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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
1
Alumni of Green Castle Institution report a scheduled contest with DePauw University. The game will be played either in Indianapolis or Louisville, with details pending the organizers' decision.
Indiana fans may see Centre College play in Indianapolis as DePauw targets a November 6 game. Van Riper, DePauw alumni athletic chair, says chances are bright and Centre might be in good form after last season. The charges of professionalism against Centre were retracted as false.
John Hammond Allee of James and Allee was named city attorney by the city council on Tuesday night to fill the unexpired term of the late Thad Peck. He is a young attorney regarded as well qualified to handle the city’s legal interests.
Christmas program at Locust Street M B Church features a song service of carols led by the choir. Pastor delivers scripture and prayer. Welcoming address by Cloyce Adams. Recitations by Nellie Butler Louise Harris Janet Crown and others. Vocal solos by Lillian Summers and Miss Garnet Sackett provides violin. A pantomime titled Holy Night closes with benediction.
Charles Barnaby a hardwood lumber dealer played Santa today distributing more than $5,000 to his workers. Each employee received ten percent of his yearly wage as a Christmas gift from the employer.
The Herald will not publish on Christmas Day as staff take a holiday. Management and employees extend wishes for a joyous Christmas to friends.
Indianapolis Receipts show hogs at 7500 with hog prices slipping 10 cents to a top 13 85 and pigs at 13 25. Cattle were active and higher while calves and sheep stayed steady. Mr and Mrs R L OHair traveled to Princeton Indiana to spend Christmas with Mr and Mrs Federick Stevens.
In Green Castle a man named Patterson pleaded guilty to stealing hides from Rothberg Bros. He was sentenced by Judge Hughes Duncan to a term at Penal Farm, with transfer to Reforma tory as ordered.
The Rothberg Bros. Produce Co theft case closes as 15 year old Ellis Duncan and 25 year old Ralph Patterson confess to stealing three skunk hides and two possums. Duncan receives a six month term suspended for good behavior. Patterson is jailed 1 to 8 years at Jeffersonville Reformatory. Alonzo Anderson is released after arrest.
A meeting of all Swine Breeders in Putnam County is scheduled for 1 30 PM Saturday December 27 in the Red Cross Assembly at the courthouse lobby near the County Agents office. The goal is to organize a Putnam Countybred Swine Breeders Association and encourage broad attendance from all interested hog producers.
The American Legion of Indiana issues Christmas greetings to all service and ex-service men and women. The message pledges to uphold the Constitution, defend law and order, promote Americanism, preserve WWI memories, foster obligation to community state and nation, oppose autocracy, seek peace, and transmit democratic principles to posterity. Raymond S. Springer is commander in Connersville and L. Russell Newgent adjutant in Indianapolis.
At a dinner Senators in long coats faced soldiers who spoke bluntly about justice for returnees. Senator Smoot, acting chair of the Finance Committee, outlined plans to move the War Risk Bureau to the Pension Department and tout efficiency, but soldiers opposed the proposal and Congress ignored the soldier land bill next day.
Due to General Superintendent Goodwin’s absence the Nazarene church will hold an old fashioned love feast at 10 50 AM to receive offerings for the indebted church property purchased last August. Sick members may seek healing provisions in the atonement. Evangelist Kiemel preaches at 7 30 PM with revival services nightly this week.
Washington political gossip notes Senators James E. Wilson of Indiana and Smooth Utah hosted a quiet reception for American Legion delegates in a Capital restaurant. The plan aimed to honor wounded veterans from the Walter Reed hospital and discuss Republican pledges for the future.
The text describes a municipal plan where Consolidated City in partnership with a township considers issuing bonds to fund a real estate purchase. The arrangement would cover construction costs and allow repayment over years, with an assessment that raises 213,925 dollars to support the project and secure the city’s share in the venture.
The Indiana Public Service Commission in Indianapolis today hears Greencastle Gas Co. petition for higher gas rates. City Attorney Toad Peck is deceased. council appoints B F Corwin to represent Greencastle, with Corwin familiar with the case and city interests.
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