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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
3
The text lampoons urban vanity as a solitary thinker sits under a fig tree noting neighbors who chase fashion and cars while he moralizes. It then shifts to a philosophical meditation on idealism and materialism credited to Joseph Cook, ending with a playful bridal remark.
Marshall Snider visiting his parents in Greencastle before returning to Ft. Sheridan Illinois for World War wounds recovery. Community events include Over the Tea Cups Club meet with Mrs George R Grose 2:30 pm and Florida visitors expected home. Primary election day closes Greencastle Banks. American Day flags and bunting adorn Greencastle. Doroth Ferris to Des Moines as private secretary to President George R Grose during General Conference. Jacob E Craven campaigning in Hendricks County ahead of Tuesday primary. Triangle club to meet at Blanch Bicknell home. Civic notes intermixed with light proverbs.
Boston artist Joseph Knowles arrives in the southern Oregon mountain wilderness with Prof. Waterman to live off the land. He plans to emerge clothed in forest attire, avoid killing without need, tackle fire creation, study edible plants, and even contemplate taming wild animals for a return to Grants Pass.
Sunday morning service at 11 o'clock in the Ader block on the second floor. Sunday School starts at 10 o'clock. Wednesday evening testimony service at 8 o'clock. Everybody welcome.
An advertisement urges women to request Triumph Pills claiming relief and dependable results. It states pills are not sold in drug stores and invites readers to write to the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin for free information and particulars.
Found Sorority Pin owner to call office and pay charges. For sale a 6 room modern house in a good location. Wanted experienced cook at Florence Hall. 107 head ewes and early lambs for sale or pasture until May 20. Auction listing: 5 year old Percheron stallion. Need truck hauling services. Mortgage exemptions and architectural services listed. Auction by Dobbs and Vestal with Paull Albin clerk.
The U S Department of Agriculture will require spoiled food to be denatured before shipment into interstate commerce. Spoiled eggs may be used in tanning and other nonedible products, but must be treated with salt, kerosene, or coloring matter to prevent food use. The denaturing will not bar use of decomposed substances in nonedible manufacturing as in grain alcohol denaturing.
The Greencastle Musicale wraps a strong year by partnering with DePauw School of Music to avoid seven artist concerts and to present the Beebe Chamber Music. Dear McCutchan credits Greencastle support for the Beebe performance. The season closes with a rare Symphony Orchestra appearance, a high point amid rising musician costs.
Borax sprinkled on manure garbage and other areas stops fly eggs from hatching, though not adult flies. A joint study by the Department of Agriculture Office of Public Roads and Public Health Service will examine convict camps and labor use in road construction to improve efficiency and determine best implementation.
Mrs. Mary Mahoney of 509 Kentucky Avenue credits Trutona with ending years of constipation nervousness and insomnia. She reports sleeping through the night for about two weeks and a return to regular bowels aided by the medicine. The ad notes Trutona rebuilds nerves and tissues and improves digestion as it is introduced at R P Mullins Drug Store in Greencastle.
A brief note promotes Burkhart’s Vegetable Compound as a treatment for liver and kidney trouble. It claims benefits from a traditional remedy and mentions a physician’s endorsement. The wording reads as an old fashioned medical patent style with limited technical detail.
An advertisement promotes a broad preventative remedy labeled as the grandest cure for grip and flu. The product claims to be available at all drug stores with a three day treatment option priced at 5e. It lists an address at 621 Main Street Gin'ti as part of the distribution detail.
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