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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
Greencastle and nearby towns report visits from relatives and travelers. Ed Denny and Andrew Hirt hunted near Jasper Miller farm, while Amos Butler and state charity board inspected the state farm. A marriage, deaths, sales, and civic notices fill the day with community events and changes.
West Point strategist Captain J J Toffy and Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Carl G Fisher supervise a huge Labor Day war spectacle at the speedway. The production aims for continuous action with entrenchments walls woods and watersides to recreate European warfare on a grand scale with Fisher’s finance and Toffy’s plan driving the extravaganza.
Greencastle golfers traveled to Crawfordsville Wednesday afternoon for the weekly Crawfordsville club match. Crawfordsville won 14 to 6 and hosted a chicken dinner at the Golf Association Clubhouse afterward. Individual results list Sayers and O Neall as Greencastle players and Fosdick and Engle as Crawfordsville, with several 0s and 3s in the score tally.
In New Boss Indiana Aug 17 a Greencastle evangelist denounced dancing during a revival sermon. He linked dancing to moral decay, urged modest dress for girls, warned parents, and praised wartime sentiments while celebrating the president and condemning modern amusements.
The skunk is a valuable natural pest controller for farmers, feeding on army worms, cutworms, grubs, beetles, and rats. It digests worms in late summer, protects crops, and reduces farm losses, yet some farmers kill skunks for skins despite the broader benefits.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lurber spent Sunday with the Higginses Mrs. Ollie Disney visited from Monday to Friday with the Disney family Mrs. James Leff returned to Jamestown after a week with the Joneses Dan and Cecil Disney stayed Saturday and Sunday with the Disneys near North Salem Roy Pace of Roachdale called on the Disneys Sunday Joe Disney and his son visited Thursday with the Davises and with the McCurenes of Indianapolis Mrs. Lee Wells and her daughter Mildred traveled to College Corner Ohio for a relatives visit.
A Ford owned by G. E. Nichols a patent medicine agent from this city went into the ditch late Wednesday afternoon east of town near Vansant property after skidding on an oily Washington street pike. One rear wheel was smashed but the car remained upright and Nichols escaped injury. The vehicle was repaired today.
Ogden and Benson, premier entertainers, perform originals and latest hits at the Opera House. They will remain for the last three days of the week with a complete program change nightly and have pleased audiences with their pep and style.
State central committee to hold Saturday session in Indianapolis with Governor attending to take up important business.
Willis S. Thompson notes the Democratic state central committee will meet at the Denison Hotel at ten o clock Saturday with Governor Samuel M. Ralston in attendance. He cites Wilsons popularity and Indiana administrations economic efficiency and debt reduction as reasons for expected strong Democratic prospects in 1916.
The passage lauds Democratic gains from the last Republican era debts transferred to Governor Thomas R. Marshall and associates and erased by Democrats. It argues such debt clearance boosts confidence and progressive appeal, rallying workers and expanding party success through upcoming Saturday meetings.
The Biological Survey details long studied bird migration in North and South America and the West Indies. Data from 2,000 observers cover 500,000 records, showing routes from Arctic Canada to Argentina and wintering in Gulf states and beyond, with many species crossing the Gulf of Mexico at night despite vast distances.
William King went to Brazil to address unpaid bills left by his son Lawrence who had previously worked in real estate there. He says Lawrence was in the country for three weeks after leaving Brazil, but his current whereabouts are unknown.
In New York a trainer named D. Potter runs an animal pawnshop taking in beasts for keep fees with no interest. Pets like dogs monkeys and even camels lions and elephants pass through for pawn loans. A trick dog once freed itself after a $20 loan on a $50 valued dog, highlighting the risky business.
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