Local Greencastle Notes Include Appointments and Visits
Local news items list residents and visitors in Greencastle and surrounding townships. Names include Guy Jackson, J F Hill, J N Fordice, Charles Shannon, Cleve Thomas, Gertrude Oakley, Rev O L Jones, Mrs Ralph E Knoll, Kenneth West, C N Harshbarger, Arthur Perry, Burl Buis, Marion McNary, Roy Ikamire, and others. Activities cover bank changes, school officials, church society meetings, vacations, and a poultry demonstration set for July 9 at C H Elrod’s home.
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Arthur Perry
Greencastle
Burl Buis
Marion McNary
Roy Ikamire
Marion Township
Agricultural leaders attend limestone demonstration in Lewis Indiana
E B Taylor county agent Charles Jackson and A B Meyer of Indianapolis with Mr Wagner of the United Agricultural Association traveled to Lewis Vigo county this morning for an agricultural limestone demonstration. Rain in Greencastle Monday night cooled temps and boosted corn and garden growth as a storm lingered into Tuesday afternoon. Big Walnut creek rose from the downpour and Fred Ash suffered a crush injury at the American Zinc Product Company's plant when his hand and arm were caught in a finishing roll. The Baptist Sunday school picnic scheduled for Wednesday evening is postponed indefinitely.
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E. B. Taylor
Charles Jackson
A. B. Meyer
Indianapolis
Mr. Wagner
United Agricultural Association
Lewis
Indiana
Vigo County
Big Walnut Creek
Fred Ash
American Zinc Product Company
Baptist
Weeklong Maple Heights chapel services and local notices
Special services at Maple Heights chapel planned for every night this week. The Country Reading Club meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E R Bartley. Mr and Mrs John Huffman of Los Angeles visit the Stockwell family near Reelsville. Rodgers Stock Company did not perform Monday night due to a threatening storm. Mrs Blanche Brown Mrs Pearl Scroggins and Miss Ethel Daniel return from a Chicago vacation. Crescent Club meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Ed Hibbitt on North Jackson Street. Charles Hoover deputy State Fire Marshall investigated the burning of Frank Vaughan’s two barns in Greencastle Tuesday.
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Rodgers Stock Company
Blanche Brown
Pearl Scroggins
Ethel Daniel
Chicago
Crescent Club
Ed. Hibbitt
North Jackson Street
Charles Hoover
Grencastle
Frank Vaughan
Gertrude Cook Pledged to Delta Zeta Tau Sorority
At a Monday meeting at the home of Miss Ruby Wright, Gertrude Cook was pledged as a member of the Delta Zeta Tau sorority.
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Delta Zeta Tau Sorority
Ruby Wright
Gertrude Cook
Hog Receipts at Local Market Report 7000 Head
Receipts Tuesday total 7000 hogs, 900 cattle, 800 calves, 900 sheep and lambs. Hog prices ranged 11.20 to 11.85 with some 11.90 to 11.95 for light weights and top at 12. Good pigs 11.85, light hogs 10.50, sows down. Local buyers purchased 4000, rest to outsiders. Cattle trend softer. calves up 50 cents to 10.50. sheep and lambs steady with good lambs around 9.00.
Classified notices urge subscribers to pay arrears and advertise local services
Classified items request readers in arrears to contact the office and pay by mail. An advertisement promotes transforming old car rugs into Fluff Rugs and rag rugs from carpet rugs for a few days. Listings note an auctioneer in Greencastle and a sale date seeking.
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THE
Herald
Crawford Hotel
Der.anian Bros
Indianapolis
Filmore Community Chautauqua Scheduled for August
Attend the Filmore Community Chautauqua in Fillmore on August 4 5 and 6 with events and speakers announced.
Fillmore Community Chautauqua Promises Noted Program
Fillmore invites residents to attend the upcoming Chautauqua on August 4 5 and 6 with a promise of an interesting program. Also advertised are garden produce for sale including tomatoes and small tomatoes from Eitel's Green House on Vine Street and fire place wood priced at four dollars a cord with ordering by phone 65. Next Thursday Friday and Saturday are billed as Chautauqua days at Fillmore.
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Eitel
Green House
Vine Street
Fillmore
Wanted to Buy Five or Six Room Semi Detached House
Advertisement seeking a five or six room semi detached house. Contact phone number 509.L for inquiries and offers.
Miller Meat Market Ad For Home Killed Juicy Steak
Local display advertises Miller Meat Market offering home killed juicy steak with contact phone 564 for orders and inquiries.
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THE
Miller Meat Market
Labor in the South and the shift in workforce
A southern manufacturer lauds rising wages and labor scarcity, noting the south’s growth as a workshop. He argues northern skilled workers will attract to better pay, pressuring local workers to improve or risk losing livelihoods. The piece discusses the need to align labor quality with local industrial expansion.
Eggs good and bad in Farmers Bulletin No 262
The piece summarizes a government bulletin on eggs noting color preferences vary by region with white shells most popular, browns favored in England, and no chemical difference between shell colors. It also mentions flavor influenced by chicken feed and a Spanish omelet possible from onions in feed, urging readers to request the bulletin from Washington.
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Farmers’ Bulletin
Washington
Boston Post
A Sport in Danger Endangers Public Highway Use
An editorial argues road accidents heighten public anger toward motorists and threaten the highway’s pedestrian and horse drawn traffic. It notes rural residents see dust and danger, questioning how autos benefit the highway and markets, suggesting possible limits on auto use.
Japan's Big Bank Deposits Explained by War Spending
Franklin B. Morse notes that 70 percent of Japan's wartime expenditures stay in Japan, boosting bank deposits. Farmers and fishermen receive money for rice and fish, then deposit it, enabling quick loans to the government. Most powder is produced domestically, leaving only about 30 percent of funds traveling abroad.
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Russia
Japan
Franklin B. Morse
Osaka
Washington Post
Accidents and fatigue draw attention of medical critics
American Medicine notes fatigue and accidents gain attention in Europe and now here. It cites bank clerks making most errors late in the afternoon and links long hours to costly mistakes. It asks what happens when railroad workers work too many hours in a row.
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Europe
Abolishing a Cruel Sport at Hurlingham Club
The Hurlingham Club will drop pigeon shooting from its amusements, a move praised as curbing brutal sport in England. The piece notes France also shifting away from live birds to clay pigeons, arguing slaughter arises from vulgar public craving for blood.
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Hurlingham Club
England
France
N. Y. Sun
Radio control of ships hailed as scientific triumph
Washington reports that the battleship Iowa controlled remotely from the Ohio during aerial bombing tests performed without a on board crew. Officers foresee major naval advances including crewless ships and air craft control at 10 000 feet or higher expanding to additional ships and targets.
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Washington
F. L. Chadwick
Ohio
Army
Navy
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Beheadings Sole Diversion in Kiangsu Province China
In Suchien Kiangsu Province public amusements are public executions. Authorities capture robbers and swiftly execute offenders. Recently 11 robbers were executed with seven under arrest less than 24 hours.
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Suchien
Kiangsu
China
Germany buys vast amounts of American rice for beer exports
The New Orleans rice exchange reports Germany is purchasing large quantities of low-grade American rice to brew beer for export to Mexico and Central and South America, regions that had relied on U S breweries. On a single day, exports from New Orleans total 2,506,100 pounds.
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New Orleans
Rice Exchange
Germany
Mexico
United States Breweries
Doctor claims iodine honey cure for influenza
London reports Dr. J. A. Taylor, English physician, describes a preventative for influenza in the British Medical Journal. He states ordinary tincture of iodine mixed with honey is applied to the tongue every two to three hours or more often as needed.
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London
J. A. Taylor
Holland
Credit of the Army Reflects Public Trust in Officers
A New York Herald report cites a bank cashier stating that army officers receive favorable credit. Banks historically lent officers about 500 dollars on their word alone, with limited credit without additional security. The piece argues this esteem contrasts with broad public grumbling about military leaders.
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New York Herald
Transformations in Gods country endowment of California praise
The Los Angeles Times describes Southern California as a land of healing and growth where flowers bloom larger and scent sweeter and where Luther Burbank makes crops thrive. It cites the navel orange’s success in California and claims superior mental health and moral atmosphere due to sunlight sea air and charity. It notes higher church attendance than New York and absence of rat restaurants and root gardens.
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San Salvador de Bahia
Brazil
Florida
Luther Burbank
California
New York
Paris
Root Gardens
Los Angeles Times
Simian Dissimulations At Pasteur Institute
Reports from Paris describe Virginie the chimpanzee at the Pasteur Institute drinking wine to ease a cold and cough. Observers note other monkeys imitate the habit, coughing to receive another dose, suggesting a learned mimicry of human medicine.
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Paris
Pasteur Institute
Metchnikoff
Virginie
Quaint Inn Signs and Their Corrigated Names
A note on village inn signs and their humorous distortions. Examples include The Jack Ass from Jackass, The Goat and the Compasses from God encom passes us, The Bull and Mouth from The Boulogne Mouth, and The Pig and Whistle from The Peg and Wassail, with The Bird of Bantlin referring to Stanley Arms in Lancashire.
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Boulogne
Lancashire
Stanley Arms
T. P.'s Weekly
London
Royal Road to Beauty and Health
Essay argues true beauty stems from good health and a solid physical foundation. It cautions against starting beauty routines while anaemic or exhausted and advises prioritizing recuperation before beauty work.
Novel method of ferrying animals by using livestock as tow
Capt Hambro, among Turkestan Kazaks, describes a curious ferrying method. A boat laden with people and baggage is launched and pulled across by horses cattle and sheep swimming nearby. The river crossed in one case was about 200 yards wide.
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Hambro
Kazaks
Turkestan
Oth
Birds of Hawaii in Decline and Adaptation
The article notes skyla from New Zealand and various birds such as Chinese turtle dove, mourning dove, Mongolian and Japanese pheasant, California valley quail retreating to 6000 to 7000 feet, Java sparrows and mynahs observed near Honolulu. Annexation spurs resource development and forest loss pushing birds into inaccessible high valleys, threatening life history.
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New Zealand
California Valley
Honolulu
Hawaii
Blackwood’s Magazine
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Guy Jackson
J F. Hill
J. N. Fordice
Charles Shannon
Russellville
Cleve Thomas
Gertrude Oakley
Mrs
J. C. Oakley
O. L. Jones
Patricksburg
Ralph E. Knoll
Knightsville
E. C. Lewis
Kenneth West
Coatesville
Central National Bank
Coatesville Bank
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Frank Wallace
W. D. Wright
Terre Haute
C. N. Harshbarger
Roachdale
Guy Pickens
George Hill
Orville Blue
Belle Union
C.H. Elrod
Charles A. Jackson
Putnam County
Paul Allen
Russell
J. P Allen
Taylor Avenue
Maple Heights Chapel
Country Reading Club
E. R. Bartley
John Huffman
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrs Stockwell
Reelsville
O. J. Rector
Washington Street
Ind
Filmore
Chautauqua, Fillmore
Chautauqua
Hazel M. Lear
Notary Public
Herald Office
LABOR
Iowa
Opera House
A. Cook
Mgr
Breezy Eason
Harry Sweet
Buck(jones
Alan Sullivan
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Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co
Toledo, Put-in-Bay
Cedar Point
Cleveland, Ohio
Buffalo, N.Y Detroit
St. Clair Flats
Port Huron, Mich
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Toronto, Ontario
Trac
Bird Life
Rogers Family Stock CO
Hinfy
the College Girl
Chichester
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