12 Apr 1920
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1920
Page
1
Saturday night a delapidated building on East Anderson Street owned by Walter Ashton burned. The fire caused extensive damage but the cause is unknown and the structure was not occupied.
A Salvation Army feature describes the Bureau of Missing Persons and its nationwide reach. It notes over 1 800 missing persons registered yearly and more than 1 000 located annually, with many cases unresolved or fading from memory despite persistent search efforts.
David Wilson transfers 80 acres in Marion Township to Herbert Norris for 1 dollar. James H. Scott transfers 5 acres in Jefferson Township to Vandiver E. Terry for 1 dollar. Ella B. Davis transfers a Roachdale lot to Floyd O Wert for 1,800 dollars. Olive McCloud transfers 49 acres in Jackson Township to William B Morland for 1 dollar. Mollie McCammack and Frank McCammack transfer a Greencastle lot to Thomas E Stranger for 500 dollars. Clair Robison and wife transfer land in Marion Township to Walter S Campbell for 600 dollars. Elizabeth P Prathers and others transfer plots in Fillmore to Joe M Eckels for 900 dollars. Charles Barnaby reports meeting Charley Lloyd in San Francisco and sends best wishes to Greencastle residents. Mr and Mrs Barnaby were hosted by Mr and Mrs Lloyd in California.
A Sunday afternoon crash at the Walnut and Jackson Streets intersection involved vehicles driven by Walter Evans and Robert Quin. Both cars sustained damage and no injuries are reported.
At the Walnut and Jackson streets junction a Ford touring car driven by Walter Evans rural mail carrier collided with a Ford roadster driven by Robert Quinton of Limedale near three o clock Sunday afternoon. Evans eastbound on Walnut and Quinton southbound on Jackson had obstructed view until impact. A front wheel was torn from the Evans car while the Quinton vehicle suffered damaged crank, fenders, lights and radiator. Dr Gilbert Sallust of Cloverdale, riding in the Evans car, was badly shaken but no serious injuries occurred.
Dr. Carlos M. Dinsmore announces a Northern Indiana Baptist Convention financial drive from April 25 to May 2. Putnam County quotas include New Maysville 2145 dollars Greencastle 2500 dollars and others such as Greencastle listed with 4400 dollars.
Joseph Nichthauser a 50 year old Brooklyn haberdasher arrested Saturday on Lever Act profiteering charges died by suicide at his home. He had been out on 2500 bail. Police report he allegedly profited from clothing sales in his St. neighborhood.
Attendance nears sixteen hundred at the Sunday Tabernacle meeting as Mrs Barr speaks. The Grurch membership drive appears highly successful with strong turnout and active participation.
Greencastle churches report a high water mark in the union evangelistic effort led by Daisy Douglas Barr. Morning services welcomed eighty four new members and Sunday School attendance rose across churches as tabernacle meetings continue with sermons on The Lost Son and Father’s and Son’s night.
A tabernacle structure costing 2200 was purchased by a local man for 1305 after only three bids. The sale notes the limited bidding and confirms final price and bidder details.
The Daisy Barr Tabernacle building, erected weeks ago at 2200, was sold by the building committee to A P Burnsides for 1305. Sealed bids set Burnsides above F E Dodge and W H Heiby at 960. WD Burks of Reelsville bid 680. Purchaser will wreck the building after revival services. Piano sold to Mrs Frank Cheek for 51 with other bids noted.
A man on a morning train from Chicago found his shoes missing after rising from an upper berth. The porter searched but failed to locate them. A portly fellow in the lower berth mistakenly wore the shoes and later swapped back just as the train stopped.
Washington state fish commissioner L H Darwin urged the legislature to create a full time fisheries commission and bar non citizens from fishing in state waters. He warned heavy past fishing depleted Puget Sound runs of salmon and threatened silverside chum and humpback stocks despite hatchery work. Immature catch and blocked spawns could worsen conditions in Columbia Grays Harbor and Willapa waters. Switchmen return to work and condition improves, officials report.
In a three room New York City flat Frank Cangemi and his wife celebrate six children including newly born triplet girls Mabel Catherine and Genevieve. Despite unemployment they remain hopeful and the landlord will shelter the family until better times. Frank served in the Twelfth regiment and returned from Mexico.
Italian youth Giovanni Nardi, eager for the United States, tried to swim ashore from the steamer Pesaro near Naples harbor. He nearly made it into New York City but slipped and was hauled back to the ship and then held at Ellis Island for possible deportation after being found to be a stowaway.
An official from a major eastern insurer claims last flu and pneumonia epidemic cost U S life insurance companies about 5 million dollars, roughly a quarter of the payout during the 1918-19 epidemic.
Chicago reports show railroad labor tensions easing after unions and officials united to curb an unauthorized switchmen walkout. John Grunau says the situation is unchanged while 600 Columbus C. switchmen return to work and S E Heberling notes improving conditions and ongoing talks with strikers. Mrs C C Payne departs for Carlsbad New Mexico where her husband works as a civil engineer.
The commercial mica field in eastern Rio Arriba and southern Santa Fe counties is being developed after tests show high quality mica. Ground mica is used in paints, axle grease, roofing, wallpaper, powder, and rubber products including washers.
Pilgrims in Benares visit multiple holy wells including the Well of Knowledge and the Well of Fate to drink and bathe. Floral offerings stain water, prompting sanitation drives by the British government. Hundreds of thousands visit yearly, risking widespread disease from contaminated wells.
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