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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1913
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists dates and street addresses for notices in Greencastle Indiana. The readable items reference the Star-Democrat publishing company and a street address 17 and 19 Sour dacks, suggesting classified or public notices.
The sheriff of Putnam County Indiana will auction rents and profits from Lot 1 in the South Enlargement of New Maysville on July 5 1913 at Greencastle courthouse to satisfy a $636 decree plus interest and costs. If needed the sale may include parts of the real estate. no relief from valuation laws.
An concise medical ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to aid a weak stomach. It claims the tablets enable the stomach to function naturally and are available for sale by dealers.
Monon Route announces summer excursion fares from June 1 to September 20 with final return by October 31 1913. Applies to all points in 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 and Wyoming. For rates and times trains and reservations apply Agent Monon Route J LU Ellis Agent.
Centreville New Jersey reports a peculiar apple tree bearing intoxicating fruit. William Mizner, a temperance advocate, fears cutting it may anger drinkers and end a possible supply of jag applejack. His hogs have shown intoxicated behavior after nibbling the fruit, drawing widespread curiosity and caution.
In St Valery en Caux a seaweed bath called bath de vared is touted as a cure. The bath uses locally abundant seaweed rich in iodine and minerals, mixed with sea water, heated to a warm temperature, then cooled to a suitable level for a 20 to 30 minute session.
In Paterson New Jersey a three year old boy named George Whitman of 87 Hamburg avenue wandered off while playing with his father Prince a bullpup dog. An hour later four citizens found the boy near West street bridge and brought him to police with the dog following. Sergeant Ricker observed a license tag on Princes collar and used it to locate the boy’s parents.
An elderly Berlin merchant, lonely after his daughter's holiday departure, hosted a visiting old friend who lured him to a vaudeville outing. After a costly break in, police tied the theft to the visitor and two young accomplices. The trio confessed to planning the robbery for New Year’s celebration. the woman rejected marriage to avoid prosecution and awaits trial.
A historic anecdote recounts Field Marshal von Moltke reacting to a Hussar captain who saluted with two forms of Guten Morgen. After a second salute aboard a station stop, Moltke expresses utter disgust, calling the man an intolerable gas bag.
Entomologists report a line of 114 larvae marching in a pine forest near Arcachon France. The insects travel by night to feed and by day to burrow in sand as they enter the pupal stage. A fly attacked the procession to lay eggs in the larvae.
At a Geological Society of London meeting Professor Seely exhibited the upper leg bone of a plesiosaurus nearly entirely replaced by opal. The fossil, found in a New South Wales coal mine, belonged to a long necked sea reptile of the Jurassic era, sometimes reaching 80 feet.
Dr. Rudolph Anderson and Vihljahmr Stefansson of the Museum of Natural History describe a 1910 Horton River journey for ethological and zoological data. Six men carried two days of provisions for a 15 day hunt with no game found. they survived on whale tongue and sealskin leather, oil, and blubber.
London writer G T Bisset-Smith notes fiction in census ages especially among women. He finds more entries around twenty five than can be explained, suggesting twenty five is seen as the golden age for matrimony despite broader career openings.
Frank Bertain, honored for heroism at Manila Bay, died in El Paso. He served on Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia and helped save nearly 200 sailors by signaling a line as the Spanish flagship sank. He had received medals from several European nations for bravery.
The late George Meredith's grave in Dorking Cemetery Surrey is fenced with a simple marble border. At the head a carved open book bears obituary details on one page and the Victoria quotation Life is but a little holding Sent to do a mighty labour on the other.
The piece traces how early clubs in London provided meals, libraries, games, and couture life for gentlemen. It argues restaurants eroded club appeal by offering cheaper, faster, and better dining, diminishing the clubs’ unique advantages and social cachet.
The piece argues the golf stick origin may trace to a hockey tool and notes how Scotch games like bandy ball and shinty evolved with football influences. It cites a 15th century print showing bandy-ball players using curved sticks and references The Gentleman's Magazine of 1795 describing shinty as a golf variant played by youths in London as hockey.
Coal stored in air undergoes chemical changes mainly due to moisture. Long storage reduces hydrocarbon content, lowers coal volume, and diminishes illuminating power of gas produced. In large masses, these reactions can generate heat and cause spontaneous combustion.
The bark cloth craft from brachystegia in Uganda and parts of East Africa is waning as civilization advances. Natives strip bark from two foot diameter trees, pound it to align fibers, and form sheets about six by ten feet. The cloth lacks strength and is disappearing with cotton cloth gaining popularity.
An Austrian invention equips motorcycles with a reel of wire and a long pole so a rider lays telephone and telegraph lines from the moving bike. The system reportedly lays about three miles of wire in twelve minutes, by deploying the wire into trees or ditches. Separately a London department store staffs clerks overnight to take early morning delivery orders.
Ackerman of 14 Vine St Greencastle Ind testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney complaint with no recurrence and he still uses them for relief. The ad notes purchases at Jones Stevens Co Drug Store with 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as soleU.S. distributors.
OCR reads a fragmented timetable with times such as 9:48 a m 6:50 p m 2:20 a m 8:25 a m and a line noting D. ELLIS, Agent, suggesting a timetable or agent entry with incomplete data.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best remedy for diarrhoea and notes it is available from all dealers.
The Monon Route announces monthly Homeseekers excursions on the third Tuesday with 1 point in the south and west regions. Winter tours to southern points available daily through April 20 with return by June 1 1918, while year round fares to the Pacific Coast and West markets are offered daily with a final return limit of nine months from sale. Inquiries at Monon depot phone 69 Ellis agent Dw.
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