Personal News From Greencastle and Nearby Areas
Miss Naomi Fisher of South Green Castle returns home after visiting Misses Josephine and Vietta Brown of Brick Chapel. Miss Margaret Ostrom, Indianapolis Teachers College graduate, to teach in Ft Wayne next year. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cue visiting J. W. Allee near Big Four Mills. Peck family motor trip to Chicago and northern states. Funeral held for Mrs Olive Elmore at Stilesville with burial in Ftlesville Cemetery. C. W. Otis of Putnam Electric attends Wabash Valley Electric meeting in Terre Haute. Rev and Mrs C. W. Jeffries visiting Roy Hillis. Jeffries once pastor at Brick Chapel. Numerous other visits and arrivals noted including relatives from Chehalis Washington Seattle Dayton and Indianapolis. Neier reunion planned at Ross Zaring home south of town. Banty Dale en route to Cincinnati via Greencastle. Mrs Fred Masten visiting Kentucky. Brick Chapel Ladies Aid Social postponed from August 18. Camp visits to Owen Park and Lake Geneva noted along with Chautauqua trip to Rockville. Several local visits and travel plans by residents and guests are listed.
Local Visitors and Illness Reported in Cloverdale Area
CLOVERDALE C C Baker and Paul Barnes of Indianapolis spent Sunday with the Baker family. Aunt Lizzie Sherrill returned home from Gosport after two weeks visiting relatives. R E Arendt and family drove to Colburn to spend the weekend with kin. H Denny remains critically ill at home. Challis Gobel of Bloomington visited his family here over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Baker
Paul Barnes
Indianapolis
Lizzie Sherrill
Gosport
R. E. Arendt
Colburn
H. Denny
Challis Gobel
Bloomington
Somerset Notes On Threshed Oats And Local Visits
The oats in this vicinity are being threshed this week. Fred Braden recovering from acute indigestion. Mrs. Margaret Cooper visited Fair Oaks with her daughter and family in an ambulance due to age. Roy Ferrand family Ada Velma Braben visited Martha Ferrand. Ben Pruitt and sons with Leslie Ferrand and Martha Ellen visited Sunday. Mrs. Harry Cusick and Donald stayed in Terre Haute briefly. Brown family reunion planned at Riverside Park next Sunday. Clay and Herbert Flint home from Detroit on vacation. Wes Flint and wife arrived from Phoenix for a two month visit by auto. Wanter hear from owner with farm for sale with details and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Braden
Margaret Cooper
Fair Oaks
Henry Hillis
Cooper
Roy Ferrand
Ada
Velma Braben
Martha Ferrand
Ferrol
Ben Pruitt
Leslie Ferrand
Martha Ellen
Harry Cusick
Donald
Terre Haute
Brown
Riverside Park
Clay
Herbert Flint
Detroit
Wes Flint
Phoenix
Arizona
Tremendous Cave Tale Sparks Treasure Fear
A Thracian foreman shares a sailor’s tale from Smyrna about a hidden cave with a red flame and a silent hammer wielding guardian. He suspects a vast treasure and a mechanical trap, fueled by gas vents. The story ends with a caution about cavern fear and ancient cave dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Black Sea
Greece
Tle
Pontic
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Persia
There Was a Reason in Talesmen Examination
In a criminal court examination, Wiltsie questioned talesman William Freaney, a plumber from 1130 North New Jersey Street. Freaney recalled jury service about fifty years ago, saying the case was a petty one and the jury hung all night to gain an extra day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talesmen
Char
Wiltsie
Mr. Wiltsie
William J. Freaney
North
New Jersey Street
Talesman
Mr. Freaney
Mr. Wiltsle
Indianapolis News
Dig Up Statue of Minerva Unearthed at Ancient Emporium Site
A colossal alabaster Minerva statue was found at the Emporium landing on the Tiber, once a marble shipment hub. Workmen uncovered a Hellenistic style carving amid marble cutter schools and art associations, with the color noted as uniquely striking. Law provides half treasure to the government and half to the landowner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Emporium
Tiber
Rome
Up to the Minute Service and Highland Apartments Notice
Greencastle Battery Co announces 8 hour battery service and offers insurance for autos, fire, theft, collision. Highland Apartments at 718 E Seminary St offer steam heated units ready by Aug 25, with park like setting and large garage. Building parts and doors for sale also listed. call Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Battery Co
N. Side Square
Highland Apartments
Seminary Street
Ostrom
Highland
For Sale or Trade 38 Acre Improved Farm in Indiana
38 acre improved farm offered for sale or trade by E. R. Hibbitt of Greensburg Indiana. Property details not provided in fragment. Targeted buyers include local farmers and investors seeking land in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Hibbitt
Greencastle
Indiana
Quarreling and Recovery After Using Mayr Remedy
A man describes long daily quarrels with his wife due to stomach and liver trouble. After using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy he feels renewed and reports improved harmony at home. The ad claims the remedy removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing most stomach liver and intestinal ailments with a money back guarantee. For sale by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Local Produce Quotations Poultry Butter and Eggs
Local produce quotations list prices from area companies for poultry butter and eggs. Prices include heavy hogs meat at 2.56 and various items around 14 to 38 cents per unit with multiple vendors shown.
Reverend and Mrs Raphael Return From Vacation
Rev and Mrs Victor Raphael arrived Tuesday afternoon after a month long trip to Berea Kentucky and Cincinnati Ohio They will lead the Union service at the Christian Church Sunday evening delivering the message to church attendees and visitors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Raphael
Berea
Cincinnati
Ohio
Raphael
The
Christian Church
Bird of omen haunts Pelham Bay in lingering dread
Pelham Bay residents fear misfortune as an elderly sea gull, dubbed the bird of omen, returns. The bird’s unsettling presence recalls a string of incidents last summer including drownings, storms, a whale scare, and a rat invasion. The captain and locals link this creature to upcoming calamities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham Bay
New York Sun
Globe
Polonius
Nevermore
Bronx
Bay
Pelham
Pathological Liar Saved from Severe Sentence in Grand Larceny Case
Miss Harriet Russell of the Bronx faced grand larceny charges after posing as a Wellesley graduate and teaching children, forging papers, and obtaining $2,000 in goods by claiming to be the wife of a local father. Judge Morris Koenig noted her pattern of deception but suspended sentence due to alleged pathology, with probation officer Mabel Sprague citing a history of "fleeting" behavior and no clear mental illness after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
Harriet Russell
Bronx
New York Herald
Morris Koenig
Miss Russell
Wellesley
Tuxedo
N. Y
Mabel F. Sprague
Russell
Flebing
Ice making tower used abroad forms giant icicles
An international method freezes pure water in a wooden structure about 25 feet high and 20 feet square. Water sprayed from a rotating disk onto two open floors of beams rapidly freezes into large icicles, occasionally reaching Th cubic feet in a single cold night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Alaska governor backs caribou meat for dining table
Scott C. Bone, governor of Alaska, estimates about a million caribou roam his territory and urges federal support for a cabin meat proposal to place Alaska on the culinary map with caribou steaks and chops ready for American tables. From the Argonaut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott C. Bone
Alask
Alaska
Electrically Driven Ships For Duluth To New York Service
Two electrically powered vessels nearing completion will operate between Duluth and New York City. Each ship measures 258 feet in length and carries a tonnage of 2,000 tons for service through the New York state barge canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
New York City
New York State Barge Canal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Naomi Fisher
South Greencastle
Josephine and
Vietta Brown
Brick Chapel
Margaret Ostrom
Victor Cue
Los Angeles
Calif
J. W. Allee
Big Four Mills
Will B. Peck
Mary Elizabeth
Margaret
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Olive Elmore
Stilesville
Ftlesville
C. W. Otis
Putnam Electric Company
Wabash Valley Electric Company
C. W. Jeffries
Salem
Mass
Roy Hillis
Jeffries
Brick Chapel Church
Maryon Owens
Chehalis
Washington
Alfred Browning Gregg
Seattle
Wash
Frank Burr Metvendorf
Dayton
Marian Hardee
W. P. Wimmer
Ruth Wilson
Linton
Ivers Stringer
Mr. Stringer
Stringer Formely
Delilah Wilson
W. Lindamood
Billing
Montana
E. B. Taylor
H. A. Sanders
Burlington, Kansas
Sanders
Taylor
Otis Gardier
Hallie Brackney
Mooresville
Florence Helen McGaughey
Charles McGaughey
Bethany Park
George James
Jessie James
Wyatt James
Bennett E. Plummer
Piercy Masten
Kenneth Masten
Owen Park
Neier
Ross Zaring
Fred Masten
Kentucky
Fay S. Hamilton
Louise
Cloton
Harry Brown
James Hamilton
Lena
Jewell Huber
Cloverdale
Ernest Mugg
Thomas Howlett
Robert Gipson
Kendallville
Fred Frank
Mike Burdette
Lafayette
W. D. Wright
Paul Priest
Rockville
Sarah St. John of
Helen Grose
Cornelia Allen
Lake Geneva
Wis
Joe Allen, Jr
Mary Wardlow
Brazil
Somerset
John J. Black
Smyrniot
Call Herald Office
Lucas and
Masten
South Jackson Street
Carmen
Washington Street
R. A. Ogg
W. H. Bundy
C. W. Pfeiffenberger Show
Herald
C. W. Pfeiffenberger
State Automobile Insurance Company
Epworth League of
Putnamville
M. E
Lowis B. Cowgill
E. Frenklin St
Awey
Vicks
Ben Quil
Evil Omen
Opera House
A. Cook
Mer
Robertson-Cole
MR. and
Mrs. Carter Dehaven
Hoot Gibson
Dan Moffett
Mt. Meridian
Hurst & Vaughan
O. J. Rector
G. A. Vestal
Auds
Dan Albin
Ladies Aid
Mt. Meridian Church
I. & I. Fair
Danville, Ilinois
Royal Scotch Highlanders
Oberammergau
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