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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
2
David J. Skelton of Washington township announces his candidacy for commissioner of the Third district, subject to the outcome of the Democratic primary on May 4, 1920.
J J Hendrix of Washington township announces his candidacy for commissioner in Putnam County from the Third District, subject to the Democratic primary decision.
O A Day of Marion township declares his candidacy for commissioner of the Second district. He speaks to the Democratic voters of Putnam county, subject to the outcome of the Democratic primary election. Dated May 4, 1920.
A state fish and game official clears the rabbit of fruit tree girdling blame and points to field mice as the main culprits. The Ohio State Journal notes mice gnaw bark. tar paper or wire netting around young trees is advised. effective control requires staying by the tree base to catch them.
A brief obituary notice notes that Wards of Thanks appear with a charge at a rate of several guilders or a specified amount per entry. The fragment references obituaries and acknowledgments within a local paper.
Hendricks County's Jacob E Cravin seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fifth District. Cloverdale's W E Gill runs for Putnam county representative. Vigo County's Charles XS Batt pursues Congress. Fay S Hamilton seeks Putnam county prosecuting attorney. Otto G Webb runs for Putnam county treasurer. Alien Eggers seeks Putnam county sheriff nomination. All entries note candidacies subject to Democratic primary decisions.
In the May 4 1920 Democratic primary Putnam county gears up for sheriff nominations. Fred Lancaster Madison township Edward H Eitle Forge Vermandes C Hurst Greencastle and Will Glidewell Warren township announce candidacies subject to the primary verdict.
Notices announce multiple candidates for sheriff in Putnam County. Jess. M. Hamrick seeks the Democratic nomination in the May 4 1920 primary. E S Lige Wallace of Green Castle also declares for sheriff in the May 4 1926 primary. Harkins L Jackson of Greencastle enters as a Democratic contender for sheriff in the May 4 primary.
Reese R. Buis of Marion town seeks the Democratic nomination for county commissioner in the Second district in the May 4 primary. He emphasizes local issues and governance.
In World War era reporting Admiral Sims recounts a German submarine sinking after being trapped. Listening devices detected a final series of pistol shots, with 25 rounds fired as the crew chose death over surrender. The account emphasizes the grim fate of the crew rather than combat.
Melville E. Stone recalls a sharp exchange between General Butler and Samuel J. Randall as the Forty third Congress neared adjournment Butler refused a Sunday session and predicted Randall would join him in the lower house in the next world Randall quipped about Puritan restraint and Butler delivered the retort that Randall would be there in this life or the next
The War Department air service conducted a three month forest fire patrol with 745 flights covering 92 005 miles. Six patrol routes surveyed national forest areas. six airplanes twice daily covered about 9 000 000 acres of rugged timber country. Average nonstop flight 160 miles. round trip 320 miles.
Enos A. Mills recalls a desert mirage that unfolds like moving pictures. Scenes show wagons and horses, a camp by a shimmering lake, and coyotes watching the illusion as it melts away into the desert heat.
A 250000 year old walking stick, carved from a peat bed stump found by Prof. W. S. Foster in southern Alberta, was given to former resident Taft as a unique gift. Foster studied the glacial era and brought the specimen to Seattle.
Miss Anita Pollitzer of Charleston D C has been appointed secretary of the legislative committee of the National Woman's party at age twenty five. She is described as the party's youngest officer with broad congressional connections. Her work focuses on applying pressure to legislatures back home and especially on securing action on the suffrage amendment in Washington, the one state that had not acted.
Leiden in focus as Holland prepares to honor the Pilgrim Fathers tercentenary marking the Mayflower landing. Many English Protestants stayed in Leiden, including leader John Robinson, whose tomb draws visiting pilgrims. Committees include American and British ministers and the Dutch foreign affairs minister.
The Achembam quarry in Alsace yielded a mammoth and other animal bones with a charred cooking area. Archaeologist M Ferrer of Strasbourg's Museum notes the palaeolithic site shows dwellers hunted mammoths horses rhinoceri and hyenas and cooked food in ashes and earth. The age traces back to 5 000 B C making the kitchen at least five millennia old.
London reports Prof Frederick Soddy of Oxford explains a method to transform base metals into gold. He describes expelling beta particles from mercury to create thallium then alpha particles to yield gold, or converting lead to mercury then following the same steps.
Budapest correspondents report their reports face four censorship layers. A local official and a group of extremists review them, a bolshevik-led censor in Vienna screens material, and a fourth censor at an unknown location eyed by suspected Hungary’s hostile neighbors.
Advertises a 30 day treatment for liver kidney stomach constipation rheumatism grip flu at 621 Main Street Cincinnati Ohio. Claims cure and pay after cured with remedies sold at all drug stores for 25 cents.
GreeneCounty notice from Mayor Rupert Bartley to chicken owners. City ordinance prohibits running at large and affidavits will be filed against violators after complaints from citizens.
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