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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
3
The article notes modern dancing gains respectability and education value as it attracts diverse crowds in New York and beyond. College professors, art students, and musicians now attend public dances, with figures like Florence Peterson shaping the scene at the Astor Hotel roof garden.
Charles M. Stewart of Chicago fished in Portage Lake when YMCA boys from Evanston and Oak Park fired Roman candles across the water. Curious fireworks caused pickerel to strike the flaming balls tossed by the waves, cooking the fish. Stewart pulled five big pickerel from the surface and served them to beach guests.
Miss Helen Nagle of Bayside New York narrowly escaped a shark as a fin appeared two feet above the water while she was swimming about a hundred feet from shore. Spectators warned her to reach the float and she fled a few yards to safety, then was taken to her sister’s home.
A gnawed bond incident in Cleveland shows Cuyahoga County public building bonds worth $1,000 damaged by rats. A messenger from First National Bank delivered the gnawed remains to the County Commissioner's office.
Fremont Meb City School headlines Superintendent A H Waterhouse approving roller skates for teachers and pupils traveling to and from school. Waterhouse notes skating cuts a twenty minute walk to five minutes, calling the time saved worthwhile.
Mrs. R Etta Gibson of Ferncliff describes letters from her daughter Elsie Whitney a schoolteacher on St Pauls Island in the Pribilofs. Elsie accuses government officials of drunkenness and mismanagement and says she and her husband may travel to Washington to testify.
Jacob Brown a 20 year old messenger for Joseph Zubrow Co is arrested in New York after he fails to return with sixteen rolls of satin valued at 1900 dollars. Detectives spotted his left hand with two thumbs and seized the missing satin from his bundle. Brown had prior trouble with the Court of Special Section.
Fort Yahoo merchant William Moore completed a 600 mile rowboat journey from the Porcupine River to Fort Gibbon to obtain leg amputations. An accidental machinery startup on a small boat mangled his leg and caused his death.
Old classified page lists sale of Barred Plymouth Rock eggs at 1.50 per setting, sale of 107 head ewes and lambs with pasture until May 20, mortgage exemptions, architect and contractor services, trucking, and an auction by Gooden Dobbs & Vestal on May 1 1920 at 1 30 PM including horses cattle hogs and a 6 year old mare for 13 dollars. entries mention Fillmore and Greencastle Indiana with names M Coffin Mrs Will Glideweil O T Ellis W H Evans Raymond Thompson.
A vintage ad describes making a quart of bug killer at home for 35 cents, claiming it kills bed bugs roaches and ants and their eggs. It promotes Pesky Devils Quietus P. D. Q from Owl Chemical Co. Terre Haute Indiana and advertises hospital size five gallons 2.50 with prepaid delivery.
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