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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1924
Page
2
Proprietor Charles J. Arnold of Greencastle Indiana operates at 17 19 South Jackson Street offering obituary notices at one dollar each with optional poetry lines charged at five cents per line. Cards of Thanks are priced accordingly.
The article presents a full Democratic ticket listing for national and state offices. It names John W. Davis for president with Charles W. Bryan as running mate and includes candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general reporter of supreme and appellate courts and other local positions.
Saturday’s market data from Haven Brothers Poultry Company for Green Castle Herald lists heavy hens light hens weights and assorted produce with prices including twenty cents and thirty eight cents in a fragmentary quotation.
North Dakota’s Roosevelt cabin, once used by Theodore Roosevelt near Medora, will be preserved as a shrine by the State Historical Society. Curator Lewis P. Crawford plans a stone shrine and seeks popular subscriptions from across the country, highlighting the cabin’s historic voyage from the Maltese ranch to St. Louis and back to North Dakota.
William L. Madcliffe of Washington owns a unique vase crafted from his boyhood keepsakes. The piece, assembled from items like nails and fishhooks found in his pockets during barefoot days, was given by his mother.
Russian ethnologist Professor Leon Tann reports peasant communities in Jaroslav and Orlov districts rely on stone implements for daily tasks due to lack of iron. He notes well-made stone hatchets and axes and observes nomadic living patterns with minimal clothing and seasonal hibernation, subsisting on potatoes and dried produce.
Reports from Berlin say Prof. Adolph Miethe revealed a method to create synthetic gold by dissolving a mercury atom. Since then songs like Golden Dreams and Golden Gallops reference the metal and fill radios and cabarets with new golden imagery.
Laborers digging in Vicente Lopez near Buenos Aires uncover a fossil cache including glyptodon skull fragments and limb bones. Paleontologists from the National Museum of Natural History deem the skull among the finest examples found locally, with nearly complete teeth. A prehistoric tiger bone fragment also appears among the discoveries.
Cleora refuses social wealth as she helps her judge father and the Maitlands resolve a land title cloud. Dr. Paul Maitland returns, clears Ringold’s fraud, and proposes to Cleora after a moonlit revelation, while Cleora guides the way to justice for her family.
A Kansas City Star discussion outlines color tests for personal apparel. It explains how hair, eyes, and complexion affect color choices, with tests showing how violet, red, green, and blue tones influence skin color and overall look. Readers are urged to consider their own hair shade and eye color when selecting favorable hues.
The circuit court in Putnam County Indiana orders Hazel Brown to respond to Maurice A. Brown's 1924 divorce complaint by December 1 1924 after service due to nonresidence. Public sale details for Keightley Addition Greencastle and the Eliza Jane Moore farm in Parke County listed with payment terms and contact at Central National Bank Greencastle.
By order of the Putnam Circuit Court the executor of the estate of Eliza Jane Moore will offer for sale at private auction at Central National Bank in Greensburg Indiana beginning Saturday November 1 1924 and continue daily until sold the single story frame dwelling house on West Liberty Street in Putnam and Parke Counties Indiana and related property.
Notice by the Main Township trustee in Putnam County announces the sale of the Hicks School building and its outbuildings at public auction. The sale, at ten o'clock on a specified November date, requires cash payment and up to two thirds of the appraised value with a bill of sale issued.
Scarfs dominate neckwear this season with Paris predicting fringe tassels and feather scarfs. Ostrich boas and long scarves in chiffons crepes and silks come in bright colors and bold patterns.
A short note describes repurposing worn crash towels into washcloths by trimming edges with a butttonhole stitch or narrow crocheted loops. It also suggests repairing moth-damaged clothing by weaving matching pieces into worn spots rather than discarding the garment.
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