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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1913
Page
3
Monon Route offers monthly sales on the first and third Tuesday 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. Fares routes and sleeping car reservations available by applying at the office or calling Monon depot. J D Ellis agent.
Local coal supplier promotes Brazil Block Indiana Lump West Virginia Lump Pocahontas Lump and Mine Bin Coal as preferred options, inviting customers to place orders for premium quality coal.
Greencastle Lodge No. 248 I O O F will meet Wednesday at 7 30 PM with important business and initiatory work in first degree. Visiting members welcome. Thomas Lisby N G John Cook Secretary.
A description notes England’s wood scarcity and a new process to produce artificial wood by compressing straw sawdust and grass into usable boards. The item frames the invention as a response to material shortages impacting construction and manufacturing.
A vintage advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tablets for a pleasant purgative effect and overall health, claiming body and mind feel joyful. Sold by all dealers.
Russians migrate to Queensland Australia as settlers from Siberia arrive in growing numbers. The hot climate appears especially appealing to this northern Asia influx, with the latest returns showing an expanding flow.
An article warns against using cough medicines containing codeine morphine heroin or sedatives and promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a safe alternative. It asserts the remedy clears germs from culture beds and prevents pneumonia, noting it contains no morphine or sedatives and is sold by dealers.
The Olympia Serenade pavilion owner bought an Airedale terrier after three break ins. Early morning a boy climbed the fence and the dog grabbed his trousers and held him until a watchman arrived and handed him to the police.
In a periodical note the text praises audacity and industry as sources of success. It highlights perseverance and bold action while warning that audacity can both empower and overwhelm weaker minds.
A Swiss girl who wed a Turkish nobleman three weeks ago seeks a divorce claiming vast cultural differences between Western and Eastern life. She offers no accusations against her husband, while a book agent discusses titles like A Million Ways to Make a Thousand and A Thousand Wave to Make a Million.
Greencastle farmer W Key testifies after suffering fifteen years from kidney pain and backache. He reports relief after one box of Doan's Kidney Pills and urges others to use the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
DePauw President Grose explains new chapel rule limiting dances and card games to protect a small fraction of students while praising overall freedom. He notes violations this year and says violators may be asked to leave. the policy aims to foster character and not hinder most students.
President G R Grose left this afternoon for Muncie to deliver an address at a Normal Institute this evening. He will be here for chapel tomorrow and speak before the Darsee Club in the evening. Sunday he will give the dedication address at Capitol Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in Indianapolis.
Dr. George W. Switzer urged college students to build a strong foundation for life during a Y M C A talk in Plato Hall. He warned crises will test the foundation after graduation and emphasized personal effort, purpose, and a healthy ideal as keys to success. He noted future meeting by Charles H. Neff and welcomed Effie Miller back to continue her work.
Rumor says a petition for varsity basketball will circulate within days. Students favor reviving the sport despite tough conditions, arguing abolition would hollow the athletics curriculum and delay a return for years.
The Delta Tau Delta local chapter entertained about sixty five guests at McLain Springs last night. Prominent attendees included Dean and Mrs R G McCutchan Prof and Mrs W W Sweet Miss Katherine Freeman and Charles Scholfield. Refreshments were served around a large bonfire and the event ended with the customary Delt walk around.
Tusitala aims to elect new members at an event in early November after reviewing eleven manuscripts from nine contestants. The initiation ceremony is set for Saturday with alumni invited to attend.
The YWCA noted its membership surpassing the 200 mark at yesterday's gathering. Special music by Carmen Trvin accompanied the event. Dr. Banker announced Bible study will guide idle Student Normal classes for girls, emphasizing study for spiritual life rather than historical or literary interest.
The dairy cow is a machine turning feed into value. The dairy type is angular and loose jointed, wedge shaped, with a lean head, large muzzle, bright eye and broad forehead. Neck is thin, withers lean, chest deep, indicating vigor and constitution, Field and Farm.
Hoards Dairyman reports calf scour linked to milk fever and ptomaine poisoning from high butterfat first milk. The article notes cures via oxygen pumping into the udder and questions calf deaths in calves from non dried off cows.
Wilbur Ward, class of 1910, joins a leading New York firm after college debating success. Vern Stansell, 1912, takes a role with the State YMCA in Wisconsin. Ambler Garnett, 1913, becomes assistant secretary at the Louisville Kentucky YMCA.
A longtime dyspeptic shares that Chamberlain's Tablets did more good than any other medicine. The testimonial cites W. G Mattison of No 7 Sherman St Hornellaville NY and notes availability from all dealers.
DKE entertained about twenty guests at the chapter house last night for a Dutch barbecue style indoor picnic with Miss Noe as chaperone. Ruth Hayes and her mother visited Indianapolis Sunday and Monday. Gertrude Kalberer of Lafayette is connected to Alpha Phi.
A couple, Josephine and Augustus, share a playful Christmas scene about a smoking cap with a dragon and butterfly designs. They discuss gifts bought by the neighbors, assemble a jewel box with keepsakes, and end with contentment and peace after vowing no reproaches.
An opportunity to attend a G A R encampment prompts a Monon Route excursion from Greencastle with tickets to Chattanooga priced at 11.60. Return by Sept 28 with extension to Oct 17. Train departs Greencastle 3 28 p m Sunday Sept 14. reservations via W W Gilgis traveling passenger agent Bedford Indianapolis.
An advertisement claims E-RU-SA is a safe pile cure with no opiates or poisons and offers a $56 forfeit guarantee. It lists JONES STEVENSON as a reliable Greencastle druggist selling the product.
Greencastle residents report a single dose of Adlerika a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mix relieves constipation sour stomach or gas instantly. The remedy is said to draw off old foul matter from the body and to have become famous for curing appendicitis. Sold by Jones Stevens druggists.
Listing of daily and Sunday departure and arrival times for the Big Four and Vandalia routes. Includes multiple time slots such as 8:30 am 2:03 daily 5:24 am and 12:28 pm on various days.
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