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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1919
Page
3
Foots Bros Realty Co advertises multiple farm properties around Greencastle Cloverdale and county areas. Listings include 295 acres with improvements at 27000, 280 acres near Greencastle at 200 per acre, 147 acres near Greencastle at 165 per acre, and various other grain and stock farms with prices per acre or total sums.
Community groups and families gathered Monday evening at the sell course for a social event featuring pies and supper. Miss Florence Cox and Miss Garnet Cox plan to teach in Akron this year with relatives in town. Mrs. G H Meyers will lead a church meeting Wednesday afternoon. The West Presbyterian Ladies plan a 2 30 gathering with Mrs Massey on West Franklin Street seeking broad participation.
The article describes singing sands in Manchester New Hampshire Kauai Hawaii and the Colorado Desert. It explains wind driven sand movement and spherical grains causing dunes to travel and emit sounds from a thin film on grains. Kealua sands produce shrill hoots when clapped and slammed.
Elwood residents crown Tru tona as a remarkable tonic praised by Miss Lillian Cook of 2541 North B street. She credits it with rebuilding her system after influenza and related ailments, noting improved digestion, reduced headaches, and greater strength for daily activities. Local druggist R. P. Mullins is promoting the product in Greencastle.
In the Putnam Circuit Court September Term 1919 Indiana Putnam County Gladys Murray Fomby by Clara B. Murray vs Henry G. Fomby Complaint No. 9594 Plaintiff files complaint with affidavit stating defendant’s residence is unknown after diligent inquiry. Court hearing set for October 24 1919 in Greencastle unless defendant appears. Clerk Harry W. Moore affixes seal September 1 1919.
Numerous small ads: lost button with eyes return to Herald office. wanted experienced for a boy. for sale home on Citlespie Street. rooms for rent at Liberty and Vine. second hand stove wanted. thirty women needed to peel tomatoes for Reid Murdock Co.. for sale five room bungalow by Fouts Bros. Realty. sale of 80 acres corn and timothy hay by inquiry. public sale notice for cattle horses sheep and household goods. residence property for sale by Mrs A W Whelan. wanted boy to carry Indianapolis News. mill wood supply by Barnaby’s mill. boy to learn printer trade at Herald office.
Classified items from Greencastle Indiana include job ads seeking men or women for part or full time in Putnam county, a Herald office position for a young man or woman, and a sale of practically new household goods at E. G. Williams on North College Avenue. Also mentions abstracts of title and a real estate office by Vestal and Dobbs in Greencastle.
The Fouts Brothers Realty Company announces a new office opening on September 1. They invite listing of farms and city property for quick sale, promising buyers, fair treatment, and honest service from R. S. Fouts and the Fouts Bros Realty Co.
Explorers describe vast coal beds from Colorado to Utah and toward Arizona with surface fires in cliff edges. Miners report hot rocks and burning coal in Prince River canyon and near Fremont River tributaries, raising questions on origins from lightning, fires, and possible subterranean water-driven spontaneous combustion.
The London Chronicle notes snails, “the poor man’s oyster,” could be cultivated to meet demand. It warns snails may eat poisonous plants, so French practice lets toxins clear before cooking. It claims snails rival oysters in nutrition and suggests culinary uses to boost tastiness.
A Tokyo bell cast in 1892 uses metal from tobacco pipes donated by over a thousand men who quit smoking. Instituted by Tsuda Sen, the bell bears inscriptions in four languages and is said to ring with a bronze-like tone.
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