Notice of Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Putnam County
Sheriff Theodore Boers announces a public auction July 5 1913 at Greencastle Indiana for rents and profits of Lot No 1 in the South Enlargement of New Maysville with specified bounds to satisfy a decree of J E Hudson plaintiff against John Bishop defendant. If rents fail to cover costs the sale includes the real estate itself. sale subject to no valuation relief. Poster notices dated June 9 1913.
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Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
J. E. Hudson
John Bishop
Greencastle
Putnam
Stat
New Maynville
New Maysville
For a Weak Stomach Take Chamberlain's Tablets
An advertising notice promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for weak stomachs. It claims the pills enable the stomach to perform its functions naturally and notes availability from all dealers.
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Wittern
Mayr
Chamberlain
Monon Route Summer Excursion Fares Announced
Summer excursion fares go into effect June 1 and run to September 30 with a final return limit of October 31, 1913. Applies to all points across a long list of states and Canadian provinces and British Columbia. For rates times trains and reservations contact Agent Monon Route J U Ellis Agent.
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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
Monion
J. Uv. Ellis
MONON
Pacific Coast
Monon Depot
Np Ellis
Atlantic
W. W. Gilgis
Bedford
Ind
Dinner Prank Reveals Clever Telephoning Scheme
A Mrs Blank declines a dinner invitation citing prior plans. Mr Soper learns neighbors were away and he exploited a neighbor’s phone to invite many guests to their home. The two men joke about staying the night as the party winds down and plan their own travel.
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Lilian Inn
Mr. Soper
Blanks
Mr. Blank
East Carlinsville
Mr. Super
Dearie
Soper
Making Candle Shades From Rice Paper and Cardboard
A Boston Herald inspired guide shows home makers how to craft tinted rice paper candle shades mounted on cardboard. It covers stamping, cutting, silvering borders, lining with tinted rice paper, and alternative methods using white water color paper. It notes sizing by candlestick height and mica protectors, and fastening ends with small brass rivets.
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Boston Herald
Costs and futility of perfect armament in modern warfare
S W Briggs of the American Red Cross notes the endless expense of staying perfectly armed. A proverb about armor makers and a military agent humorously reveals the arms race: makers claim to produce armor that cannot be pierced while agents seek a gun that can pierce any armor.
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S. W. Briggs
American Red Cross
The Perfect Ass and a German Warden
A young preacher, despised by his flock for vanity, laments mistreatment by Mr. Brown the church warden. His German friend quips that his only remedy is to “bray for them” as usual, hinting at the preacher’s imagined pulpit complaint.
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Brown
Concluding An Argument Leads to Hospital and Police Station
A dinner hour dispute ends in deadlock as Bil reveals he and Dick Grey have different outcomes. Bil explains Dick Grey went to the hospital while he himself went to the police station after the debate. The exchange highlights a sharp turn from argument to consequence.
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Bil
Dick Grey
Bill
Dick ‘E
Perlice
London
Fishermen sell stranded whale for 1700 as shark owner weighs value
A Chicago Tribune quip has two men debating the worth of sea creatures. One notes fishermen sold a stranded whale carcass for 1700 dollars while the other muses on a stubborn debtor and a powerful shark.
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Chicago Tribune
No, He Lacks the Makings of a Man
The speaker questions whether he is old enough to smoke noting he has not yet reached manhood or the maturity expected for such a choice.
Pair quarrel over grammar and a dream of gold
A Philadelphia Press remark says a man argued with a college professor about proper speech while a Philadelphia Ledger note tells of a laborer dreaming of a pot of gold and resolving to seek the owner or heirs before waking to reality.
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Luschman
Shay
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia Ledger
Two Cent Quip Sparks Police Versus College Youth
A Philadelphia Press item captures a tense exchange where a police officer declares he would arrest the bold college youth for two cents and the youth retorts that a single officer could not handle him.
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Philadelphia Press
De Broque's Tailor Bill Richard Wiggins Exchange
De Broque muses that his tailor's bill is like muddy water and will settle itself if allowed to stand. Wiggins asks for explanation as the folded paper is drawn from an envelope in a Chicago News style quip.
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de Broque
Wiggins
Chicago News
Stencilling the vogue in decorative art
The article extols stencil decoration as the current fashionable method, noting its pretty and artistic effects. It urges beginners to practice on disposable material to learn pattern repetition and basic technique, while acknowledging that skilled workers achieve even better results.
Understanding stencils and repeated patterns
The passage explains how a stencil is made by cutting a design from card board. The stencil is placed on the material to decorate and paint or stain is applied, transferring the cut design. Repetition of the design creates the overall decorative effect, with the secret in how the pattern is repeated.
Clergyman and agnostic spar over faith in dining car tale
In a Pullman dining car Eli Perkins describes a debate between a worldly agnostic and a clergyman over the Bible. The clergyman likens scriptures to bones in shad, while the agnostic stalks off to the smoker, illustrating a quiet clash of belief.
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Eli Perkins
Hudson River
Waterbury
Bret Harte’s Wry Dinner Quip About a Glasgow Doctor
The noted writer Bret Harte, while consul in Glasgow, joked at a city dinner about a physician’s cost. A Scotsman asked for a recommendation and Harte quipped that Death would cost only one visit, showing his sharp humor toward illness and mortality.
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Bret Harte
Glasgow
Not Aware of Leading Him On
A mother-in-law visits. her daughter is in tears on the doorstep. The mother questions if George has left her daughter and infers a rival. The daughter confirms there is another woman, and the mother exclaims she never encouraged the relationship.
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George
Argonaut
Mystery of guilt and verdict echoes in bar exchange
A man at a bar answers a court question with a joke about choosing between guilty or not guilty. The judge presses for clarity as the exchange highlights the role of the jury. The Philadelphia Ledger records a quip revealing courtroom ambiguity.
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Tam
Philadelphia Ledger
We chat and other people chatter in a column voice
A satirical note from the Birmingham Age Herald contrasts social behavior and manners. It highlights differences between self restraint and noisy chatter, suggesting a layered tone about public discourse and personality in society.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
A Woman’s Kidney Pain Relief Promoted by Doan’s Pills
A Greencastle reader claims Doan’s Kidney Pills eased years of back aches dizziness and fatigue from suspected kidney trouble. The advertisement urges women with similar symptoms to try the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY price 50 cents and to remember the name Doan’s.
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Dean
Greencastle
Belle Hinkle
Illinois St. Greencastle
Ind
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Trick with Dust Cloths For Dusting Floors And Wood
Dampen two kerosene soaked cloths and seal in a large tin pail for at least a day. Use one cloth for dusting furniture doors and casings and the other for linoleum hardwood or painted floors. They absorb dust without streaks and do not harm woodwork.
How to whiten yellowed clothes by soaking and borax
The method advises soaking overnight in lukewarm water, washing in clean suds the next morning, and placing in a wash boiler with cold water borsax and white curd soap. Roll for twenty minutes, rinse, then soak again overnight in clean water with borax.
Vintage gossip and society snippets in mixed papers
Short page of scattered captions and dialogues from The American Homestead The Brooklyn Life and the Washington Herald noting domestic strife wedding plans and humorous exchanges among families and neighbors with no single dominant event
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Mike Finnegan
Mike
Harper’s Weekly
Bret Harte and
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RM Bldekar
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the Centaur Company
New York City
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Maude
Grace Maude
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