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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1923
Page
2
The Herald charges obituaries at 1.00 each with 0.05 per line for poetry. Cards of Thanks cost 0.50 each. Published in Greencastle Indiana from 17 19 S Jackson Street with Charles J Arnold as proprietor.
A message urging communities to view education as the lasting Christmas gift. It emphasizes healthy, well-equipped school buildings, sanitary facilities, and five hours of daily lessons as essential for children’s future happiness and moral growth. It calls on trustees and parents to repair or replace schools as needed.
An old revived tale features a Hicktown editor printing a social item about Miss Mabel March, an Albany belle of twenty summers, visiting her twin brother aged thirty two. The item mirrors a long standing local legend in a playful fashion.
A description of sealskins with two hair layers: the soft down next to the skin for wearers and the outer overhair or bristle that workers remove during fur preparation.
Death masks were common in Europe until the eighteenth century and funeral masks have been found in Siberia Phoenicia Nineveh and Peru, illustrating widespread funerary practices across civilizations.
Hardwar on the Ganges attracts pilgrims to its bathing ghat and Gangadwara temple. The town is a noted ablution site with about 800000 visitors annually.
Mary Martin, a colored woman, confessed to slaying Mae Evans during a Nashville theater incident after reading film titles aloud. Evans was warned to keep quiet when Martin allegedly cut her throat, and Martin faces a murder charge.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Heavin spent last Monday near Lena with Mr and Mrs Ben Singleton. Mrs Eric Duncan visited her sister in Reno. Grace Morehart visited Emma Morgan last week. Donald Lawson called on Mrs Will Shuck. Glen Duncan went to Coatesville. Rebecca Shuck called on Mary Lawson. Lucy Garrett was an afternoon caller. Mildred Smith is improving. The R B Club met at Will Shucks. twenty members attended. Cletis Huber invited. George Smith and daughter dined with Glen Duncan. Indianapolis Vicarsfalls visited Leonard Heavin. Eric Duncan and Rebecca Shuck visited Anna Garrett. Clay Garrett and Alberta Heavin went to Greens Castle Saturday.
Thieves shattered the front door lock of D. W. Bain’s general store in Russellville and stole 56 pairs of shoes 30 sweaters an overcoat many silk ties and wool goods valued at 1000 to 1500. The alarm was raised this morning greencastle authorities notified. neighbors heard nothing unusual and a frozen street prevented car observations.
A series of land and lot transfers recorded in Floyd Warren and Greencastle areas. Transactions include Sarah Alice Ransome selling parcels in Floyd Township to Garertt Woods and Heagvin for modest sums, plus other conveyances in Greencastle Bainbridge Warren with nominal fees. Notable entries include a $4 500 sale of a Greencastle lot to Jennie L. Randel and multiple 160 acre transfers in Warren Township.
Richardson plots to blackmail Smith after finding a love letter in a suit, seeking two thousand dollars by threatening to expose an affair. Smith confronts him with proof of misdeeds, aided by the office porter Williams, and Richardson’s scheme unravels amid a tense power clash in Bourneville.
Church notices show Sunday morning service at 9 45 and Sunday school at 9 45 with a 10 45 testimonial Wednesday evening. Reading room opens Wednesdays 2 30 to 4 00 in the afternoon.
Victor L. Raphael, Minister, announces Sunday School at 9:30 and Morning worship at 10:40 with sermon I can. Intermediate Christian Endeavor at 6:30 led by Agit Schmitt. Prayer meeting at 7:30 Thursday. Junior Endeavor 4:00 Thursday afternoon led by Pauline Sears. Young People Endeavor at 6:30 led by Frel Schwanz. Evening service 7:30 with sermon An Endless Kingdom.
In Alaska the seals appear on St Paul and St George Islands around late April or early May and vanish by late August or September in a mystery that has long puzzled scientists. Even when numbers were high the seals would disappear overnight and return the next spring, leaving no trace of where they go.
Grace Black leads the Maple Heights Mission Sunday School with sessions at 9 30. Teachers are sought and the public is invited to attend these services and participate.
Levi Marshall pastor leads Sunday School at 9 50 with E R Bartley superintendent and Lueteke leading song. Preaching at 10 40 on The Tears of Jesus. Company E at 6 30 and Lantern Lecture on Life of Christ at 7 30 with J P Allen Jr assisting.
J Emmett Porter ministers at College Avenue M E Church with 9 15 Sunday School led by W M Blanchard. Morning worship at 10 40 features a sermon Applying the Gospel of Love. Bishop Nicholson of Chicago will speak. Junior League for ages 6 to 14 at 2 00, Epworth League at 6 50. No evening services.
Locust Street M E Church under minister H C Clippinger holds Sunday School 9 30 with KE Sharp Superintendent J E Courtney assistant. Music by W H Evens. Student class led by Donovan Fisher. Morning worship 10 40 sermon The Japanese Crisis. Junior League 2 00 Epworth League 6 30 closing Win My Chum Week sermons by Rev McLean 7 30 New Creation in Jesus speakers Albert Parrott and Mrs C E Kendall.
Sunday School at 9 30 led by Robert Barnett with Richard Whelan as assistant Preaching at 10 45 a m Evening service at 7 30 Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 Bible Class Friday evening Church invites all to attend Sabbath school and services Pastors Mrs C W Jay and Miss E W Jay mentioned
R F Ormerod, pastor, calls Sunday activities with Sunday School at 10 and morning service at 11 followed by evening worship at 7 80 o'clock.
The audience room remains unfinished so services move to the basement while plans for Christmas and revival meetings proceed. The heating plant promises warm sessions, with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and the Y P A at 6:30 p.m. Evening work notes progress on the new building and financial improvements.
Bainbridge News Shelf lists visits as families travel through town. Priest and relatives from Oklahoma plan a several week stay before heading to California for future residence. Local residents including McNorton and Smith families are noted with travel and social visits around Indianapolis and Danville.
Julius Bryan, a federal prohibition agent, has returned from Detroit after several weeks spent aiding an effort to make Detroit dry for the Christmas holiday season.
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