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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
2
Mrs. Hester Waite of Antwerp Ohio says three years of illness with stomach trouble and constipation were cured after using Chamberlains Tablets for a year. A friend advised the remedy and she reports complete relief. Dealers carry the product.
Police report a trained dog thief named Tee abitoe took fur from Mrs S Agger Parker’s yard and later returned to James Parker’s yard with Winter clothes. A three year old child Cedr Wro Dale Stark wandered from Cody and was found four days later near a Burlington train track eighteen miles from home. No further details available on the dog or the child’s condition.
WHHL prepares for October 24 scrimmage between the Academy team and the Varsity. Both teams will play halves, with scrubs and Academy alternating quarters in the practice contest.
A Greencastle reader testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills from Jones Stevens Co Drug Store relieved kidney discomfort over years. Advertises sale nationwide by Foster Milburn Co New York with price five cents and urges readers to remember the brand.
London reports that after Turkey opened Palestine to Jewish meeting, Jerusalem’s population is largely Jewish and vast lands from Beersheba to Jaffa are bought by Jewish capitalists. Colonies expand, land values soar, and European funds support homes, schools, and hospitals as peasant locals are displaced.
Auckland mourns Kotokino Billy the famed decoy sheep aboard the Union Steamship Company's Wanaka. The beast guided loaded sheep for ten years between New Zealand and Australia and died after a fall in a sea-churned cargo hold. The story recalls the crew's grief and the sheep's longtime duties.
A survey of famous writers and their spouses notes their expatriate lives and long marriages. It highlights Sir Gilbert Parker Robert Barr Jerome K Jerome Rider Haggard and others, with portraits of wives in New York Carlton House Terrace Norfolk and Dorking. The piece uses social context and cultural contrasts to reflect on literary life and domestic happiness.
The Rhine hotel, popular with American guests, collapses amid tipping chaos. The proprietor recounts double wages, price hikes, and staff ruin over tips, with Americans driving the breakdown and leaving the business reeling as guests mismanage payments and perks.
Fran Bolter, a Varadin bachelor known for hostility to women, left his entire fortune to the municipality to establish a free cooking school for young girls. The town accepted the bequest and began building the school immediately, granting relatives daily meals there.
Franklin N Ho Fred Goodale of Sanvernton reports a freak pig with a tail on its side and a main tail misplaced. Charles Morrison, Sawbernton, discovers two apples growing on one stem in his orchard, described as perfect though one fruit shows unusual growth along the stem.
In Pduccah Kentucky an effort to separate two fighting dogs led to the death of Frank J. Church aged sixty eight a wealthy local resident. Church and another farmer struggled to separate the dogs before Church collapsed and died as he walked toward his home.
Probate cause No. 3664 in Putnam County Indiana Circuit Court informs defendants including Nanie Lambert Joseph Logan Amanda McCain Samuel Huff Mattie Abel Lance Brown Cyrus Mc Norton Alta Hector Guy McClellan and unknown heirs of Tillman McClellan of a petition to authorize sale of estate real estate for debt payment. Hearing set November 12, 1913 at Green Castle Court House. non residents or unknown residences noted. Clerk certifies the notice October 10 1912.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for 6615.8 feet of gravel road improvement on the L. A Dicks road in Marion Township. Bids due November 3, 1913, by 2 p.m. at the Greencastle Auditor's Office. Bonds required double bid, with at least one local surety. The county may reject any bid.
In the Putnam Circuit Court Laura Byrd sues George F Byrd for divorce. Defendant is non resident of Indiana and must appear by December 17 1913 at Greencastle Court House to answer or demur. Clerk Arthur J Hamrick. Filed by Allee James & Allee. Weekly Oct 22.
Advertisement claims Chamberlains Tablets restore appetite improve digestion and renew desire for meals. It urges readers to buy from local dealers and promises relief for those who dread mealtime.
William Th Vestal guardian of Clara Sallust estate asks Putnam Circuit Court to authorize sale of real estate to pay debts. Nonresident defendants Faussett Sallust and George Sallust are named as necessary parties. hearing set for November 12, 1919 at Greencastle Court House. Clerk ARTHUR J. HAMRICK marks the filing date October 2, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana Administrator of the estate of Wingfield Fellowstate of Putnam County Indiana deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Dated this 2 day of October 1918. John J. Fellowes Administrator. Lyon and Peek. Wk Ont to
Fragmentary notice indicates a trustee will conduct business at his office on Wednesdays and Saturdays in Madison Township and at his residence in Marion Township on Fridays, with additional day at Fillmore, to range the office business.
Notice to creditors and heirs of Willa Riley Allen deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on November 1913 to show cause why final settlement of the decedent estate should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirs and receive distributive shares. Witness The Clerk on October 7 19__.
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