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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1921
Page
3
Admissions for Greencastle residents describe opening a Savings Account before July 15 to earn 4 percent interest from July 1 at the Central Trust Company. Multiple items note deposits, interest totals, and local residents visiting relatives, with community updates from Greencastle and nearby areas.
A special Triangle club meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Miss Helen Sallusts Elm street home will handle the election of a delegate to the Bethany Convention Bee Hive Rebecca Lodge meets tonight at 8 with officers installations postponed Avis Plummer N G Fiona Crawley Secy T W B Club plans 7 p m gathering at Miss Kath leen James West Columbia Street Many investment bargains offered now a savings account at Central Trust Co yields 4 percent and safety Vermillion Is and Earl Edwards Ips returning home after weekend visits to Miss Mildred Gardner Delightful refreshments at a birthday surprise for Mrs Hattie Hampton hosted by Mrs Stanley Davis and Mrs Davis plus Miss Mabel Hampton of Indianapolis
Hog prices opened unevenly higher in Indianapolis with some sales up 25 cents. The range moved from 10.00 to 10.35 dollars, most at 10.25 to 10.35. Pigs brought 10.25, sows 8.35, cattle up 25 cents to 2 dollars, calves steady at 12, sheep and lambs steady with best lambs at 10.
Margaret Marsh Leonard aged 80 died at noon today at City Hospital after a paralytic stroke suffered several days earlier. Her daughters include Mrs Millie Bryant of Greencastle and Mrs Alice Smith of near Stilesville, with son George Leonard of Monrovia. Interment will be at Eminence.
The report notes highs near 94 degrees and lows around 74 during the past two days. At noon today the temperature reached 91 degrees while this morning at 7 o clock it was 74 degrees.
Classified ad seeks a general agent for Greencastle and vicinity to handle monthly premium accident health and life insurance for the National Life Insurance Company. Commission contract only part time service possible. Address C H Boyer manager Casualty Department 29 S LaSalle St Chicago.
Last day for discount. office open until 9 o’clock this evening. Grencastle Gas Company announces the deadline and hours for customers seeking reduced rates.
Classified ad offers big wood for fireplaces at four dollars per cord with home delivery by phone. Orders are being taken and a contact number 65 is provided.
The piece recalls presidents Harding Wilson Roosevelt Taft and others as athletes. It notes Harding as a golf beginner with a 95 at Chevy Chase, Wilson as a versatile player, Roosevelt as exceptionally athletic with feats like long rides and fencing, Taft boxing to shed weight, and mentions Harrison and Cleveland as anglers chasing tarpon.
A columnist traces how allocation gained prominence during wartime shipping and loan talks. He notes its use by the Senate and in social events, compares it to allotment and apportionment, and recalls older financial usage of the term. The piece comments on fashion in language and sticks to historical examples.
New York appellate division rules that found Liberty bonds belong to the finder if no owner surfaces. Officer Nicholas J. Majeski found fourteen $50 Liberty bonds on a sidewalk in Third Avenue and claimed them after a two year wait, with the law favoring the police pension fund over a citizen finder.
The Morning Post reports Fulham parish has abolished ordinary church collections. Expenses are met from a special fund to which every congregant contributes a fixed weekly amount. The scheme, described as the first of its kind in the Church of England, follows a precedent set by the Prittlewell vicar who ran a successful special fund.
A white mouse placed with a South American boa constrictor has been adopted by the snake. Edwin A. Osborne of Richmond Hill reports the mouse has built a straw nest in the boa’s coils and the pair live in amicable harmony. The boa crushed a large rat in twenty four seconds, though it refused to eat the rat.
In a Montreal Family Herald item, a stance condemns shooting small birds as unworthy sport. The piece cites Michelet arguing birds control insects and protect crops, warning that without birds humanity faces severe famine and reliance on fish. It urges hunters to discourage the practice.
Judge Bodkin cites notable Irish jurist Judge Murphy in Recollections of an Irish Judge. In a breach of promise action the defendant, unexamined, protests. The judge compels the defendant to be sworn, presses why he did not marry, and assesses damages at five hundred pounds, urging the verdict for the plaintiff.
William Lyon Phelps in the Yale Review argues that contemporary English drama leans to prose and lacks strong modern verse drama. He contrasts Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac and Haupmann’s Die Versunkene Glocke with English writers like Masefield Yeats and Hardy, noting Hardy’s Dynasty is more intellectual than poetic.
Compressed Alp Magazine reports German authority says Krupp works focus on rustless steel with high chrome content, noted hardness and chemical resistance. It is used as a substitute for nickel plating in manufacturing and studied for plate production in place of gold or standard methods.
The scene begins at breakfast as Elsie asks if snorers have bad consciences. She recalls a book claim and speculates that Aunt Susan must have killed someone if the idea is true. The dialogue reflects playful moral worry within a family.
Fragments indicate the liner Olympic has fuel and oil storage concerns for a return voyage. The text references tank capacity around 7,500 tons and costs tied to fuel, with a possible round trip involving Star liner figures and New York. The garbled note mentions savings and equipment for a return voyage.
A 1921 Western Newspaper Union piece offers economical recipes for repurposing scraps. It covers mashed potato salad with lettuce, liver croquettes, creel dish with rice and ham, and ham bits to boost dishes. It also includes Bigos style leftovers with meat and sauerkraut, and a Hungarian potato soup with paprika and tomato to finish.
Recipes and instructions outline multiple soups including Russian Cabbage Soup Japanese Fish Soup and Scotch Stew. Each dish lists chopped ingredients such as onions sauerkraut carrots leeks curry powder and various meats with steps for frying simmering and adding broths and seasonings. The tone imitates a cooking column offering practical guidance for home cooks of the period.
Iowa State University educator C. W. Wassam closes the Chautauqua week with a lecture The Secret of Power. Other speakers include Louis Williams Denton Crowl Louise L. McIntyre and Robert Leeds. Obtain a program folder for full list and details.
Ida H. Smith aged eighty filed suit for divorce from W. Smith also eighty six. He countered with a cross complaint alleging her conduct made life burdensome, while the defendant fled the proceedings.
The Indian Journal notes that the Creeks rely on a medicine man who avoids scorched food and limits patient diet to gruel for four days after wounds. He shuns women while treating and cleansing rites follow death or murder. Pallbearers also undergo cleansing, and warlike acts are followed by ritual medicine.
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