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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
3
Monon Route offers monthly sales on the first and third Tuesdays to Western Northern Southern and Southwestern points with cheap round trip fares. Going trips limited to fifteen days and returns up to twenty six days from sale date. For fares routes and sleeping car reservations contact Monon depot or Agent J D Ellis.
A note reports England facing wood scarcity and describes a new process to produce artificial wood by compressing straw sawdust and grass into solid blocks suitable for construction.
DePauw will form a thirty piece band this year led by Paul T. Smith with Dean McCutchan from the Music School confident the group will excel. Expect eight cornets six clarinets two piccolos three altos four trombones two basses two baritones and two drums. First official appearance set for next Saturday at the Moores Hill game.
They describe Chamberlain's Tablets as giving a pleasant purgative effect and improving body and mind, leaving one feeling joyful. Sold by all dealers.
In a decaying Philadelphia churchyard vault the bones of a colonial person lie with a group of men inside laughing talking smoking and shooting craps. The oldest vault in Old Trinity shows decay and neighbors heard uncanny sounds after midnight for over a week and believed the area haunted.
An advertisement warns against using cough medicines containing codeine morphine and other sedatives for colds and endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe and effective it contains no morphine or sedatives and is sold by dealers.
A mid not cited quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson praising the strong character who maintains inner independence while among others. The message encourages personal integrity and serenity amidst social pressures.
A quarrel over school space prompts a protest by students toward the principal. Willie says they will register a protest against tearing down the boys crochet and fancy work room to build a girls basketball court.
An old advertisement snippet markets Castoria for infants and children noting the familiar slogan The Kind You Have. It includes a literary quote from The Guilty Man by Francois Coppee about devotion to a profession and enduring love as a metaphor for happiness.
Through the bequest of the late Dr. William H. Larrabee of Plainfield New Jersey 3000 volumes were added to the college library. The science heavy collection will be examined and distributed to the stacks soon.
Freshmen won a tug of war across a pond fifty feet wide held yesterday at Hanover as the annual contest between freshmen and sophomores. Authorities across Indiana schools consider replacing dangerous scraps with safer amusements after a Purdue incident.
Coach Bogle reshuffles Indiana university style lineup to improve team cohesion. Hank Rowan shifts from quarterback to halfback with Anderson and Fessler taking quarterback duties by Saturday. House moves to backfield, Ade advances at fullback, OCoffee joins as end after injury. DePauw aims for a well oiled machine two weeks before key Wabash game at Crawfordsville.
An effort is made to arrange a practice game between the Junior and the Academy football teams for next Tuesday afternoon. The Preps are still developing and expect to field a first class team with experienced players.
Harry Lambert Filer, who had to quit football practice and leave school due to sickness, is improving and expects to return within a week. Faculty members are entertained by Dr. and Mrs. H A Gobin with a musical program performed by Mrs. Van Denman Thompson for about one hundred attendees at the Gobins' home.
Cincinnati University will adopt the English Composition text by Professor Barner of DePauw and Professor Brown of Wabash. Prof Caldwell on leave abroad in the British Isles travels from Dublin to Windermeer and plans visits to Cumberland and the Lake District, Oxford and Cambridge through December.
W. Key of Greencastle Indiana reports fifteen years of kidney pain eased by one box of Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes back pains headaches and nervousness improved after use and notes the pills are sold by all dealers at 60 cents with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as agents. Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
DeLoss Walker, 12, fresh from winning the Junior championship high jump in New York, has been appointed by the Chinese government to organize its team for the next Olympic games in Berlin. He will base operations at Tein Tsin.
An enthusiastic gathering at Meharry Hall in Bringham Indiana drew around a hundred coeds who kicked off the season with song practice under Miss Carmen Irvin. The Ol Gold girls vow to rival last year in cheering the varsity and breaking the jinx on the enemy.
The Juniors Mirage petition with a majority of the class signatures will be acted upon at the next Administrative Committee meeting on Wednesday October 5. The issue was delayed due to a busy agenda, amid debate over making Mirage biannual rather than annual.
The DePauw Union campaign is now on with Heber Ellis canvassing among business men and securing supporters. Indications point to strong student backing and alumni athletic board endorsement, urging student cooperation and patronage of union merchants.
The D Association met at the Phi Gam house last night electing President Richard Grady and officers Willard Dridges Gordon Thomas Carson Light as secretary treasurer A new yell leader Mitchel Tillotson and assistant Marritt Arthur were chosen A resolution asks the Alumni Athletic Board to award a D and recognition to the yell leader and to dress him in a gold jersey with a black D and matching hat a committee led by Gordon Thomas to plan a D cap and orders for all D men in school
The Law club has not announced a definite time for the next meeting, but it will occur sometime during the first part of next week.
Notes review DePauw scrimmage details Rowan captains the game at quarterback with sharp play from Sharp and Sefton excelling at tackle. Sefton twice intercepts I A passes while Moore remains sidelined with a knee injury and Speedy Smith retires to coaching duties.
The Phi Mu Alpha musical fraternity chapter at DePauw University, founded in 1911, flourished until last spring when the charter was handed in. Talks of reforming the chapter were dropped as no agreement could be reached.
Bishop Thomas Bowman chancellor emeritus of the university has been seriously ill but is now greatly improved according to a letter from Mrs T G Bowman received by Mrs cw Dagey of this city.
The term toast arises from a medieval banquet custom of placing floating tokens in the Punch bowl for the most distinguished guest. The practice linked to offering a drink to honored attendees.
A Central African tribe grants citizenship and marriage rights only after a man completes a dangerous descent down a precipice, an ordeal viewed as a rite of passage. The practice underscores strict traditional standards for male status within the community.
A letter quotes Mrs. John Martin arguing women prefer entertainment to sustained same sex companionship. It weighs whether women lack interest in women, or are busy with home life, careers, music, and study, leaving little time for clubs. Readers are asked for opinions.
Advice urges women to correct slouched posture to avoid health risks and improve appearance. It prescribes deep breathing routines and a simple muslin band device to pull shoulders back, with gradual practice for natural upright stance and confident bearing.
Advertisement states E-RU-SA pile cure is safe as it contains no opiates or poisonous drugs. Claim asserts other pile medicines are injurious and cause constipation. Promises $56 forfeit if not a guaranteed cure and notes Greencastle druggists, including Jones Stevens, sell it.
Greencastle residents report a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and related compounds in Adlerika relieves constipation and sour stomach instantly. The remedy allegedly draws out old foul matter and proved famous for curing appendicitis. For sale by Jones Stevens druggists.
A garbled OCR fragment shows scattered times and notes such as Going West and Going East with daily and Ex Sun indicators. Mentions J D Ellis, Agent, and scattered clock times like 5 50 p m 3 25 p m and 6 21 p m, but no clear event or location.
A terse loan advertisement states 50 dollars covers one month at 25.00, and 50 dollars for one month at 50.00 with other amounts in the same proportion. all dealings described as strictly confidential.
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