Masterman Ready Rescues Shipwrecked Family On Island
The tale follows Masterman Ready who after steering a wrecked Pacific to a deserted island defends the Weagrave family against savages. He dies clutching the bucket after saving the children and mother while Captain Osborn arrives with relief to save the castaways.
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Mast Rman Ready
Pacific
Australia
Weagrave
Jono
Tom
Altogelus
Osborn
Seagraves
Masterman Ready
Jie
Masa
Nace
Duinl
Digas
Old Ready
Goodby
Home method cleans white fur with heated flour
A home remedy instructs heating a cup of flour in the oven to a hot level and rubbing it into fur with cotton wadding after laying the fur flat. Let the flour sit two to three hours, then shake out for spotless fur once more. The text adds a separate tip to rub butter on both sides of a chopping knife before chopping raisins.
Commissioner’s Sale Of Real Estate In Putnam County
Isaac S Peck commissioner will sell at private sale on June 10 1915 at Greencastle Indiana the real estate from the Crow estate lot descriptions include multiple sections and parcels totaling about 232 acres with farm boundaries and railroad rights of way. Terms require one third cash with balance in two notes at six percent interest due 9 and 18 months. Sale may be whole or in parcels and proceeds go to the Crow heirs. Allee James & Allee attorneys for the weekly notice May 7th.
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Central National Bank
Greencastle
Indiana
Putnam County
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Township 14
Section 15
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Robert Crow
Quick Results Herald Want Ad Offer
A brief classified notice promoting quick results through Herald want ads priced at half a cent per word. Readers are invited to place short advertisements with affordable rates.
The Greek profile joke at the dinner table
A Pasadena family debates the meaning of the phrase the woman had a Greek profile. The father offers a concise classic outline while the mother insists on a longer explanation. The father adds a lofty, artful definition referencing Praxiteles and the marble face before resuming his reading.
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Pasadena
Paterfamilias
Praxiteles
Still in Line First Artist Daubson’s current work
Second Artist selling cas stock. First Artist Daubson was known for light effects and remains active in related media projects. The note contrasts ongoing artistic work with a separate business activity in cas stock trading.
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Daubson
Cas
Patience and Perseverance in a Freezing Water Riddle
An old miller recalls a train market remark about patience. A pompous man disputes it asking if patience can carry water in a sieve. The miller answers by noting water freezes, allowing passive persistence to accomplish the impossible.
Jethro Hosts Christening Gone Amiss
A minister asks Jethro if he is spiritually prepared for his son Jeth junior's christening. Jethro replies with worldly preparations like ham, ice cream, pickles, and cakes, then proudly adds two demijohns of whiskey and three cases of beer.
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Jethro
Jeth
Pat Casey Plans Yet Another Country Move
In a country village Pat Casey prepares for a fourth removal in twelve months. The parish priest pauses to comment on the frequent moves and jokes Pat about his poultry. Pat replies the birds are used to it and rush to the yard whenever a furniture van appears.
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Pat Casey
Pat
Fragment of divorce talk sparks a brief return to freedom
A heated exchange reveals a divorce has been finalized and the woman proclaims freedom for a few hours. The dialogue suggests a rapid remarriage consideration, but the man questions and clarifies the timing, noting only a short window of liberty.
Mrs Torkins Responds To Horn Why Not Hear Remarks
A passerby asks why Mrs. Torkins sits up and honks the automobile horn. She explains Charlie tells her to do so so she won’t hear the things he says while fixing the machine.
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Charlie
Groom Saves Wife From Fire in Quick Rescue
An astonishing exchange reveals a man who saved his wife from a blaze during a smoking incident. The wife is unharmed and the husband’s swift actions prevented a tragedy.
A Theory Shattered in a Moral Quip Exchange
A brief dialogue contrasts belief and skepticism about evil. Mrs Asker questions horns and hoofs while Asker jokes that the devil would be ruined by the beef trust, implying economic power shapes judgment. The exchange captures satirical wit and social commentary.
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Mrs. Asker
Asker
Starvation Death Discussed By Doctor And Explorer
Dr A J Carlson of the University of Chicago physiologic department voices that death by starvation can be a pleasant experience. He cites studies and a five day fast, while explorer W D Boyce recalls famine scenes from India Africa and China. A reporter recounts a starving man’s interview and a meal ending the discussion.
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A. J. Carlson
Physiological Department
University of Chicago
W. D. Boyce
India
Africa
China
South America
Wayfarer
Impossible Water Trick Revealed on Stage
A magician explains how to seemingly drink water under a hat without removing it. The performer places a glass on a table covers it with a hat and, after pretending to drink through the table, asks the audience to remove the hat revealing the trick. The glass is then seized and the water consumed.
Lightest native wood of Missouri cork tree described
The lightest wood grows on a tree native to southeastern Missouri known locally as the cork tree. Its wood is lighter than cork, the tree reaches about fifteen feet tall with six inch diameter, and its roots are lighter than the wood. It has little commercial value but is used by fishermen for net floats. The heaviest known wood is the black ironwood of Florida.
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Alexander T
Missouri
United States
Florida
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate Browning
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Stansfield P Browning deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on May 17 1915 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness The Clerk of Court Harry W Moore clerk April 26 1915 Weekly April 30th
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Stansfield P. Browning
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Harry W. Moore
Wade A. Miller
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate Wade A Miller
Notice to heirs and legatees of Wade A Miller, deceased, to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on May 17 1915 to show cause and prove heirship. Clerk Putnam Circuit Court issued April 24 1915. 31 Weekly April 30.
Notice of administration for Mary E Hopwood estate
Susie Hopwood is appointed administrator by the Putnam County Circuit Court for the Mary E Hopwood estate. The estate is presumed solvent. Dated April 23 1915. B F Corwin attorney, 31 West. Apr 30. The Herald for 10c a week.
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Circuit Court
Putnam County
State of
Indiana
Mary E. Hopwood
Susie Hopwood
B. F. Corwin
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Terhune
Masterman
Capt. Marryatt
ANS
Teulon
Poland
Galicia
Belgium
France
Intelligence Service
Aisne
Edward H. Crow
Edward W. Hunnicut
Section I
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Isaac 8
Peck
Allee
James
the Herald
The
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