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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
1
A modest turnout attended the annual Cloverdale picnic with many residents enjoying the day. Organizers reported a quieter crowd than in recent years but the event featured communal meals and family activities for all ages.
Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis and Felix Blankenbaker of Terre Haute spoke at Cloverdale picnic. Attendees mainly from Greencastle and nearby counties. weather favorable. Shank urged potato sales to the state house. event orderly with minimal liquor or gambling.
A trio of blind men arrived this afternoon. One played a hand organ and collected nickels and dimes on a street corner while the other two canvassed the square selling their lead pencils.
W H Bastain of Indianapolis a prominent third termer will address Progressives here tomorrow at a mass convention. Out townships Floyd Cloverdale and Warren are expected to back Roosevelt. Leaders see potential for a county ticket this fall as the initial mass meeting tests strength.
W H Bastain, Marion county Progressive leader, will address Putnam county Progressives in Greencastle. A mass meeting will name township committeemen and state convention delegates, with Russell township expected to hold a separate meeting. Bastain will speak at the courthouse assembly room after the business session.
Four year old Robert Hazelett son of Mr and Mrs R M Hazelett suffered severe scalds to both feet hips and a leg plus a deep cut in the left limb after tripping over a kettle of boiling water in the kitchen. He was attended by Dr W W Tucker and remains under treatment.
A Saturday service in the ball park followed by a Saturday afternoon meeting led by Rev. Run Yan at MernEn Field Special prayer meetings for men will be held in the court house assembly room.
Seven individuals have confessed Christ during the Union Revival in one week. A traveling businessman found inspiration after hearing old hymns near the Airdome and pledged to be a better man. Men are praying in a courthouse assembly room while women attend cottage meetings, with five youths converting in the Junior Revival.
Dr Bunyan urges attendance at a Saturday afternoon ball park service. He says pity is wasted on those who hear not God and praises Christianity as uplifting daily life. Local men will play the game, inviting churchgoers to join the event.
Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. Cohn Ethel Kuhns and Roy Evans depart Cloverdale by car for Colorado. They will visit Colorado Springs Denver Terre Haute Effingham Ill and St Louis spending Sunday there. They proceed to Kansas City a main station and then return via Colorado Springs to Denver.
Dr. Eugene Hawkins long time Indiana National Guard medical corps major plans resignation to join the retired list. Since 1900 he has served as major after earlier rounds as captain and assistant surgeon in the Spanish American War era. He participated in railroad riots and state volunteer service with seven months at Camp Algier.
Letters from Denver indicate a former Cloverdale resident, a Pickens County person, is now in West Pickens and has been convicted of misusing the mails.
Letters from Denver indicate Fay B Pickens, a Cloverdale native, is in the city and wanted for passing bad checks and misusing the mails. An ad in the Denver Times lists him with a Greencastle Ind address.
The 40th Annual Old Settlers picnic of Hendricks Morgan and Putnam counties will be held in Walls grove near Stilesville on Saturday August 3 1912. Hon Lew Shank Indianapolis mayor Congressman Ralph W Moss and other speakers will entertain. A balloon ascent by Prof Keinbeck Cincinnati is set for 10 am and a merry go round plus Fillmore brass band will provide music for a day of fun in the cool shady grove.
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