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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
4
Bloomington guest visits and town movements include Miss Laura Tudor and Miss Jessie Roby, plus trips by Floyd Allen and T. J. Wright. Residents attend dances, reunions, and a chautauqua in Russellville, with plans for a New Maysville picnic and road roller purchase discussed by county commissioners.
Public notice advises travelers never to embark without Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The message claims the remedy is often needed and offers it at a price of one hundred times its cost, available everywhere.
John T Higgins from near New Maysville and Andrew S Clements of Crawfordsville conducted business in the city. Miss Terrsa Bittle of Rockville and Miss Edna Perry of Decatur NL visited Miss Naomi Synder. J O Cammack returned from Indianapolis after attending the National Convention of Photograph ers. Paul Collins of Cordalls Oregon visited Mr and Mrs Elijah Grantham. Garrett the Muskogee real estate dealer left after days with Mr and Mrs John W Shannon. Miss Amelia Kemp and Miss Rogers from the university left for Chicago and Benton Harbor for a ten day visit. Kemp serves as private secretary to DePauw President George R Grose. Rogers attends local school. Ross Akers of Madison township, ill with typhoid fever, slowly improving and not bedridden despite limited work.
Official notice states parcel post package size will rise from seventy two to eighty four inches measured as length plus girth. No weight change for parcel deliveries. A separate order sets a one cent receipt fee for parcel post packages starting September 1.
This year's Greencastle Chautauqua runs August 15 to 20 with a junior chautauqua each morning guided by a playground expert. Afternoons feature storytelling, folk games, songs, camp-fire circles, plus daily lectures, concerts, and performances by noted groups and speakers.
The Pennsylvania lines begin light lunches in coaches during meal hours. Uniformed waiters offer fruit sandwiches coffee and pastry at nominal prices, served in seats. After testing the service will cover lines west of Pittsburgh and expand to select stations, easing need for outside meals. Estimated per passenger cost is about 15 cents, with hundreds of thousands served annually.
Two cars meet at a road crossing two miles west of town in heavy traffic Sunday afternoon. Dr W D Conn and Sam Brown were injured when their Ford rolled, while Mort Smith in a Chevrolet suffered damage but no serious injuries. Brown was crippled for a few days, otherwise no major injuries were reported.
School officials announce that repairs at the high school will not disrupt classes in the fall. Public schools open Monday September 13, heating and plumbing contracts to be awarded September 7, most work confined to the basement with excavating already completed.
The party recounts a cross country trip in a Nash National enduring no engine trouble. They broke three springs and wore out a set of tires west of Colorado Springs. They used 194 gallons of gasoline at costs from 10 to 40 cents per gallon. Mrs. Cohn says she enjoyed the trip but wouldn’t repeat it soon.
An all day and night Indiana Democratic gathering in French Lick discussed the new primary election law and approved rules inviting non members to state committee meetings. Delegates reported strong Democratic strength, praised Woodrow Wilson’s popularity, and noted the party’s plan to publish full rules after finalization.
A poetic drama half dream half prophecy portrays the clash of good and evil among politicians laborers agitators soldiers clerics and plain folks. Five acts unveil nature and reveal life moving toward light ideals while discussing truth love ambition religion and reality. Washington Star notes its serious picturesque poetic phrasing.
Warden Morgan at United States Penitentiary Leavenworth reports no truth to rumors that Terre Haute prisoners Don Roberts or Donnie Shea were placed on the rock pile. Morgan says the men have conducted themselves well and caused little trouble, while telegrams from Indianapolis Chicago and St Louis seek confirmation of the false reports.
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