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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
4
Local items include births, visits, business in Indy, church notices, revival reports, a freshman basketball setup at the university, injuries from an eye accident, civil cases in Hendricks and Putnam counties, and upcoming community meetings. Notables: Ora William born to Mrs. Ora Boswell. Homer Lucas injured eye. various residents traveling to Indianapolis and Danville. civic and church activities planned through December.
A sequence of deed transfers lists Henry B. Martin to J A Broadstreet in Jefferson township and Aleaney Farmer to W E Morrison in Cloverdale. Other filings include T E Lisby to Thomas Henry in Marion township and John L Etter to Ralph Etter for a Greencastle lot. Additional entries cover Cloverdale and Roachdale lots, state transfers from Heath and Layman, and exchanges between Mathew R Eggers and Grover P Eggers in Floyd township with Freeland also connected.
Residents and relatives from Reelsville Indianapolis Terre Haute Greencastle Brazil and Eagle visited and hosted Thanksgiving events. Notable names include Mrs W R McElroy Mrs EB Tharing Mrs John Schenk Mr and Mrs C E Hill Mr and Mrs George Aker and Mary E Foster with trips to Kansas City and Brazil.
Mrs Ida Johnson visited homefolk over Sunday. Miss Gladys Quinton visited Miss Thelma Slavens Tuesday night. Miss Callie Vermillion visited her sister Mrs John Burk at Hollingsburg last week. Miss Thelma Slavens Miss Gertrude Boswell and Miss Loral Web spent Sunday with Miss May Oliver. Mr and Mrs Walter Sigler spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Moore. Mrs Mary Burk and children with Mrs Emily Boswell and Mrs Eula Stages and children spent Friday with Mrs Oscar Boswell.
The will of William A. Wells a noted farmer of Madison Township was filed in Putnam County Court for probate. He bequeaths his entire estate to his wife Eliza Wells for her widowhood with full possession until her death or remarriage, after which the estate is to be divided equally among his six children.
Special collections at Sunday services in local churches support the committee raising a car load of flour for starving Belgian people. Campaign for subscriptions likely closes next Monday.
Pastors urge congregations to donate to the Greencastle Belgium flour fund with special collections during next Sunday’s services. The committee aims to close the campaign Monday and, if funds are sufficient, ship special sacks printed with a dedication to Belgium.
Three hoboes sought shelter near the Big Four station in Greencastle woke to Sheriff Theodore Bees and Policeman Frank Riley inviting them to the sheriff’s residence on West Washington Street. After some persuasion they complied. Neighborhood residents called for care and the men were released from jail at 11 o clock after promising to leave town.
Congressman Ralph W. Moss left his farm this morning and traveled to Indianapolis by traction and on to Washington by Big Four train. He will attend a conference of the Commission on Rural Credits, which he chairs, to push the Rural Credits bill through Congress this session.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of beloved husband and father Eliza Wells, and to his wife and children.
Residents recount thanks on Thanksgiving day as local activities resume after a week off for diphtheria. Mrs Wm Ader visits Danville relatives while Rev Sharp from Franklin College preached at the Baptist church. Families travel between Boone county Terre Haute and Danville during the holiday period.
Street life along the Paris boulevards is described with sidewalk peddlers acrobats and newsboys calling La Patrie and La Presse. Outlanders in native dress pass by as boulevardiers stay stoic while sensational women flaunt fashions and children sell hazelnuts in green husks. The scene is a blend of diverse crowds and a murmur of distant American city accents.
Fainting is a brief loss of consciousness from reduced brain blood flow, common in crowds. Treat by moving the person to fresh air, laying flat with head lower than feet, loosening tight clothing, and using smelling salts or aromatic ammonia to revive them. Dr. H. H. Hartung, in National Magazine.
The Java Reptile Ship Company is incorporated in Java with capital of 40000 dollars. Branches will buy live snakes from native hunters across the island as leather prices rise for skins taken from living reptiles. Dead snakes fetch far lower prices, highlighting the market for live, 12 to 18 foot specimens.
A rural Kansas paper apologizes for missing letters due to printer shortages and reversed letters in headlines. A Virginia inventor markets a vertical meat broiler catching all juices. Telegraph operators in Britain are predominantly women.
A notice from Postmaster W. B. Vestal lists uncalled for letters at the Ca office. Names include Andrews Miss Albertie Carter H A Gen Supt Progress Co Laffody Mrs Dan McCurry Bonnie Marie Rector Miss Lou Anna Smook Mrs Jake Williamson A E. The notice instructs callers to say advertised when inquiring.
Thanksgiving week brings a host of social visits across Mooresville. Families from Keencastle, Danville, Hadley and Indianapolis attend reunions with local relatives while residents travel to Plainfield Chicago and Cloverdale for gatherings.
The funeral for Mrs. Elma N. Lullis, Putnam county resident, died at the Stoner home Tuesday morning, was held at 2:30 PM today at the Presbyterian church. Rev. Thomas Younger led the service with pallbearers William Jones William Hawkins J P Allen J W Stoner Ed Black and J S Wilson. Burial followed at Forest Hill cemetery. Clyde Lee Fife spoke at Terre Haute revival earlier. The Ladies Union meets at the Christian church Thursday at 2 PM. Susie Hopwood’s Section 2 gathers at 2 PM. Mr Hootman travels to Leawoll for a funeral by telegram. Sunday morning reports from all church departments will be read. A men’s supper is planned for Monday evening in the church room with Mrs W Ila Denman in charge.
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