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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
2
The Greencastle Herald masthead shows Star-Democrat Publishing Company at 17 and 19 South Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana with single copy and mail options and legal entrance as periodical.
Sheriff Theodore Boers will auction rents and profits for Lot 1 in South Enlargement to New Maysville on July 5 1913 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Greencastle courthouse If needed sale may include fee simple title to satisfy a $636 decree plus interest and costs Goods described with specific boundary lines and directional bearings.
Summer excursion fares from June 1 to September 20 with final return limit October 1918. Valid to all points across Alberta to Wyoming including Ontario Manitoba Maryland and Mexico. Rates times and reservations via Monon Route Agent Ellis.
A brief health ad notes that Chamberlain's Tablets aid the stomach to function naturally and are for sale by all dealers.
A woman and five youths forged Abyssinian royalty to visit the Dreadnought in Portland. The party, posing as Princes Makalen and companions, rode in a Great Western special to the jetty, were greeted by a guard of honor, and toured the ship while a bogus interpreter spoke gibberish. The ruse ended with light disruption and Admiralty letters urging a name change to Black Prince.
Daniel Marlatt of Wykerstown Sussex County New Jersey rears tame quail that eat from his hand twice daily and follow him like a flock of chickens. In Maryland the Black Eyed Susan wins designation as the state flower after a vote by more than 200 000 public school children with state education board approval.
In a quirky tale a stubborn Mr Tabtale resists a Christmas wish while a persistent companion pleads for festive magic. After a playful exchange over a wishbone and a mistletoe mishap, he finally wishes for a hundred and the claim of the wish unfolds amid a cozy domestic scene.
In Philadelphia a dispute rages over whether corsets must include laces. Manufacturers argue laces are optional. retailers and customers insist laces are essential, arguing the corset is incomplete without them. The quarrel follows a Corset Manufacturers Association resolution ending free or discounted lacing.
In Chelsea District Court Judge Rosson fined William J. Stanley 20 dollars for speeding while his wife Marie Stanley drove the auto at 35 mph. The judge dismissed her case noting the husband’s presence in the car makes the wife subject to his control and coercion.
Middletown Conn bacteria discovered by Professor H W Conn of Wesleyan University would convert old inferior butter into a product tasting like high quality June butter. The bacteria promises healthful, desirable dairy use and has moved from ridicule to widespread adoption among farmers.
It is intended to hold a county fair annually on every Indian reservation in Washington DC area. Horse racing will be a feature but betting will be discouraged.
The Rev. Thomas G. Boord, pastor of Wylie Avenue Baptist Church, faced a hostile audience after news spread of his Circleville auction plan. He advertised two of his five children for sale to raise funds for the others, presenting them as potential buyers in a public sale with a large crowd gathering.
May Ling Soong, a niece of Bing Chun Wan of the Chinese Embassy, has been barred from Gresham High School in Macon Bibb County Georgia because she is not Caucasian. She sought entry to Wesleyan College but was deemed deficient in studies and advised to enroll at Gresham to prepare. The county board enforces a race-based requirement for Gresham High School attendance.
Whitfield Garey a Washington New Jersey conductor after an eight hour search for a lost pay check hit on a simple method. He sent a near identical sheet of paper into the wind to recreate the path of the missing check. The second note drifted to the weeds and brought the check back to the spot where it lay.
Washington reports from Russia Italy and Germany indicate cholera abates as foreign corps trace origin to Odessa where rats infected ground floor occupants. Russian gypsies fleeing authorities spread the plague to Italy using public wells. U S quarantine officials remain vigilant against entry.
Skeleton of a man believed to be Sagamore chief Wascussue was uncovered by laborers digging at Shippan Point Stamford. The bones lay in a writing posture with pottery a tomahawk and bone fragments nearby indicating historical burial artifacts.
W H Renick of Greencastle Indiana testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Jones Stevens Co.'s Drug Store have helped his family for years and confirms a prior praise. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U S sale agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Monon Route advertises Homeseekers excursions on the first and third Tuesdays monthly to southern, southwestern, western and northwestern points. Winter tours to southern points on sale daily through April 30 with June 1, 1913 final return. year round rates to Wester and Pacific Coast. inquiries to Monon depot, phone 69, agent J D Ellis.
Historical railway schedule fragment lists going west times 8 30 am 6 24 am 12 28 pm 1 20 am and going east times 3 47 ex sun 2 08 daily sun. Ory for Fletcher's Castoria appears as a child care product reference in the same clipped item.
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