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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
4
A reading of social visits and travels across Indianapolis Terre Haute Crawfordsville and Greencastle notes Miss Helen MacNeill Major Dunbar and Mr Benjamin Neier visiting and returning from trips. Local events include funerals school events real estate and business updates with multiple residents and visitors listed.
Dr Gobin preached in Manon yesterday. Tom Doddridge visits. Deke Miss Beth Bushnell will visit Theta sisters late this week. Hazel Cantwell to visit Kappa sisters. Kappa Alpha Theta photographed at Cammack's. Delta Kappa Epsilon party planned for Saturday April 4. Barnes Sunday School class met. he speaks on student life. About one hundred students enrolled. Gym classes resumed. two new apparatus installed. focus on running and starting.
An advertisement touts 30 Days' Trial for Pineules priced at $1.00, claiming relief from back pain and rheumatic aches. It promotes kidney bladder and blood benefits for all ages and offers a satisfaction guarantee with a refund, sold by Badger and Green.
Ostrom wins extraordinary crowds at Lyric Theater with voices of about two thousand men turned away and fifteen hundred women refused admittance. He plans a world campaign with 5000 evangelists and an international headquarters in Terre Haute or Indianapolis, seeking over 1.5 million dollars to fund eighteen months of organizing and a two week global canvass.
A petition filed in Circuit Court by S A Hays for Rose McCandless, John D Langston, and Miles Clay Langston seeks a final accounting and settlement by executors Daniel T Darnall and Allen Darnall. It states John son Darnall died testate in 1876, executors began duties, a pretended final statement was made in 1887, but no final settlement or funds have been paid. The court is asked to compel a final statement and settlement with the heirs.
Multiple property deeds recorded including Sheldon Waggoner to F2000 U S Runnels in Green- CABLIB, Sarah Allis Ransom to Minnie D Shuck in Mar ION Cini Je ate BA hee, Frank How and wife to Calvin Weaver in MALTON De 3 ee, George L Philips and wife to Rachel B E O'Brien in BARINODGS 7x decaue 6030 is.50 Toe, Arthur Stevenson to Robert B E Stevenson in Warren OD, Arthur and Robert Stevenson to Oliver P West in WAPO ALIN art, Clara Lukins to Maggie M Lee in Greencastle, Martha A Smith to Thomas Smith in Warren, Theodore M Lane and wife to James S McCammack in Magigone, Minnie B Layman and husband to Millie Modlin in ROMMOT EB.
The New York Press outlines singer habits such as cold tea gargles and solvent washes to loosen throat crusts. It notes gargles do not improve voice quality, but may temporarily raise pitch and clear mucous, with salts, baking soda and aromatic additives used to stimulate mucous membranes.
The Lancet reports a London hospital case of a healthy 20 year old Scotch girl who habitually put pins in her mouth and sometimes slept with them. She swallowed five pins while fixing clothes and later vomited and expelled many more pins from her mouth nose and body. In a month she expelled 23 pins by vomiting and later 13 more from various sites including the left nostril and behind the left ear, while continuing to vomit pins totaling 75, some blackened and eroded with thread.
The Comte de Corbieres, interior minister to Louis XVIII, forgot himself by placing his snuffbox on the king's desk. The king noted the sight, then asked if his pockets were empty. Corbieres answered that empty pockets are better than full ones, earning a smile and praise for integrity.
After tea she brings his pipe and slippers and explains a conscience fund. She confesses secretly borrowing dollars from his vest pockets for a week and returns the entire sum. He calls her honest, then asks to help buy a hat she saw in a window.
A veteran returns home pale from exertion and poor rations. A friend quips that he looks thin, provoking the reply that the observer could indeed see that much. A London Tit-Bits anecdote leads to a Bulwer Lytton joke about Noah Genoa and the colombe.
Beall accuses President of insulting the legislative branch by sending a letter to the judiciary committee during Judge Wilfley case. He catalogues executive overreach as a misuse of power and condemns Congress for inaction. Also notes ManZan Pile Remedy available in collapsible tube priced 50 cents.
A spray of rustic dialect voices from the Philadelphia Press notes Cassidy Shure’s remark on thrift. He argues that saving leads to others borrowing and the loss of one’s own money, illustrating a wary view of hoarding wealth.
A Houston Post quip recalls a humorous exchange about hair removal. Travel offers a playful retort promising effectiveness, while the other speaker invokes a mother in law as a punchline.
The St Marys Falls canal, linking Lake Superior with Lake Huron, handled three times the net tonnage of the Suez in 1906 and over seven times that of Kiel. Open only about eight months yearly due to cold, its use soared from 1.24 million tons in 1880 to 41.28 million tons in 1906, a 3,217 percent rise.
A historical ad notes Spring Winds poultice for skin issues. Pine salve carbolized is applied as a poultice for cuts sores burns and chapped skin. Sold by Badger and Green.
In this April Lippincott’s excerpt Kitty lights a cigarette and urges Claire to quit smoking while Claire notes she has learned to swear gamble drink and carry a safety razor in the era’s social signals.
Dialogue shows Mildred and her mother in a strained moment as Mildred’s neighbor Mrs. Neighbor4 voices concern. The exchange reveals worry, generational tension, and a private family dynamic within a close community.
A vignette recounts Bill Nye’s tale of a French visitor in America who, after opening his mail, wears a gloomier expression than his hostess expected. He learns his father has died, leaving him dissatisfied with the news.
A ready to use remedy for piles labeled Man Zan Pile Remedy offers one application relief for piles at a price of 50 shillings. The product is advertised as soothing and dealing with piles and is sold by Badger & Green.
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