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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1913
Page
2
The article notes Hugh Miller of Columbus and Frank Hall of Muncie as two prospective Indiana Republican Senate candidates. It argues Republicans have little chance of winning the seat, given Indiana’s satisfaction with Senators Shively and Kern.
Promotion for Humphreys Veterinary Manual urging farmers to request a free veterinary treatise. Claims early diagnosis saves money and promotes remedies, listing address in New York for request. Benefits framed as lifelong library reference and no-cost offer.
A compact reflection notes that to be truly kind one must be a shade more generous than kindness itself. The line emphasizes moral excess as a pathway to genuine benevolence.
In Boone Mill Virginia Mrs. C J Martin proclaims she suffered five years with stomach trouble yet after taking three bottles of Chamberlain’s Tablets she is now well and weighs 168 pounds. She says she can eat freely and feels better than in ten years and invites locals to verify her claim. Tablets sold by all dealers.
A report states that France has 5.911 billion dollars in currency currently in circulation. The figure reflects notes and coins in active use across the country.
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted family remedy. It claims wood substitutes are scarce in England and a process creates artificial wood. The ad notes 30 years on the market and advertises it at 5 5¢ with Ow! Drug store as the seller.
Pastor Ernest A Tappert reflects on blank pages in the book of life and the sin of not doing good. He cites James and Titus to urge timely acts of kindness, warns against idle time, and notes God will judge both words and deeds at death.
The passage presents God as our home and source of all gifts. It urges using and enjoying human nature’s marvels, mind, senses, love, and beauty, recognizing creation as a privilege to share in God’s rapture and to see that it is “very good.”
A religious exhortation from H. C. Burgin of San Antonio Texas urging believers to live by ideals modeled on Jesus Christ. The message emphasizes purity charity justice truth righteousness and love as guiding principles.
The passage presents the Bible as the means by which God reveals His Will to humanity. It identifies Scripture as God Himself expressed through Rev. C. Be Delamater of the Episcopal Providence, framing sacred text as divine revelation.
The note from Rufus W. Miller in Philadelphia emphasizes the child as the center of church life. Reformed faith observers the saying as a guiding principle for ministry and community activities.
A compact note presents a quotable line on ascent where temptation serves as the barometer of altitude. It suggests moral checkpoints accompany progress and growth.
The article explains eye stones or crabstones as a fading industry sourced from sailors touching the Baltic. Genuine stones come mainly from Astrakhan in European Russia and are linked to crab digestion during molting. The stones' formation and absorption affect crab mortality and shell development.
A 1838 chair by William Snider for Kensington commissioners contains relics including Christopher Columbus house timber from 1496, a Penn treaty elm fragment, Penn home oak joist, Penn seat cane, a walnut yard tree limb cut in 1818, a lock of Chief Justice Marshall hair, a fragment from the U S frigate Constitution, and the 1837 Pennsylvania ship timber. The chair bears thirteen stars signifying the original states.
Dr J N McCormack of Bowling Green Kentucky recounts General Benjamin Harrison as Colonel using Bowling Green's Mitchell House as a military hospital during the Civil War. He promised pay, later settled when Harrison became president sending a check to Mr Mitchell.
A blowing well near Ray mondville Texas County Missouri was drilled in 1899 to 187 feet. Soft water rose seven feet from the bottom but the well dries in winter or drought. A three foot high cave was found at 100 feet and a strong north wind can blow the cap off the tub.
A newly patented arrangement for sewing machines uses two or more non slipping drive rows of peripheral pins on rotary shafts. The pins mesh with belting apertures to create a positive drive that resists slipping and runs smoothly. The system aims to reduce the common annoyances from belt and frictional drives for operators.
The navy yard scales in Washington are the country’s biggest and most accurate weighing device. They weigh up to 150 tons and outrank railway scales by fifty tons, with a precision within one pound. The device sits in a broad pit under a 48 by 12 foot platform and rests on a cement base built on piles.
The report praises Swiss military system how boys train from age ten through sixteen and adults through rifle shooting. It notes compulsory gymnastic courses and lifelong military training, with 3,500 rifle clubs and 200,000 members supporting state backed sharpshooter programs. It argues Britain could raise millions more rifle club members based on Swiss numbers.
A new paper hanging machine uses a rod for the paper roll and a paste receptacle with a brushing setup to apply paste automatically. The device rises along the wall with one worker guiding it, and an elastic roller presses the pasted wallpaper in place as it unrolls to the top before the worker pulls a cord to cut.
The piece notes over a thousand edible mushroom species and warns that a rare inedible variety can cause stomach trouble. It recalls Roman praise of mushrooms as gifts finer than gold or diamonds and frames the mushroom as a divine offering in history.
A San Francisco Call story of a broncho trained by gentleness not force. A rider’s boy and a gray pony show how trust and patient handling create two friends without cruelty. The memory of that morning remains vivid after years.
A humorous anecdote about compromise as told by a colored man who recalls a shoe store temptation. The speaker notes how the devil and temptation tested him while the Lord advised against stealing. The tale illustrates moral conflict and the push towards honest choice.
An advertisement notes Ita cleaning bracing purifying remedy offered by Owl Drug store in Holland. It mentions Hollister's R. M. vea as a safe product and references Holland's flag as a symbol of liberty, with a note on the historical color change from orange to red.
Advertises Hollister's A. M. Tea as a remedy for constipation with promise of clear headway, available for sale at Owl Drug store.
A curved shoulder and a toothed wheel eccentrically mounted form a nail puller carried on one side of a hammer patented by a Washington man.
In Putnam Circuit Court September term 1913 John J C Clay vs Richard Biddle et al to quiet title on real estate in Putnam County Indiana. Defendants non residents are named and must appear by November 2 1918 at Greencastle Court House to answer or demur or the complaint will be heard in their absence. Clerk Arthur J Namrick. Hays Murphy attorneys. Weekly Herald ad.
Trustees in Madison Jackson Marion and Mill Creek townships announce weekly office hours at various locations. Will Strube and Benjamin Walcs state they will transact township trustee business on specified days at residences or township offices.
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