The Entertainers by Hy Walt Mason
A humorous essay in which Hy Walt Mason visits Old Grimshaw and endures a rambunctious scene with Clarence and Jemima Zoe. Mason laments poor singing and grandiose talk while dodging tantrums and boasts about an Edward violin performance.
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Old Grimshaw
Clarence
Pasha
Europe
Grimshaw
Jane Jemima Zoe
Jemima
Bonnie Doons
Banks
Banks and
Bracs
Mary of
Argyle
Bonnie Doon
Edward
Hy Walt Mason
From a Sinner's Diary Snippets of Life and Folly
A fragmented voice reflects everyday absurdities and small ironies. Lines touch on illness, religious doubt, marrying costs, a birthday gift, family, and social rituals, ending with a wry note on rent and superiority. The excerpt blends humor and observation through dated preacher and judge lines.
A Little Love a Little Wealth and Rocky Mountain Tea
An ad for Rocky Mountain Tea from Cook Drug Co offers a blend of sentiment and health. The copy promises love wealth and good health as benefits of using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Drug Co. Adv
Aerial Fuel Mystery and Chimney Swift Hideaway
A USDA bulletin notes the golden plover can fly 2400 miles in under 45 hours using only two ounces of body fat as fuel. It contrasts with planes and explains birds cross Gulf of Mexico in one night. The chimney swift hides its winter quarters, remaining a longstanding puzzle.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Texas
Gulf
Mexico
Department
Florida
West Indies
Paraguay
Brazil
United States
Gulf Coast
Swift
Effects of Color on Faces in Hair and Skin Tones
The piece gives color guidance for blondes brunettes pales and sallows. It describes how light blue dulls blond complexions while dark blue defines them. It notes blue clashes with brunettes unless cheeks flare with color and green boosts brunettes while pinking fair faces. Red and yellow affect pale brunettes and olive skin differently under lighting.
Belinda and Clarance Hervey in Delacour Social Turmoil
Belinda Portman arrives in London under Lady Delacour's wing and falls for Clarance Hervey. Amid flirtations and gossip the duo confronts social schemes, manipulation, and class constraints. Belinda helps free Lady Delacour from con artists, and the pair's romance endures, aided by Delacour's reluctant jealousy and Belinda's diplomacy. Edgeworth, famed Irish novelist, died 1849 after a life of literary and social engagement.
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Belinda
Maria Edgeworth Delinda Portman
London
Lady Delacour
Mrs. Stanhope
Clarence Hervey
Hervey
Delinda Portman
Maria Edgeworth
Walter Scott
Miss Edgeworth
Edgeworth’s
Westbound Schedule Fragments For Greencastle Area
Readable timetable fragments show westbound train times including 5:45 6:40 7:44 and 8:38 9:44 with additional notes 12:38 1:44 2:38 4:38 and 9:38 10:37. Greencastle listed as a stop point appears in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bound
A. M
Greencastle
Subtracting Lessons At The Family Table
A girl named Marjorie demonstrates basic arithmetic at the dinner table asking to add and subtract. Her father tests her with a riddle about four ies on a table and one killed, yielding the answer one the dead one. The piece ends by contrasting the scene with a judgment about women with the weeping habit unable to keep their powder dry.
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Marjorie
Papa
Notice of Commissioner Sale of Real Estate
The commissioner in the Putnam Circuit Court case George R Stringer et al v Braxton B Stringer et al announces sale of the north one third of the west half of the northeast quarter section 10 township 16 north range 3 west Putnam County. Sale at Braxton Stringer’s residence on Saturday July 24 1915 at 2 pm. Cash or one third cash six months and balance in one year with mortgage security at 6 percent. Attorneys listed. St Wkly June 18.
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Putnam Circuit Court
George R. Stringer
Braxton B. Stringer
Putnam County
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate for Geo A Miller
Cred itors heirs and legatees of Geo A Miller deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on September 8 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 June 16 1915 Weekly June 18
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Geo. A. Miller
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Harry W. Moore
Winfield S. Fellows
Proper Silk Garment Care to Avoid Holes
Silk tends to thin where folded or pressed, causing hidden holes. Hang petticoats and dresses, never store flat in drawers. For rarely worn silk, hang on two hooks at the waist, then rehang weekly to rework folds. Keep silk dry to prevent rotting.
The Old Gink Muses On Folk Fooling Him
Anecdotal remark by the old gink about public gullibility and his latest gold brick rue ily, noting that most people may fool him though he cannot fool all of them all the time.
Chamberlains Tablets Ease Stomach Distress After Meals
Mrs Henry Padghan of Victor NY reports relief from headaches and stomach distress after meals and constipation after about six months of using Chamberlains Tablets. The remedy regulated bowels and ended the annoyances. Obtainable everywhere. adv.
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Henry Padghan
Victor
N. Y
Adv
Notice to Gravel Road Contractors in Putnam Indiana
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by July 6 1915 at 2 PM for 10574 feet of macadam road improvement on the W P Thompson road in Jackson Township. Bid bonds double bid amount required with county residents or local sureties, affidavits of no collusion, right to reject bids reserved, completion time to be set.
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Board of Commissioners
County of
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Jackson Township
Putnam County
Bend
Madison Township
Putnay County
Gro Castle
Final Settlement Notice for Winfield S Fellows Estate
Heirs and legatees of Winfield S Fellows deceased must appear in Castle Indiana on June 25 1915 to show cause why the final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributions. Notice dated June 2 1915 published weekly June 11 1915.
Greencastle to Let 5221 Feet Macadam Road Contract
Putnam County Indiana will let at 2 o clock P M on the 5th a contract to construct 5221 feet of macadam road in Warren Township known as the Wm Day road. Bids bonds to double the bid and affidavits denying collusion must accompany bids. Awards by the county auditor at Greencastle. Posters weekly June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Warren Township
Putnam County
Auditor's
Get Rid of Your Rheumatism Ad Copy
Get Rid of Your Rheumatism. Now is the time to get rid of your rheumatism. Chamberlain's Liniment properly applied will help you very much. Remember that chronic and muscular rheumatism require no internal treatment. Obtainable every where, adv.
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Chamberlain
Notice to Gravel Road Coy Tract at Knauer Road
Putnam County Indiana invites bids for 4080 feet of macadam road improvement in Madison township known as J W Knauer road. Board will award to lowest responsible bidder with bond and affidavits of no collusion. Bid right reserved. time for completion stated. auditor C L Airmart signs.
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the Herald
Greencastle, Ind
Charles J. Arnold
South Jackson Street
Telephone
Mother Earth
Judge
the Press Publ Co
West I
C. C. Gillen
W. M. Sutherlin
St Wkly
Clerk Putnam
W. M. McGaughey
Evans’ Block
South
Jackson Street
Bloomington
Seminary Streets
Edoegorts Dotoeten Toa Roete
C. L. Airhart
Cox’s Electrical Shoe Shop
Central National Bank
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H. Askew Chiropractor
E. Wash. St
C. L. Airmart
John's
Thomas F. Kandel
Richard F. Gerard
Washington Street
Niagara Falls
Via
Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction CO
Clover Leaf Railroad
Lake Shore Electric Railway
The
Seeandbee
Traction Station
I. Ho 1. & FE. Traction Co
Frankfort
Clover Leaf R. R
Toledo
Lake Shore Electric Ry
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Buffalo
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co
International Ry Co
Steamer Dock
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