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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
3
Urgent health notice advises irregular or delayed use of Triumph Pills with claim of safety and dependability. States not sold at drug stores and warns against experimenting with other products to avoid disappointment. Offers relief particulars and free information from National Medical Institute Milwau.
The article outlines experiments using a dead pneumococcus vaccine and horse serum, showing vaccination protected monkeys against Type 1 pneumonia and reduced severity. Trials in New York and Camp Wheeler echoed the protection, with vaccinated monkeys remaining disease free or mild, while unvaccinated ones died. Further work targets Type 2 and other groups.
Former mayor Lew Shank extols Trutona as a superior tonic for indigestion constipation and general weakness. He notes personal relief from years of stomach liver and bowel troubles and promotes the medicine sold in Greencastle at Mullins Drug Store.
Dr Grenfell recalls a fisherman with a swollen jaw who refused forceps yet paid 25 cents for a charm. The doctor pretends to chant Latin like incantations Abra eaduben Tiddlywinkum Umslopoga then removes pain with a joke gesture. The fisherman's relief ends the anecdote in Youth's Companion.
Multiple ads list items for sale including venison or hare meat feeding stock clover seed and a Chevrolet touring car. Notices include a public auction for household furniture on April 1 1920 and a congressional candidacy Jacob E Cravin with a Democratic primary in the Fifth district.
Jacob E Craven recounts his upbringing on a Hendricks County farm, years as both employee and employer of farm labor, a stint as a public school teacher, and sixteen years as a federal post office clerk. He sought the Congressional nomination two years ago and asks for help to realize his ambition.
Measles in the area affect several in Corn Stalk Valley. Lois McAnnich spent Saturday night with Roy Buis and family. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Oran Buis included Etheridge Buis and family and the Newman family and son Leonard. Clara Grooms of Martinsville visits her aunt Mrs Myrtle Storm and sons. Hazel Burges called on Etheridge Buis and family. John Cash and Myrtle Ruark united in marriage in a surprise to friends. Forest McNary attended with Mr and Mrs S E Perry and son Arthur of Fillmore. Otto Buis and W H Masten added as Ford owners.
Bainbridge R R 1 Everett Englan visited Russell on Saturday night. R C Sutherlin and wife with Mrs Sigla had dinner with Earl Sutherlin and wife. Otha Bales and companions toured Pittshore Sunday with Mrs Bales’ parents. Ora Blacket and family visited Wilbur Clodfelter and T N Clodfelter Saturday night. Other locals attended Ross Thomas sale and Greencastle outing via Witt Sutherlin and families.
The report notes Mrs Clara Dodd visiting Mrs Moby Surber on Wednesday and Mrs Weaver calling on Mrs Mary Surber on Thursday. Mrs Della Neeson and sons visited Mrs Mary Boswell and daughter, Mr Leo Sarber’s father from Kentucky visited, and several locals went to Greencastle Saturday. Mrs Clara Dodd visited her sister Lillie Tuesday.
Liberty Murrell Keiser visits grandparents in Murphysburg Illinois and friends. Mrs James Mustard from near Poland spent weekend with R B Mustard family. William Parr of Seattle, formerly of the area, called on old friends. A daughter Mabel born to Mr and Mrs Bruce Must Thursday. Albert Keiser and two children dined with Mr and Mrs Will Smith in Poland Sunday. Mr and Mrs Court Griffith and son Carroll from Indianapolis visited. Mr and Mrs Henry Lash of Ashboro visited the Keisers. O L Keiser family visited August Keiser in Poland.
A calf born on a Door County farm near Sturgeon Bay exhibits seven legs, six fully developed and a shorter undeveloped seventh. The owner, Carl Kroll, lives a few miles from the city in the dairying region.
In a humorous exchange, a man recalls telling his wife a remark that offended her, leading to a period of silence. Henpick chases the joke with eagerness as the narrator explains he merely claimed he went fishing and brought back something.
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