Local News Roundup Highlights Moves and Deaths in Area
William Mahoney, formerly of Green Castle now in Lafayette, visited on business and friends. Mrs. Elmer Blue confined at home on West Poplar due to heart disease. Stephenson E. Snider and Donald Taylor Specht return from Navy service in South America and San Diego. Bee Hive Rebekah and Putnam Lodges plan watch party with supper and program. Dr. Fred Cutworth of Kokomo in town due to uncle’s illness. Deaths: Fred Branneman Cloverdale farmer and Dem precinct committeeman. Elmer Blue sells Owen County farm for 6500 dollars to William Goodaker. Funeral of Lydia Hubbard Moore at Dr and Mrs Hawkins home with burial in Forest Hill. Warren Cope funeral in Clinton Township Baptist cemetery. Prof L E Mitchell of DePauw attends journalism teachers convention in St Louis. Doctors Carswell in Indianapolis visiting hospital. D Ora Moffett returns from Albion Illinois. Prof Herman G Beyl of Denison University to preach at Baptist Church Thursday night. invitation extended.
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Elmer Blue
Owen County
William Goodaker
Lydia Hubbard Moore
Eugene Hawkins
Victor Raphael
Salem B
Buria
Forest Hill Cemetery
Praise Work Of Greencastle Girl Class Day Honors
The 9A class of Horace Mann Junior High celebrated graduation day with 100 students present. Baldwin class president read the history, Helen Nichols delivered the prophecy, and Ellen Watson read the will. Ben Dickinson presented a school gift of 34 dollars from pie and candy sales. Miss Ethel Merryweather teaches the class and is visiting from Bisbee Arizona with relatives, spending Christmas in Guaymas Mexico with friends from Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann Junior High School
Baldwin
Helen Nichols
Ellen Watson
Ben Dickinson
Ethel Merryweather
City ordinance notices for truck owners and hospitality sector
Auto mobile truck owners and drivers urged to read the City Council ordinance in this issue. Restaurants and hotels urged to read the City Sewer Ordinance in this issue.
Locust Plague Ravages Argentina’s Santa Fe Province
A vast swarm of locusts descends on Santa Fe and other Argentine regions, covering ground and homes. The insects breed in exposed earth, then winged swarms devastate crops before moving on. Argentina deploys locust fighting squads and trains ranchers to burn nests, yet the vast, sparsely populated lands hinder complete eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Egypt
Santa Fe
Argentina
Bolivia
Dog Goggles for Motoring Trend Report
A Boston report notes dog goggles now on sale as drivers and pets take motor trips. A prominent Boston dog owner started the fad after the pet suffered eye strain on windy rides. The accompanying photo features Towser with his goggles.
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Accord Wnt
Boston
Towser
Uncover Huge Ruins at Garden of Gethsemane London
The Palestine department of antiquities reports discovery near Ascalon of hinge marble pillars and ward statues. It also unearthed medieval and Fourth century churches and mosque pavements at the foot of the Mount of Olives leading into the Garden of Gethsemane.
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London
Palestine Department of Sntiquities
Belge Currieent
Ascalon
Jerusalem
Lis
Mount of Olives
Garden
Gethsemane
Texan visitors learn Libre marks all Mexico City cabs
In Mexico City Texas excursionists halted a taxicab marked Libre and toured the city half a day. They protested a large bill claiming the car was free. The driver explained every taxicab atherty or ready to hire is marked Libre, and the bill was paid.
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Mexico City
Burial of Overseas Soldier Samuel Peacock in New Albany
Members of the American Legion took charge of the funeral for Samuel Peacock whose body arrived for burial in New Albany Indiana. Details of his service and origin were not known at the time of burial.
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New Albany
Ind
Samuel Peacock
American Legion
Christmas Charity at Presbyterian Church Sees $250 to $300 Raised
The Presbyterian Church collected between 250 and 300 for War Orphans in Central and Eastern Europe, Near East Relief, and China famine causes. Church groups also distributed twelve baskets and three boxes of food, three tons of coal, toys and clothing to destitute Greencastle families, with Christmas exercises praised for their evident preparation and decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Central
Europe
China
Junior Christian Endeavor Society
Greencastle
Wiscon Station Method Benefits for Cheese Making
The card notes advantages of the Wiscon station method including a water box with a close-fitting cover that retains Gestred temperature longer than an open tub, which is especially important in cool weather. The item emphasizes temperature control for cheese making efficiency.
Improvements in bottle testing and whey drainage devices
The description outlines test setups with labeled components such as TJ TJ test jars and WS wire standards, plus features like a bottom faucet for drawing and replacing warm water to save labor. A rack holds bottles TJ to prevent tipping, and a large top with straight sides aids curd removal and cleaning. A top strainer S allows inclined drainage for faster, complete whey removal.
Fishy Taste In Butter Causes Market Worries
Butter experts explain fishiness as a character resembling the odor of the dairy product. Bacteria are the principal agents, with odors traceable to rusty cans and substandard tinware used in milk and dairy processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaver
Telend
Classified Ad Notice at Herald Office
Wanted: a girl or young man at the Herald Office for a permanent position to industrious hustler who wants to learn Apply at Herald Office Found: pocket book containing sum of money owner may have same by identifying and paying advertising costs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
Wanted ads and services in Greencastle Herald listing
Classified notice card listing multiple items including a girl for reporting and other work at the Herald Office, a demand for 40 to 50 bushels of new corn by John Eitel and Son, a registered Duroc boar for sale by C. J. Arnold, and an ad for an architect contractor and landscape gardener W. H. Evans of Greencastle Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
John Eitel & Son
Duroc
C. J. Arnold—Herald Office
9000 A W O L S ARE IN FRANCE DESERTERS AND LEGION EFFORTS
In Paris many American ex soldiers wander postwar France seeking excitement and work. The American Legion Paris post runs a legal and jobs bureau aiding deserters and veterans while noting 2000 to 5000 men remain in France without proper papers. Deserters face strict fate without papers, while the Legion helps secure positions or return home.
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France
America
Anxiou
Legion
Paris
United States
Paris Post
Arthur W. Kipling
C. M. Perkins
Coblenz
Joan T
Leavenworth
Germany
Kitten Found in Mail Sack From England
In New York, two longshoremen unloading 6100 mailed sacks from the Aquitania found a bound sack that could only be opened with official right. It had been sealed ten days earlier in England and yielded a six month old kitten, gaunt and weak yet hungry, to the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aquitania
England
Prevention of blindness grows as educators open classes
More than 4 000 supporters of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness attended the sixth annual meeting in New York. The report notes 62 active vision classes in public schools and colleges, with 12 new this year, across states including New York Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Ohio Pennsylvania and Washington. The chief cause of blindness among children remains ophthalmia neonatorum at 22.5 percent this year, up from 15.7 percent last year, with higher rates in public classes. Trachoma has appeared in nine states prompting renewed efforts, notably Illinois, to stamp it out. Wood alcohol poisoning continues to cause blindness from ingestion, prompting national warnings. The annual address by H. F F. Porter urged eye health and proper lighting to prevent strain, likening the eye to a motion picture camera and stressing the need for good vision for productive work.
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New York
A.W. O
Vrance
Paree
Literary Digest
Varis
Paris
United States
D.C. I
Department of Criminal Investigation
Sterling Hellig
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Heilig
Jamieson
Massachusetts Tech
France
Nantes
States
Rick
A.W
A. W
L. Dows
Winky
Alan Bud
Teriva Fenin
Gosh
American Legion
Cabot Ward
Legion
Mr. Ward
Aris Post
National Committee For the Prevention
Chumber
Tlinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Illnois
H. F F. J. Porter
Society For Electrica
Return Hero Medal
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a African American trio stopped Mrs. Annabelle Gems on the West Penn street car line near the Gemas home. They searched her and took her pocketbook containing about eighty dollars while returning a gold service medal awarded to her husband the late George Gemas for Spanish American War service. The women were asked for money with the line Please give us your money lady.
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Connellsville
Annabelle Gems
West Penn Street
Gemas
George Gemas
There Was Something Funny About the Chicken Dinner
In Tiltonville Ohio Mayor Charles Beswick was guest of honor at a stag party and the chicken served in large portions. On returning home he found one of his prized pullets had disappeared.
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Tiltonville
Charles Beswick
Beswick
Increase of Aliens in United States Reported
Washington report shows 683871 aliens arrived last fiscal year, with 480001 classified as immigrants and 195575 as nonimmigrants. Net immigrant rise was 108514 after 428062 departures. Japanese admissions 16174. deportations total 2762 with 469 anarchists/criminals. 519003 aliens began citizenship steps. Wilson urges Congress to back second industrial conference recommendations for joint management worker bodies and dispute resolution.
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Washington
Michinery Overseas
United States
Wilson
Diggers Unearth Treasure From Old Sewer Pit
Boston report says a sewer gang quit work and found three gold rings coins watches and other valuables in slime near the Quincy house. Hotel staff speculated the items belonged to former guests while police doubted the find. Coins dated back to 17ST feature a pine tree and Massachusetts markings. The foreman plans to keep beer checks and a pine tree shilling as souvenirs noting the mud had not moved for about 75 years.
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Boston
Quincy
Massachusetts
Mint recount highlights record coin output year
The annual report of Director Ray Baker shows the Mint executed 809.5 million coins, a 446 percent increase from the previous year. Public demand for circulating coins, especially pennies, surged, with more than 12 million coins produced in existing stock facilities.
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Washington
Ray Baker
Baker
Statler
King Splits Royal Estate For Agrarian Syndicate
King Alfonso orders formation of an agricultural syndicate to parcel El Pardo estate near Madrid. The 2,500 acre royal tract will be divided into small plots under the Catholic Agrarian federation to allow laborers to acquire land.
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Madrid
Alfonso
el Pardo
Catholic Agrarian Federation
Therm
The Yellow Ostrich Feather quilt gifted for mountain women
Booneville Kentucky sisters Nancy and Cynthia Hale aged fourteen and fifteen, who care for six motherless younger siblings, created a quilt titled The Yellow Ostrich Feather. The quilt was sent to Louisville to be sold for the benefit of women of the mountains.
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Booneville
Nancy
Cynthia Hale
Louisville
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William Mahoney
Lafayette
West Poplar
Stephenson E. Snider
Henry Snider
Commercial Place
South America
San Diego
Cal
U.S Navy
Donald Taylor Specht
Snider
Bee Hive Rebecah Lodge
Putnam Lodge No. 45
Fred Cutworth
Kokomo
G. W. Sheets
Fred Branneman
Cloverdale Township
Warren Cope
W. J. Cope
Clinton Falls Buriaway
Baptist
Clinton Township
L. E. Mitchell
DePauw University
St Louis
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
National Association of College News Bureau
R. E. Carswell
Indianapolis
Charles Hoagland
Methodist Hospital
D. Ora Moffett
Albion
Illinois
Mrs. Moffett
Mrs Moffett
Herman G. Beyl
Dennison University
Granville
The
Baptist Church
Beyl
John Beyl
Miss Merryweather
James Merryweather
Guaymas
Mexico
Tuscon
Arizona
Dog
Garden of Gethsemane
Resbyterian Church News
W. H. Evans
Indiana
A.w.o.l's
Olige
Rue de Tusitt
Army of Occupation
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