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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
2
A fragmentary humor piece recalls a woman with an angel-band laugh and spring in the world. It notes family quirks, social satire, odd items, and eccentric observations from daily life with playful irony. The voice shifts through anecdotes of relatives, gifts, and mischief with a wry tone.
The passage lists inventions from a cotton harvester to a steel reinforced rail cross-tie and a combined scraper mat plus door mat, followed by quips about aging women and money. It blends technical notices with satirical one liners like a local column. The mix shows inventor notes and social maxims from a early era collection.
The Putnam Circuit Court commissioner notes a private sale at 10 A.M. June 10, 1915, in Greencastle Indiana. The sale covers multiple parcels in sections 2 10 and 15 Township 14 North Range 4 West with quantities totaling about 400 acres, all held by the late Robert Crow. Terms require one third cash and two equal notes with 6 percent interest, secured by mortgage. The sale may occur in whole or by parcels, and notices continue until all property is sold. William Isaac Speck, Commissioner. Allee James & Allee, Attorneys for 4t Weekly.
A small classified note invites help for quick results with a rate of one-half cent per word. The brief item signals a newspaper employment or task opportunity advertised in a compact, old style notice.
A boy beside his backyard horseradish patch convinces grocers to buy a dozen jars each, prompting him to form Bigelow Bros with his brother. They harvest, grind, and bottle horseradish using the best vinegar, ship to merchants, and note growing demand. They later cultivate a crop to sustain winter production and expand their client base.
An elderly man near College View in Lincoln Nebr, known for never wearing a hat, carries a Bible and walks daily praying. He aims to obey the Bible’s call to pray without ceasing, visiting nearby farms and the Adventists College area while remaining mentally alert and healthy.
In Phoenix Arizona a large black snake ingested two glass nest eggs while squeezing through a knothole into a chicken yard. The snake became wedged between two nests, unable to move, and was captured by 13 year old Hagan Womack who opened the board and put the creature in a box showing the splashy evidence of the eggs inside.
Two Irish born octogenarian pioneers, John Deveney and John Delaney, settled near each other in Potter Kansas, born in the same month, both with four children, both died within the same week though they were not related. Coincidence marks their parallel lives on adjoining farms.
Notice of sheriff sale by Theodore Boes Sheriff of Putnam County Indiana to satisfy a decree from the Circuit Court of Putnam County Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati as plaintiff against Florence McLaughlin et al. The sale covers real estate described as parts of sections 26 and 27 in township 13 North range 4 West. The auction is set for June 5 1915 at Greencastle with rents and profits for up to seven years offered if needed. If insufficient, fee simple of the rents estate will be offered to satisfy the decree. Postings May 14 21 28 and June 4.
The Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners will accept sealed bids by 2 PM June 7 1915 in Greencastle for a 7874 feet gravel road project on the J H Strain road in Washington township. Bidders must provide double the bid in hand with bond sureties and affidavits denying collusion. The right to reject bids is reserved. A completion window will be set later.
Susie Hopwood appointed administrator of the Mary E. Hopwood estate in Putnam County Indiana by the Circuit Court. The estate is declared solvent and the date is April 25 1915 with attorney B F Corwin listed.
In comic vignettes Boogum mocks a church choir for outshining common folk with changing accents and fashion. Mrs Dibbs and her husband dish playful barbs about marriage, parents, and misread signals, ending with a quip about hats and digestion tablets.
A traveling salesman in Florida observes emaciated razorback hogs rushing through pines. He learns from a sunbonneted woman that her deaf and dumb husband trained the hogs to respond to tree taps, but the woodpeckers interfering caused the swine to run wildly.
A witty exchange compares a husband to Napoleon, as the wife notes his lifelong grumbling about misfortune would have doomed him to Corsican seclusion. The quip highlights temperament and fate with light irony.
Cred itors heirs and legatees of Christian J Brown deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on May 20 1915 to show cause why Final Settlement accounts of the estate should not be approved and prove heirship by receipt of distribution. Clerk Harry W Moore presiding May 5 195.
Notice is given to creditors heirs and legatees of Spencer Riggle deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court at Castle Indiana on May 1 1915 to show cause why the estate should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness The Clerk Harry W Moore Clerk Putnam Circuit Court May 10 1915 Weekly Mayu
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Wade A Miller deceased to appear in Castle Indiana on the 17th day of with the estate of said decedent should not be approved and said made proof of heirship and receive their distributive shares this 24th day of April 1915.
The heirs and legatees of Stansfield P Browning are ordered to appear in Putnam Circuit Court at Greencastle Indiana on May 17 1915 to show cause why proof of heirship should not be approved this 26th day of April 1915
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