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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
6
The state fire marshal warns PUMPI GOUNTY merchants to review electrical and other Christmas displays after a Sioux City fire started by cotton batting in a Santa exhibit. Inspectors and the fire chief should approve displays to prevent inflammables and faulty wiring, with an ordinance already restricting cotton decorations for twenty years.
Indiana’s TB death rate declined from 145.8 per 100 000 in 1914 to 95.8 in 1923, as state health records and the Indiana Tuberculosis Association report. Putnam County fell from 184.9 to 105.6, with 1914 and 1923 death counts in the hundreds. organizers aim to raise 1500 dollars via the annual Christmas Seal Sale to fund prevention and care efforts.
Tokyo dispatch reports eight bodies washed ashore and about forty people in peril aboard the Kwanto after a blizzard wrecked the ship off western Japan near Tsuruga. A destroyer rescued five officers and fifty men. forty others reached shore. Kwanto crew numbered 150.
Phillip Blair Rice of Martinsville Indiana has been selected from twenty candidates as Indiana's Rhodes scholar to Oxford University England. He will graduate from Indiana University in January 1925 with an A B degree and will receive about 1700 dollars annually for three years. Rice is noted for an all A academic record and wide campus activity including debate journalism and drama. He is a son and grandson of prominent Martinsville residents.
Detroit dispatch reports an unidentified freighter sank off Fagle harbor with twenty crew members feared dead. A second vessel sent distress signals amid heavy storms as eighteen ships delay at the Soo. Terrific gales sweep the lakes raising safety concerns for the fleet.
A state fire marshal bulletin warns that lighted Christmas candles on trees pose serious fire risks. Dry branches, resin, tissue, and paper decorations can ignite easily with a draft or spark. Use nonflammable tinsels and electrically lit ornaments for safer decoration.
The article notes candles reduce fire risk but warn they still threaten public events. It cites two near tragedies reported to the fire marshal where girls with lighted candles in Christmas processions set fire to bobbed hair and were saved by onlookers.
Thelma Chadwick and family of near Fillmore reached a $1,000 settlement with the Pennsylvania railroad on her $5,000 damage suit after a two day trial in Clay County Circuit Court. Costs were paid by the railroad. a related suit by her younger sister may also be compromised. The case arose from a December 18, 1921 accident involving a train, a horse and buggy. Hays Murphy of Greencastle represented the Chadwicks after a venue change from Putnam County.
Albany dispatch reports former New York Governor Martin H. Glynn died at his home. He had just returned from a Boston suburb hospital after two months of spinal illness. Death attributed to heart trouble linked to his spinal disease. Glynn, known as editor and lawyer, served as controller, lieutenant governor, and governor, with notable advocacy for Ireland.
The Federated Church Ladies Aid Society at Russellville met with Mrs Cecil Smiths on Wednesday afternoon. About forty members and one visitor attended. Mrs Alice Lloyd led with a song and Mrs Effie Shannon read scripture and prayed. President Mrs Lillian Kennedy led officer reports and new officers were elected. A social hour followed with homemade candy and apples.
Indianapolis Dec 15 Martin J Insull head of the Insull financial interests denied by telephone from New York a rumor that the Insull interests have acquired the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company. He and Samuel J Insull and Harry Reis were en route to Chicago after a meeting of electric utility men.
In Indianapolis a meeting led to a reorganization of Brewer interests with Martin J. Insull and associates. Todd joins the board of Indiana Power Company, owner of the Dresser plant on the Wabash River near Terre Haute. Todd says no talks of acquiring the T H I E were underway and cites Randall Morgan ties to Insull entities.
The DePauw 1925 grid card shows six games scheduled so far with openings on Oct. 17 Oct. 24 and Nov. 7. Proposed dates include Oct. 3 at Butler Oct. 10 at Purdue Oct. 31 Franklin at Greencastle Nov. 14 Hanover at Greencastle and Nov. 21 Wabash at Crawfordsville with Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 open.
In Washington on December 15 prominent figures from four administrations attended a memorial in the House chamber for Woodrow Wilson. Cabinet members, Wilson’s widow and daughter, President Coolidge, Supreme Court justices, ministers, senators, governors, and military officers gathered to pay reverence. Dr. Edward A Alderman delivered the eulogy at the service.
The Belle Union High School dedicates its $60,000 building with a gymnasium game between Belle Union and Putnamville on Saturday night December 20. County Superintendent John C. Vermillion and Greencastle’s B W Kelly will speak, with the Greencastle High School band providing music. Walter Heath of Greencastle built the school, one of the county’s modern facilities. completion is expected before the second semester begins.
The 1925 automobile license plates for Greencastle and Putnam County went on sale at the Cheno weth Webb Garage on Franklin Street starting 8 am Monday. The first plate issued, number 380351, was sold to John Crawley. Delays came from missing container cards. Plates cost five dollars for 25 horsepower or less and 38.25 for higher horsepower.
The Pub lic Service Commission of Indiana authorizes the Wabash Valley Electric Company to purchase the Fillmore electric light system from A. Earl Padgett. This approval is the forty eighth such authorization issued locally.
The Wabash Valley Electric Company plans to add a town to its service area. As a subsidiary of Central Indiana Power Company, the network serves 157 towns and cities in Indiana. The Fillmore system is likely to join the Greencastle district.
Gertrude Agnes Reed wins first prize in the girls section and William Franklin Crawford takes first in the boys section of the Better Home Lighting Contest by Wabash Valley Electric Co. Each prize is 40 dollars. Other top awards and tied ninth prize details listed with winners' addresses in Greencastle.
Wabash 28 Iowa 24 Illinois 27 DePauw 23 Ohio State 45 Western Reserve 14 Culver 27 Tilden H S Chicago 13 Notre Dame 27 St Thomas 26 Michigan 26 Michigan Aggies 10 Concordia 39 Huntington 33.
Sunday night a large touring car headed west collided with a Ford Coupe near Reelsville on the National road. Dr. L W Veach and a Bainbridge son suffered cuts and bruises. Mrs Veach was hurt. Omer Hutton and Thomas Turley of Terre Haute were arrested and charged with DWI. The injured were taken to Brazil for treatment. The accident disrupted traffic while aid was summoned.
Sheriff Sears located the two men at the scene after a car wreck in which a front wheel was torn off. They were arraigned before Judge Hughes on Monday and entered not guilty pleas with trial set for Friday.
Martinsville high school swept Bloomington 37 to 17 on the Indiana University gym floor before about 3,000 spectators. The state champions jumped to the lead and never trailed, delivering a fast, furious contest as Bloomington fought hard until the final buzzer.
Illini defeat DePauw 27 to 23 in a rough early season clash at Champaign. Mauer led Illinois with five baskets while Stewart and Ward paced DePauw with multiple scores amid a listless second half and poor free throw shooting on both sides.
Baltimore dispatch reports Governor expands a ban on chicken shipments to nine western states. The embargo follows public health concerns and affects interstate commerce, with officials detailing enforcement and potential impact on producers and consumers.
Rumor reports large numbers of chickens from epidemic localities to be diverted to Baltimore under a similar order as New York. Affected states include Indiana North Dakota South Dakota Missouri Kansas Illinois Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma with proclamation noted.
Terre Haute sheriff says 20 year old Lester Black confessed to plotting to derail the Dixie Flier near Lost Creek Bridge with an older brother Floyd sought as an accomplice. The case spurred a broad federal and railroad probe, with money and mail aboard Train No 95 a potential $100000 shipment to New Orleans bank.
Saturday marks the final day of the quail season with no kills after December 20. Violators face severe penalties as game wardens stay vigilant for lawbreakers.
Borozone claims powerful healing for flesh wounds cuts burns and galls in humans and animals. Apply liquid Borozone to wash out germs then Borozone Powder to complete healing. Liquid price 30c 60c and 1 20. powder 25c and 60c. Sold by R P Mullins.
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