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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
2
The Star-Democrat Publishing Company at 17 and 1% South Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana issues a notice for a Sunday edition.
Notice sets July 5 1913 for public auction of rents and profits for up to seven years on Lot 1 in the South Enlargement of New Maysville. If rents fail to cover the decree of $636 with interest and costs the fee simple may be sold. Location is Greencastle courthouse doorway. Sheriff Theodore Boes directs the sale. Poster dates June 13 20 27 July 4.
Summer tourist excursion to run June 1 to September 20 with final return by October 31, 1913. Valid to all points across Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Colorado Idaho Illinois Kentucky Manitoba Maryland Mexico Michigan Minnesota Montana New Mexico North Carolina Ontario Oregon South Dakota Tennessee Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming. For rates times and reservations apply Monon Route Agent J. U. Ellis.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets to aid a weak stomach and restore natural function. Sold through all dealers.
General James Allen announces a $125000 appropriation to buy twenty or more heavier-than-air machines and train forty officers. The Signal Corps has four aeroplanes, with pilots limited to a few graduates. plan aims to place the United States ahead in aviation warfare within a year.
Asbury Park eleven year old Henry Croasman unties a boat and rescues a woman model Miss Kitty Morrissey of New York City and two men Louis Graner a Barcelona artist and his secretary Chas Vasseur. The trio later rewarded him with 50 dollars for saving their lives.
In Toulon France 3000 naval garrison members witnessed the court martial execution of Gueguen and Le Marechal who were found guilty of murdering a comrade named Carrel to steal three cents. They were shot in the presence of the service.
A three year old girl in Fort Wayne Indiana drowned after slipping into a twelve gallon water jar while reaching for a drink. She was found lifeless hours later.
Mrs Lelia Dabney a grandniece of James Madison the fourth U S president died at her Richmond home at age 73 She was the daughter of Major Ambrose Madison son of President Madison's brother William The obituary notes her prominent lineage and death in Virginia's capital.
Newport KR reports the submarine Octopus set a new submerged shooting record during an elementary practice cruise. From twenty feet underwater it fired at a target two thousand yards away and achieved 75 percept hits.
A short tale from Judge's Magazine of Fun about two farmers one visiting the other for news at mealtime. The host ignores the guest until a joke lands when the visitor mentions a cow with five calves. The eldest laughs as the fifth calf merely watches, like a dumb fool.
An editor compliments Davis on treating farce and asks about a wife eloping with her husband's friend. Davis notes a real parallel in a deserted husband who enacts revenge by sending a letter and a packet of false teeth to his former wife, with a quip about returning his father’s teeth.
At a Methodist conference in Philadelphia Bishop Warren was guest of honor at a Bellevue-Stratford reception. A young lady presented an original epigram to him but he barely noticed, then explained that his shrug meant she did not look a centenarian.
The passage notes an unnamed man’s hair loss beginning in youth and recalls Egbert’s early marriage. The dialogue hints at gossip or casual biographical remark within a conversational snippet.
Upton Sinclair recalls a left handed compliment from a butcher and parallels a physician husband who boasted of saving a difficult patient The wife replies that a earlier match could have saved her dead John reflecting irony and prompted reflections on professions and fate
In a fifteenth century note cited by the London Chronicle a man described as silent and ponderous is contrasted with woman who shows her bone origin by the rattle she keeps. The image hinges on moving earth and bones producing distinct sounds.
Commissioner Edward B. Moore announced the millionth patent issued to an Akron man for a puncture proof tire using rubber springs. The story traces early U S patent history from 1790, Jefferson’s role, and the numbering of the millionth patent despite pre numbering patents.
Ansonia Connecticut Probate Court refused to admit the will of James Brennan as invalid since the instrument was drawn in a saloon. The will left most of the estate to his widow, his third wife, and the decision followed a contest by eight children from his first marriage.
Windsor Locks Connecticut reports a tobacco field study by a local company shows plants growing at a rate of nine and a half inches in thirty hours, far surpassing fairy tale notions. The observation highlights rapid growth in the ripening crop within the town limits.
Dorothea Jones, 19, of Toledo, is awarded the Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, becoming the youngest American honored by the degree. In Rushville Indiana a horse charging past a brass band barreled into the Windsor Hotel dining room. no injuries reported.
On the day of the San Francisco earthquake a well on John Broyles' Tucan han farm suddenly ran dry. A few days later it again yielded localized water.
Beverly Tucker, minister to the court of St James, meets Queen Victoria. She indicates a seat but Tucker, portly and tall, refuses to sit, citing safety and dignity. The queen offers comfort. Tucker jokes that sitting would break both backs. A rare, intimate exchange develops.
A St Louis speaker recalls Bishop Fitzgerald at nurses graduations and a Civil War era hospital where nurses flirted with soldiers. A tale notes a nurse pinning Too Ill to be nursed today on a wounded man. A Boston visitor asks about the tea throwing wharf in Revolutionary history.
In a downtown hotel on lower Broadway, Mr. Hayseed faced a stubborn portable electric bulb that would not go out. He emptied his carpet bag, removed the bulb, placed it inside and snapped the bag closed, then slept peacefully, declaring the dingy light could not beat him.
A Pennsylvania farmer visiting Philadelphia suffers a violent toothache and agrees to gas for an extraction. As he begins counting his money the dentist says payment only after finishing. The farmer replies he wants to see how he stands before becoming unconscious.
A brief quarrel frames a debt tale as a collector questions a businessman about a longstanding account. The answer suggests patience and letting the matter rest awhile before action is taken.
A Houston Post note quotes a dispute over a matinee ticket request. One party claims the performance was poor while another defends wearing a new dress as the distraction. The exchange centers on expectations and personal style amid a failed show.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote notes a suspect’s money origin, joking that it came from stocks and water in the stocks, implying tainted or questionable funds with a wry aquatic pun. The line contrasts financial and municipal stock references in a witty exchange.
A Greencastle Indiana resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back pain fatigue and dizziness from kidney trouble after reading about the remedy. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as effective and urges readers to buy from dealers at cents in the United States.
The readable fragments show times listed as 25 am, 6:21 pm, 2:20 pm, and 2:21 pm for southbound movement. No additional context or details accompany the times.
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