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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
2
The Greencastle Herald lists second class mail status and publisher Charles J. Arnold Proprietor. It publishes every afternoon except Sunday from 17 and 195S with offices at Jackson Street. Card notices and obituaries carry fees and poetry incurs extra charges.
Multiple candidates announces for Putnam county offices and congressional seats in the Democratic primary. Jacob E Cravin W E Gill Charles S Batt Fay S Hamilton Otto G Webb Fred Lancaster Edward H Eitle Allen Eggers Will Glidewen Jesse M Hamrick E S Lige Wallace Harkins L Jackson seek nomination for congress representative and Putnam county sheriff and other county posts.
Reese R. Buis of Marion township announces run for Second district commissioner subject to Democratic primary on May 4 1920. David J. Skelton of Washington township also announces candidacy for Third district commissioner with no further primary details provided.
J J Hendrix of Washington town in Putnam County runs for commissioner in the Third District, subject to the Democratic primary decision.
O A Day of Marion township declares his bid for Democratic nomination and seeks support from Putnam County voters to win the commissioner seat. He outlines his aim to improve local government and represents the Democratic slate in the upcoming election.
L M Chamberlain of Cloverdale township declares his bid for Third District commissioner, subject to the Democratic primary on May 4 1920.
Cincinnati Times Star reports Deadwood Dick era hero Richard Bullock died at seventy five in a Glendale California hospital. Though famed for tall tales, his life on mountain and plains hauling gold by stage earned him lasting mythic status among fans.
In an attic memory a narrator recalls Aunt Nan, a temptress who charmed many, including David Burnie, who later married another. The diary-like tale follows Nan’s fate, the impact on Aunt Minerva, and the narrator’s cautious, sorrowful warning against frivolity as David reappears at the home, offering a second chance.
The London Daily Telegraph notes two ancient yew trees trimmed into peacocks near Staines and Belfont church marking a long British topiary tradition. It highlights topiary in old country houses and at Royal Kew nurseries near Richmond, home to about 8,000 trees shaped into animals, birds, or architectural forms. The piece discusses patience, grand generations, and the long maturation of formal gardens as a cultural craft.
Trees touted for a hall of fame include The Great Tree on Boston Common blown down February 15, 1918 and The Green Tree hotel at LeClaire known to river men as a waiting place. Other nominees are De Soto Oak in Tampa Virginia’s octopus tree and two oaks at Marlington West Virginia marked in 1751 plus a tall Batkans oak near Podgortica with wartime ties.
The article extols music as essential rather than a luxury, noting its uplifting effect on shell-shocked veterans and its capacity to beautify church services. It argues patriotism and music unite, and questions whether a place of amusement can be truly attractive without music. Chicago News.
A new jeweler with a grand French name opens on Fifth Avenue. No items on display below £10,000. Clerks resemble parliament members in frock coats and silk hats. A woman asked for an emerald ring at $18,000 but balked at $1,000, prompting a patronizing offer to shop at Blank's.
A vivid travelogue from Manila to Baguio highlights a 200 mile northbound drive or train ride through Luzon’s plains and provinces. The piece praises Manila’s road network, tropical vistas, hydroelectric potential, and Baguio’s climate and growth as the Philippine Simla with teachers’ camps and army presence shaping its seasonal allure.
Denmark heavily adopts peat as a fuel across industries private railroads and rural areas. Twelve million peat bricks were drawn from Odense marshes in 1918 and peat gas powers Svendborgs electrical works. Peat as locomotive fuel caused larger boilers and sparks. Government price caps hinder production amid several failures. Nevertheless peat quality and knowledge have improved, boosting its future economic role.
Analysis of two physical exams for draft registrants shows country boys have stronger records than city boys, whites outperforming colored, and native born exceeding foreign born. Differences imply 100000 country boys yield 4790 more soldiers than city peers, 1240 more for whites over colored, and 3500 more for native born over foreign born, enough to form an infantry regiment.
Nellie and her mother, newcomers to La Jolla, tour the museum. The sign reading Man-eating shark. Fifteen cents admission provokes Nellie to ask if the shark is still eating. The mother and daughter pass again hours later.
Diplomats at Washington list forty two accredited representatives of foreign governments in Washington. Besides these there are many unofficial representatives seeking recognition from the American government. Chief among the latter are representatives of the Irish Ukrainians Armenians Lithuanians and Albanians. Only Monaco and San Marino lack representatives.
Edward M. Nelson writing in the English Mechanic notes polar caps plainly visible on Venus last June with a three inch refractor at power 160. He describes the caps as intensely white, akin to the lunar crater Aristarchus. A similar report comes from M Flammarion's Javv isy observatory in France.
The article recalls biblical and Roman era taxation, noting universal levies, lack of exemptions, and mandatory payments in gold and silver. It cites Solomon taxing Cahanites, Jeroboam's revolt against heavy yokes, and Caesar Augustus’s world tax decree requiring enrollment in one’s city for taxation.
A compact meditation argues history teaches future by faithfully presenting great events, their causes, and effects. It praises prudence and courage, condemns folly and crime, and credits Thucydides, Polybius, and Tacitus as instructive masters for statesmen.
A correspondent prescribes a kitchen remedy for sick headache. Squeeze lemon juice into a tumbler, add a pinch of sugar and water to three quarters full, stir in half a teaspoon of ordinary baking soda, swallow during effervescence, repeat after fasting three hours later, and likely ease stomach upset and prevent recurrence when other medicines fail.
The text emphasizes teaching children good manners as an outward sign of inner grace. Years of experience crystallize courtesy into conventional expressions valuable for every person. It notes that well mannered behavior earns immediate respect from others.
A crowded Chicago street car ride ends in chaos as two Hi friends and I reach the front. We grip each other to avoid slipping, I tumble into a man’s lap when the car jolts, pulling friends down. The map quips in surprise, the crowd roars and jokes about the mishap.
A vociferous man proclaims belief in free speech, while Uncle Bill Bottletop counters that free speech resembles free lunch, noting you dislike watching someone misuse generosity just because it is free. The exchange highlights restraint alongside liberty.
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