Local News Briefs From Greencastle and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Jennie Curtis Hearst arrived from Iowa to visit Mrs Celina Curtis. Garth Job longtime Monon train dispatcher at Lafayette died of pneumonia. Vera Wood of Bra spent weekend with aunt and uncle George and Mrs. Gibson. Charlie Keifer ill with grippe. Mrs Alice Hodgen died of cancer and buried in Battle Ground. Putnam Lodge I C C F meets Tuesday at 730 with second degree work. A J Duff of Greencastle to Bluffton by the death of his father Harrison Duff. Mrs Alice Lawler of Kokomo in town on business. Rebekah lodge in Greencastle meets with initiation. Alice Haltom noble grand. Minnie Keifer sick. Mrs Nancy C Raines ill in Cloverdale. Ira Hillis property sale to L S Stoner. Thermometer fell to 0 then rose to 1 degree. S C C Club to meet Tuesday with Lena Elle. Mrs John Leachman of Coatesville died. Mrs Raines to be moved to hospital. Mrs Charles Toney reports son Eugene Toney arrived in Coblenz Germany. J H Summers of Indianapolis Bankers Investment in Greencastle. Roy Terry and wife and three children ill with grippe. Elmer Clodfelter and wife of Clinton township welcome baby Arthur Clinton born Friday. Edith Alma Carrington 17 and Walter Earl Alexander 22 wed at Christian church parsonage. will live in Putnamville.
Cozy Glow electric heater ad and rural sale notice
Classified items include a Cozy Glow electric heater from Putnam Electric Co and a broad auction at W. W. Brothers livery barn on Saturday February 21 1920 featuring milk cows horses hogs and farming equipment. Also real estate buyers for modern properties and a warm electric warming pad ad. Job ads seek office work and a farm hand with good prospects.
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W. W. Brothers Livery Barn
Dobbs & Vestal
Call 69
Putnam Reality Co., (Inc
Political Gossip From Washington Shapes 1920 GOPfold
Washington insiders weigh Indiana Senator James E Watson as a dark horse contender for the Republican presidential nomination. The Watson Harding alliance and Penrose influence shape the Old Guard strategy with Smoot and Brandagee as back up options. The piece notes Watson as Senate leader for key votes and the guarded confidence of party power brokers behind Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Harding
Ohio
Indianaian
Old Guard
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Utah
Brandagee
Connecticut
Senate
Republican Party
Lodge
Curtis
Kansas
Wood
Lowden
Illinois
Soldier Abandoned by Officer After Car Stuck in Baltic Drift
Richard Kelly of Poso Texas, recalled American doughboy, lies in a Paris hospital with frost bites after a lone vigil in a Baltic snow drift. His British officer left with adjutant to fetch aid, Kelly refused shelter, slept in his car and waited two days until a peasant towed him to a village.
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Paris
Richard Kelly
M1 Puso
Tex
Baltic
Kelly
Riga
Berlin
inventive NC man uses cable and windlass to haul water
A North Carolina homeowner tackles a steep slope and back breaking work by running a cable from the spring to a tree mounted windlass. A pulley system lets buckets descend to the spring and rise uphill to the house, easing the labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Virgin Shadow Misleads Village Near Metz
Excitement in Novéant near Metz over a Virgin apparition was cooled by a church investigation. Father Bentz traced the sighting to sunset shadows cast by two trees. Bishop Ruch of Metz urged patience, calling Lorraine’s return to France a greater miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noveant
Bentz
Ruch
Metz
Lorraine
France
Blood donor strike hits Flower Hospital over pay raise
In New York men who sell blood for transfusions went on strike at Flower Hospital demanding 55 dollars a pint, 30 more than two weeks earlier, after which nurses acted as strike breakers. A pint was donated free during the disruption and the strike collapsed with donors returning to old wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flower Hospital
Link Between Cairo and Cape Town Marks Air Route Milestone
The British air ministry announces a long laboring air route linking Cairo and Cape Town finally ready for traffic. The new aerial connection slashes travel time from up to seventy five days to about one week, with an estimated flying distance near 5,200 miles at a steady 100 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cairo
Cape Town
British
Air Ministry
Africa
Counting the cost of a cold and Chamberlain's remedy
An advertising-style note argues a cold costs time and money and suggests Chamberlain's Cough Remedy shortens illness. It promotes keeping a bottle at home as a winter and spring investment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Opera House
A. Cook
Mgr
Albert E. Smith
Bessie Love
Pegeen
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon
Model Comedies
Gale Henry
Wm. Jackson
Brick Chapel
Bainbridge
Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Weber
J. I. Case
Iterms
H. Askew
Palmer Chiropractor
Washington and
Vine Streets
Jennie Curtis Hearst
Iowa
Celina Curtis
Garth Job
Lafayette
Ind
Job
Monon
Vera Wood
Bra
George Gibson
Charlie Keifer
North Jackson Street
Alice Hodgen
Albert Moore
Battle Ground
Putnam Lodge No
A. J. Duff
Bluffton
Harrison Duff
Alice Lawler
Kokomo
Greencastle Crescent
Rebekah
Alice Haltom
Minnie Keifer
Nancy C. Raines
Cloverdale
The
Putnam Realty Company
Ira Hillis
Washington Street
Prof. Vansant
L. 8S. Stoner
S. C. C. Club
Lena Elle
John Leachman
Coatesville
Raines
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Charles Toney
Eugene Toney
Coblenz
Germany
J. H. Summers
Indianapolis Banker’s Investment Company
Roy Terry
Cty
Elmer Clodfelter
Clinton Township
Arthur Clinton
Edith Alma Carrington
Walter Earl Alexander
Putnamville
Christian Church Parsonage
Levi Marshall
Putnam Electric Co
Spring Avenue
Herald Office
Chichester
Metallic
Bella
Wey
United States
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Ilinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Traction Terminal
Castor
Castoria
Uastoria the Centaur Company
KEW Yorm
Kemp
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