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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1915
Page
2
Bloomfield Democrats recall campaign talk on tariff and farm prices while Indiana banks report strong deposits and growth. Martinsville Democrat praises Democratic governance as fiscally prudent and efficient, contrasting with Republican expenditure and debt.
Mrs. T N Witherall of Gada New York reports relief from severe summer complaint after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She states the medicine produced quick relief and credits its benefits to stopping her pain and sickness. Obtainable everywhere.
A Green Castle farmer I W Key credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief after fifteen years of kidney pain. He reports back pains, languor, headaches, dizziness, and frequent urination alleviated by one box. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y sells the product.
The speaker rails against Republican stringency and corruption, praising the Democratic record as honest, economical, and efficient. The contrast frames Republicans as inefficient, extravagant, and malfeasant, while Democrats are urged to be the standard of virtuous governance.
A Farm Life excerpt extols rail travel safety noting the Pennsylvania system carried 180 million passengers in the year to July 1 without a single passenger death. It highlights workers like brakemen engineers and switchmen who face dangers and sacrifice for travelers.
Miss Clara A. Driggs of Elba New York says Chamberlain's Tablets gave quick relief for headaches dizzy spells a torpid liver and digestive upset. The advertisement claims the product is obtainable everywhere and worth their weight in gold.
Peace societies tally the first year of war and estimate combined costs near twenty eight billion dollars equal to the value of American farm lands. The figure, though possibly exaggerated, illustrates the massive expense of field armies. Farm Life notes the idea that even if all farmland were mortgaged free and sold, proceeds would cover last year’s war bills.
An amusing observation about riding in a left hand drive car with a deaf driver who must turn his head to hear remarks, noting the challenge of sociable travel in Farm Life.
The piece argues the Democratic administration under Wilson has left the Republican Party without a campaign issue as business activity rises sharply and prosperity grows.
Indianapolis Sept. 6 Congressman William A Cul lop voices strong support for President Wilson noting his handling of major questions since inauguration. He argues re election is assured, cites rising exports, farm prosperity, and a thriving economy under Wilson policies and the new Federal Reserve Act.
The passage argues that Republicans oppressed the people while in office, and praises Democrats for action in state and nation. It claims tariffs and mills are thriving, prices for products are favorable, and portrays broad public support for Democratic policies.
Dr. Frank Roller, DePauw graduate and noted wrestler, challenges world heavyweight boxing champion Jess Willard to prove whether wrestling offers superior self defense. He proposes a bout under American wrestling rules with Willard boxing, naked fists, and a jury of officials to settle which method is superior.
Regular session of Greencastle lodge No. 1077 is scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p m FE E Caldwell serves as secretary and organizer for the meeting.
Notice from Putnam Electric Company announces that electric bills are now ready and residents should call at once to settle.
Mrs. Chas. Peck of Gates New York reports using two bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets a year ago cured her biliousness and constipation. Obtainable everywhere. adv.
Harry McGee famed Cadillac driver challenges Vandalia No 31 engineer Pat Dailey after a 69 minute Indianapolis to Terre Haute run. McGee plans a new Labor Day race from Reelsville to Oak Park with 20 moving picture cameras along the route to capture the event.
At Kansas City City Hall the water department keeper Sam Gregory hatched 100 swordtail fish from Japan in his aquarium. The 100 offspring remained with their parents in two glass jars, and the adult swordtails showed no appetite for their young.
Consul General reports active Mitsu Bisai Nesvasa Kobe and Kawasaki yards building numerous vessels from 700 to 7,800 tons. Osaka and Uraga yards add several ships. total ships on order around forty three. Builders hesitate over material shortages and some men boast during walks.
A telegraph operator at a remote station devised a sleep aid using a string and tin cans to wake him for the 2 AM limited. He slept through a later fast freight, thinking it the limited, until the dispatcher corrected him. The operator joked in reply that if it was a freight, it was going like the limit.
Railroads in Chicago test a system to capture locomotive smoke in a concrete tank, where water makes the smoke exhaust cleaner and a dry soot byproduct forms. Five barrels daily of dried soot are collected, marketed as lampblack or another profitable use, with future options under study.
London Chronicle reports a theory that bulk strawberry shipments emit fumes from sugar fermentation, allegedly intoxicating crews aboard steamships from Brittany to Plymouth. Seamen are instructed to stay on deck to avoid exposure.
A one handed direct reading micrometer introduces three concentric decimal scales on a circular dial for quick measurements up to No 80 steel wire gauge. It uses a coarse quarter inch lead screw enabling rapid use. The piece notes differences between imperial standard wire gauge in England and B and S gauge in America while mentioning protective metal guards for shoe sole stitching during blackening.
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