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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
3
Under the March 11 1919 act every domestic corporation must file a duplicate corporate statement with the County Assessor by March 1 each year. A $100 per day penalty applies for noncompliance. Blanks available at the Assessor's office. Paul F Priest Assessor. Trail for three weeks.
The domestic scene shows Mrs Chubb abandoning chores for literary pursuits after joining the Uplift Club. Her husband and children contest the shift, with humorous verses describing Keats, Pope, Burns, and other poets as the central conflict between art and daily life.
Big tabernacle work pushed after Manager Huffman of the Daisy Barr party arrives. Seats installed today for tonight’s dedication meeting as Mrs Barr is expected to arrive.
A local reader is advised to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. The notice highlights its pleasant taste and wide reputation for curing respiratory ailments and promises relief.
The article explains smokeless powder made from guncotton treated with nitric and sulphuric acids, forming a gas only explosive. It also notes a phonograph based burglar alarm that triggers on door or window disturbance, aiming to deter burglars even if occupants are unaware.
In a light moment a qualified Army doctor asks about nursing experience and the Red Cross recruit replies with a humorous line about three brothers who own motorcycles illustrating informal wartime banter.
Quoted judge remarks on Captain Kidd's buried treasure as people search. The prose notes such hunts are futile since Kidd had money to burn and could have cremated it. It jokes about motives of women versus men and their unusual actions.
A local grocery ad offers Fresh Fish Saturday and a variety of meats by the pound including pork ham sliced and whole, pork shoulder in several cuts, pork liver, hogs heads, porter house and loin steaks, round and boiling meats. It lists sausages, cheeses, vegetables and canned goods with promotional per pound and per item prices for limited stock.
A fragmented essay explains horsepower and lifting limits, comparing weight, distance, and time. It then pivots to humorous observations about marriage, economy, and social norms, noting couples economize, women provoke jealousy, and wedding certificates mocked on bond paper.
Classified ads list mortgage exemptions through county recorder O T Ellis and notices for a Warren township farmers meeting in Putnamville March 12 at 7 30. Also ads for architect contractor and landscape gardening W H Evens Greencastle Get mortgage exemptions at the Auditors office plus sale of lots at cemetery and cows coming fresh this spring for Charles Petro sale March 17 1920 by Viola M Denny.
The readable portions describe generic newspaper items with unclear entities and dates. The text includes stray letters and broken phrases, offering no verifiable people, places, organizations, or concrete events to summarize into a coherent card.
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