Greencastle Herald Notice Rates and Publication Details
In Greencastle Indiana the Herald notes postal status second class mail matter and lists ownership Charles J Arnold proprietor The paper published in the afternoon at 17 and 19 S Jackson Street with telephone 65 Cards of Thanks Wards of Thanks obituaries charged at 50 cents and one dollar respectively plus five cents per poetry line Extra charges apply for obituaries and poems.
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S. Jackson Street
Greencastle
Ind
Putnam County Sheriff Candidates In Democratic Primary
Several candidates announce for Putnam county sheriff with may 4 1920 primary. Names include Fred Lancaster Edward Eitle jorge Allen Eggers Glidewen Jess Ham tick E 8 Lige Wallace Harkins Jackson Green castle Greencastle and others seeking the Democratic nomination.
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Putnam County
Jess. M. Hamtick
Two County Commissioner Candidates Enter Primary Race
Reese R. Buis of Marion township and David J. Skelton of Washington township announce candidacies for the Second and Third district commissions respectively subject to the Democratic primary on May 4 1920.
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Reese R. Buis
Marion Township
Hendrix and Day Seek Putnam County Commissioner Posts
A Washington town commissioner J J Hendrix from the Third district and O A Day of Marion township announce candidacies for Putnam County commissioner. Both state they seek Democratic primary support and urge voters to consider their qualifications for the office.
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W. E. Gill
Cloverdale
Annoumes
Putnam County
O. A. Day
Marion Township
Second district decision pending Democratic primary May 4 1920
A fragment notes that the second district is subject to the outcome of the Democratic primary election and cites May 4 1920 as a key date for the process. The text provides no further context on candidates or actions beyond this deadline.
Cloverdale Man Declares Candidacy for Third District
L M Chamberlain of Cloverdale township announces his bid for commissioner in the Third District subject to the Democratic primary on May 4 1920.
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L. M. Chamberlain
Cloverdale Township
French Girls in Majority as Brides
Report on foreign wives of American military and naval men shows 3,709 brides returned through Hoboken port. Of these, 2,205 were French, with Europeans from Britain Luxembourg Belgian Italian German Russian Spanish Swiss Polish Greek Dutch Roumanian Serbian Jugoslav Czech Mexican and unknown others making up the rest.
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Hoboken
Luxembourgoise
Red Cross
Travel and Get Rich By a Long European Exchange
A Swiss correspondent to the London Daily Graphic describes a currency scheme across France Switzerland and Italy. Start with a £10 note and convert to 420 silver francs in France then to 2100 Italian paper lire in Switzerland. back to Swiss francs then to French francs and finally to English notes for about £100 more, noting practical limits such as rare silver colors and a 1000 franc export cap.
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France
Switzerland
Italy
London Daily Graphic
Keeps beef over 100 years heirloom in silver pitcher
Edward B. Mate of Ann Arbor Mich preserves a 1805 beef in a silver pitcher. Sergeant Joseph Hobbins of the British Royal Marines saved the beef after a cook on a captured French vessel struck at him. Hobbins is the great great grandfather of Lt. Col. Edward BR Manwaring USMC, the sole US Marine direct descendant of a royal marine.
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Edward B. Mate Wiring
Ann Arbor
Mich
Joseph Hobbins
Britsh Royal Marines
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Hobbins
Edward BR. Manwaring
United States Marine Corps
Manwaring
Royal Marine of Great Britain
Land Without A Smile by Irving T. Bush
Irving T. Bush of New York described his travels through occupied France Belgium Holland and Germany. He said German warehouses were full and people worked quietly without visible grief or criticism of leaders, calling the land without a smile due to a lack of laughs observed in Germany.
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Irving T. Bush
New York
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Frankfort
Berlin
Judge's Sons Adopt Moonshine Methods in California
In San Rafael California Judge H de la Montanya learns his two young sons Lloyd and Herbert aged 14 and 12 nearly killed themselves after attempting to distill moonshine. A neighbor had explained how to till whisky and the boys were found semi conscious with a kettle and rubber hose smelling of corn and molasses. Doctor R G Duffey said they would recover.
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San Rafael
Cal
Justice of the Peace
H. de la Montanya
Lloyd
Herbert
R. G. Duffey
New flu scourge hits Vienna children
Washington reports a new form of encephalitis lethargica linked to influenza attacking the brain. Red Cross missions describe victims becoming stupefied and emaciated, with one seven year old child weighing 29 pounds at death. Overcrowded hospitals and scarce supplies worsen outcomes amid harsh Austrian winter.
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Washington
Vienna
Red Cross
Waiting Place of Jews in Jerusalem Sealed by Blizzard
The famous waiting place of Jews in Jerusalem appears under unusual conditions as a great blizzard confines worshippers indoors on a Friday. A single British soldier stands as the lone visitor to the historic site amid the snowbound silence.
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Jerusalem
Temple
Fargo case grants child of out of wedlock father's name
A North Dakota law to legitimize children born out of wedlock was upheld in Fargo. The child received the father's name and was declared his legitimate heir, entitled to support shelter and education just like children born within marriage. The ruling marks the first such case in the country, affirming equal rights to estates with other legal heirs.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
First Letter in Years From Overseas Relatives News in Huntington
Huntington Ind Mrs Max Zinn received seven years of letters from her sister and parents abroad telling of escape from war and safety in Poland. The sister is Miss Cecelin Schechter. Several Schechter relatives in Huntington have awaited word for months, with the last prior letter arriving in early 1913.
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Huntington
Ind
Max Zinn
Russia
Poland
Mise Cecilin Schechter
Schechters
Chaplain Benson Walks From Niagara Falls to New York
Chaplain Samuel Co. Benson, author and preacher, arrived in New York after walking through blinding snow from Niagara Falls. He met 27 mayors during the journey and presented each with a Bible, highlighting his religious outreach.
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Samuel Co. Benson
New York
Niagara Falls
Grand Duchess Olga of Russia Believes Czar Alive in Denmark
Sister of former Emperor Nicholas of Russia, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, resides in Denmark with her husband Colonel Kolniko and two sons. She arrived from Novorossiysk on a refugee steamer, refused special privileges, and waited at a Prinkipos camp disinfection station with her children. Red Cross earlier found her living in a box car.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Olga Alexander
Nicholas
Russia
Denmark
Peter of Oldenburg
Kolniko
Novorossiysk
Prinkipos Islands
Red Cross
France sells long range gun patent to government
France’s Maze sells to the government a long range gun patent showing 100 to 120 miles range after rough tests. The shell leaves the muzzle at about 4175 feet per second. Lloyd George says Britain seeks rights to use the plans and Belgium manufactures a similar cannon at Liege. American attaches in Europe request presence at tests.
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Paris
Delamare Maze
Lloyd George
England
France
Liege
Europe
New check swindle report leads to sheriff inquiry
In Moorpark a man with a black grip and overcoat claimed his car broke down near the garage and asked to be towed. He requested cashing a $50 check drawn on the National Bank of Commerce Kansas City for purchases at a nearby town. No wrecked car or trace of the stranger remained when the owner returned.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sheriff's Office
Moorpark
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
New York
Broad
Rector
Riverside
Morningside
Schuyler
Department of Justice
Makes Monkeys of Them
Eddyville Kentucky report on Sam Patrick a Simpson county convict selling miniature monkeys carved from peach stones. In three years the venture has earned over 500 dollars while investing 450 dollars in war savings stamps.
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Eddyville
Sam Patrick
Simpson County
Plan for Large Scale National Maps by Government Boards
Wartime map initiative proposes eleven map making and three map using boards to coordinate in creating a 1:62 500 scale national map system. The plan envisions the Geological Survey directing standard topo maps with aerial surveying and permanent control points, enabling accurate orientation for soldiers and civilians alike.
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New York
France
St. Helena
New York Post
Engineering Council
Wilson
Bureau of Soils
Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States Geological Survey
Germany
United States
Alaska
The Lure of a Siren Door to Bank Robbery Alarm
In LaGrange Kentucky the siren atop the People's bank sounds when any door or window is opened prompting residents to grab their guns and rush out. This alarm system follows a wave of seven Kentucky bank robberies prompting the measure.
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LaGrange
People’s Bank
Kentucky
People's Bank
Widow Receives Box From Overseas Headquarters
In Owensboro Kentucky Mrs Lucy R Lawrence an aged widow receives a box from overseas headquarters. It contains the Bible she gave Armstead the letters he never read and a letter he wrote to her just before he was slain.
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Owensboro
Lucy R. Lawrence
Armstead
Telephone as Spy Catcher in German Plot
A New York Tribune analysis describes how German agents used coded telephone phrases to disguise meeting places, and how hotel and apartment call records reveal a caller’s daily patterns. It explains tracing methods from exchange prefixes to room numbers and highlights cases where dinners and appointments uncodedly exposed relationships and illicit activity.
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Fred C. Kelly
New York Tribune
Paul Koenig
Tne
Central
New Mexican Embassy Hostess Named in Washington
Mache Salvador Diego-Fernandes, a newcomer to diplomacy in Washington, is the ranking hostess at the Mexican embassy stall. Her husband serves as counsellor and charge d affaires during the ambassador's absence. The ambassador is likely to be away from Washington for the coming months.
War romance revived after Confederate veteran's marriage
A marriage in Lexington links Edward F. Haley, a Confederate veteran, and Mrs. Joseph Bales, a wealthy widow. Haley, once a cousin of Mattie Martin, met her years after serving, returning as an old man to propose with both names on the license.
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Lexington
Edward F. Haley
Joseph Bales
Wilson
Haley
Garrard County
Madison County
Mattie Martin
EB. F. Haley
Dream Comes True Oil Well Dream Leads to 50 Barrels
The father of Charles P. Holst of Butler Pennsylvania dreamed of an oil well at a specific spot years earlier. His son, now a member of an oil company, urged partners to drill there. They struck a fifty barrel well confirming the dream.
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Charles P. Holst
Butler
Eggs Survive Baltimore & Ohio Train Wreck
In Kane, Pa a Baltimore and Ohio wreck derailed two passenger coaches. About thirty passengers were jolted in the incident but a market basket carried in one car held three dozen eggs and none were broken.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Kane
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Greencastle, Ind
Charles J. Arnold
Addi- Bonal
Jacob E Cravin
Hendricks County
Fifth
Charles S. Batt
Vigo County
Fay S. Hamilton
Otto G. Webb
Fred Lancaster
Madison Township
Edward H. Eitlejorge
Allen Eggers
Jackson Township
Sherif
Glidewen
Warren Township
Wallace
Harkins L. Jackson
David J. Skelton
Washington Township
J. J. Hendrix
Puttnam County
U.S
Czar
Olga
Siren
Telephone
S. 8S
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grand Central Depot
Kaiserhof
General Post Office
P. O. Box
Pabst’s
Columbus Circle
Brooklyn Bridge
Unter den Linden
von Papen
Heinrich Albert
Manust
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