and Roosts
The Louisville Courier Journal notes observation of birds that fly in from distant feeding grounds each day and return to sleeping places miles away. The piece highlights their daily migration pattern as a simple commuting behavior.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Plek
Rhodesia “Land OF Ophir
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C. T. Zaring
A. B. Hanna
Portland
Oregon
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Harmony Band
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Earl Rungton
South Locust Street
Robert Brinckman
Cincinnati
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Northwood Addition
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Mayflower Photoplay Corporation
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Mamma
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