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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1921

Page

3

Local residents enjoy weekend at river park and visits

Wayne Gillen and Wilbur Donner spent Sunday at Eel River Falls. Mr and Mrs Asa Smith and Joe Vancleave joined friends at Turkey Run Park. Many locals, including Miss Emma Reeves and Miss Emma Johnson, remain ill or traveling. Henry Thomas left for Medicine Hat, Oklahoma to visit relatives for several weeks.

Wayne Gillen Wilbur Donner Eel River Falls Asa Smith Joe Vancleave Turkey Run Park James Hunter Avis Knetzer Hobart Robinson Near Fillmore Henry Thomas Medicine Hat Oklahoma Elmer Thomas Gertrude Cook Mary Manuel Ella Rector Arval Allen Cecil Shuey Theodore Kauble

DePauw Athlete Heads Home Before Tiger Camp

Robert Gipson leaves today for Indianapolis home ahead of Gulver football camp opening August 28. Greencastle Crescent Rebecca Lodge No 763 meets tonight in regular session with expected good attendance. Sunday outing at Turkey Run Park includes Maude Snider Minnie Kiefer Helen Burdett Grace Burdett Eva Herod Zola Hancock Fred Frank Claude Coffin and Robert Mahoney.

Robert Gipson DePauw Indianapolis Gulver Greencastle Crescent Rebecca Lodge No Maude Snider N. G Minnie Kiefer Lee Helen Burdett Grace Burdett Eva Herod Zola Hancock Fred Frank Claude Coffin Robert Mahoney Turkey Run Park

Indianapolis preachers lis t Sunday services at two churches

Dr. L. R. Eckhart preached at Meridian Street M E Church and Dr. H A Gobin spoke at Central Avenue ME Church in Indianapolis on Sunday morning. T W Stewart of the local American Railway Express branch takes a week’s vacation, staying in Greencastle. Mrs Herschel Foster and daughter Florence of Cloverdale departed for a Great Lakes trip visiting Canadian sites.

Frank Cannon Great Lakes L. R. Eckhart Meridian Street M. E Indianapolis H. A. Gobin Central Avenue T. W. Stewart American Railway Express Company Greencastle Herschel Foster Florence of Cloverdale Canada

Baptist Society Sets Joint Session After Tuesday

The Missionary Society and Co-workers Society of the Baptist church plan a joint meeting on Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Andrew Sweeney’s home just south of town. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brinckman visiting from Indianapolis.

The Missionary Society Co-workers Society of the Baptist Church Andrew Sweeney

Greencastle Residents See Monday Business Activity

Mrs. John Frazier and Mrs. Sarah Tabor of Brazil and James F. Hurst of Cloverdale were in Greencastle on business Monday. Mrs. J. R. John traveled to Indianapolis for an appendicitis operation at Methodist Hospital. Delta Theta Tau met at 7 15 with Miss Ruby Wright. State policeman warned auto owners to equip cars as required by law. Howard Ewan’s death prompted Charles Ewan and family to return from Seymour. A three year old near Belle Union died after an appendicitis operation. Putnam Lodge 145 S O O F planned a special Tuesday session with refreshments. Berry and Roberts were sent to Jeffersonville Reformatory for a two to five year term after escape.

Ray Larkin Belle Union Ralph Donnahue Claude Coffin Putnam County W. O. Berry Mir] Roberts Indiana State Reformatory Jeffersonville Berry Roberts Reformatory Indiana

Classified loan offer for Putnam County farm lands

Central Trust Company advertises farm loan options on first mortgages in Putnam County. Terms allow long or short time with privilege to pay part or all at any interest period and no commission. If seeking a local farm loan, act quickly as funds will be available for a limited time.

Putnam County Central Trust Company

Notice to subscribers arrears urged by The Herald

All subscribers in arrears are urged to visit the office or mail a payment by check or money order. Prompt attention is requested to settle balances and keep subscriptions current.

the Herald

Sewing Offer From Hill Garment Factory

At home in spare time sew Amoskeag Princess aprons. One dozen at 89 cents plus prepaid postage to any distance, thread furnished, no canvassing. Money refunded if not satisfied. Send P O to Hill Garment Factory Auburn NY for apron copy.

P. O Hill Garment Factory Auburn N_ Y

Fluff Rugs and Rag Rugs Promotion at Crawford Hotel

An advertisement invites customers to convert old car pets and rugs into fluffy rugs and rag rugs from Carpet Rugs. The sale runs for a few days with a phone contact at Crawford Hotel and mentions the Filmore Community Chautauqua in Fillmore on August 4 to 6.

Crawford Hotel Der.anan Bros Indianapolis Filmore Chautauqua, Fillmore

Fillmore Chautauqua Promises Interesting Program

August 4 5 and 6 event promises a varied program near Fillmore. For sale tomatoes 2c per pound and small tomatoes 5c per bushel offered by Eitel's Green House Vine Street. bring your basket.

Fillmore Chautauqua Eitel Green House Vine Street

Fillmore Chau tauqua invites community to event

Fillmore invites residents to attend the Fillmore Community Chau tauqua next week. Fireplace wood is advertised at four dollars per card with heavy orders encouraged and a phone contact listed.

Fillmore

Registration blanks available from Notary Public

Those who have not registered their automobile can obtain the necessary blanks from Haze M Tear at the Herald Office.

Haze M Tear Notary Public Herald Office

Bi partisan friendship across party lines in politics

The piece notes growing warm personal ties between Republicans and Democrats in modern politics. It recalls earlier Senate camaraderie between Edmunds and Thurman and argues that cleaner campaigns and fair blows foster respect, maintain national progress, and sustain continuity despite differences.

New York Globe Edmunds Thurman

Separating the Sexes in Transit Debated

A Denver Post roundup notes Engineering News findings that women take longer to enter or leave elevators than men. It argues for sex segregation on subways and surface cars as remedy, cites historical echoes, and calls for trial on routes with worsening conditions. Colleges have moved toward coed to segregated models.

Denver Post Judea

Color Scheme in Food Colors and Preservatives

The piece argues color use in foods will be central to reform efforts. It notes not all preservatives are banned but harmful ones are, while color bans aim to prevent deception about freshness. Producers urge delay until scientists decide if color is deleterious, warning consumers may accept natural hues if safe.

Southern Girls Migrating to the North for Opportunity

The piece argues Southern women seek freer environments and greater energy, noting social prejudice still hinders them in the South. It praises bright Southern girls leaving for the North as a loss for the South and a gain for northern cities, urging them to come.

South New York Mall

Abuse of the Term Easy and Moral Pressure

A critical essay on the misuse of the word easy in praise and persuasion. It argues that a generous person is not duped by flattery nor passive, but gains intangible benefits while avoiding moral pitfalls. It contrasts honest generosity with those seeking quick gains.

Quiet Nerves and a Charming Exchange at the Sanitarium

Stayfield, tormented by sounds, seeks silence at a sanitarium. He endures lawn mowers and a squeaky hammock until a neighboring hammock user appears, and a late evening oiling leads to a tentative romance as they discuss noises and mutual sensitivities. A Wisconsin inventor showcases a portable work bench in a tool chest.

Stayfield Starfield

Educational and cultural notes across nations and eras

The survey highlights diverse education facts from 208 years since Canada's first school in Quebec to 1781 Philadelphia libraries. It cites Columbia alumni totals, California Japanese school enrollments, Michigan traveling libraries, Indiana presidents, Peking University, and Paris area American students. It also notes illiteracy shifts in Alabama and cultural trends in Yale, Shanghai bobbed hair bans, and Esperanto courses in France.

Wisdom of the East: Chinese Proverbs Noted by Roy Chapman Andrews

A collection of Chinese proverbs presented by Roy Chapman Andrews at a Dutch Treat club gathering in New York. Maxims cover humility, virtue, reputation, leadership, trust, and human nature, with blunt views on aging, beauty, and judgment.

Roy Chapman Andrews Dutch Treat Club New York City

Pointed Paragraphs on Friendship and Life Lessons

Witty observations compare friendship to a cable road, define genuine ties beyond acquaintances, and note social tones in communities. The piece jokes about lighthouses near coast towns and a kicker’s departure, then muses on marriage, blame, and lingering affection after marriage.

Lakes Fade From Maps as Shirwa Dries Up in Africa

Missionaries report Lake Shirwa in British Central Africa has fully dried, leaving only ponds where streams once fed it. Once 30 miles long and 10 to 15 wide, the lake bed hosts scattered canoes amid former island hills. Livingstone first found it in 1859, with Ngami also vanished.

British Central Africa Shirwa Lake Nyassa Mchisi Tongwe Livingstone Ngami Lake Shirwa Henry Drummond Inner Africa Petermann Mitteilungen

The Perils of Newspaper Making in Life Opinion

The essay argues newspaper manufacturing is hazardous and unprofitable. It highlights constant moral and political motives for persistence, despite losses, and laments low prices, high costs, and fierce competition. It urges a law limiting pages and a minimum price to sustain papers.

Birds Beasts Fishes Facts From Nature Notes

A survey of animal facts notes the giraffe at birth is about six feet long the pigeon coos without opening its bill and science estimates around 19000 fish species. It states fish rest with heads upstream and Lake Erie yields the most fish per square mile. It also mentions the swallow has the largest beak proportion and a jungle flon can leap twenty to thirty feet from a stand.

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Emma Reeves Walter Dorsett Jefferson Township Emma Johnson Allen Brothers Harry Wells Dorothy B. F. Corwin St. Paul Duluth Greencastle American Legion Legion Hall Amanda Johnston Madison Street Robert Brinckman Howard Harris American Zinc Products Company Brazil Colored Giants Brazil Bee Putnamville Putnamvile Colored Giants Greencastle Grays John Frazier Sarah Tabor James F. Hurst J. R. John Methodist Hospital Delta Theta Tau Ruby Wright Johnson Flats U. S Greencastle Mornday Charles Ewan Earl Ewan Seymour Howard Ewan Putnam Lodge No. 145 Lawrence Sears Edgar Shamel WG Wm Callahan Wisconsin Quebec Columbia University California Michigan Indiana University Benjamin Franklin Philadelphia America China Government University of Peking Washington France Paris Shanghai Ministry of Education Alabama Yale University Paris Chamber of Commerce Wisdom OF the East Heaven the Independent New York Chicago Daily News Opera House A. Cook Mgr Sessue Hayakawa Brand of Lopez Eddie Polo Breezy Eason Harry Sweet VIA Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co Niagara Falls, N. Y Toronto, Ontario Toledo, Put-in-Bay Cedar Point Cleveland, Ohio Buffalo, N Detroit, St. Clair Flats Port Huron, Mich Trac Science Lake Erie Rogers Family Stock CO Hiney the College Girl Indiana Loan Co Donner
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