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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1923
Page
3
The year end 30 imprisonment figure for Ohio is 1,000 with nearly one fifth foreigners. several counties have no prisoners. Local society reports include Crescent Rebekah drill, birthdays, visits to Indianapolis, missionary meetings, and travels of residents like Walter Runyan from Shanghai. Community events note illnesses, funerals, new births, and recent travels among Greencastle residents.
The annual Hutcheson reunion was held Sunday at Hamrick Station with about two hundred in attendance. A program was presented by the families’ children and music included a piano brought in by truck. Officers elected for the new year are John Hutcheson president and Frank Hutcheson treasurer.
Reports indicate sixteen people died in motor accidents Sunday across cities including New Carlisle Indiana and Buffalo New York. Incidents cited include a grade crossing disaster near Buffalo killing eight and injuring two fatally, and a Teaneck New York plunge into a river killing three others.
Classified items include a four burner gas stove and oven for sale at Herald Office, insurance and real estate services by Lucas and Masten on South Jackson Street, a lost fishing rod case on a Big Walnut sandbar near Reelsville Indiana, and multiple other small sale items such as an 8 oven gas range by S P Forcum, a Beacon kerosene lamp, ice cream freezer, irons, a folding ironing board, a Seth Thomas clock, and a Lakeside vacuum cleaner listed by Mae Moler in Green Castle Indiana RR.
Wanted to rent two small furnished rooms for light housekeeping. The Herald notes Union Chapel trustees will sell the parsonage at Morton at public auction on Saturday August 11 at 2 30 p m on the premises.
WANTED Positions for college students to work a few hours each day for room board or other compensation. W L McLean Assistant to the President Telephone 486 L. FOR RENT Four room brick house full basement electric lights water in house Corner Melrose and College Avenue. Call after 4 00 p m 310 West Franklin Bert Smith.
A fourth grade exchange recounts a girl recalling a second grade kiss from a classmate named Toco Fickle. She recalls discussing it with a best friend who later confides that he asked her to be his girl. The tale reflects early schoolyard romance and secrets.
Maury receives a puppy from Uncle Dick that proves disruptive to neighbors by digging up flower beds and stealing laundry. Mary grows discouraged and sighs that she wished Uncle Dick had sent an adult dog.
In 1885 a Belgian legislator spoke at length against electric lights when proposed to power railway stations. He argued the invention was the devil’s work, voicing strong religious objection to new electricity driven infrastructure.
A line from Knut Hamsun’s The Growth of the Soil describes a sower scattering grain under a gentle sky. The passage emphasizes small acts of sowing amid a vast world and the hopeful promise of rain.
Charles IX asked Lasso who among people is happiest. The poet replied that happiness rests with God. The king pressed for the second happiest, and Lasso answered that the one who becomes most like God is second happiest.
William Wolstenholme, a blind English artist, memorizes Beethoven's thirty-two pianoforte sonatas by heart without sight of the keyboard. The feat highlights his exceptional musical memory and dedication.
A family arriving at Ellis Island cannot be understood due to language barriers. The caption notes their potential value if they could sing, likening them to a grand opera addition as imagined by the New York Evening Mail.
A historic Basel Cathedral in Basel, Switzerland, traces its origins to a church established in 1010. The structure stands as a lasting symbol of medieval faith and regional history.
The Brown family reunion is set for Sunday August 19 at River side Park in Indianapolis. Mrs Martha Farrand, resident near Brick Chapel, serves as secretary and invited friends and relatives.
Miss Katherine Miller of Roachdale has been chosen by County Auditor-Elect William Lovett as his deputy. Lovett will assume office January 1 and Miller will work in the auditor’s office prior to that date to learn the duties, having first entered the office on Monday.
Local quotes list prices for poultry and hens in Butte trading area. Includes heavy hens light hens springers and other stock terms as reported by Monday market notes.
Readable fragments show an event or venue named Golden Day with admission price listed as 25 cents. Other scattered text mentions companies, rices, and eggs, but no clear full detail.
The cross mark served as a sign of good faith for both literate and illiterate signers among the Saxons. It was required to accompany the written signature of those who could write and to substitute for signatures of those who could not.
A Dutch East Indies island recognizes four native language registers. One used by a superior addressing an inferior, one by an inferior addressing a superior, a third for speech among equals, and a fourth spoken only among the aristocracy.
A short excerpt describes a girl with distinctive features and a poised figure, suggesting she can ride the reel road to fame and fortune through one piece bathing suits and screen presence. The prose emphasizes allure and ambition as a budding star aims for success in cinema.
The quotation envisions a future generation from rural origins escaping city temptations. It contrasts the farmer's son with metropolitan dangers and frames travel as a means to return with value rather than waste.
A Queensland curiosity, the frilled lizard, does not crawl like other lizards but walks on its hind legs. When standing erect it can reach over three feet in height, drawing attention for its unusual stance.
Bridget jokes to pack a hammer in a big box of provisions for the boys at boarding school. The mother considers the addition as a playful yet practical touch.
Roman historian Vitruvius describes an ingenious contrivance called a taxicab used in ancient Rome during the T. A. D. era. The device allowed a pebble to drop into a bowl beneath the carriage for every thousand paces traveled, serving as a distance-counter.
A trade journal admits motors are far too noisy today, arguing high noise helps pedestrians evade danger. The comment, attributed to London Eve, reflects concern over urban sound levels and safety tradeoffs.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation notes a shift in animal behavior from daytime hunting and nocturnal sleeping to daytime sleeping and nighttime hunting, illustrating changing patterns in the wild and human interpretation of adaptation.
A sly con artist dismisses the wife of a wealthier rival as he mocks a prized purchase. The remark appears in a London Express column reflecting a sharp, biting tone.
A new school desk innovation blends a blackboard with a wardrobe panel that swings open on hinges to reveal built in closets for clothing. The unit pairs teaching space with storage and keeps chalk and coats in one compact design.
A Boston advertiser posts a job note seeking a secretary gardener to prune redundancies and trim flowers of speech for the employer. The unusual ad hints at creative tasks and office garden duties within a single role.
Arabian physicians of the peak Saracen era reportedly used precious stones as remedies, a costly practice noted in historical medical lore.
A laboratory weighing machine has been invented that weighs only three grains and is sensitive to a ten millionth of a milligram, marking a breakthrough in precision measurement tech.
In a Yorkshire Post item a polite hostess tells Mr. Brown he should never say he cannot sing again, asserting confidence in his talent and praising his effort.
Quote notes forgiveness and caution in trust saying forgiving is wise but forgetting is foolish. The author warns against blaming a rudderless boat yet cautions not to trust it again.
The saying notes a distinction in dress, describing men’s clothes as practical to wear and women’s as designed to display. It reflects a viewpoint on gendered fashion and social norms of appearances.
The average life of tractors used on corn belt farms is estimated at 6.6 years.
A terse line underscores the uncertainty of human affairs as time shifts and fate toys with moments. It reflects on the lack of assurance from the present and the unknowable future.
A brief tidbit from Le Journal Amusant in Paris presents a burglar's plea for hiding, fearing capture and loss if discovered, reflecting a light domestic crime vignette from the era.
A reflective aphorism questions how virtue in all would reduce need for doctors, suggesting moral excellence in everyone would lessen medical demand. It uses a playful twist on professions and benevolence.
The French Bastile was founded in a9 and destroyed in 1789, marking a pivotal episode in French history. This brief notes the Bastile’s origin and its fall during the 1789 revolution.
The administrator of Margaret B Case deceased announces a private sale of her Putnam County real estate. The offer starts at 10 a m August 20 1923 at Central National Bank Greencastle with sale terms: no less than appraised value, one third cash, balance in six and twelve months secured by mortgage. Central Trust Company of Greencastle is administrator with Hays Murphy attorneys. July 24 31 Aug 7.
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