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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
4
A York Nebraska clipping highlights evangelist Rev Kirk Waldo Robbins formerly of Greencastle. His noon meetings at the YMCA draw packed crowds. his sermons on The Human Value in the Thinking of Today earn broad civic praise. The Methodist Aid society plans repeats for women next week.
Twenty states report on wood-using industries. Excelsior from fire killed Alpine fir and Engelmann spruce in Colorado is graded well. Western yellow pine may become a turpentine source as southern pine declines. Western hemlock proves the better lumber of two. The Philippine forestry service uses a launch between islands. The U S forest service operates craft on inland lakes and in Florida and Alaska. Colorado trunk makers shift from basswood and cottonwood to Engelmann spruce for lighter, stronger trunks.
Chas WH Martin of Norwood New York for twenty five years editorial chair reveals a compact air compressor shown in the cut. The device stores air in tanks to blow whistles on motor boats and claims to prevent explosion via an air cushion rather than springs or valves. It is twelve inches tall and powered by a belt driven from the motor.
A Paris church in La Roquette will be built entirely from paper and made waterproof with a lime milk and egg white coating. It will house 1,000 people. A Dickens memorial bust in Chalk near Gravesend is being created for the Gravesend Dickens Fellowship and set over the cottage doorway.
Classified notice requests owners to claim a brown purse with silver change found and return to this office. Owner must call and pay advertisement charges to recover the item.
Numerous individuals including P. C. Hill W. W. Jones and J. P. Allen Jr visited Indianapolis on business today. Elizabeth Ames Miss Noah and others spent the day in the city. Several residents traveled to nearby towns for tasks and social engagements while doctors and local figures faced medical updates and trials.
Commission selects site for state penal farm and plans a second visit to Greencas tle in the near future. The group aims to finalize the location and proceed with state approval and funding considerations.
The state commission on Governor Ralston’s order plans a second visit to the Greencastle area to decide on a penal farm site. E M Denny cites progress and expects a near term decision after the visit, with Cloverdale still under consideration and local supporters confident theGreencastle site outclasses others examined.
Red Cross Seals should be affixed to the reverse side of domestic mail as per order 5020. They may be placed anywhere on matter sent by express. Do not seal over package strings or place on the address side. some countries may reject or return mail bearing seals. Seals can appear on checks and legal documents but are not valid for postage.
The Indiana Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports a new history of the state wide crusade against tuberculosis. It highlights fresh air camps in South Bend Fort Wayne Evansville Terre Haute and more and notes a financial review of Red Cross Christmas seals sales.
Heber Ellis, DePauw alumni manager, will represent the college at the Indiana College Athletic League session in Indianapolis on December 13. Two amendments seek to tighten player eligibility protests and reorder track and field events, with a possible new two mile run. Ellis may be joined by interested students.
A fishing party debates a blues length guessing game. One accurate guess leads to a man producing a tape to measure thirty one inches. The tale contrasts eye estimation with precise measurement and recalls a quip by Rev. Coares H. Spurgeon.
State Comptroller Nye reports April activity shows 38 lions killed across 22 counties and $760 paid for scalps. Docino County leads with five lions taken by hunters, fur news notes.
A girl, born Dec 4 to Mr and Mrs J F Morri son, Kokomo connections note. D L Meek shows a new road wagon. O Neal and wife visit the latter's parents Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Mat Morton of Cloverdale visit Earl Matthews and wife Friday. Miss Mable and Lessie O Neal visit grandparents Saturday night. Mrs J B Morrison visits her son Sunday.
The Sewing Circle met with Mrs. Lottie Barker on Wednesday afternoon. T Young and wife visited in Hendricks county on Thursday. Marshall Lyle and Mayaree Crosby played rock at R T Young's Thursday night. Mayme Crosby spent last Saturday night with Ruth and Bessie Dean. Sunday visitors included Bessie and Ruth Dean Mayme Crosby and Herman Witt with Earl and ee Young. Gran Gordon and wife with Charles Dean.
Stilesville residents Hazel Gibbona and Emma Watt spent Saturday with Mrs. Claud Boyd. Mrs. Gertrude Mill, her son, and Miss Bonnie Chenoweth visited Bonnie's sister Mrs. Jim Waters near Cotesville Saturday and Sunday as the Pupils' class of the Baptist group gathered.
The tist church announces a play titled Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard to be performed at the assembly hall Saturday evening, Dec 20. Tickets go on sale December 15 at Reed's store. Dee. 15, Millard Thompson of Indianapolis visited his brother Mae Thompson for the weekend.
In Ap le Hill the Jena and Eads shredder started in the afternoon. A protracted meeting Branch began Monday night led by Brother Cline of Covington. Mrs. Benjamin Dickey is moved. L. M. Wright visited Terre Haute last week with Dora Elkin and Amelia Elling spending a few days there.
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