Trustee Notices Publicizing Weekly Office Hours
Trustee states will hold business transacting at their Floyd township home every Wednesday, inviting attendance to conduct official office matters.
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Floyd Township
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
3
Greencastle Township Trustee Announces Weekly Office Hours
Greencastle Township trustee Harry Talbott will hold weekly office hours in the S GC Sayers Book Store in Greencastle to conduct township business during his term. Phone 888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Township
Harry Talbott
S. GC. Sayers Book Store
Greencastle
Notice to gravel road contractors seeks bids in Putnam County
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals by June 7 1915 2 PM for 7874 feet of gravel road improvement on the J H Strain road in Washington township Indiana. Bidders must file bonds equal to double the bid with a resident or local surety and affidavits denying collusion. The board may reject any bid and a completion period will be set. C L Arhart Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Putnam County
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Washington Township
J. H. Strain
Auditor’s
C. L. Atrhart
Notice of Final Settlement of Ora Boswell Estate
Creditors heirs and legatees of Ora Boswell deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court at Greencastle Indiana on June 14 1915 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness Clerk May 18 1915 Harry W Moore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Boswell
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Harry W. Moore
Strawberries in Clean Rows Show Superior Hill Cultivation
The article contrasts matted-row strawberry farming with hill culture. Hill systems centralize soil strength, reduce runners, and improve yield, fruit size, color, and firmness, enabling longer plantation life and better shipping quality. It notes labor for weed control and advantages of check-row and double-row layouts.
Separator tips from Prof Haecker for cream equipment
Prof A L Haecker offers practical guidance for cream separators. Locate on solid foundation away from dust and separate milk soon after milking. Cool cream, feed milk while worm, and avoid mixing warm cream with cooled and stirred new cream. Maintain steady separator speed and flush with skim milk. wash parts and air dry after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Haecker
Comforts of Home and Modern Inventions Featured
The piece surveys what makes a home comfortable beyond mere shelter, stressing family spirit and material aids like furniture and carpets. It notes clever domestic hacks from rubber soles on shoes to prevent slipping, plus a parade of novelty inventions such as transparent aircraft wings, electric cigar lighters in watch cases, a convertible ash can, a squid additive for tires, and a gasoline cleaning tip.
Grasshopper Glacier Myth Confirmed Near Granite Peak
Forest Supervisor J C Whitham and Fred Rixon reached the Beartooth high country to plant a flag on Granite Peak 12950 feet high but returned empty handed. Whitham sent Washington specimens confirming a belt of frozen grasshoppers across the West Rosebud glacier. The mass reportedly fills the glacier from head to toe, with insect parts scattered on the ice and wind spreading debris over the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Whitham
Fred Rixon
Billings
Mont
Granite Peak
Beartooth Range
Whitham
Bearmouth National Forest
Washington
Plants Feel and Reason as Moviemakers Show Live Tests
The article describes plants reacting to distant objects with Ferns sending roots toward water and sundews reaching for prey with tentacles. It notes moving picture theater experiments suggesting plant reasoning alongside sensation. It also describes Yakutsk as Earth's coldest region with permafrost to depths of hundreds of feet and summer thaw limited to three feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberian
Yakutsk
Wireless torpedo and boat tested for future warfare
Fresh Water Cove Massachusetts reports that John Sluys dammond Jr. of Gloucester has developed a wireless torpedo and a wireless boat that can be controlled from shore without motive power. Early tests show a 4000 pound explosive torpedo driven 25 miles by wireless rays, promising a defensive sea barrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cove
Mass
United States
John Sluys Dammond, Jr
Gloucester
Young Hammond
Hammond
Couple’s lunch question stalls at West Hotel
In Minneapolis a plain couple in a busy lobby of delegates and travelers asked clerk Albert Paul if the West Hotel has a lunch wagon. The clerk replied there is a dining room with service and the couple were registered as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
West Hotel
Albert Paul
John
Paul
Pots and Pancakes in Trenches: A War Deli Cacy Tale
Berlin reports a soldier cook improvising potato pancakes fried in boot grease to feed troops amid scarce lard. The unit, sheltered 18 by 18 feet underground, uses torn trench lines and ruined villages for survival as shells fall nearby and wine and canned goods resurface from ruined farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Extraordinary escapes amid WWI trench fire in London tale
A Royal Engineers sapper recounts astonishing near misses in battle. Lieut A C Johnson, a Wants County cricketer, narrowly survived shell bursts and bullets while in action. A Manchester regiment private had a bullet graze his hat and another remove a cigarette from his mouth. Tomm y humor shines as a bullet dings a tin bully beer and the man bows to the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Engineers
A. C. Johnson
Manchester Regiment
Automobile Lexicon of the Road
A satirical glossary mocks car culture with terms like Center Control and Puncture proof. The piece likens clutches to repair bills and garages to beehives while blending humor with reflections on money and advice from fools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonneau
Sunrise Dourt
Commissioner sale of real estate in Putnam County Indiana
Isaac S. Peck, commissioner, announces private sale of the late Robert Crow lands in Putnam County Indiana. The sale, at not less than appraised value, includes multiple parcels totaling about 2.46 to 75 acres and adjacent rail right of way. One third cash and two equal installments due in 9 and 18 months, secured by mortgage with interest six percent, with title to be conveyed by deed. Sale continues daily until all parcels sold for the benefit of estate heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central National Bank
Greencastle
Indiana
Putnam County
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Township 14
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Robert Crow
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