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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
2
The Kanouse Shoe Store held a bustling opening on the east side of the square despite a cold day. One thousand calendars vanished by 4 p m as crowds pressed the staff and many shoppers left with smiles and shoes. A poem by Charlie Neal of St Paul was included on blotters bearing the proprietor's image for visitors.
The piece extols Texas vastness by comparing its area to Europe and global population. It asserts Texas would hold the world’s population with town lots and imagines armies marching around Texas, noting Texas covers 266,011 square miles and remains one state among 46 in a grand nation.
A Nashua Iowa night policeman testifies that Foley's Honey and Tar cured his winter lung ailment after failing with other medicines and two doctors. He calls it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world. The ad also touts the Parker Lucky Curve Fountain Pen and silver plated spoons with prices and warranty.
Saturday voters chose road supervisors for two year terms across townships including Washington Marion Fugit Salt Creek Clinton Clay Adams and Jackson. Notable picks include P L Doles Ronnie Sefton Brumfield Turner William Boyce Henry Vierkamp Samuel Caseldine Edwin Sutton Wilbur Linville Frank Dwenger Henry Bohman Ambrose Heckman Fred Tresler George D Avery Adolphus Martin L L Fleetwood John Kanouse James Wasson Ewing Arnold M J Ewing H L Eiler B F Pugh Harry Hays and J D Pleak J W Crise Clint Eads John Hamilton Charles Deniston.
The Christian church choir offers a Christmas program next Sunday morning and evening. Special anthems will be performed by a talented group including Sopranos Miss Florence Hazel Rigg, Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Mills Henry, and others. Altos Mrs. R. M. Thomas, Miss Marie Braden. Tenors Clarence Eward. Basses J H Kirby. Leader H Lewis Cowles. Organist Mrs. Bert Morgan. Violinists Will Erdmann and W. E. Burney.
Rev. A. D. Faulks arrives with a new Baptist mission at his home 231 East Railroad street in Greensburg. About fifty colored adults are urged to support the work alongside the M. E. church founded here thirty years ago. Faulks invites all to a sermon next Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. from Luke 2 15 inviting townspeople to attend.
Michael Gannon versus the Big Four Railway Company was set for trial but postponed on plaintiff’s motion at his cost. Gannon, who appeared before the postponement, said he was burned by a hot stove pipe while bathing near a stove, after stating he lacked a bathroom.
Postmasters nationwide were told that Great Britain has temporarily withdrawn its prohibition on Red Cross Christmas stamps. Patrons should affix the stamps to the backs of letters or parcels mailed to any part of Great Britain.
There is a demand for good teachers' Bibles and our stock is offered at very low prices. We buy direct from publishers and you pay only one profit when you buy from us. Our line of testaments is complete. Let us show them to you.
Advertises the Monitor Radiator as the warmest in the Base Burner line. Claims it radiates more heat per unit of fuel than any other Base Burner model on the market.
Harper's Weekly describes East African arrows used by the N'dorobo and Kamasea peoples. Poisoned ironwood heads, six inch arrow tips, and feathered shafts with vulture wing plumes create a deadly, spinning flight. Eight of ten Masai raiders fell in a recent clash, and best bows remain highly valued among tribes.
A quiet man asks for two good seats but receives last row postside seats for three dollars each. The irritated seller, claiming ownership of the theater, insists the man must take the offered seats or leave, prompting a tense exchange. The seller-owner asserts control and offers no alternative seating.
An elderly Louisiana parish resident praised for his deportment arrives in New Orleans and meets a jaunty youth on a street corner. He asks to visit the St. Charles hotel, and the youth replies he may go but should not stay longer than half an hour.
A dialogue features a boy who strikes a peer after being warned by parents not to fight. The aggressor taunts with a hard blow while the other declines retaliation, insisting on keeping a promise not to strike a playmate, before a follow up kick to the shins.
The note recalls Bilford leaving for the West and promises of a letter after he settled. The speaker doubts he has regained his footing, mentioning an explosion of dynamite three months ago that may explain his unclear status.
The article outlines Roman legal roles and processes showing open access to advocacy, the absence of a fixed judge in early Rome, and varied judicial officials like magistratus judex arbiter and recuperatores. It notes public records of eligible judices, objections to judex, and later shifts toward bar recruitment for benches, with commentary from Exchange.
A New York Press piece recalls a dentist who keeps hundreds of tiny envelopes for patients who ask to take home their extracted teeth. He notes both men and women request them, with women slightly more inclined, and many adults wanting teeth from children or the elderly.
The essay argues that a man without willpower is governed by his passions. It compares passion to a tyrant that destroys those it governs, like fire once kindled or a swollen torrent breaking barriers. It emphasizes that true imprisonment comes from one's own passions overpowering self control.
About 3,200,000 acres in Spain are devoted to olive cultivation. Dried olives are shipped to factories where caustic soda soaks penetrate to the pits, then washed and brined in hogsheads for two months of fermentation before bottling with fresh brine.
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