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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
1
The late Judge William A. Peck of Denison Texas leaves one thousand dollars to the city schools in his probated will. He recalls his boyhood surroundings as a guiding influence in his life and generosity.
The will being probated in Dennison leaves Greencastle schools $1000 for library use and the school five miles south of town $500 for books and improvement. Executor Thad Peck, with bond up to $5000, announced the provisions, including bequests to Emma Cox Jones and the Little White Public School, all drawn from Putnam county property while Texas holdings remain untouched.
Experiments at Purdue University show barley with tankage yields near 90 percent of corn’s fattening efficiency. Six hog lots fed for sixty days indicate barley plus tankage supports strong gains. mixing feeds lowers cost per hundred pounds gain when barley is cheaper. Ground barley is best in medium to coarse form and should be fed fresh if soaked.
Walter Feld 19 of Greencastle suffered severe injuries to both hands at 11 30 am when he caught his right and left hands in stove rollers at the zinc plate mill where he works. Doctors report hopes of saving the hands and-treated him under anesthesia in Green Castle.
The will leaves $1500 to a son in Kansas. A small white country school near Greencastle Indiana where the testator taught is left $500. Greencastle schools receive $1000 and all other Putnam county property goes to his sister Mrs Layman. One third of remaining property goes to Nannie Layman next of kin of Augusta Peck and Denison public schools.
A band concert is scheduled for next Friday featuring a splendid program for the summer season. The Green Castle organization will host the musical event with a band stand set up for attendees.
The Greencastle band of twenty performs Smiles and a full summer program led by Henry Werneke on the public square. A band stand at the courthouse yard will fund by the Commercial Club and used all summer. Several thousand Putnam county residents expected to attend. The program features In Honor Bound Missou ri Waltz The Bohemian Girl Till We Meet Again The Rose of No Man's Land and Bar and Stripes Forever among others.
Harley G Murphy aged 28 of Lena Indiana and Maybell A Newton aged 26 of Lena Indiana filed for a marriage license. Murphy is described as a clerk and is the son of Mr and Mrs W P Murphy of Clay county. Newton is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Newton of Lena. The report notes Murphys occupation.
Jewell J. Evans and husband transfer land in Cloverdale township to Emerson Michael and wife for 36000 dollars. Lena Larkin and others transfer land in Mill Creek township to Hugh H. Parker for 1 dollar.
R S Fouts resigns as Putnam county agricultural agent to stay in Greencastle. He forms a partnership with his brother R C Fouts to run a Tippecanoe county farm and start a real estate and farm loan office under Fouts Brothers Realty Company in Greencastle’s downtown district.
A lightning bolt struck the Methodist Church in Cloverdale on Wednesday evening. It knocked down two people, Louis Morrison and Mrs. Gilmore, who were treated at the scene for injuries.
A lightning bolt near 7:30 pm Wednesday damaged the Cloverdale church slightly and knocked down residents Mrs Briddie Gilmore and Louis Morrison of the Ford agency. Morrison suffered the sharpest jolt but no serious injuries occurred among the evacuees in a passing car. weather boarding and plaster fell but building damage remained minor.
The region endures dry conditions with no rainfall since July 10. A half inch rain fell at one point and the recent thirty day maximum temperature reached 104 degrees on July 31.
July 10 to August 6 shows Greencastle enduring days of 90s with several 100 plus readings. The stretch features a half inch rain on July 10, a July 16 shower, and a peak of 104 degrees on July 31, with today at noon reported at 93 degrees.
Chicago August 7 Practically all midwest railroads ordered freight accepted with delay due to a shopmen strike. M L Hawver president of the strike council warned traffic would be discontinued in three days. Mrs John Biggers left for Houston Texas after visiting her parents.
Washington dispatch says Indiana politics fear loss for the Goodrich era and GOP unity. Analysts note Will Hays may forgo a bid unless pressure grows and a genuine demand from supporters emerges.
Marriage license issued for Reggie Williams 25 daughter of Albert and Mrs Williams of Putnamville and Claude W Glover 24 son of Mr and Mrs W W Glover of Putnamville. Glover listed as a farmer.
Food barons will be hauled before federal courts under the direction of the attorney general and district attorneys to proceed with prosecutions of all persons guilty of hoarding.
Attorney General Palmer announced anti-trust suits against Armour Swift Morris Wilson and Cudahy, alleging clear violations of the anti-trust laws. He ordered all district attorneys to pursue prosecutions and to condemn hoarded foodstuffs as part of a nationwide campaign to lower living costs.
Ground limestone raised barley yields by eleven bushels per acre on acid Jay county soil. Leroy Hoffman arranged for Portland elevators to stock limestone year round for farmers bringing grain to market. Loren and Roy Teutsch near Butler raise two pigs Nip and Tuck in a local pig club, their feeding contest tightly matched. Hancock county threshing ring captains join with M. E. Cromer to demonstrate seed wheat treatment with formaldehyde against smut. Porter County Holstein breeders plan two carloads at the Indiana State Fair. Erickson Brothers of LaPorte county yield thirty five bushels per acre on black loam with 200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre. J. W. O'Daniels buys a seven passenger Studebaker.
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