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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1923
Page
2
The Herald is published every afternoon except Sunday at 17 19 S Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana with Charles J Arnold as proprietor and a local mailing mention indicating second class mail status.
The notice outlines charges for obituaries at $1 per obituary and poetry at 5 cents per line. Cards of Thanks cost 50 cents each.
The article notes flocks of geese and other species migrate southward as winter begins in the Far North. It cites United States Geological Survey work over two thousand years and discusses competing theories of migration rooted in preglacial conditions and advancing ice. John Burroughs is cited identifying Washington DC in migration paths.
The will of Gordon Battele, a steel manufacturer, probates in Columbus. It provides a $100,000 memorial at American University in Washington D C funded from his estate valued at $100,000.
Commentary argues that people who act on emotions rather than intellects lead crusades that achieve nothing, implying misused energy and unproductive outcomes.
In a 1923 Western Newspaper Union piece, Peter Hewitt endures séances with Mrs. Nash and the Pennells. Spirits and trickery collide when Uncle Theobald supposedly visits, but Peter discovers the medium's deception and confronts the illusion at a chaotic seance.
The narrator proclaims the value of spiritualism as priceless while a separate note details a starfish opening a large mollusk shell. It explains that a bivalve resists sudden force up to 4000 grammes, yields to long pulls of 900 grammes, and a starfish can sustain a steady 1350 grammes pull on the shell.
Freddie schemes to replace his Aunt Lavinia s parrot Bobo with a perfect duplicate to secure her will. He trains a substitute while the real bird flies away, then keeps up the deception as the aunt nears her return and trust.
Kentucky leads eastern states in a campaign to eliminate bucky lambs. For the third season extension agents report over 200000 docked wether and ewe lambs to be marketed this year. Eastern buyers increasingly purchase directly from producers amid strong lamb prices at public auctions.
In a small town a doctor, Crandall, rushes to save old Mrs Ephraim from a supposed hemorrhage at the church moment of his betrothal to Edna Rogers. He arrives too late to save the illusion and learns the patient was not bleeding. Edna remains distant as he carries on with his treatment duties.
A dying woman manipulates Crandall and Edna with pride and money. Amy Ephraim thanks Crandall for his role and leaves a last payment to secure Edna’s company, while Edna clings to pride and love as the scene ends in Stratton.
In Alton Illinois Mrs Mary Linnaman wife of a farmer near Golden Eagle Calhoun County discovered 1100 dollars in a rusty tin box inside a rat hole while attempting to eradicate a rat nest in an old corn crib. The source did not identify the owner of the money.
On the Brittennia from Madeira, Chief Steward Alphonse Seguignes was swept from deck and hurled back by heavy seas before crew members rescued him. Mrs. Jean Aubrey of Marseilles sprained an ankle when her chair toppled in the tempest. Captain Vidal called it the worst storm he had experienced.
A tale from the York shire Post recounts two friends at a hostelry where many rooms share keys. One man, half asleep, undresses and lies in his friend's bed by mistake. The other, discovering the mix-up, asks the porter who confirms the prior movement. The debacle leaves the second man to sleep on a chair by the fire.
The passage contrasts the impact of the automobile on society with the need to curb crime. Cactus Joe remarks that while cars have changed affairs, traditional punishment like hanging a boss thief is obsolete, suggesting harsher measures would be required to deter thefts from Snake Ridge.
A South American investigator reports that mosquito larvae perish in water containing the plant Chara foedita. The plant thrives widely and may clear local areas of the pest. Experiments show the insects die quickly from a toxin released by the plant.
A poetic fragment recalls a star falling as a flower from Paradise to ease a soul passing into the Great Darkness. Emma Lindsay Squier writes of a Siwash chief’s tale in The Wild Heart, blending sorrow and spirituality.
Sunday service and Sunday School details appear with service time at 10 45 and midweek testimonials and meetings listed. Reading room hours show afternoon sessions from 2 to 4 on a Wednesday and ongoing weekly events.
Grace Black conducts Sunday school at Maple Heights Mission at 9 30 a m. Public cordially invited to attend these services.
Levi Marshall is the pastor. Sunday School begins at 9:30 led by Mrs. E. R. Bartley with Mrs. Lueteke as song leader. Preaching at 10:40 on The Life that is Life In deed. Evening service at 7:30 with subject The Romance of Escape. Special music planned for both services.
On College Avenue M E Porter minister presided over Sundry School at 9 15 and Morning Worship at 10 40 with sermon The Mastery of the Unafraid A 6 30 High School Epworth League and a Vesper Christmas service at 4 Pastor s theme A Thorn less Life Official board meeting Wednesday and Union Prayer Meeting Thursday at 7 30
At 217 East Washington Street the Nazarene Church led by Mrs C W Jay and Miss E W Jay lists Sunday School 9 30 Robert Barnett superintendent Richard Whelan assistant preaching 10 45 young people and children meet 6 30 evening service 7 30 prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 Bible class Friday evening listed
Victor L. Raphael, Minister. Sunday School 9:30. Morning worship 10:40 with sermon The Incomparable God. Evening Service 7:30 on God a Seeker. Intermediate and Junior Christian Endeavor led by Charles Werneke and Julia Werneke. Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30. Communion prep Thursday 7:30.
R F Ormerod to lead services with 10 o clock Sunday morning and 7 30 o clock evening worship. An 11 o clock morning gathering is noted but unclear.
Sunday School begins at 9 30 with Ai Sharp as Superintendent and Courtney as Assistant. Morning Worship at 10 49 features Some things to forge a tion on the passing year. Epworth League meets at 6 30 followed by Evening Service at 7 30 with Taking Stock on Han ay tion.
The First Baptist Church invites parishioners home to a reformed auditorium for morning and evening services. Pastor will deliver Adieu the Old Come the New Fresh Invoice addressing new offerings and old stock. Sunday school 9 30 a m Young People Union 6 30 p m Sermons 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Luncheon and conference at noon.
Friday's Poultry and Quotations list from Havens Poultry Company shows prices for heavy hens light hens springers roosters geese young turkeys and turkey terms as reported to thecastle Herald.
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