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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
2
The American Automobile Association issues two key rules for the next Indianapolis 500. Drivers must qualify their own cars, and no person may qualify more than one car. Car entries must use the car’s own name, ending schemes to enter a fourth car for a single make. The Harroun special must compete under its own identity.
A prescription promises to remove freckles with ethine double strength. Apply nightly and morning, one ounce often enough, and even dark freckles may disappear. Money back guarantee if it fails.
W. W. Brown of Kansas City drew crowds at the Indianapolis speedway as he entered the elimination trials for the next 500 mile race with a car whose hood was tied on with binder twine. Despite its rough exterior experts say the machine embodies revolutionary automobile principles. Brown appears a remarkable mechanical genius.
Terre Haute and Clay counties join the Good Roads movement with a morning rally at the Vigo county court house led by Ransom Phillips. Volunteers will mobilize with picks and shovels as Chamber of Commerce members drive them to repair Old Trails Road and Pike's Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway, aiming to attract travelers and tourists.
Hattie A Quimby of Waterville Maine recalls sixteenth years of kidney trouble followed by relief after seven bottles of Swamp Root. She credits the remedy with restoring health and asks publication to aid others. Anna M. Drumbond administers the oath confirming truth of the statement.
Letter from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York touts a sample bottle of Swamp Root for ten cents and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It promises conviction of usefulness and notes sales of regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores. Mention Greencastle Daily Herald in correspondence.
A period list records transfers in Marion Washington Jackson Greencastle and Franklin townships. Buyers include John H Bunten Douglas Mullinix George W Woody Oscar Swails and Ollie Riggs among others with parcels labeled land or lot and values noted for several entries.
Putnam County Board of Review will meet in Greencastle at the County Commissioners Room on Monday June 7 1915 to review correct and equalize 1915 property assessments as returned by township assessors. C L Airhart Auditor of Putnam County Indiana. 11 D and W May 21 28
Susie Hopwood is appointed administrator of the Mary E. Hopwood estate in the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana. The estate is declared solvent. Court date noted as April 23, 1915 with attorney B F Corwin on record.
The Brazil News reports City Attorney Hutchison’s view that mayors in fifth class cities have the same power as city judges to sentence prisoners to the state farm. Cases cited include Greencastle’s Mayor Cooper and Sullivan’s Mayor Calvert, with Jones in Brazil proposing to “clean house” by sending habitual drunkards to the farm.
A famed Scituate Massachusetts dog named Togo is beloved by locals to the point of town mascot status. He attends church socials and community events, supervises harbor gatherings, and even guest-stars at the Idle Hour theater.
New York police charity report notes 121 302 children aided by the Children’s Aid Society over fifty years. It lists governors, congressmen, judges, professors, bankers, clergy, and soldiers among those educated and placed. Of every hundred boys aided, fewer than four become failures. 87 percent are thriving. Street boys train at Brace Memorial Farm in Valhalla before placement. some return to New York as unfit for good homes.
Kansas rail lines publish stage connections across northern central and southern routes where mule teams once roamed. The article notes remaining stage lines on Union Pacific Rock Island Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe corridors with schedules treated like rail connections.
An amused note from the New York Telegram hints at a secret marriage between Young Pennylens and Miss Notacent, playing on a punny subtext as a sub rosa remark becomes a subway joke.
A practical guide on late season hog slaughter. It covers feeding the night before, humane methods for killing, rope restraint, and proper scalding techniques. Emphasizes keeping blood out of the meat, achieving a clean scrape, and careful removal of organs before chilling.
William H. Harding of Spring Grove used a mouth organ to charm a six foot black snake that was poised to strike. While playing the Miserere from Il Trovatore the reptile swayed, loosened its grip, and dropped to the ground before slithering away into the brush.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Liniment as a slow but safe relief for rheumatic pains. It claims strong medicines are unnecessary and that applying the liniment will ease discomfort and gradually dispel rheumatic symptoms. Obtainable everywhere.
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