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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1913
Page
2
Rat Fleas Kill Child in English Village Mystery
Medical experts investigating a mysterious illness at Freston near Ipswich conclude the first victim, a child, likely contracted the disease from a rat with fleas as the transmission medium. Four villagers died in the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Freston
Ipswich
Fletcher's Castoria Ad Urges Mothers Care
A Benson era notice details upcoming Indianapolis stage events the week of October 27 including four performances of Damaged Goods in New York sensation and a Friday Saturday run with matinee featuring Henrietta Crosman. It cites government officials diplomats ministers medical men teachers endorsing the play and Crosman’s popularity in The Sham and The Real Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
New York
Diplomatic Corps
Washinton
Henrietta Crosman
Miss Crosman
Phin
Time Discrepancy Between Fire Dept and Standard Time
Springfield faces a clock conflict as Fire Department tests mark noon and 6 p m while standard time follows master clocks in Western Union buildings. Merchants, saloon operators, and police rely on different signals, risking license issues and calls to restore standard time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Fire Department
Western Union Telegraph Office
Washington, D. C
Western Union Telegraph Company
Samuel J. Wheeler
Fire Alarm Telegraph
Western Union
Board of Aldermen
Tobacco Use By Michigan Students Revealed In Study
A University of Michigan analysis from Ann Arbor estimates yearly student tobacco and confectionery purchases. Students smoked 82,210 cigars and 33,180 boxes of cigarettes, bought 52,000 packages of smoking tobacco, with 30,000 for cigarettes, plus 6,850 plugs of chewing tobacco and 7,000 cigarette paper packages. They also bought 190,000 bars of nut chocolate and 77,440 packages of gum for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan University
Ann Arbor
Calf Eats $118 In Bills In Spartanburg Yard
Mrs Luther Calvert of Clinton, S C, dropped a pocketbook with five twenty dollar bills a ten a five and three ones plus a silver quarter A calf in the yard chewed the bills and later regurgitated the badly mutilated roll A veterinary surgeon oversaw the extraction and the bank sent the money to Washington for redemption
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Luther Calvert
Clinton
Washington, D. C
Negro Turns White From Fertilizer Dust Inhalation
In Youngstown Ohio a colored man Robert Wonwood living south of the city has whitened his skin after months of breathing fertilizer dust at a Chicago plant. White spots appeared rapidly and spread across his body while he showed no other symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Robert Wonwood
Wonwood
Chicago
Lancaster boy 9 dies after shooting during card game
Charles E Keller, 9, son of Henry Keller, died two hours after he shot himself while playing cards in Lancaster. He ordered the others to wait with the remark Hold on a bit, then drew a revolver. A quarrel with his father is thought to have provoked the death. In San Francisco a consular event saw Li Hung Yen and staff appear without queues, dressed as Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Charles E. Keller
Henry Keller
San Francisco
Cal
Li Hung Yen
Brothers Face Deadly Feud in Sugar Loaf Barn Murder
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania John Peterman 70, and Abraham Peterman 70, fought in a Sugar Loaf township barn cellar. Abraham was killed by blows with a stone while John survived with 15 wounds and a shattered arm. Coroner ruled a homicide. DA disputed, claiming a fierce struggle on the road. A bloodied pick-handle found in the chicken-house may relate to the case. The Peterman feud traces to Civil War days. Abraham had a prior prison term for gouging an eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
John Peterman
Abraham
Sugar Loaf Township
Columbia County
John
Small
Chickens Sound Alarm as Barn Fire Ravages Newark Home
In Newark, New Jersey, a barn behind 152 Main Avenue caught fire around 10 PM after roosters crowed and hens clucked. The blaze engulfed the top of the barn, trapping about eighteen homing pigeons. all pigeons died and several chickens escaped while the family was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Main Avenue
Fmily
Driver’s 108 Mile Dash Saves Woman in Distress
William Horner, a Los Angeles chauffeur, drove 108 miles through rough roads to bring normal saline serum to Mrs. A A Jones at San Joaquin Hospital Bakersfield. He reached Fairmont in three hours where another car carried the fluid to her bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Wiliam Horner
A. A. Jones
Southern Pacific
New San Joaquin Hospital
Bakersfield
Hlomner
Fairmont
Janes
Boy Chosen for Court Trial Over Alleged Whipping
In Indianapolis a crowd from the district near the city attended Circuit Court for the arraignment of Vance Conners on a charge of assault and battery. He allegedly whipped thirteen year old Samuel Hopper's son with switches at a district school. The teacher admits chastising the boy but denies severity. The boy wore two pairs of trousers the day of punishment. the father claims bruising on his son's legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Vance Conners
Samuel Hopper
Hopper
Sixty-Year-Old Theorist Urges Active Life for the Elderly
Cleveland industrialist Abraham Teachout, age ninety four, says a man who is sixty in health is in his prime. He argues that a healthy sixty should work six days a week, applying experience to big problems and avoiding a settled life of ease. He believes older men can tackle challenges young men dare not attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Abraham Teachout
Mr. Teachout
Uin
Skunk Causes Partial Trolley Derailment in Westbrook
A skunk sleeping on the tracks blocked a Shore Line trolley in Westbrook Connecticut, causing a wheel to strike the animal and derailment of the car. The incident halted traffic for several hours as the trolley struck a pole and damaged the overhead wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Conn
Vacation Ends in Death in Newton Pond
Clyde Wolfe drowned while swimming in Tlift's pond during a vacation return to Newton. He worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, lived in Long Island City, and had come home to spend his holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton, N. J
Clyde Wolfe
Tlift
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island City
Manufacturing Witch Hazel Industry Emerges From Bush to Bottle
The witch hazel industry, about thirty five years old, relies on distillers who extract varying yields from brush and bark. Production depends on distillation quality rather than tests, with young twigs giving stronger odor and dried bark cheaper but weaker scent. Harvest season follows crop harvests, and farmers gather brush by teams, paid around four to five dollars per ton.
Fashions on the Upper Nile
A returned explorer describes fashion among the Acholl and Lango tribes near the Victoria Nile. The Acholl wear few clothes with bead aprons and lip spikes while men display metal rings and conical caps. they build beehive huts and tall nurseries to deter hyenas. The Lango wear cock feather headdresses and pierce the tongue with brass chains as a style mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Nile
Latuka Mountains
Victoria Nile
Preserving Tobacco Plantes and Seed Plant Bags
A New York World Inquiry reveals tobacco fields cover heads with Manila paper bags tied over scarlet and white blooms to enforce self fertilization. Prof A D Shamer from the USDA led experiments showing farmers select plant types for survival while bags protect against cross fertilization. A separate note reports a photorecord measures a wink at one third of a second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World Inquiry
A. D. Shamer
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr Biglow and Miss Gabbleton Under the Mistletoe
A comically solemn scene centers on Mr Biglow overwhelmed with sighs and vanity as Miss Gabbleton flirts amid a snug room and mistletoe. Their tension eases when they drift toward romance beneath the festive boughs with playful names. The dialogue threads reveal desires and mischief in lighthearted courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Biglow
Angeline
Peter
Marginal Prayer Teaches Quick Whizzing Wordplay
A child kneels with her mother to say prayers then blurts out a playful misquote. Margaret forgets the closing phrase and jokes that the mother should start with we so they can go a-whizzing, capturing a lighthearted family moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Notice of Petition to Sell Real Estate in Indiana
Probate cause No. 3659 in Putnam County Circuit Court lists William B. Vestal as guardian of Clara Sallust. The petition seeks court authorization to sell real estate of the estate to satisfy debts, with hearing set in Greencastle on November 12, 1913, for nonresident defendants Maurice Dyer Faussett Horace Wilson Faussett and George A. Sallust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Vestal
Clara Sallust
Daniel Sallust
Putnam County
Indiana
Maurice Dyer Faussett
Horace Wilson Faussett
George A. Sallust
Circuit Court
State of
Court House
Greencastle
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate Vermilion
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Henry N Vermilion deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on November 5 1918 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness Clerk Arthur J Hamrick Putnam Circuit Court October 10 1913 SD Oct 17th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Vermilion
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Arthur J. Hamrick
William Riley Allen
Notice of Administration in Putnam County Indiana
The undersigned John L Fellows is appointed administrator of Wingfield Fellows deceased Putnam County Indiana. The estate is believed to be solvent. Dated October 2, 1913. Lyon and Peck attorneys for administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
Wingfield Fellows
John L. Fellows
Lyon & Peck
Sparnhurst Osteopaths Ten Years in Greencastle
A. Tedrick, a three year Kirkville graduate, offers day or night osteopathic services in Greencastle with a lady attendant. Free examination. Electric and vibratory equipment added at Sparnhurst Osteopaths. Phone 126.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
A. Tedrick
Kirkville
Trustee Will Strube Announces Madison Township Office Hours
Trustee Will Strube states he will meet residents at his residence office each Wednesday and Saturday to transact Madison Township business in Mill Creek Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Township
Will Strube
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Jackson Township
Benjamin WA
Jefferson Township
Aliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
Dd. E. Etcheson
Floyd Township
Fred Tod
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate
Notice announces final settlement of the estate of an individual, filed Oct 10, with court authority granting distribution of assets to listed heirs or beneficiaries. The document notes probate proceedings, deadlines for objections, and the presiding jurisdiction.
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the Herald
Star-Democrat Publishing Company
South Jackson Street
Charles J
Arnold
Ectee
Walter Cooper
Wes Miller
Frank Allen
George Dobbs
Edward W. Huff
Clarence Vestal
al B. Phillips
Eugene A. Schmitt
Paulhan
Latham
Dubonnet
Archdeacon
Baron de Constant
Orville Wright
Curtis
Hamilton
Fletcher
English
Boy
Connecticut
Tyvelld
Miss Gabbleton
Gabbleton
Mr Biglow
Castoria
Hays & Murphy Attorneys
Sparnhurst Osteopaths
Truster
Children Ory
Oatly Herald
Riley's
South Main Street
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