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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
3
J. O. Mullinix trustee states he will be in his office in Reelsville on Tuesday and Friday each week to transact town business. The notice sets the regular visiting days for residents to meet with the township official and discuss matters.
Marion Township announces Emerson E Ruark trustee will conduct township business at his Filmore home every Tuesday and Friday starting this week.
Harry Talbott, the Greencastle Township trustee, states he will conduct township business in the S. G Sayers Book store office in Greencastle on weekdays during his term. Phone 388.
The excerpt describes Elsie Venner a South Rockland beauty with hypnotic snake eyes and a life marked by eerie mountain wanderings and danger, plus a biographical sketch of Oliver Wendell Holmes born 1809 in Cambridge, his rise as a writer and physician, and his death in Boston in 1894.
A bride and a seasoned friend recall how a husband was gently steered by Alice, Ted, and family routines, revealing how hidden classrooms of tact shape couples. The tale ends with the bride admitting her mother exerts stronger influence on Billy than she can.
The commissioner of the Putnam Circuit Court in 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 set July 24 1915 at 2 pm at Braxton B Stringer’s residence with payment options including all cash or one third cash and balance in six months and one year with a mortgage at 6 percent. Attorneys Gillen and Sutherlin listed.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners announces sealed bids for 10 574 feet of macadam road improvement in Jackson Township known as the W P Thompson road. Bids due July 5, 1915 at 2 pm in Greencastle with bonds double the bid and affidavits against collusion. The county reserves the right to reject all bids and allow time for completion.
A lady accosts a child entering a strict New York flat asking about how the child lives there. The child replies I was born in. A note mentions a measure of the average man’s heart electrical output per beat and a sensitive instrument. A hinged foot with rubber pad and spikes prevents ladders from slipping on smooth surfaces.
Creditors heirs and legatees of Geo A Miller deceased are notified to 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. Clerk Harry W Moore June 16 1915. Weekly June 18.
The sheriff of Putnam County Indiana will sell at public auction on July 31 1915 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the courthouse door the rents and profits of Lots 3 and 4 in Block E Grantham's Second Addition Roachdale to satisfy a decree of 568.20 plus interest and costs. If rents fail to satisfy the decree the fee simple of the described real estate may be sold. The sale occurs without valuation or appraisement relief. Theodore Boes Sheriff.
Notice to heirs and legatees of Winfield S. Fellows deceased to appear in Castle Indiana on June 25 1915 and show cause why Final Settlement Accounts with the estate should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Published June 2 1915. 3t Whly June 11th.
Public notice in Putnam County Indiana calls for bids to macadam 5221 feet of Wm Day road in Warren Township. Bids will be let to the lowest responsible bidder per specifications and plans on file in the Auditor's Office Greencastle. Bond affidavits denying collusion may be fixed for completion. Auditor Putnam County Indiana Co L Airhart. St Weekly June 18th Posters.
Dialog shows Mary bragging about a new watch and John retorts his timepiece gains two hours daily. The banter highlights boastful comments over speed and clever comparisons.
A remarked tale recounts Brean climbing a tall gate post after a club outing to glimpse a sign overhead. The punchline lands in a wry judge’s quip about the sign reading We paint.
South Carolina governor Richard Manning recounts a farmer’s joke about buying a berometer to forecast rain. The wife questions the expense, joking that rheumatism already signals weather. the tale mocks unnecessary spending and rural wit.
A boy sits on a Central Park bench in New York watching riders on donkeys. An overweight woman offers him a donkey, but he declines, preferring to stay and laugh at the scene.
A child asks about an unreasonable tyrant and a father warns him about speaking against his mother. A teacher questions sugar origins in the West Indies as students grope for an answer. A Delmar race ends nose to nose with a tongue-out finish and a running joke about the closest race ever observed.
In a playful scene Alice and her younger sister act as customers while Mother participates and plays her role. She ends by kissing both children, prompting Alice to burst into tears and protest that the kiss spoils the pretend store and that she never kisses the man in the real store.
A short domestic scene features a wife inviting John to discuss many topics while he jokes that she usually talks about things she lacks. The light exchange frames a playful, affectionate mood between spouses during a quiet afternoon.
A patient druggist speaks to a boy lingering in a store asking if he wants candy. The boy says he wants candy but cannot buy it because his mother sent him for soap.
The sage declares a time for work and a time for play while a listener asks if a musician can combine them. The exchange hints at balance between duty and art within a thoughtful fable tone.
Dialogue among Miss Banger and a friend reveals a playful debate about a piano that supposedly speaks. The humor centers on a boast of musical prowess contrasted with a claim of deceit. A companion recalls meeting a notoriously frugal man who refuses to settle costs after generous hospitality.
An advertisement from Cook Drug Co touts a tonic as a weekly laxative medicine that cleans the insides purifies the blood boosts appetite and promotes sleep and growth in children for 35 cents.
By order of the Putnam Circuit Court the administrator of Carrie B Williamson's estate will conduct private sale of household goods in Green Castle Indiana. The sale starts at 10 am July 5 1915 and continues daily until sold with terms requiring one third cash and balance in two notes at six percent interest with attorney fees.
In the matter of the estate of Jacob T. Kaauer deceased the circuit court of Putnam County Indiana orders a private sale of two thirds of described real estate at Hays Murphy law office Greencastle on July 19 1915 at 10 AM with terms requiring one third cash and remainder in six and twelve months with six percent notes secured by mortgage widow to sell her one third on same terms two thirds and one third combined to be sold by administrator Perry Hasty
The Treasurer of Putnam County Indiana will offer for sale at the courthouse in Greencastle up to 2 PM July 5 1915 twenty bonds of 191 each total 3820 dated July 5 1915 with 4 percent interest payable at the county treasurer's office First interest due May 15 1916 Sealed bids from J H Strain et al Washington township accepted until the stated time H H Runyan Treasurer Putnam County Indiana St Herald June 21 25 80 Posters
An old advertisement urges readers to relieve rheumatism without internal treatment. It promotes topical liniment as a universal remedy claimed to help muscular pains and rheumatic conditions, asserting easy availability everywhere.
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