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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
1
Putnam County Board of Review weighs rescinding its 1919 tax orders and restoring horizontal increases amid fear of crippling delays. The piece details hoped fixes, farmer needs, and a new livestock marketing plan led by P. C. Ohler to ensure accountable sales and fair compensation.
Leon Murphy and Donald ORear, hustling Boy Scouts, sold tickets at a Saturday show to raise funds for the Green Tie Camp of the American Legion. Murphy earned about 50 dollars and ORear 41 dollars, with all proceeds funding the hall. The Legion offered trips to the Indiana State Fair to the top sellers, and Murphy and ORear earned the trips.
A passenger train derailed near Bluff City in Terre Haute Indiana injuring multiple people when a coach derailed after a burst weakened track. A woman was described as dangerous, with others seriously hurt as the train struck Calvert crossing at 6 30 o clock.
The article recalls the Indiana Federation of Farmers birth on March 25 and describes early questions about its purpose. It highlights a straightforward founder inviting others, emphasizes promises not made, and reflects on beliefs guiding a businesslike approach to farming advocacy.
Eight Indiana counties contributed eggs to the Montgomery county state game experiment station where 35 quail hatched. Superintendent Hasselmann notes most eggs hatched and praises captive rearing for quail, aided by a chemical in drinking water to prevent intestinal issues.
The Putnam County teachers institute opened at Greencastle High School with a large enrollment under County Superintendent Frank Wallace. Notable speakers include J. J. Pettijohn Emma Colbert and Dr J L Beyl with music by Harry Maxwell and Georgette Herr. Edwin Crawley returns home after gunshot wounds.
The Browning family reunion will be held next Thursday at the James L. Browning Home Place near Fillmore. Relatives are invited to attend. Various local residents were noted in activities and visits including trips to Knightsville and Indianapolis for sales and farming matters. The issue ends with a call to subscribe for The Herald.
Soviet officials outline a strategy to ally with Germany against France, seize parts of England and possibly America, and transport troops through Germany for a French campaign. They claim to force a German revolution if Berlin refuses and anticipate rapid Bolshevik control of Poland and the Polish corridor within weeks, with Danzig left neutral.
The text discusses how fear and courage balance in normal people and how anger curiosity and caution influence action. It cites Dr Samuel Willis Bandler of New York in the Journal of the American Medical Association noting endocrine differences drive instinctive mood balance.
The immigration service ordered the international line closed to all passport and border permit holders unless they can prove actual business in Mexico each crossing. The measure took effect around noon amid long lines for inspections. A separate note mentions Greencastle Township Farmers holding a meeting Wednesday at 8 PM in the County Agent's Office.
A Wall Street Journal quotation suggests genius appears spontaneously as Minerva from Zeus. A veteran business man recalls a six year old trader who chose to trade a lantern for a playmate's lamp after thinking through the exchange and asking his father for judgment.
An innkeeper in a Jura village faces ruin as his wife Sophie, an Austrian-born woman ten years his junior, sets fire to the inn after dousing barrels with petroleum and hurling bank notes into the flames. The husband returns to find the blaze and Sophie hangs herself from a tree branch, ending the domestic tragedy.
Mrs Emmett Davis of seven miles east of Danville was badly injured when the auto she rode in was struck by a loose freight car at a Rockville road switch crossing. The car swung the auto along the side of the freight car and mashed her left foot as occupants escaped with minor injuries. The group had been visiting nearby when the incident occurred. the车 was moving slowly with no warning given.
Andrew Charles of Clinton was fatally wounded at the blacksmith shop of the Jackson Hill Mine near Clinton by Steve Yeager. Yeager, who traveled from Clinton by taxi, entered unobserved and shot Charles six times, then surrendered his revolver to Kenneth Risher before Sheriff Dreher arrived.
Mrs Frank Shootaugh travels to Lexington Kentucky for a two week visit with Mr Shoutagh and Mr and Mrs Fred Hillis Mrs C W Otis plans a luncheon for Miss Wood of Pittsburg and Mrs C C Hurst who will winter in California Prof G W Gowell resigns from DePauw to join the School of Mines in Boulder Colorado Mrs Earl Ellis returns from visit with her mother at Bethany Park Judge Hughes and family and Miss Dorothy Guainor return from a motor trip Miss Jean Leyenberger resumes work at J Sudranski store after two weeks vacation Miss Ruby Bacheldor returns to Putnam Electric Company Office after vacation in Ohio and Kentucky
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