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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
1
The Board of Equalization completed work on the taxable valuation of a corporation’s property in Putnam County. The assessment places the corporate value at 845 thousand dollars for tax purposes.
The Putnam County board of equalization fixed assessments for all corporations except True & True and Indiana Portland Company leading the list with 4 020 valuation. Political maneuvering swirls around League of Nations fate as Senators weigh action in the Foreign Relations Committee and tariff debates ricochet through Chicago era rhetoric.
Washington dispatch reports opposition leaders plan to pressure Lodge to back reservations in the League covenant. A poll lists forty-nine Senators including New and Watson of Indiana ready to demand reservations. GOP leaders seek any vote to claim progress and defend their stance despite public opinion.
About 7,000 of the 8,500 hogs offered sold early in trading with general sales at 22.50 and a decline of 40 to 50 cents. The top quotation reached 22.60 while local packers bought around 5,500 hogs. Cattle remained strong and calves dropped 50 cents to 3 dollars, with sheep holding steady.
MODERN WOODMEN NOTICE Volz Camp No 3349 M W of A meets tonight at 7 o'clock in Fay Hamilton s office prosecuting attorney in the courthouse A clerk will be elected and all members urged to attend R A Confer Clerk
Talburt Christie with Greencastle boys camping at Eel River landed a 24 pound catfish Thursday. A Cloverdale fisherman reportedly landed a 38 pound catfish. The Greencastle group caught four catfish that day, with the 24 pounder the largest.
Jesse Ford has purchased Clarence Evens interest in the North Jackson street garage and will run the business as Ford Brothers with Roy Ford of Indianapolis joining the firm They plan to make it a leading up to date and efficient city garage.
A 40 mile per hour wind helps R-34 accelerate to speeds near 60 miles an hour with bursts reaching 80 as the dirigible races over Scotland after a brief stay in the United States.
Aboard the B-34 after an eighty six hour stay in the United States the airship traveled east over the Atlantic at speeds up to eighty miles an hour. The last report placed the craft 650 miles east of Bar Harbor Maine and over 1000 miles from Mineola Long Island as it heads toward East Fortune Scotland with favorable weather.
Henry Evan Ostrum transfers a Greencastle lot to M G Hes ter for 3250 dollars. Anna E Nelson deeds Jefferson Two lands to Rollie Nelson and wife for 1 dollar and to Mae Ferry for 1 dollar. Anna L Thomas sells Clinton Two land to William Leslie Ferrand for 12000 dollars. Ella Woodsworth conveys Cloverdale Two land to Albert G Hoffman and Hoffman then transfers Cloverdale Two land to James M R Woodsworth for 1 dollar.
Maud Booth of the Volunteers of America recounted wartime trench life in Paris where soldiers endured a course called Cootie Arithmetic. She quoted the joke defining it as adding to troubles subtracting pleasure dividing attention and multiplying like hell, while VOA sent 300 workers to the war effort assisted by the Y.M.C.A.
Fincastle Joe Everman and family and Miss Lucile Miller visited at Turkey Run and the Shades. John Brothers of Greencastle spent the week with grandparents H M Brothers. Several locals, including the Williams and Gardner families, hosted and visited kin and friends across Greencastle Crawfordsville and Brown's Valley.
The Greencastle school board meets Monday evening to elect a high school principal and new faculty for next year. Several teachers will depart including Leota Deam Mamie Albaugh and Mrs Cecil Weathers. Extra notes include staff changes and local resident visits plus a Solsberry talk by Prof R A Ogg about country church rebuilding.
The Locust Street M E Church holds its third quarterly conference tonight at o'clock chaired by Dr W H Wylie district superintendent. The full official board is urged to attend to decide on a judge and two tellers for the upcoming delegate election to the annual conference in Indianapolis in September and the renewal of licenses for local preachers and exhorters. All church members are urged to be present.
A disabled veteran visits the federal board for vocational education seeking work after service. An adviser helps him discover engraving, turning a silver ring he made into a career, proving the program helps disabled soldiers find meaningful vocations. Ice train social funds church needs. Terre Haute visitors call on local residents.
President Wilson lays out a moral leadership claim while the Senate receives the treaty proposal amid a hearty reception. The discussion centers on whether the United States can reject the mandate for allied and world order leadership.
President Wilson lays the Versailles peace terms before the Senate praising the league as a world necessity. He defends compromises and promises available information to senators, while avoiding details on Shantung indemnities and Art 10 obligations. The chamber greets him with cheers then grave silence.
A day followed by a cool night with temperatures dropping to 53 degrees Thursday night and 56 degrees by 7 am Friday. Thursday reached a high of 90 degrees as heat eased.
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