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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
3
Richmond P Hobson pushes a constitutional amendment to forbid the manufacture of liquor for sale but not consumption or personal use. Prohibitionists back the measure, while critics warn it could allow home stills. The debate cites France where home distillation fuels illicit liquor.
Residents and visitors share a week end in nearby towns including Stilesville and Lena. Names appear with visits to relatives and neighbors, church preaches planned for August 21, and notes on people traveling from Terre Haute, Brazil, and Indianapolis for family gatherings.
Eminence residents Mrs Widnew and Mrs Alexander from Franklin visited with their brother J Shea here last week. Mrs H H Nicholas returned from a visit with relatives in Martinsville.
Readable notes detail visits and travels among residents from Clay ton to Plainfield and Indianapolis. Distant guests include William Patrick of Frederick Okla and Margaret Ryan of Indianapolis. Funeral for Ann Bunten reported. Rev. Foster preached at the Methodist church. several locals attended services and social events this week.
FINCASTLE. The Misses Jesse and Lena Stultz of Clarksville visited cousins Misses Anita and Ethel Watson, the latter part of last week. Mrs. Alvah Brothers and children of Greencastle are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brothers. Anita Fosher, Ethel Watson and Paul and Max Mahoney were in Limesdale Sunday night.
Glenn and Clyde Allen visit uncle Charles Silvey while Olive Everman returns from a week near Waveland. Lonie Steele spends Sunday in Raccoon. Leaton reunion held at Grant Williams home. Many families, including the Stultz and Hartman group, visit Julia Stultz. Fosher and Orville spend time in Roachdale. Families Gardner Wells and Payne enjoy Sunday gatherings with relatives elsewhere. Frank Lane of Bainbridge traveled to the area last week.
North Washington residents hosted several visitors including Mr and Mrs Finster Lee and Mr and Mrs Roy Ozment from Indianapolis Mr and Mrs Landy Davis Nathan Whitecotton of Terre Haute visiting Marion Aker and Landy Davis visiting his parents in Manhattan C E Brown visited with his uncle Berry Brown Emma Harper travelled to Illinois to visit her brother George Aker and his son Charles visited Mr and Mrs Aker at Lena
Mr and Mrs John Smith and family spent Sunday at German. Miss Macy Lane visited Miss Hazel Allen on Sunday. Mr and Mrs John McCloud and family stayed with Mr and Mrs James Wilson from Saturday night to Sunday. Mrs Disney is staying with her daughter Mrs Ellen Keck. Mr and Mrs Jess Howard and daughter were in Roachdale for the weekend.
An exhortation that consumers gain better goods at lower prices through advertising. It argues advertising funds sales, reducing costs like rent and clerk wages, and enables firms to operate on small margins for more overall sales.
The historic Peabody house on Essex Street will lose its famed banqueting hall built in 1870 by Colonel Francis Peabody. The room, styled like Westminster Abbey stalls, features open panel doors, long windows, a chapel like atmosphere, a central chandelier and rich carved oak woodwork.
The account notes a 73 year old Viennese man who kept exact tallies of beer and tobacco. From age 27 to his death he smoked 628 713 cigars averaging 38 daily, with 585 213 bought and 43 500 gifted, while another famed smoker, Mynheer Van Klaes dubbed the King of the Smokers, reportedly inhaled ten pounds of tobacco weekly at times.
A humorous column notes British habits and tax quirks for Americans abroad. It covers greetings, tea rituals, and how city ownership of utilities shapes life. It explains how rents, rates, and taxes affect tenants, landlords, and the cost of living, plus voting rules and parliamentary elections. The piece contrasts English taxation with American notions and ends with a street scene reference.
A passage notes that every residual product has value today and no waste exists. It lists examples from street offal and coal gas washings to bottle dregs and ironing scraps, all repurposed into marketable goods such as flavouring, metal for rifles, and sulfuric acid.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch piece discusses a global caste framework guiding society through four levels produced by souls' growth. It links the Indian Shudra to labor, Vaishya wealth, Kshatriya guardianship, and Brahman leadership, with moral duties and restrictions for each stage.
The article describes St Marys Hospital in Chichester as Eng lands most curious almshouse. Eight elderly women live in two small rooms along the sides of the church dating to 1680. The former monastery features a chapel, carved oak choir stalls, and daily services.
The Rev Henry W A Hanson preached at St Luke's Lutheran Allegheny on whether a Christian can also be successful in business He argued true success is measured by character not wealth urging Christians to infuse exalted Christian ideals into daily work Piety should lift prosperity not hinder it and honesty and virtue win admiration in any age
Vira the Morse household cook plans to marry William to spare him from trouble and to fund a long journey. Mrs. Morse frets, but Vira insists the marriage will set up his future travels and family support across the states, with her sending him money for honeymoon plans.
A London anecdote recounts Ambassador Reid noting Wall Street losses in the past by saying he has not lost a cent but has shrunk five million dollars. The remark highlights the era's financial bravado amid downturns.
The text warns that property provokes both concern and usefulness. It argues riches tempt friendship and provide means to attract allies, while wealth can flee danger as easily as it escapes owners.
The king sent to the British Museum a collection of daily pass words for July 1812 and November 1820. Signed by George IV in his roles as prince regent and king, the notes are housed in the department of manuscripts alongside similar items.
A Wynne Reader passage describes a wife’s smile as she gazes at her husband, expressing divine love, tenderness, and perfect happiness. The impression lingers in memory beyond other holiday scenes, capturing a moment of intimate warmth.
The town of Ayer Massachusetts asks the state supreme court to review a ruling awarding damages to a motorist injured when his car sank in a sandy street. The case questions whether cars have the same highway rights as horse drawn vehicles.
A woodsman in Doodletown recalls a bobcat killed by his son last winter near Dunderberg. The yearling was sold for 25 dollars to a Tompkins Cove man who had it stuffed, weighing 45 pounds in poor winter condition but could weigh 75 pounds in fine health.
In Sesheke correspondence from the London Daily Mail, Luanika the Barotse Chief arrives by river with a 250 canoes flotilla to greet Lord Selborne High Commissioner. The Paramount Chief then presents a tame half grown hippo that followed the canoe 300 miles and is ridden from the court yard.
Gamblers at Monte Carlo rely on hunchbacks to bring luck. A fake mascot was exposed when a patron struck the hump, sending the man into the lake to cleanse himself. Despite the punishment, bogus mascots remain at casino doors as superstition persists. Answers notes Preston burns waste to power its electric railways.
The passage notes Europeans chuckling at American financial embarrassment in Europe. It contrasts modesty and boasts of American millionaires, trusts, and prosperity, suggesting a temporarily humiliating position for the United States.
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