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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
4
Greensburg Indiana based Greenburg Standard published by Luther D Braden announces subscription terms with one year rates for in county and out of county readers and discount for prepaid copies.
Holiday stocks of local merchants are on sale now with fourteen shopping days left before Christmas. Shoppers are urged to go early for best picks as merchants promote deals.
Marion officials announce a new telephone plant featuring automatic operation. The project aims to improve service with a girlless and cussless system, reflecting a modernization push for the city.
Greensburg merchants report abundance in stock across goods and groceries inviting customers to browse. Shoppers may find ample selections and competitive pricing, with variety highlighted as a current strength of local commerce.
City merchants deny plans to raise prices and instead emphasize boosting sales and lowering costs to attract customers.
A local admonition urges residents to support town merchants rather than traveling to larger cities. It emphasizes loyalty to Greensburg and warns that bigger towns charge higher prices for the same goods.
The piece urges readers to trade locally in Greensburg to build community wealth and improve the market for both buying and selling, comparing it to big city stores and highlighting mutual benefits.
The editorial decries the attitude of some labor leaders toward the McNamara confessions, accusing them of siding with the accused and calling for their removal. It singles out Samuel Gompers for saying the confessions would have no effect.
A Greensburg Indiana appeal invites men and boys to join the Men and Religion Forward Movement. A December 10 1911 meeting at the First M E Church Greensburg features speakers from Indianapolis. Committee members urge inviting neighbors to attend.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. It is a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is a legitimate prescription from a respected physician and claims to purify blood and tone mucous linings. Send for testimonials. price 7 cents. F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article argues early gentle firm handling stops vices and fear, starting soon after foaling. It urges gradual training, subordination, and regular contact to raise a colt’s usefulness and market value, noting three reasons buyers and owners benefit from early education. The piece also cites a book review from the Atlanta Constitution praising The Divine Plain of the Ages by Bill Arp and provides publication details.
Prof. G I Christie of Purdue spoke at the Indiana Conservation Congress in Indianapolis on October 28. He argued conservation must balance soil fertility with sustained crop yields, praising tile drainage for improving soil conditions and crop output.
The horticultural department at Purdue conducted successful demonstration meetings in October under the supervision of the agricultural extension department. M. W. Richards and H. A. Reed led the horticultural team in the demonstrations.
The K of P opera house hosts the first lecture of a new course next Tuesday with Dr. Austen K. de Blois of Chicago known for Shurtleff College presidency and Berlin studies. Subsequent acts include Francis Lybarger January 25 and The Strollers Quartette March 14. Season tickets are $150, available at Henry & Co. drug stores.
Notice to stockholders announces the eleventh annual meeting at the G A R hall Greensburg Indiana on December 14 1911 at 2 PM to elect three directors and address any business. Stockholders urged to inspect new exchange apparatus during forenoon. President C P Miller and Secretary Charles Zoller Jr signed.
Dr Miles offers a free book and treatments for ailments from weak nerves to rheumatism and insomnia. Endorsements cite bishops, editors and officials. readers are urged to mail a postal card for a two pound special treatment and a new book.
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