Putnam County Sheriff and Representative Candidates Listed
Local voters in Putnam county are urged to consider Democratic candidates for sheriff and a representative nomination. Names include W E Gill Cloverdale and E S Lige Wallace Green Castle among others, all subject to the Democratic primary on May 4, 1920.
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W. E. Gill
Cloverdale
Putnam County
Edward H. Eitlejorge
Vermandes C. Hurst
Greencastle
E. S
Lige) Wallace
County Commissioner Candidate Announces Candidacy
Reese R. Buis of Marion Township declares bid for county commissioner with a sale ad listing livestock including horses mules hogs cows and sheep to draw bidders and buyers. The auction features a Percheron stallion jack and several Jersey and Holstein cows along with a Duroc hog lot and ewes with lambs. A credit term of six months is offered with interest details and a cash discount. The Mt Meridian M E Church Ladies Aid serves dinner.
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Mer
Reese R. Buis
Marion Township
Sound
Jack
Crouen & Co
Jersey
Serum Said to Cure Flu and Sleeping Sickness
A Paris doctor claims a single anti plague serum cures both influenza and sleeping sickness, citing twin diseases caused by the same germ. New York and Paris labs report related work and a Mount Sinai team notes a globoid body possibly linked to sleeping sickness, with preliminary findings awaited.
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New York
Paris
Charles Folley
Bellevue Hospital
Mount Sinai Hospital
Folley
Mount Sinai
Polley
Democratic primary filings for county commissioner seats
Notices announce candidates for Putnam county commissioner races in the Second and Third districts. David J. Skelton of Washington township and O. A. Day of Marion township seek the Democratic nomination in the May 4, 1920 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Skelton
Washington Township
O. A. Day
Marion Township
Putnam County
Community Sale At W. W. Brothers Barn
Auction announced for Saturday at the W. W. Brothers barn led by Dobbs and Vestal as auctioneers with sale details readable from the notice.
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W. W. Brothers Barn
Maren
Dobbs & Vestal
Eve's Apple Really a Lemon Says Translator
Lawrence horticulturist FEBE Smith told the State Horticultural Society in Topeka that the biblical apple was actually a lemon. He argued the translated word likely refers to a citron tree and that its fruit led to Adam and Eve's trouble in Eden.
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Topeka
Kan
Febe. Smith
Lawrence
State
T Horticultural Society
Garden of Eden
Smith
Long Sausages Spark Fostoria Competition
In Fostoria Ohio Mrs W L Bates of Kistuy Sun won a premium for a sausage 138 inches long weighing over ten pounds. Earlier Mary Houfford of Fremont held the top prize with a 59 inch sausage as the field watched long distance entries in a sausage making contest.
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Fostoria
W. L. Bates
Kistuy
British Town Bans Jazz Dancing
Leyton officials ban the one step and jazz dancing in the city hall citing concerns over form and morality. Citizens urged to abstain from such dances at public events.
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Leyton
England
Why Colds Are Dangerous
A public notice warns that colds weaken lungs and invite serious diseases. It links prolonged colds to pneumonia and other germ infections like consumption diphtheria scarlet fever and whooping cough. It endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as an effective, pleasant cold cure.
Laxative praise from Vermont innkeeper
George F. Daniels of Hardwick Vermont promoter of the Hardwick Inn endorses Chamberlain's Tablets as the best laxative for sedentary habits saying he has tried many but found none better. He notes his hotel’s standing as a model in New England.
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Chamberlain
George F. Daniels
Hardwick, Vt
Daniels
Hardwick Inn
New England
Low Rates for Life Insurance Offer Listed
The National Life Association posts affordable life policies for men and women with rates per thousand dollars at ages 21 9 40 and 45. District manager Charles B E Cooper Greencastle Indiana provides contact details for inquiries.
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The
National Life Association
Charles BE
Cooper
Greencastle
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Lancaster
Madison Township
Allen Eggers
Jackson Township
Will Glidewell
Warren Township
Jessy M. Hamrick
Harkins L. Jackson
Ray Vaughan
Sherrill & Rector
O. W. Hill
Ladies’ Aid of the
Mt. Meridian M. E. Church
the Herald
Mt. Meridian
Edmonds
Eve
A. P. Mullins
West Side Square
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