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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1924
Page
3
October 15 is the final day to pay telephone bills and receive the advertised discount. Advertisements promote a kitchen outfit giveaway with a 42 piece set from Chase a Napanee Kitchen Co and a free service offer at the Gas Office.
The 24 hour period ending at 7:00 am showed no temperature below 57 degrees marking a notably warm spell. At 8:00 am the temperature reached 175 degrees.
The town begins its annual color team basketball tourney to boost interest and give non squad players a taste of competition. A silver cup rewards the yearly winner.
The sixth annual Poultry Short Course at Purdue University Lafayette Indiana runs November 10 to 21 1924. Lectures discussions and demonstrations cover production marketing and management with a new 75000 poultry building aiding expansion. A large attendance is expected and editors may provide photos of the building or high record Barred Rock or Leghorn hens on request.
A local Kitchen Outfit ting Co offers a 42 piece dinner service free with the purchase of a Napanee kitchen set this week at the Gas Office.
The notice item lists prices for native beef cuts, pork products, vegetables, and staples such as sugar and canned beans. It mentions a sale period ending Wednesday October 15 for telephone bill discounts and promotes the Napanee Dutch Kitchen Kitchen Outfitting offer.
A five year old niece asks an uninvited guest if he is a cannibal. He denies it and wonders why she asks. She explains she heard his relatives are living with him.
A stock salesman tells Novy and Mr Jones that the company has no watered stock and vows the next purchase will be a four legged, self watered issue indicating a playful remark on stock practices.
A fragment shows a conversation between a worried woman and a doctor about her husband’s decline, paired with a quip on living costs from Le Pele-Mele attributed to Waris. The lines hint at social strain and medical concern in an era of hardship.
A doctor informs a father he is the father of twins. The father replies he believes only half of what he hears, turning the moment into a wry exchange about certainty and truth.
The speech extols the vigor of cities, factories, and farms as monuments to American initiative. Freedom and individual enterprise, not paternal government, built the West and the nation. The voter must judge principle over personality and reject laws used to enrich a few at others’ expense.
Indiana political bio highlights Robert Bracken born in Marion county lived in Boone and Clinton counties during childhood. He attended Butler college and worked ten years as cashier of the National Bank of Frankfort. An Episcopalian, he was elected Auditor of State in 1922 and seeks to succeed himself, boasting an incomparable record of economic conduct.
The County Federation of Womans Clubs will hold an all day meeting at Roachdale on Tuesday October 14. An interesting program has been planned. Members are asked to bring one dish of food sandwiches and table service. Come and bring a friend.
Napanee shoppers get a free ten piece crystal glassware set and an aluminum sugar scoop with a Kitchenet purchase this week from Kitchen Outfitting Co. Limited time offer.
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