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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
3
Monon Route announces sales on the first and third Tuesday each month to Western Northern Southern and Southwestern points with cheap round trip fares. Going trips limited to fifteen days and returns within twenty five days from sale date. For fares routes and sleeping car reservations contact Monon depot agent J D Ellis for details.
Greencastle Lodge announces a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 pm with important business and initiatory work. Members and visitors are welcome as officers Thomas Lisby and John Cook sign the notice.
A new process to produce wood-like material in England uses straw sawdust and grass compressed into boards. The invention arises as wood becomes scarce, offering an alternative for building and manufacturing applications.
PERSONALS. The Commons initiated into their club last Monday night Charles Karns, Perley Wimmer, Omar Ford, Austin Lord and Lenies Buck. Austin Dean was out of town over Sunday.
Greencastle citizens testify to relief from kidney pain and fatigue after using Doan's Kidney Pills. A local farmer I W Key describes long kidney trouble improved after a box, and Terre Hauter Chas Haupt and family visited the Delta Zeta house with their daughter Florence. Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
Pleasant purgative effect and healthy body and mind are described as the result of Chamberlain's Tablets. For sale by all dealers.
In a dilapidated churchyard vault in Philadelphia, a group of men were found laughing smoking and engaging in public safety incident behavior near ancient bones. The Old Trinity vault, reportedly the oldest, is decaying as uncanny sounds haunt residents after midnight. Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertised as safe for colds and pneumonia with no morphine.
The quotation extols the great man who keeps perfect sweetness of independence even amid the crowd. It contrasts living by societal opinion with solitary inland resolve, praising inner freedom and steadfastness.
In rebellion a boy answers his mother that he and others will protest at the principal’s house. They object to tearing down the boys crochet and fancy work room to create a girls basketball court.
A brief quotation from Francois Coppee's The Guilty Man extols devotion to a chosen profession and youthful spirit as true happiness. The lines celebrate love and lasting affection as the mortal ideal.
About eight hundred students faculty and friends attended the annual joint reception of DePauw University’s Y M C A and Y W C A held last night in the Dormitory from seven thirty to ten thirty. The event featured fall flower decor old gold color music by local vocalists and a program by Prof H B Barnum and others followed by lawn refreshments under lantern light. The gathering included new professors and university leaders and was organized by Grace Hart Kenyon Gregg. The Y M C A Y W C A reception is a long standing DePauw tradition to help freshmen get acquainted.
Ivan Myres visited Roachdale Sunday to see relatives while Miss Nelda Weathers stayed at her Indianapolis home. Miss Eda Irvin and Miss Velda Faton, both class of 1912, were at the Alpha Phi house over Sunday. Eda Raub and Edna Wolf spent a few days or Sunday at homes in Chalmers, Ind. Agnes Hanks visited Martinsville over Sunday.
Athletic Director Ellis says a team hinges on finding a suitable place to play. Last year the Airdome was used but part of the schedule was dropped due to conditioning issues. If a venue is found, a strong squad could emerge from returning D men Schmalzried and Fleming plus Guthrie Dillon Meyers Moore DeLap and a strong freshman group including Ford Sefton Dunne Grimes Menninger Rhorer Klein Sharp Keys Meredith.
In a humorous Life column moment a child quips that only one of his hands needed washing, prompting a light touch on hygiene in a domestic scene. The exchange highlights everyday family humor.
The passage praises a soft well modulated voice as a valuable asset in society and marriage. It argues gracious manner and gentle tone outperform mere beauty and notes harshness is learned, citing a saying by Edhango.
Social regulations for the coming year restrict Sunday evening calls, limit dormitory hours to 9 30, and set one weekly visiting evening with a 10 o'clock closing. The rules require parlor visits, restrict driving, ban dancing and card playing, require sponsors, and control formal functions with costs, chaperones, and reports to the Vice-President.
Bogle makes changes to the varsity lineup after Svar al natin NR, signaling adjustments in the team's rotation. The move follows recent performance notes and aims to boost depth.
Sefton lined at right tackle with Sharp and Dunn at ends and Ade at fullback. Scrimmage paused repeatedly as Coach Bogle corrected Saturday mistakes and sought to fix weaknesses. Rowan and Moore missed practice due to bruises but are expected fit for Moore's Hill.
Wabash men form a new musical organization at a joint College Glee and Mandolin Club meeting. The group aims to stage an annual musical comedy with a chorus of performers in Parisian split skirts, affiliating with the college dramatic club and planning the show near fall term end.
Approximately three hundred new students are enrolled this year, nearly all freshmen. President Grose said total enrollment nears a thousand in a Northwest Indiana Conference address. More men than women study Liberal Arts, with co-eds previously in the majority. final Registrar figures await submission to Grose by November 1.
A D Association gathering is scheduled for this evening at 7 o clock at the Phi Gam house to organize and elect officers for the year a yell leader and assistant cell leader will be chosen. Dr and Mrs Gobin host faculty members from 8 to 11 at their Bloomington Street home.
The Independent faction releases its candidacy slate for the sophomore class with Ivan Meyers as President Ruth Higgins as Vice President Charlotte Well as Secretary Irvin Morris as Treasurer Albert Funk houser and Robert Clark as Student Council Homer DeLap as Scrap Captain Donald Parkin as Football Captain Frank Marks as Football Manager Fred Bacon as Basketball Captain Ellsworth Olcott as Basketball Manager Selah Egnew as Poetess Rachel Williams as Prophetess Ada Meharry as Historian William Hotchkiss as Yes Leader and Carl Lemmon as Sergeant-at-Arms.
Football notes highlight Bill Gardner converting to center with pep and speed despite newness to the position. Captain Grady at tackle delivers smashing play through head work and grit. Frazeur, at 167 pounds, displays nerve amid opponents averaging well over two hundred pounds.
One of the easiest ways to entertain is a card party. Guests with card knowledge can amuse themselves. bridge five hundred euchre and eight handed euchre work for one two or three tables. Invitations may be informal notes or the hostess card with euchre at 3 o clock date and r s v p.
A magazine style essay urges women to cultivate a mental pituitary gland to enlarge understanding and leadership. It argues women must broaden sympathies, overcome jealousies, and tackle schooling, hygiene, civic issues, and business as part of modern life.
Household stove accidents are common and prompt care matters. For small scorches apply cold cream or any greasy preparation to ease pain and shield the skin. for deeper burns use bismath ointment to cool and aid healing. Avoid aggravating the wound and keep air off the raw area to speed new skin formation.
The mode of the neckband returns with a black velvet neckband about an inch wide. It can be worn on long or short necks and previously served as a simple band fastened with a buckle or pin. Now the band is worn fastened at the back in the modern style.
An opportunity to attend a Seldom is a G. A. R. Encampment with low fares this year. From September 11 to 18 Monon Route offers excursion tickets to Chattanooga at 11.60 with return limit September 28 and extension to October 17. Special cars depart Greencastle at 3 26 p m Sunday September 14 attached to Department Special at Louisville. For reservations contact W W Gilgis Traveling Passenger Agent Monon Route Bedford Indianapolis. September 10.
Safe druggists advertise E R U S A pile cure as free of opiates lead or poison while claiming other pile medicines cause constipation and damage. The ad boasts a guaranteed cure with a $56 forfeit and cites Jones Stevens Co as sole distributors in Greencastle.
Due to higher printing and operating costs the Daily Herald will raise its city subscription rate from 6 to 10 cents per week starting the week of October 1.
Greencastle residents report a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and similar ingredients marketed as Adlerika relieves constipation sour stomach or gas instantly. The ad claims it cures appendicitis and purges old waste from the body and notes it is sold by Jones Stevens druggists.
A garbled OCR extract shows scattered times and transit references. Mentions include South Bound schedules, West East flows, daily and Sunday entries, and names such as J D Elias acting as agent. Details are incomplete and partially illegible.
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