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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1921

Page

3

Two men plead guilty to bootlegging in Indiana court

John Daspier and Harry Moore pleaded guilty before Judge James P. Hughes this morning and were taken to the Indiana State Farm this afternoon by Sheriff Lawrence A. Sers. Capt L. S. Scott and his family, returning from New Albany, plan to stay with Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Clippinger and then move to West Point New York for Scott’s new position at the military academy.

John Daspier Harry Moore James P. Hughes Indiana State Farm Lawrence A. Sers L. S. Scott New Albany H. C. Clippinger West Point New York Scott

Church Notices Sunday School and Worship Times

Church notices list Sunday School at 9 45 and Sunday morning worship at 10 45. Wednesday evening testimonial and service times are noted as 7 45 with initials AGOtis et al.

College Ave Church Sunday Schedule Notice

College Ave Church posts Sunday School at 9 30 and Public Worship at 10 40 led by the pastor Epworth League meets at 6 30 P M No evening service due to Chautauqua programs in progress.

Epworth League

Cristian Church Announces Sunday Schedule and Special Music

Levi Marshall serves as pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 led by Mrs E R Bartley supt Classes for all followed by a 10 40 preaching by Rev E L Day of Indianapolis formerly of Putnam County Special music No evening service CE at 6 30

Levi Marshall E. R. Bartley Rev E. L. Day Indianapolis Putnam County

Presbyterian Church Service Plan Announced

Victor L. Raphael minister leads Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 40 with Rev J P Moffatt of Indianapolis preaching Young People’s Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and evening service follows.

Victor L. Raphael JC. Bridges J. P. Moffatt Indianapolis Young People’s Christian Endeavor

Tidrick Leads Baptist Church Schedule With Chautauqua Note

Albert Lawrence Tidrick is pastor of the Baptist Church with Sunday school at 9 45 led by Grant Scott as superintendent. Morning service at 10 45. Young people's meeting at 6 45. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30. No evening service Sunday evening due to chautauqua.

Albert Lawrence Tidrick Grant Scott

Mistaken identity at hospital nursery causes mix up

A senior nurse directs a nurse to move a baby to room 76, confusing a hungry infant with a different mother and sparking a moment of mistaken identity as Mrs Meckering praises her own child. The scene unfolds among a group of visitors and nurses near the nursery.

Miss Holden Decker Mrs. Meckerings Alice Hazel Martha Florence Mrs. Meckering Robert Meckering Martin

Think Health and Positive Suggestion in Daily Life

An essay on how repeated healthful suggestions boost wellbeing and aid recovery. It cites a story of four medical students showing the power of belief over health, and advises greeting others with positive health cues to improve both their and the greeter's health. It notes English railroad directors awarding prizes for well kept station gardens.

Body of Perry B Snider Arrives in New York City

Telegram to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Snider confirms the body of their son Sergeant Perry B. Snider arrived in New York. Snider, of the 7th U.S. Infantry Regulars, died of wounds from action in the Battle of Belleau Woods on June 19, 1918, the first Putnam county soldier to fall in service. Body to be sent to Louisville as distributing point and likely to reach Greencastle in about one to ten days.

L. D. Snider Perry B. Snider New York Snider 7Th U.S. Infantry Belleau Woods Putnam County Marne Louisville Grencastle

Classified ads and notices seek relief pills and registrations

Irregular ads promote Triumph Pills from the National Medical Institute Milwaukee. Notice offers automobile registration blanks from Hazel M. Lear Notary Public Herald Office. For sale tomatoes 5 cents a pound at Eitel's Green House Vine street. E Shipley seeks to buy a second hand heating store.

National Medical Institute Milwaukee Wis Hazel M. Lear Notary Public Herald Office Eitel Green House Vine Street E. Shipley

Money to Loan on First and Second Mortgages

Money to loan on first and second mortgages with reasonable rates. See Theodore Crawley. Stock hogs for sale including 50 head shoats and brood sows. Harvey Hines, Roachdale, Ind. R. R. No. 2.

Theodore Crawley Harvey Hines Roachdale Ind R. R

Fireplace Wood Ad Promotes Quick Ordering

An classified notice urges customers to order big wood for fireplaces now for delivery or pickup. It offers wood at four dollars and invites readers to leave orders by phone at the listed number.

Car conductor reminds Mr Graytop that age can slow him

The Car Conductor the Latest to Remind Him That He Is Getting Old. Mr Graytop laments thinning energy and visible signs of aging as drivers defer to him and strangers treat him as Grandpa. He recalls two recent streetcar incidents where conductors steadied him with a hand on the band to stop safely.

Mr. Graytop

Electric Railway Signals Show Fog Safety Breakthrough

The Great Western Railway tests new electric signals to prevent accidents in fogs and storms. A middle rail, raised to indicate safety or danger, triggers a bell in the locomotive cab when safe and a whistle when danger is signaled.

Great Western Railway England

Shakespeare's Race for Greatest Play Debated

The piece argues no single Shakespeare work can be declared greatest summarizing six top contenders The Tempest Julius Caesar Hamlet Lear Macbeth and Othello while noting taste dictates preference Hamlet often leads popular talk yet critics crown The Tempest as the master's pinnacle.

Hamlet Lear Macbeth

France Earliest Cave Artists and Their Wall Paintings

Southern French caves host world famous prehistoric wall pictures. Artists depicted extinct animals like cave lions and bears and a rhinoceros with two unequal horns. Paints used ocher mixed in mortars. Four phases of troglodyte art advance identified by explorers in recent years.

France Font de Gaume

Vienna composer unveils music typewriter invention

Laurenz Kromar of Vienna presents a music typewriter that records keyboard strokes as musical characters on a scroll. Placed at the piano, it captures every note via electric contacts, allowing a distant register while the pianist improvises.

Laurenz Kromar Vienna

Superstitions About Lightning and Odd Remedies

A Yorkshire village tale recalls boys fearing a prank during a lightning flash, while legends claim sleeping avoids fatal electrocution and tree splinters cure toothache. The piece notes the humorous, superstitious beliefs once common among local youths.

Yorkshire

A Georgian's Hard Luck Story

A humorous colonial tale recalls a Georgian whose misfortunes stack up from a dead horse to a lame mule and six cows lost in a poker game. A hurricane destroys his house, an earthquake follows, and the tax collector tallies the debt for the hollow ground.

Upsom

The Majority and Ibsen Debate Sparks Strong Feeelings

Members of a debating society clashed over Ibsen’s claim that the majority is always wrong. The discussion grew heated as some supported Ibsen while others condemned him. The motion affirming Ibsen's views carried by a large majority in London.

Ibsen London Daily

Real Job for a Day at the Dentist Office

A department manager pitches a comic job plan to a blue eyed typist. She would escort a boy named Willie to the dentist and calm nervous parents, while Willie resists the dental procedure and causes chaos in the office. The manager hints at a lucrative but ethically odd role as a caretaker for children at dental visits.

Miss McWillikers Willie Molar

Inmates Try Unusual Sawing Method in Asylum

An attendant finds a man sawing wood with the saw turned upside down, teeth pointing upward. The man calmly explains he has tried both ways and finds this method easier, a quip that ends with a defiant claim.

Homely Beauty on Stage Dominates Legitimate Theatre

Leslie's Weekly argues that in legitimate theatre talent surpasses looks, with beauty a bonus only when paired with skill. It cites Sarah Bernhardt as irrefutable, while names like Olga Nethersole and Maud Adams show beauty is rare among top stars.

Leslie’s Weekly Sarah Bernhardt Leslie Carter Olga Nethersole Menrietta Crossman Mrs. Fiske Margaret Anglin Wimsome Maud Adams Maxine Elliott

Sunshine Believer Inspires Bright Community Ethos

A community statement highlights a belief that helping others brings personal joy. It underscores a shared value of spreading positivity and kindness among residents and organizations.

Eyesight Across Lands and Peoples

The article notes exceptional vision in arctic Eski mos and desert Arabs who spot targets far away. It claims Norwegians have superior eyesight among civilized people due to lifestyle factors, and attributes rising eye effectiveness in England and America to heavy book study and poor lighting in early life.

Africa England America

Beekeepers Seek Mill Screen To Save Dying Bees

Eight beekeepers from Kule Missouri petition state officials to require a sorghum mill owner to screen the mill to stop bee deaths. After months of review across federal and state boards, Jewell Mayes says there is no legal remedy for the beekeepers and that they are themselves liable under trespassing statutes.

Kule Board of Agriculture Jewell Mayes

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