02 Jan 1920
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
1
Enumerators are working in city and county districts to complete the census within thirty days. The article lists the questions that will be asked in the survey.
Decennial census work planned in the community under Charles P. supervisor of Indiana's Fifth district. Dr. Mitchell O. Devaney of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company dies when his car plunges off a embankment into a creek after midnight. Putnam County Realty Reports the Bert Farm sale for $10,000 to Harris of this city. Subscribe for the Herald.
Washington watchers fear Indiana politics will determine GOP fate with Watson in play. Rumors swirl of Goodrich clash and Watson pressure, while Indiana’s congressional delegation is criticized for weak leadership and fading prestige in the capital.
A partisan critique notes the Republican party’s stance on negro rights and details Indiana representatives in Congress. It highlights Sanders Elliott Bland Moores and Patriot with varied reputations, and questions Indiana’s federal representation. The piece also mentions Mrs. Mary H. Ward hosting Christmas guests near Moscow and Miss Eileen Cammack returning from Virginia travel with cousin G A Probst.
The Forest Hill cemeter y interments for Lecem month, reported by supervisor C D Mads, include Wm Elmer Long age L iver trouble Ida Lady 4 heart trouble William Alexander 67 throat trouble C 4 Peck 51 accident Hattie Wool rich 50 pneumonia Fiossie Harlan 64 heart failure Amanda Davis 62 paralysis Mae Peregrine 37 complications Sarah J Newgent 63 paralysis Infant of Marshall Beck James Med Hays 80 Jackson Stevens 83 Jane Tobin 78 Asthma M L Darnall 79 paralysis.
Indianapolis receipts show hogs at 12 000 to 12 500 with 2 200 carried over. Hog prices were irregular as light hogs moved around 26 cents higher while heavy hogs fell 50 cents. Prices ranged from 14.00 to 14.75. Cattle were active and higher calves steady and sheep strong.
The article notes temperatures remaining above zero tonight with colder air predicted. It reports last night’s downward trend and an overall near zero daytime reading, especially in the early morning, and forecasts continued cold weather.
George W Kane transfers to Spurgeon Quinnet tle a Greencastle lot for 1250 dollars. Aito B Mathews and others sell four Greencastle lots to Susie M Bittles. Clarence E Steward sells a Bainbridge lot to Anbou FP Kedge for 4000 dollars. The city weather official reports 1 degree above zero this morning the coldest of the winter. New Year’s Day was 6 above zero, down 50 degrees from December. Charles Barnaby is in Chicago on business.
January 2 report details over 200 alleged radicals from about seventy groups including IWW Communist Labor party and anarchists held in jail. Maclay Hoyne led arrests with state and private investigators aiding. federal officers withdrew on Palmer’s orders. Also notes local gas company staff changes, a college church turkey dinner success, and the death of Mrs. C W Ellis with funeral plans.
John H James visited Indianapolis to see grandson Rog Harris who has been ill in a city hospital. Local residents and families travel for holidays with relatives, while several are away visiting Brazil California and Bloomington. A meeting of Taxicab drivers is called for tonight at seven to discuss regulations and safety measures. Financial and school community updates include farmers planning to organize at Brown Park School and students Hadley Cammack and Dorothy Hay visiting Purdue student James Zeis.
A Lancet discussion questions which sense dominated the nonstop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown. It suggests light was obscured, hearing dulled by engine noise, and balance and vestibular sense enabled navigation despite disorienting conditions.
Bloomington high school travels to Greencastle for a curtain raiser with a second team clash against Clinton Center first squad. Greencastle’s J V team rides a perfect record into tonight’s senior matchups as Coach Ed Wright brings Zeis Masten Cook Talbott Taylor Peck Stann on the trip.
A. C. Sallee says the Democratic state chair will convene the men's and women's state committees for a joint session on January 10 to organize for the campaign. The meeting at the Claypool hotel will precede a lunch and likely elect a new state secretary after Frederick Van Nuys resigned to join the U.S. district attorney's office.
Shelbyville Indiana January 2 Betsy Edwards city chair of the Indiana Woman's Franchise League says the legislature will likely approve a one day session to ensure the session is convened to ratify the national woman suffrage amendment.
Mrs. Robert Raimey, visiting Mrs. Louise McCammack on Locust Street, is reported to be improving after an illness.
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