Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Putnam County Indiana
Notice of sale by sheriff on July 5 1913 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Greencastle court house for rents and profits up to seven years from several described tracts totaling about 90 acres. If rents insufficient, fee simple may be sold to satisfy the decree and costs. Poster lists defendants Farmers and Merchants Bank et al and mentions Auditor C L Airhart. June 1913.
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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. Beasley
Davis Bros. Co., Incorporated
Jesse Eggers
State of
Greencastle
Putnam
Confessions of Laura Jean Libbey Began Writing at Fourteen
Laura Jean Libbey recalls starting her writing career at age fourteen after a teacher urged publication. Publisher Rob ert Bonner invited her to bring a story after she wrote an essay for his office, paying her 140 dollars for a half page, and she soon published Miss Middleton's Lover and many more.
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Laura Jean Libbey
President Street
Brooklyn
Prospect Park Circle
Miss Libbey
Laura
Robert Bonner
New York Ledger
Miss Middleton
Zeta
Victor Rousseau
Harper's Weekly
Sea shore fashion and popular head gear at Atlantic City
A description notes sea side resort costumes this season with their simple lines and highlights the widely worn head gear seen at Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
Habits of Bank Clerks in Testing for Defalcation
Worcester reports on using Hugo Munsterberg psychology tests for bank employees to detect defalcation risk. Preble proposes tests including gambling propensity with a ticker and phonograph cues and a drink temptation test using colored paper labels to reveal attention to alcoholic options.
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Worcester
Mass
Hugo Munsterberg
Edgar W. Preble
Massachusetts
Atchison
Child Drunkenness Arouses German Kaiser
Berlin reports a surge of youth drunkenness as Berlin boys obtain intoxicants easily. Eleven year old Willi Petrus, son of a German waitress, was found unconscious by a police officer and jailed at Friedrich Detention House for Children. The Kaiser demands action to curb child drinking and may close automatic restaurants if not stopped.
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Berlin
Willi Petrus
Willi
Friedrich
Kaiser
Radium on His Nose Leads to Robbery Charge
Paris police arrest Maurice Benedict on a curious theft case. Benedict, once treated at St. Louis Hospital for a nose disease, allegedly had radium valued at $120 concealed on his nose without his knowledge. The radium vanished from his nose and was later found hidden in the lining of his coat.
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Paris
Maurice Benedict
Benedict
St. Louis Hospital
M. Hamard
Economical puddings from handy leftovers guide
Grind leftovers such as cake and biscuits into a receptacle. For plain pudding mix three cups of the crumb with half a cup molasses half a cup milk and water one egg a pinch of salt and a pinch of soda. Steam one and a half hours. For rich pudding add raisins an extra egg a grated carrot and two ounces mixed peels fold in flour to proper consistency and steam about two hours. Store crumb in a dry cool place.
Father's Picture Identifies Drowned Civil War Hero
In Philadelphia Coroner Ford's office two daughters, Annie Meyers of New York and Fannie Herman of Brooklyn, identified a photograph as their father Herman Neugarten who drowned in the Schuylkill River thirty one years ago. Neugarten, a Civil War regiment member, was honored by the government as a captor of Wilkes Booth. After the war he moved to Washington with his wife and two daughters, then disappeared.
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New York
Philadelphia
Ford
Annie Meyers
Madison Avenue
Fannie Herman
69Th Street
Brooklyn
Schuylkill River
Herman Neugarten
Neugarten
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Washington
Trapping Pays Boys For Three Months Of Work
Beemer Ned Beemer and his youths John and Fred Wilde aged seventeen and nineteen completed a trapping campaign along the sloughs and Elkhorn River area. Since November 1 they caught 8428 muskrats and 203 mink, selling muskrats at 37 cents for a total of 1254.86 and mink at eight dollars each for 309, totaling 1563.36 for about three and a half months.
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Beemer
Ned
John
Fred Wilde
Elkhorn
Henhouse design for 150 birds with adjustable roosts
A plan for a 20 by 10 foot henhouse designed to hold 100 but crowding allows 150 birds. It features a rear height of 312 feet and a 9 foot front, a shingle roof, and hinged back roosts for easy cleaning. If front is used the front can be lowered.
Roosts Placed 16 Inches Apart In Floor Plan
Nest boxes on one side measure 12 inches square. The plan outlines roost spacing and box dimensions for the house layout.
Poultry House Ventilation in Cold Nights
The article argues against ventilators in poultry houses. It recommends cleaning the house, keeping doors open by day, and shutting at night to avoid cold drafts. It claims many so called ventilators worsen air flow and warns of birds suffering from cold draughts and related diseases.
Egg Quality and Freshness Tests
The guide describes tests to judge egg freshness by water sinking, shell texture, and shell adherence after boiling. It notes fresh eggs have lime like shells, stale eggs feel glassy, and musty tasting eyes packed in bran indicate spoilage. It warns boiled eggs peel easily after cooking and lime-treated eggs show stained shells.
Breeding Poultry Say Pure Bred Fowls Win Profits
A farming note urges poultry raisers to prefer pure bred fowls over mixed flocks. It argues well-kept farms show single-breed flocks, and suggests a small test comparing scrub fowls with pure bred birds to reveal higher egg output and profits from pure bred flocks after several months.
Poultry Notes and Feeding Tips for Hens
Poultry notes on laying feeds using holled oats or grain, dust baths for hens, and old hens as good mothers with pullets as better layers. Recommends feeding daily scraps run through a bone cutter to produce eggs when others have none.
Be Prepared For The Honey Flow In Beekeeping
Be prepared for the honey flow by readying bees for buildup. Section boxes and brood frames should be prepared in advance. Proper preparatory work makes managing bees easier and more efficient.
Making a Fishing Rod From Australian Woods
A historical note describes how Greensland woods have popularized fishing rods with Australian timber. Butt uses black wood for strength, middle joint from spotted gum noted for toughness, and top joint from red gum valued for fibrous, workable timber.
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Australia
New Zealand
Queensland
May Happen to Earth Warns Professor Lowell
Professor Percival Lowell outlines four dooms for Earth including a tramp star collision a plunge into the sun tidal locking where one hemisphere bakes and the other freezes desiccation from loss of water and air and finally the sun's decay to a cold dead embers as the ultimate fate and drift into space awaiting a new collision.
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Earth
Percival Lowell
Mercury
Venus
Lowell
A Deadening Habit of Criticism Destroys Excellence
A bygone reflection warns that fault finding kills growth and beauty. The piece urges seeing the good in people despite betrayals, arguing most folks are honest and strive to do right, while a habit of cynicism crushes one’s own potential.
Polite French Gentleman Negotiates Big Hotel Bill
A Philadelphia Ledger writer recalls a French traveler who, after a costly stay in England, uses his courteous manners to confront the proprietor. He tries to hug the host, then reveals the bill saying it implies they will never meet again, delivering a witty cultural clash.
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Philadelphia Ledger
England
Monsieur
Zee Beel
Thermal Analysis of Metals by Cooling Curves
Thermal analysis uses paired pillar galvanometers and a mirrored light beam recorded on photographic plate to chart cooling curves. The method aims to assess metal quality and intermetallic compounds, with iron showing a distinctive cooling record.
Cause of Wars Casus Belli and Its Limits
Casus belli is defined as any act by one side toward another that justifies war. The text argues that theses reasons cannot be reduced to a single code, as many wars began from trifling provocations and escalated into major conflicts.
His Only Chance
A rushed wedding tale centers on a young man who leads his bride to the altar then fails to secure their future, leaving questions about his role in the bustling business scene surrounding them.
Harley's Lesson Ends In Prodding Lesson Love
Bess breaks an engagement with Bruce Harley after a tense ride home ends with his humiliation and a confrontational ring return. An Irish laborer named Mr Murphy intervenes when Harley is rough with Bess, then mediates a chance for reconciliation.
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Bessie
Bruce Harley
Bess
Solitaire
Stewarts
Bruce
Harley
Deuce
Mr. Murphy
Adlerika Promises Quick Relief for Constipation in Greencastle
Greencastle residents report a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adlerika relieves constipation and sour stomach instantly. The preparation is claimed to draw off old foul matter and was noted for curing appendicitis. Sold by Jones-Stevens druggists.
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Greencastle
Jones-Stevens
Purify your blood and improve digestion with tablets
Observations claim beautiful women have good digestion. Chamberlain's Tablets are easy to take and cure faulty digestion. Hollister's A. M. Tea promises stomach purification for hot weather. Sold by Owl Drug Store and other dealers.
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Chamberlain
Hollister’s A. M
Owl Drug Store
Whooping Cough Remedy Praised by Alabama Mother
L C Haines of Marbury Alabama endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as excellent for colds and whooping cough in children. She notes it is non narcotic pleasant to take and urges households to use it. Sold by all dealers.
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L. C. Haines
Marbury
Ala
Putnam County Sealed Bids For Four Bridges
Putnam County Indiana commissioners invite sealed bids by two o clock p m June 21 1913 for construction of four bridges including substructure superstructure and approaches. Bids bond twice the amount with two freehold sureties. plans filed in the auditor's office Greencastle.
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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
Durham Ford
Madison Township
Center School House
Henesse Branch
Wren Township
A. M. Gardner
James E. Houck
James B. Bunten
Putnam Conn
Owl Drug Coats Tongue Fixes Bad Breath
A brief note from Hollister's KR. M. Tea is advertised as a remedy for coated tongue and foul breath. The product is pitched as a fix available for sale at Owl Drug Store.
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Hollister’s
KR. M
Owl Drug Store
Putnam County to Sell Road Bonds at Treasurer’s Office
Notice announces sealed bids for sale of nineteen road bonds each for 148 dollars with 152 dollars total, aggregating 286 dollars, issued in Parke and Putnam counties. Bonds mature with interest at percent, coupons payable at the treasurer’s office in Putnam County House. Bids open at 10 o clock Wednesday June 18. Arthur L. Rea, treasurer.
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Putnam
Uy House
Greeneas
Eli Brattain
Belw
Parke County
Putnam Coun
Putnam County House
Arthur L. Rea
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Walnut Fork
Eel River
Theodore Boers
Avhilaren Ory
Fletcher
Ake Hollister
Owl
Lowe Bros
Zorr
County and
Greencastle, Ind
Herald
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