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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
3
New business ad promises prompt service for city calls with taxis at 16 cents, available day or night. Contact Harry Collins for rides to parties or funerals and police calls. Also mentions Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with strong local sales.
The Terre Haute and Eastern Traction Co updates its timetable with new westbound and local service times. Rupert Bartley notes the schedule changes for numerous AM and PM trains, including Limited and Local runs.
Notice from the auditor of Putnam County Indiana that G W Potter and others filed a petition in Russell Township to improve a public highway in Aus te] Township. A hearing is not set for October 7 1912 before the county commissioners. The petition asks to straighten drain macadamize or gravel and pave a road about one mile long with a thirty foot width and a free terminus. The board may order an election to approve the improvement.
A long list of names from Putnam County Indiana appears with an official 1912 date in a road petition seeking to improve a three mile rural route from a free gravel road to a macadamized highway. The proposal requests paving to a uniform width of thirty three feet for use as part of a United States Free Rural Mail Route.
The undersigned freeholders petition the Board of County Commissioners of Putnam County Indiana to improve the Manhattan and Poland public highway in Washington Township by grading draining bridging and paving. The petition is set for hearing on Monday October 7 1912 the first day of the October term.
In Putnam County Indiana, J F Gillespie and others petition the Board of County Commissioners to straighten grade and macadamize Walkers Lane on the Greencastle Madison township line. Hearing set for Monday October 7 1912 at the October term.
Officials listed include Otto E Rector Madison Township Will Stroube Mill Creek Township Ernest Kivett Jackson Township and Benjamin Walls. They announce weekly locations Fridays Wednesdays Saturdays for conducting office business at residences or offices in respective townships.
In the Second Mississippi district heirs of Peter Deel seek a decades old sum of $164.47 owed since Deel carried mail for the government. Congress debated but the Senate committee struck the Deel claim as incongruous with other injuries in a broad appropriations bill. The heirs may pursue next year.
Rev. Dr. James B. Ely told a large crowd at Lemon Hill Philadelphia that Noah built better than the Titanic. He said the ark lasted 150 days while the ship built by scientists failed within five days amid a damp piazza service. He warned sincerity alone cannot save from sin. Attendees included Cramps shipyard workers and multiple choral groups.
Nelson Peck son of William H Peck of the Third National bank eloped with Martha Richmond aged nineteen. Their plan faced parental opposition and the pair fled by car to Lackawanna station missing a Detroit train. They boarded a later train to New York. the bride left a note saying she was going with Nelson.
William G. Mulholland 68 predicted his funeral in a last remark before a runaway carriage accident in Louisville. He jumped to escape the running horses and suffered a fractured skull. Other occupants were only slightly injured. In Philadelphia a Ming dynasty Chinese bank note aged 500 years was received by a U S treasure official.
Greencastle Indiana resident Mrs W H Johns testifies pain from back and hips eased by Doan’s Kidney Pills, touted as the cure for weak kidneys. Ad urges readers to ask distinctly for Doan’s at 50 cents, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sale agents for US.
Oliver Stringer states he will be at his residence every Tuesday and Saturday to conduct the business of his office, detailing his available hours and location for constituents and clients.
A vintage ad touts Digestit as a rapid remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims fast relief after meals or when distress begins, with a money back guarantee offered by A. Cook Drug Store.
A dealer testimonial from H. W. Hendrickson of Ohio Falls Indiana lauds Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best for coughs solds and croup calling it his best seller and noting it is for sale by all dealers.
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