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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
2
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At a Monday meeting the Green Castle city school superintendent E Dodson announced his resignation to accept the Connersville headship. He will assist temporarily to open the new term and will guide the transition until a permanent successor is chosen. Dodson has led city schools for five years overseeing a new high school and remodeling projects. The Connersville board offered him the position Saturday and he accepted after the meeting, leaving the Greencastle board to face opening day with a temporary plan.
Sun calls and family visits fill a weekend in Russell area. Therlin and wife called on Otha Bales. Mr Gaughey and family with Dean Webster near Russellville. Esta Bales visited Sai ght and Sunday with their grandparents D N and wife. Myers and wife spent Sunday with Wilba Nichols. Bales visited Mrs Lafe McGaugh. Utherlin and wife attended Friday events. Stone Bible Class of the street church meets Friday afternoon at Mrs Ray t her Beveridge home.
Clara Smith Hamon, once acquitted in Ardmore for the Jake L. Hamon murder case, married motion picture director John W. Gorman in Los Angeles. The ceremony was at Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church with Rev. Howard Fagan officiating. The couple plans to live in Los Angeles and work together on a film project.
DePauw University athletic director Fred Walker returns from Culver on Lake Maxinkuckee where he arranged a two week football training camp to start this week. At least fifty players are expected by Saturday evening with workouts beginning Friday and Saturday and strenuous drills to follow Monday. Players will live in tents and use Culver Military School gym facilities with indoor options in case of rain. The Culver camp, established last year under Coach Buss, proved highly successful.
Iowa farmers push to harvest possibly the largest corn crop in state history with no market outlook while Minnesota farmers plan to burn corn instead of coal this winter. They told the Interstate Commerce Commission that high freight rates hurt coal imports and that lower grain rates would boost traffic and farm purchases.
William Lockridge, injured in an accident with a broken leg and back injuries, remains in St. Vincent's Hospital. He is slowly recovering from pneumonia contracted after admission, but remains in serious condition.
Democratic Chairman Ott Dobbs certifies inspectors and clerks for the September 6 special election on Indiana constitutional amendments. Local boards plan one inspector, one clerk, and one judge per precinct with precinct voting sites named. several precincts list appointed clerks and observers.
The text sketches a grim scene of execution and guilt as a man faces gallows while distant observers note a mixture of pity and flattered vanity in a girl influenced by royalty. It hints at German and foreign contrasts amid war time sentiments.
Mrs. Alice Tiolme of Mort Warren Michigan testifies after four weeks on Nere Worth that nervous trouble and sleeplessness vanished She reports a full night’s rest and urges others to try the remedy with a money back guarantee from the local druggist.
A public sale at the W D Wright Farm one mile south of Fillmore and six miles east of Greencastle Ind on Friday August 26 features 40 head of horses dairy cows including 14 head bred cows and calves plus hogs 16 head corn 80 to 100 bushels with 80 acres in corn, farming implements and more. Terms: cash for sums 10 and under. six month credit on larger purchases with bankable notes at 7 percent interest. Auctioneers WD Wright George Smythe. Dinner served by Fillmore ME Church Ladies Aid.
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