Sheriff’s sale of real estate in Putnam County Indiana today
Notice of sale by Sheriff Theodore Boes on July 13 1913 from 10am to 4pm at the Greencastle courthouse. Lands include multiple parcels in sections 15 and 21 township 16 north range 3 west near Walnut Fork of Eel River totaling about 70 acres. Auction aims to satisfy a $3 972.07 decree plus interest and costs with assets offered as rents and profits for up to seven years. if insufficient, fee simple may be sold.
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Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
George W. Eggers
Mary E. Eggers
Adah L. Eggers
James H. Eggers
George B. Keasley
Davis Bros. Co., Incorporated
Jessengeers
State of Indiana Py
L. Alrhart
Greencastle
County of
Putnam
Walnut Fork
Eel River
Onc Place
Leap year proposal sparks a quiet confession between old friends
Eileen Melcher asks David Barclay if a woman may propose, a test of courage and equality. After playful distrust, he acknowledges her honesty and she asks him to marry her. He accepts, praising her bravery as love conquers shame. MARION B. WONSON
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Mr. Barclay
Eileen Melcher
David Barclay
Eileen
Miss Melcher
Lettle
Fileen Melchor
Marion
Wonson
The Girl and the Fortune Tale by Beveridge
Senator Beveridge cites a German tale about a brave youth who saves a daughter from a stream. The father offers wealth or his daughter, and the youth chooses the daughter, earning a blessing rather than a fortune. The story contrasts rhetoric with brave, selfless action.
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Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Weather Talk Sparks Sarcastic Exchange in 1881 Memory
Miss Passay and Miss Pert spar over a remark by Col Grim about the hot summer of 1881. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange as a curious aside in casual chat.
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Col. Grim
Miss Passay
Miss Pert
Philadelphia Press
Tutt s Island Mystery Off the Pacific Coast
A man named Tutt bought an island in the San Juan group off British Columbia but could not find the island when he went to claim it. The seller insists it was there last, suggestively swallowed by the San Francisco quake. Tutt vents frustration while the poem from the Atlanta Constitution adds a literary aside.
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Pacific Coast
Tutt
San Juan
British Columbia
San Francisco
Pacific
Mattres
Clevelan Plain Dealer
Gibraltar Build ings for a difficult place
A tale of an old captain who built villas asks his mate what to name them. The mate suggests Gibraltar Buildings, noting the place is hard to capture and the houses are in the same boat as the fort.
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Gibraltar
Bankrupt Man Wears Fur Overcoat Diamonds Amid Creditors Row
At a creditors meeting a remark distinguishes the principal creditor from the bankrupt by noting the financier’s fur overcoat and diamonds while the bankrupt appears shabby. A judge presides over the scene.
Helpful Beauty Hints for Toilet and Skin Care
A guide to beauty routines includes tea with alcohol for eyelashes, lemon on washstands for cleansing and fresh breath, dairy lotions for tender skin, and the use of pure cream followed by soap and cold water for nightly and morning skin care. Emphasizes simple household items and routine pampering.
Perfect Complexion Through Daily Habits And Exercise
The author advises that aging need not stop self improvement and suggests anemia or poor circulation. A physician should check tonic build up, while deep breathing and daily 15 to 20 minutes of physical culture improve circulation. For pores, use a complexion brush daily with warm soapy water to open glands and contract pores gradually.
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M. E
Two Curl Formulas to Keep Hair Teased in Place
Two hair setting formulas include one drying scalp with dry salts and ammonia forming a weekly use lotion, and a gentler daily option using gum arable sugar and rose water to moisten and curl hair. Use curling papers for firm setting and style.
Freckle Treatment Promised By Dr Wilson Recipe
Recommended by Erasmus Wilson though excellent in obstinate cases does not suit all complexions equally well. Elder flower ointment, 1 ounce, sulfate of zinc, 20 grains. Mix well and rub into the affected skin at night. In the morning wash off with soap and water and apply a lotion of infusion of roses and citric acid to fade freckles.
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Erasmus Wilson
Wilson
Home remedy for facial complexion circle removal
The article describes daily use of a complexion brush and offers a home treatment to fade facial circles. It lists options including pure alcohol hydrogen peroxide lemon juice and a cucumber juice lotion with borax acetate of soda tincture quillain benzoin rose water and steps to apply two to three times daily.
Eyebrow and Eyelash Grower Formula Described
The article outlines a remedy for brow and lash growth using a topical mix. It lists Sulphate of quinine as 6 grains and Sweet almond oil as one ounce. Instructions advise applying with a fine sable brush and protecting the eye with the opposite finger during lash use.
Sunburn Remedy Formula and Protective Tips
A historic remedy outlines ointment components for sunburn and tan care. It suggests wearing a veil for sensitive skin and layering zinc oxide and sulfur mixtures under powder to protect the face from sun rays.
Absence Notice Sparks Classroom Laughs
A venerable professor misses class due to a cold. His chalkboard note prompts students to alter it from Dr. Dash to Dr. Cash. The returning professor then changes it again, yielding a final pun about Dr. Dash. The moment draws roars of laughter as the class enjoys the wordplay.
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Dash
Cash
Argonaut
Roost High Tale From Hannibal A Chicken Theft Joke
Mark Twain at a New York dinner recounted a Hannibal tale about Jonathan Scarborough. The story centers on suspicion despite lack of proven misdeeds and ends with a joke about Scarborough and a chicken roosting high.
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Mark Twain
New York
Hannibal
Jonathan Scarborough
Scarborough
Prayers for the Needy: Senator’s Son Sees Chapel Oddity
A Western politician and his ten year old son visited Washington and attended the Senate gallery. The boy asked about the chaplain and was told the Speaker prays for the country rather than the Senate, in a wry remark on political imaging.
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Washington
Senate
Chaplin
A Mean Husband
Dialogue from an Exchange column features Mrs Morse boasting about hammering nails and her husband joking about being an unbiased judge. He quips that lightning never strikes twice in the same place as they laugh about the carpenter's failings.
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Capenter
Mrs. Morse
Mr. Morse
Not superstitious. a clever thirteenth fiancé claim
In a Wiener salon dialogue, Fr an asks Elizabeth if she is superstitious. She replies with curiosity and he declares she is his thirteenth fiancé, revealing the twist after her answer. The exchange mixes wit and romance in a light period tone.
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Elizabeth
Franz
Wiener Salonwitzblatt
Altered Circumstances in a Jewish Banker Romance
A Jewish banker informs a client that Count A. pursued his daughter but later altered his intent. The banker questions whether the count has found another partner. the client reveals the count has come into money instead.
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Count A
Kotce
Fragmentary exchange hints at lightning strike and marriage
Fragmentary dialogue mentions a lightning strike and references marriage. Names Pat Ol Molk Mike Manny Pat Shure appear in unclear context. No clear event, date, or location is discernible from the readable text.
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Pat
Mike
Manny
Of Interest to Women in The Delineator on Courtship and Mating
The piece critiques a world old statute that makes men woo and argues it harms women by fostering deceit and emotional restraint. It discusses the Threshold Girl ages seventeen to nineteen, mating instincts, and how life shapes behavior. It notes Western girls and European travel pressures while observing shifts as women mature into twenties.
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Europe
Operatic Star Weds Again Nordica Marries J W Young
American soprano Madam Lillian Nordica has remarried, wedding J W Young a noted financier of New York and Paris in London. The union is said not to affect her operatic career as she is bound by long tour contracts.
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Lillian Nordica
London
J. W. Young
New York
Paris
Thirteen-Inch Waist Mile Polaire Draws Attention
Paris stage star Mile. Polaire has been painted and photographed as the world’s smallest waist bearer. She stands 5 feet 4 inches tall with a waist exactly 13 inches, a figure newsworthy yet unfashionable as the directoire style wanes and society views such a corseted form as a crank or freak.
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Mile
Polaire
Paris
Polatre
Japanese bridal rice regimen promises sylphlike figures
The text claims that in the Mikado realm mothers consider a fat bride a disgrace and feed their daughters three teaspoons of rice and a glass of hot water daily for weeks before the wedding, resulting in willowy figures on the bridal day.
Remedy Promises Instant Benefit For Appendicitis Claims
A Green cast le article warns many suffer chronic appendicitis misattributed to gas or indigestion. It cites Jones Stevens Drug Co urging a single Adler i ka treatment with buckthorn and glycerine as a compounded remedy said to cure appendicitis and provide immediate relief.
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Greencastle
Jones- Stevens’ Drug Company
Chicago Sunday Excursion Monon Route 1913
Special Monon train from Greencastle at 5 30 a m to Chicago returning at 11 30 p m. Stops at Hammond and Englewood both ways. Round trip fare 1 65. For details call Monon depot agent J D Ellis D of SD tf
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Greencastle
Chicago
Hammond
Englewood
Monon Depot
J. D. Ellis
SD Tf
Summer Constipation Relief Tea Ad From Owl Drug
Advertisement urges relief for heat affected people. Hollister's A. M. Tea is sold weekly in summer. Owl Drug Store markets the product to customers seeking gentle constipation relief during hot days.
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Hollister
Owl Drug Store
Whooping Cough Endorsed by Alabama Home User
L C Haines of Marbury Alabama praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as excellent for colds and whooping cough in children. He says it is non narcotic, pleasant to take, and essential for any household, with it sold by all dealers.
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L. C. Haines
Marbury
Ala
Notice to Bridge Contractors in Putnam County Indiana
Sealed proposals are invited by the Board of County Commissioners of Putnam County Indiana Greencastle for four bridges including substructure superstructure and approaches. Bids due June 21 1913. Locations include Deer Creek Lucas Ford Warren Township Leatherman branch Durhamford Madison Township Henesse branch Warren Township. Bonds double bid amount with two freehold sureties. Auditor's office has plans and specifications.
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Board of County Commissioners
Auditor's Office
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle
Auditor's
Deer Creek
Lucas Ford
Warren Township
Putnamville
Leatherman Branch
Durhamford
Madison Township
Center School House
Henesse Branch
A. M. Gardner
James BE. Houck
James B. Bunten
Putnam County road bonds offered for sale in Greencastle
The Treasurer of Putnam County invites sealed bids for sale of Eli Brattain road bonds at the county line between Jackson township Parke county and Madison township Putnam county Indiana. Nineteen bonds of 143 dollars and one of 162 dollars total 2869 dollars with accrued interest. First bond dated June 3 1913 payable May 15 1914. Interest rate 4 percent. Bids due by 12 o’clock Wednesday June 18 1913. Arthur L Beat Treasurer. Herald June 6 13 Weekly June 13 20
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Putnam County
Greencastle, Inc
Eli Brattain
Jackson Township
Parke County
Madison Township
Indiana
Putnam County Court House
Arthur L. Beat
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Theodore Boes
Paris Green
Tutt's
Southland
Atlanta Constitution
Society Note
Clus
Andywore
Co. L. Airhart
Ind
Thomas Buguy CO
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