Putnam County Sealed Bids For Road and Bridge Work
Putnam County Indiana invites sealed bids for macadam road projects in Greencastle and nearby townships, including 15610.5 feet and 6645 feet of road work. Also offers bids for four reinforced concrete bridges No 4 No 5 No 6 and No 7 with plans on file in the Auditor’s office. Bids due June 1 1914 at 2 o’clock p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Putam County
Indiana
Reencastle
Alleeford
Marion
Greencastle
Sulpher Springs Ford
Malion Township
Wilmore
Ind
Hartford
Floyd Townhip
Center Schoolhouse
Bainbridge Road
Sutherlin Ford
Floyd
Creve Land
Theuditor’s
Putnam County
Glirhart
Notice to Gravel Road Contractors in Putnam County Indiana
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids at the County Auditor's office in Greencastle for 12 306 5 feet of gravel road work on the A H Hann road in Floyd Township. Bids due June 1 1914 at 2 pm with double bond and affidavits. Right to reject all bids reserved.
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Ravel Road
Rd of Commissioners
Putnam
Indiana
Nty
Encastie
Irent Township
Putnam County
Iowa
James Ingram
Auditor’s Office
Said
Greencastle
Airhart
Putnamunty
Hid
Cnty
Ancastle
Eencactie Township
Putnam Coun
S. A. Hazett Road
Unty
Ll. Airhart
Putnamounty
Board of Commissioners
State of
Floyd Township
A. H. Hann
C. L. Airhart
Henry Sendmyer
Washington Township
John W. Ellis
Mill Creek Township
Court House
H. H. Bunyan
St Hild
The Man Who Forgot His Name
In a bustling city scene a man helplessly proclaims he has forgotten his name. A compassionate officer suggests possible surnames, but each guess is rejected. Finally the man jokes that he may not have been christened at all, ending the encounter with a light note of self-deprecation.
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Jones
Kronkheit
Slantrtly
Frothingham
Petersburgh
Sowerhang
Slippweller
Not a polite era: gender roles and gossip in old pages
A mosaic of quips on fashion women and voting motives. The text notes women’s influence, husbands’ opinions, and social satire of marriages, manners, and gossip with cheeky lines about fashion and prudish behavior. It lacks a single event or clear narrative, presenting as disparate observations.
Flour Scones with Fruit Filling Guide
Sift flour salt and baking powder. Rub in butter to make a light dough with milk. Cut into rounds and bake quickly. Split, spread with butter, add crushed berries and sugar to taste between and on top. Serve plain or with whipped cream.
Brandy Snap Recipe From Warm Molasses Mix
A historical recipe describes heating one half cup molasses with butter, then whisking in one cup flour two thirds cup sugar and three quarters teaspoon ginger. Drop on a buttered pan and bake slowly. wafers spread and roll while warm but are brittle when cold.
Doings of Duty for Healthy Kidneys Explain Dean's Pills
Greencastle readers learn kidney function and how Dean's Kidney Pills can help. Mrs. Belle Hinkle of 609 Illinois St says the remedy relieved backache and fatigue after years of discomfort. The ad urges readers to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills 50c at all stores, from Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Greencastle
Ackache
Dean
Belle Hinkle
Illinois St
Ind
Dr. O F. Overstreet Dentist Practice in Greencastle
Dr. O F Overstreet operates a dental office in the Bence Building on South Vine Street Greencastle Indiana providing general dental services to local residents.
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Bence
South Vine Street
Greencastle
Ind
New Feet When Your Feet Are Tired Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Speedway foot remedy promising fast relief from burning and throbbing sensations. It claims safe skin contact, non staining action, and joint or swelling use with a money back guarantee from A Cook Drug Company.
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Speedway
A. Cook Drug Company
Notice of Sale of School House in Marion Township
Trustee Otto B. Rector announces sale of a one room brick schoolhouse with foundation in school district No. 9 Putnam County Indiana. Sale at public auction June 1 1914 at 2 pm for cash. purchaser must move building within 15 days. Minimum bid two thirds of appraised value. St Wkly May 8.
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Marion School
Putnam County
Indiana
Otto B. Rector
St Wkly
Road bond sale notices and medical remedy claim
The notice lists bids for two Putnam County road bond issues dated May 16 1914 with total amounts of 5860 and 4200 dollars, interest 4 percent, due May 15 1915, bids due May 18 1914. It also includes a testimonial about Chamberlains Tablets from Mrs F H Trubus of Springsville New York describing relief for liver discomfort.
William McGaughey Physician and Surgeon
A notice identifies WM. McGAUGHEY as a physician and surgeon with office and residence details. It lists the office address at Evans' Block No. 24 Seve lavkeon street and two telephone numbers for office and residence, indicating a local medical practice in the area.
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WM. McGaughey
Bloomington and
Seminary Streets
Evans
Sevelavkeon Street
Daily advertising is an investment not an experiment
An advertising plea urging readers to invest in the Herald for promotional reach and brand building, emphasizing steady advertising value over experimental costly campaigns.
Paris Police Advice From French Prefecture Visitor
A visiting French official argues the American police hiring flaw is lax vetting. Emile Gawrent, secretary of the Paris Prefecture, notes French screening disqualifies any candidate with even a single bad mark and requires a clean record from school and military service to deter future corruption.
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Paris
Europe
Emile Gawrent
Laurent
America
France
Prefectures of Police
86 foot streets pave Toronto road plan by Ontario board
Toronto moves to a standardized 86 foot road width with St Clair Avenue as a prototype for boulevards. The plan shields streetcar traffic from being blocked by vehicles and uses broken granite to dampen noise across track areas. Officials aim to direct traffic from outer districts toward downtown without clogging main arteries. Widening of Terau lay Street is promised pending university requirements to open a street off College.
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Toronto
Teraulay
College
Nude statue stunt shocks Grand Central crowd
New York man Tanos, 40, of Woodbridge New Jersey posed nude on a balcony above Grand Central Station. Women screamed as eyes turned to the figure. Special Policeman John Porter intervened, cuffed the man, and he was sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation after being taken to East Fifty‑First Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tanos
Woodbridge
N. J
Bellevue Hospital
Grand Central Station
John Porter
Porter
East Fifty-first Street
Shelter for Homeless Men Opens at All Saints Church
The All Saints Church basement at Henry and Scammel streets New York recently opened as a shelter and meeting place for homeless men. Benjamin Novak opposed the offer claiming church control of the hob o organization but was overruled. A resolution thanked Bishop Greer, and Secretary Law said the facility would be nonsectarian, heated, seated, and open twenty four hours a day with magazines and reading material supplied free.
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New York
All Saints’ Church
Henry and Scammel Streets
Benjamin Novak
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Greer
New York City as the City of Clubs
A historical overview describes New York as the world’s club capital with over 500 clubs in the metro area and nearly 500 000 members. It traces club origins from colonial times to the Union Club and the Sorosis, noting the Dickens dinner of 1868, Jane Croly as founder, and current meetings at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Union Club
Fifty-fifth Street
Broadway
Bond Street
Sorosis Club
Presa Club
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Jane 8. Croly
Sorosis
Waldorf- Astoria
Robber Takes His Leg In Birmingham Highway Crime
Crewe Wigginton a truck gardener was robbed at gunpoint near Birmingham. The assailant demanded his shoes and cork leg and fled after taking $2 while the victim hopped a quarter mile to summon help from a telephone. Police began a search for the gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Crewe Wigsington
Wigginton
Powers claims Mary Sawyer’s lamb twin to celebrate 103rd year
Lancaster Massachusetts resident Richard K Powers asserts a close kinship to Mary Sawyer of the nursery rhyme Mary Mary quite contrary and her lamb. He states the lamb was one of twins born on the Sawyer farm in March 1814 marking the anniversary.
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Lancaster
Mass
Richard K. Powers
Mary
Mary Sawyer
Powers
Sawyer
Georgetown farmer dies by own action with nail trigger
James Johnes, a prosperous farmer in Georgetown, Del, shot himself at his home. He drove a nail into a stick and used it to pull the shotgun trigger aimed at his head, causing his death.
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Georgetown
Del
James Johnes
Poker Soliloquy in Shakespearean Tone
A New York Telegraph parody explores poker decisions as a moral dilemma. The piece muses on risking hands versus folding, weighing bluffing and chasing a jackpot against anxiety, fate, and the fear of worse cards to come.
The Chronic Plague Gun Trade Tale
Van Albert recalls a desperate exchange with a troubled man who begged for a gun. The man took Van Albert’s pearl inlaid revolver, used it, pawned it for 83 dollars, and offered to sell the ticket for eight more.
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Rodrick
van Albert
The Pink Un Joke From a Grim Encounter
An English jest centers on a dying wife and starving children misfiring with a coin. A mendicant chases a belated passerby while muttering about a horse hospital and brimming brandy as his weeklong fever dream unfolds.
Wail of the Fans and the Suffrage Parody Poem
A playful verse mocks suffrage discourse with a spectacle of fans and a woman outspoken in a sporting column. The piece jokes about press photo coverage and brisk, breezy commentary while dodging heavy suffrage rhetoric.
Traveling Journalist in Dugout City Not Always Rising
A fragment from a Western town paper hints at editor activity and local tensions. It notes editors and a rough environment where lynchers and rough justice appear in the community discussion.
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Dugout City
Wesltern
Daily Boomer
Beggar Seeks Glasgow Help and Train Fare Advice
A brief dialogue features a beggar asking for help to reach Glasgow. The responding man offers practical travel advice instead, suggesting taking a train to a near point and walking the rest. The exchange highlights frugality and streetwise guidance.
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Glasgow
Tale of brothers and marbles in a playful exchange
A mother prompts Willie to share with his brother and stop being selfish. Willie resists until she suggests the brother has already had two marbles, implying fairness. The fragment shows a domestic, parting gesture and a gentle moral theme.
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Willie
Dou
No Advice Needed on Seasickness from Captain
A lady passenger asks the captain what to do in case of seasickness. The captain replies it’s unnecessary as her husband will handle it himself. The quoted lines include a Washington Irving aphorism on a mother's strength and a garbled note about a Louisian complaint from Ler- Alexander.
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Washington Irving
Alexander
Trustees Notices Madison to Marion Townships and beyond
Trustees announce weekly office hours across Madison Canton and neighboring townships. J W Knauer and Ernest Kivet, both trustees, will be at homes or offices on set days to transact official business in Mill Creek Jackson Floyd Monroe Marion and Floyd townships with multiple residents noted.
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Madison Township
J. W. Knauer
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Ever
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
DE. Etcheson
Floyd Township
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Fillmore
Mrs. A L Luckie Reports Relief From Sick Headache
Mrs A L Luckie of East Rochester New York credits Chamberlain’s Tablets with curing her sick headache and despondency caused by a debilitated stomach. She found them pleasant to take mild and effective and within weeks she was restored to her former health. For sale by all dealers.
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A. L. Luckie
East Rochester
N. Y
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of William J. Steeg deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on May 18 1914 show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and heirs to prove heirship and receive distributive shares witness clerk Arthur J Hamrick April 27 1914 May 1 1914.
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William J. Steeg
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencasle
Indiana
Arthur J. Hamrick
St W
Chamberlains Liniment Advertises Rheumatism Relief
This liniment targets rheumatism and lame backs with sprains and similar ailments. Mrs. Charles Tanner of Wabash Indiana praises its quick pain relief and long use by her family for over twenty years. Available in 25 and 50 cent bottles from dealers.
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Charles Tanner
Wabash, Ind
Notice of Administration in Putnam County Indiana
Undersigned appointed by the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana as administrator of the estate of Wade Miller late of Putnam County Indiana deceased. Said estate is believed solent. Dated April 25 1914. Clement B. Knauer administrator W H H Cullen attorney May 3 1914.
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Circuit Court
Putnam County
State of Indiana
Christian J Lite
Urow
State of
Indiana
Wade Miller
Solent
Clement B. Knauer
W. H. H. Cullen
Atty
Remarkable Cure by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mrs Archie Dalrymple of Crookeville Ohio reports her three boys suffered whooping cough for a year before using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She continued treatment and notes the disease was cured in a very short time with this remedy sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Archie Dalrymple
Crookeville
Ohio
Notice to Non-Residents in Putnam Circuit Court Foreclosure
In Putnam Circuit Court May Term 1914 Joseph N. Fordicers Henry D Foley and Millie J Foley non residents are notified to appear by June 26 1914 to answer or demur to foreclosure complaint No S604 filed by F S Vanilton attorney. Witness Arthur J Harries clerk Greencastle Indiana May 4 1914. bk. S Hamilton plaintiffs attorney St Daily May 5-12-19.
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Putnam Circuit Court
Joseph N. Fordicers
Henry D. Foley
F. S. Vanilton
Millie J. Foley
Indiana
Putnam Circuit
Greencastle
A. D
W. W. Tucker Practice Location Noted in Greeneastle
Advertisement lists physician and surgeon W. W. Tucker with an office on Vine Street between Washington and Walnut Streets in Greeneastle.
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Office
Vine Street
Washington and
Walnut St. Greeneastle
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DR. O. FE. Overstreet
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F. H. Trubus
Springsville
Canada
Bellevue
City
CLUBS
Woman's Club
Country
Robber
Mary's Lamb
New York Telegraph
W. W. Tucker
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