Local News Bits From Terre Haute and Culver
George Browning undergoes tonsil removal at Union Hospital Terre Haute where he studies at State Normal School. Mrs. Dorsett visits Nell Browning in Stilesville. Ben Corwin and Henry Ostrom visit Culver from Indianapolis for Sunday. A reported stolen car on Gillespie near Walnut turns out to be a broken down John Cook vehicle left overnight. Howard Hanks’s bicycle damaged when hit by car near Owl Drug. owner not located. Rev. Levi Marshall returns from Winona Lake after attending the National Christian Church convention. final day approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Browning
Bettie Browning
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Browning
State Normal School
Gillespie Street
Walnut Street
John Cook
Howard Hanks
Owl Drug Store
Levi Marshall
Winona Lake
National Convention of the
Christian Church
Hog Receipts Rise as Hog Prices Open Higher
Indianapolis hog prices opened higher on a tighter supply with 3 000 head trading. Most hogs weighed under 250 pounds and sold at 9 75, those over 250 pounds likely brought 9 00 to 9 25. Pigs fell to 9 25, sows to 7 50, while cattle calves and sheep were nominal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
No Jackpot for Her
A Detroit Free Press report recalls Pat Sheedy tales of a Jackpot joke. A bride asks for jackpots at a corner grocery. Mr Sands replies he stocks teapots not jackpots. The woman explains her husband’s mother cooked for him and dreams of jackpots, seeking what they cook inside. Greens, ma’am, he says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Sheedy
New York
Detroit Free Press
Sands
Preserving Spiders Webs With Shellac Method
Naturalists spray spiders webs with artists shellac then press ordinary webs to glass plates to sever supporting strands. Shellac dries and plates are stored. Dome shaped webs are preserved similarly. Webs retain species characteristics, aiding scientific study.
Secret drawers and panels in hidden desks praised
A St. Louis Globe Democrat reader quotes a craftsman who builds hidden compartments. He describes making a secret panel for a manufacturer to spy on clerks, notes two firings, recalls a shaved-head man with a telescope ladder found in a dress case, and mentions rich people liking secret compartments in desks and floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Light Bearers to Hold Annual Meeting on Locust Street
The Little Light Bearers of Locust Street Church will gather Tuesday at 2 30 PM on Mrs Williams home lawn 112 Chestnut Street. Attendees are asked to bring views and mite boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Street
Executor's Sale of Household Furniture Goods and Effects
The executor of Eliza J. Grantham's estate offers personal property for sale at the late residence on North Jackson Street in Greencas tle Indiana. The public auction is set for September 10, 1921 at 1 30 p m cash in hand and no removal until payment is made. The Central Trust Company of Greencastle Indiana is the executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza J. Grantham
Jackson
Greencastle
Putnam County
Indiana
Central Trust Company OF
Eecutor
Classified Notices and For Sale Ad
Readers with arrears urged to call at office and pay or mail payment. For sale items include good fur dogs skunk possum and coon Noble Alle e Green Castle R 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Castle
New Wallpaper Prices From Mullins Drug Store
Classified brief notes reduced wallpaper prices from R P Mullins Druggist and a rental ad for three unfurnished rooms at 513 North Indiana Street with a fireplace and a wood offer at 4 dollars per cord and order line 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Street
Triumph Pills Advertisement from National Medical Institute
An advertisement urges ladies to use Triumph Pills for irregular or suppressed conditions. It emphasizes safety and dependability in proper cases and notes the product is not sold at drug stores. Readers are invited to request the free “Relief” pamphlet and details by writing to the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Medical Institue
Milwaukee, Wis
Investments in Gravel Road Bonds Offered by Central Trust
The Central Trust Company offers for sale $50,000 of Gravel Road Bonds in various maturities and denominations at market price. Investors are invited to inquire as a potential investment opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Trust Company
Lost lineman belt near quarry with reward offer
A safety belt lost by a lineman was reported near A and Stone Quarry with a reward offered by Cali 518 X.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Quarry
Cali
Meat Markets To Close At Noon On Labor Day
The following meat markets will close at 12 o clock noon on Monday September 5 Labor Day WM EITELJORGE FRANK THOMAS VANCLEAVE SONS JASPER MILLER
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Eiteljorge
Frank Thomas
Vancleave & Sons
Jasper Miller
Rooms for Rent Furnished for Light Housekeeping
Two good rooms for rent furnished for light housekeeping. Call in person at Greencastle Battery Co. N. Side Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Sale of Household Goods from the Grantham Estate
Estate of Eliza Grantham at Auction at Residence N Jackson St September 10 1921 at 1 30 p m. The sale lists rugs beds tables chairs a writing desk book case refrigerator range cooking utensils and other small articles conducted by The Central Trust Company Greencastle Indiana Executor with Dobbs Vestal as auctioneers and Paul Albin as clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Grantham
N. Jackson St
The
Central Trust Company
Greencastle
Indiana
Dobbs &Vestal
Paul Albin
Survivors of Tsushima Endure Harsh Naval Humiliation
A Baltic fleet survivor recalls brutal treatment by naval authorities after the Battle of Tsushima. He describes 18 hour coal hauling days, tropical toil, salt meat rations, and eight months of dirt and constant alarms, with insults from leaders that shattered morale and even made some envy death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slovo
Baltic
Tsu-shima
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Thieves Shoes Highlight Footwear Clues in Catches
Detective William Barrett recalls cases where shoe marks and odd footwear led to arrests. He notes nails in heels for roof climbing and noisy shoes tipping off thieves at a resort and a precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barrett
Buffalo
Little Worlds and the hunt for asteroids and comets
Celestial photography reveals a faint line on a plate signaling a moving object. Observers distinguish asteroids and comets through follow up, with Eros and Asteroid No. 668 noted as the most intriguing nearby and distant bodies, kept under constant watch when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eros
Earth
Solar System
Moon
Aphelion
Jupiter
Liquid Crystals and the Question of Their Reality
Early scepticism met the discovery of liquid crystals attributed to Lehmann. The term itself seemed self contradictory. The liquids show crystalline properties like double refraction and dichroism at certain temperatures, yet are easily deformed by small forces due to their light rigidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehmann
Does the Sun Change Shape Periodically
A scientist, after heliometer measurements and 60 solar photographs, suggests the sun periodically shifts from an oblate to a prolate spheroid. The sun may vibrate with an average equatorial diameter slightly larger than the polar, reversal tied to sunspot cycles. Changes, if real, are extremely subtle and require delicate observations.
Help at Others' Expense Motivates Willing Helpers
A reflection on how people extend aid to others often while bearing personal costs. The sentiment notes willingness to assist despite potential negative consequences for the helper or unintended impact on the helper’s situation.
Voting Places Fixed for Putnam County Special Election
Putnam County voters are notified that the Board of Commissioners has fixed voting places for the September 6 special election to decide each proposed constitutional amendment. Precincts span Jackson Franklin Russell Madison and other townships with designated schools libraries churches hotels and offices serving as polling sites. Auditor Ralph E Knoll signs the notice dated August 27 with September 3 as additional deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle City
Pweitfenberger
Jackson Township
Barnard School House
New Maysville School
Russell Township Taxpayers Notice of Road Bond Issuances
Putnam County Indiana board of commissioners announces bond ordinances to issue road bonds totaling 9600 for BW Clifford road and 17100 for John Grimes road. Bonds dated September 15 1921 bear 4 percent interest for ten years. Final orders to be concluded September 1 1921 at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Township
Putnam County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Clifford, Et al
John Grimes
Board of Commissioner
Notice to non residents in Putnam County court case 1921
The State of Indiana Putnam County In the Putnam Circuit Court May Term 1921 Lou C Young vs William K Young Complaint No 10064 The plaintiff by Theodore Crawley attorney states defendant William K Young residence unknown after diligent inquiry The notice warns the defendant to appear and answer or demur by October 15 1921 at Greencastle Court House or face judgment in his absence Issued by Clerk Harry W Moore August 27 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Putnam County
Putnam Circuit Court
Lou C. Young
William K Young
Theodore Crawley
William K. Young
Greencastle
Harry W. Moore
Ten Cent Debt Breaks Parish Lockdown
A priest in a struggling parish finally clears most debts for building the church but cannot raise a final ten cent sum. At Sunday close, he bars the door and asks all to pay or borrow. A child slips in a silver quarter from an outside window, and the worker crisis ends with another voice demanding Judy Monahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Monahan
Buddhist Monk Self Immolation Stuns Burma Pagoda Crowd
A monk in Burma set himself on fire at a pagoda in a display of mystical zeal. He wrapped thirteen robes with oil and sat on leather, praying as flames consumed him. Onlookers did not intervene, and the body was carried away for a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Mann
The Dawn of Iron in the Stone and Bronze Ages
The article asserts overlap of stone, bronze, and iron ages, with no fixed start or end for any. It notes stone tools persisted after iron use began and suggests iron history began 8 000 to 10 000 years ago. It mentions meteorites as a possible early source of iron knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
First crusade era punishment law described
The text cites 1189 and Richard as the origin of a punishment for robbers with crusaders. It states a law ordered shaving, pitch poured on the offender, and feathers to cover him, with the criminal then set ashore at the first port reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Bees Pump Water From Sugar in French Naturalists Study
A French naturalist Gaston Bonnier observed bees failing to bite sugar from several lumps. The insects flew away returning with two companions after visiting a fountain. They settled on the sugar and pumped water from their crops then sucked up the formed syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Bonnier
It Rains Wealth Dr McGee Sees Rain Wealth Potential
Dr McGee chief of the Bureau of Soils warns that 260 068 000 cubic feet of annual rain could power reuse for irrigation and a highway. This quote echoes the notion of rain wealth as a vast resource, likening it to Mrs Thales beer vats in potential value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGee
Bureau of Soils
Johnson
Thale
Bits of Information From The Philadelphia Bulletin
A collection of curious notes includes stammering rare among savage tribes, clergymen ahead of inventors with mechanics first, Vienna used glass to fill teeth, illness durations for man and woman yearly, Italy’s king presented by Austria with 10 000 cigars, ocean liner cost to run about 50 000 dollars, and Andaman Islanders average sixty pounds in weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Italy
Austria
New York
Liverpool
Philadelphia Bulletin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clyde Dorsett of
Stilesville
Nell Browning
Ben F. Corwin
Henry E. Ostrom
Culver
Herald
R. P. Mullins
Miller Meat Market
Acme Trunk & Bag Factory
Spring Valley
Til
Clinton Township
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
Floyd Township
Groveland
Marion Township
S. Oo OF
Ridg
Fillmore
Cross Roads School
Greencastle Township
Limedale
Walter Woodrum
Fox Ridge
North Grencastle
Ransofer
Franklin Township
Roachdale Library
Wilson
Fincastle
Wm. Hodskin
Center
Age
East Third
Gardner Resi
Dence
West Third
Wallace
Fourth Ward—Commercial Hotel
Madison Township
Brunerstown
Washington Township
Reelsville
Beech Grove School House
Warren Township
Jefferson Township
Cloverdale Township
Morrison’s Office
Geo. Rockwell
Mill Creek Township
Broad Park
RALPH E_ KNOLL
W. Daggy
C. A. Carver
D.J. Skelton
Board of Comissioners
R. E. Knoll
Opera House
A. Cook
Mgr
Zane Grey
Great Western Picture
U. P. Trail
Mutt and
Jeff
Fox News Weekly
Bessie Barriscale
Eddie Polo
Indianapolis, Ind
Indiana State Fair
Eastern Traction
Specal Service
Zeis' Bazaar
West Side Square
Tar
Colorado River
Eterae
Dri Guists
Sicivearal
Noble Snyder
N. College Ave
de Soto
Oglethorpe
Georgia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!