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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
4
Greencastle residents and visitors share a flurry of daily activities. Miss Edith Harlan and Mrs. Fred Cunningham visit Indianapolis while Ada and Rockville natives make regional calls. The Indiana State Normal school reports its summer session closing successfully with exams and social events.
The Greencastle Feds depart by train for Cloverdale to face the local baseball aggregation on Martin Field this afternoon. Catcher Benny Powers and pitcher Lefty Ford will start for Greencastle against Cloverdale’s Preston and Evans. The visitors express confidence and list their lineup with Acorer Doane, Powers, Ford, Frick, Tucker, Hanneman, Scott, Welch, Thomas, and Steegmiller among others.
Miss Esther Allen Kern and Ralph Eyman wed at 10 AM in a private ceremony near town with Dr H A Gobin officiating. The couple, Illinois University graduates, will reside in Kent Ohio while Eyman starts work at the Ohio State School in September. Out of town guests included Miss Myrtle Allen of Tampa Florida and Miss Anna Cooper of Winchester Kentucky.
Popular Greencastle young lady Miss Haspel and Ralph W. Johnst on of Montezuma were married this morning at the bride's parents’ home.
Miss Hildagard Haspel daughter of Mr and Mrs John Haspel wed Ralph William Johnston a Montezuma banker in a quiet ceremony at the bride's home on south Jackson street Rev B D Beck officiated with immediate family present Afterward the couple left for Chicago and a Great Lakes trip before settling in Montezuma Included at the ceremony were Mr and Mrs John E Johnston and other relatives from Montezuma Indianapolis and Washington Indiana.
A Green Castle reader rebuts an August issue sermon attack on Christian Science, noting the speaker lacked knowledge and mischaracterized beliefs. The letter argues Christian Science rests on the Bible, supports readers from various faiths, and emphasizes reasonable, faith-based interpretation rather than coercion.
County chairmen across Indiana report to Chairman Bernard Korbly that the Democratic state and national administrations are satisfactory. Farmers praise large wheat crops and favorable hogs cattle prices, with corn outlook improving. Voters who backed Wilson and Ralston in 1912 are unlikely to switch until Wilson policies are tested.
A city hall gathering headlines The City Scout reports on a night event near Henri's Spaghetti. A local officer notes a shot gun remark and a rural boast about faster barns. The column ends with readers ask about cooking advice and a Miss Newlywed reply.
The text discusses Jesus words on eternal life and perfection, arguing that truth of mans being is now practically known. It states that spiritual growth comes in stages like a blade ear and full grain, and that immortality cannot be reached through mortal beliefs but through living truth.
A rhetoric filled portrait lauds Addison C Harris George Ade and other Indiana Republicans as state leaders while contrasting Democratic support for Purdue Indiana University and State Normal funding. The piece questions Republican control of education funding and praises Democratic reforms that shifted finance from lobby driven to fixed state levies.
The Allen family held its seventeenth annual reunion Thursday at R. W. Allen’s home three miles north of the city. About seventy members and friends attended a bountiful dinner. Illness of the president and absence of the secretary halted business. Attendees from distant places included My and Mrs. Ralph Eymay, Kent. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cover, Dayton. Mrs. Mary Smith and Miss Clara Mossman, Seymour. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Young and son, Roachdale. Mrs. Mary Gardner and grandchildren, Crawfordsville. Claude Gardner. Louisa Evans. Lawrence DeVore and son, Crawfordsville. Paul Allen and daughter, Russellville. Earl McKee and daughter. Harry McKee, Indianapolis. Myrtle Allen, Tampa. S. Kern, Bloomington.
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