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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1914

Page

4

Local notes and visits fill Greencastle day

A long list of residents and visitors in Greencastle includes Sayers in Indianapolis on business and Andrew Hanna returning from Colorado. Several people travel to Shelbyville and Cleveland for visits while Mrs King improves after appendicitis. The Hays store fire loss is settled with a sale to come, and Studebaker trip attendees tour South Bend.

G. H. L. Beeman First Presbyterian Church Orrville Ohio Beeman National Reform Association Indiana Presbyterian Church Greencastle Cleve Thomas South Bend Detroit Studebaker Automobile Factory Studebaker Company Studebaker Automobile Company P. Foreum Five & Ten-Cent Harry Rander C. A. Kelley

Pretty Chicago Girls Coming for a Vacation

Thirty Chicago girls aged 7 to 14 will arrive at Greencastle near Urick Chapel for a two week rural vacation. The group comes under the Chicago Young Women's Christian Association. They were selected from families unable to afford vacations and will be cared for by local farmers near Brick Chapel with up to four girls per family.

Chicago Greencastle Aere Urick Chapel Chicago Young Women's Christian Association Brick Chapel

Real estate transfers list with multiple township deeds

Property records show transfers in Marion Monroe Greencastle Jefferson Floyd Warren and Washington townships. Names include Ivan Robinson Sarah Taylor Mary E Thomas Arthur R Hurst Lillie F Hays J R Williams F R Williams A G Williamson Louisa Carver and others with parcels in Greencastle Marion and surrounding areas. Values noted include 2500 and 1500 in various entries.

Ivan Robinson T. H. L & Bh. Traction Co Marion Township Sarah Taylor J. L. McKee Monroe Township

Thresher Engine Boiler Explodes in Drying Out Incident

Two men injured when cold water entered a boiler nearing dry-out on a thresher engine. The accident damaged Ed Due's outfit, belonging to a colored man, with serious injuries reported.

ED Due

Threshing outfit boiler explodes injuring two men

On Monday the boiler of Ed Due's threshing outfit exploded during work on the Due farm after an engineer kept water low and then poured in cold water. John Due and another colored worker suffered serious scalds while the engineer fled and remains missing. Ed Due, known Greencastle fruit dealer, was present.

Ed Due Brick Chapel Due John Due Greencastle

Local Social Roundup Notes Visits Across Cloverdale Indiana and Nearby Areas

Broadpark Miss Thelma Hurst of Cloverdale visited Miss Gladys Dorsett. Mrs. William Rodgers of Indianapolis stayed with her son or relative. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Parker spent Sunday with Vernie Parker. Mrs. Alice Hendren was in Indianapolis Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Fletch Walters visited his mother near Amo Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Ray of near Stilesville spent Sunday with James and Mrs. Buis. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coleman stayed Friday night with Morgan Hodge.

M.S. Heavenridge W. H. Jennings Spencer L. D. Heavenridge Heavenridge Owen County Republican Alice Earl Nenomee Wis Stout Institute Blanche Byrd Dora Lorene James Henry Madison Township Baptist Little Walnut Creek Broadpark Thelma Hurst Cloverdale Gladys Dorsett William Rodgers Indianapolis Hugh Parker Vernie Parker Fletch Walters Amo Shelton Ray Stilesville James Buis Paul Coleman Morgan Hodge

Poplar Grove Basket Meeting Draws Large Crowd

A large crowd attended the basket meeting in Poplar Grove on Sunday. Leon Trout, son of Oscar Trout of near Putnamville, was reported quite ill. Oscar Trout visited Mary A. Bales and family, and Mrs. Gertrude Bales along with her two children from near Indianapolis spent several days with Mary A. Bales. Mrs. Albany Farmer has been very ill for the past week.

Jesse Allee Byrd John P. Allee East Seminary Street Major Curtis Vestal W. B. Vestal John R. Miller Major Vestal Ft. Warden Washington Washington, D. C Government War College FE. B. Taylor S. C. Sayers Indianapolis Riverside Links Riverside Park Mr. Sayers Mr. Taylor John Cannon Sayers Henry Osrum Poplar Grove Leon Trout Oscar Trout Putnamville Mary A. Bales Gertrude Bales Ind Albany Farmer

Peach Crop Poised For Record Yield Says Prominent Dealer

W W Hargrave of near Putnamville reports a very large peach harvest with minimal insect damage. He notes the late crop may exceed previous years and marks Greencastle as the first market sighting of home grown peaches. He also cites a complete failure of the apple crop due to last fall’s bumper crop.

Vast Tobacco Toll Cited In Estimates Of U S Cigars And Cigarettes

The piece argues smoking costs could fund the Panama Canal and related payments. It cites daily US cigar totals of 21,718,488 and cigarette totals of 23,736,190, with annual measurements and scale comparisons. It also notes tobacco use totals 533,357,206 pounds yearly and imagines long strings and cables joining earth to the moon.

Panama Canal French Canal Company Republic of Panama United States Earth

The Royal Informer Book Promises Countless Facts

A wily agent touts The Royal Informer as a 100 page volume with 8 416 582 facts from meanings to nose color. A tired man, curious yet cautious, admits only that he has a thousand copies in his attic.

Five Year Old Muriel Defies Ice Weight Discipline

In a tale from a King Edward era, Muriel, a five year old, resists toys and rules. After three disobedience slips in five minutes, her mother uses an ivory knife to punish lightly on the legs. Muriel responds with a solemn vow to report to God and Jesus if needed, showing a child’s moral resolve.

Muriel Edward Jesus

Wanted Ads and Robbery Report Mix in Varying Notices

A page combines want ads offering small jobs and goods plus a robbery news item from Los ANGELES. Rev Matt S Hughes of Pasadena is among the victims in a Southern Pacific train train robbery near Bulbank with $25 taken. The robbers fled by ear as the sheriff’s posse searched nearby Hewitt and linked Hughes to Bishop Edwin Hughes of DePauw University.

Hughes Los Angeles Cal Matt S. Hughes First Methodist Episcopal Church Pasadena Southern Pacific Bulbank Pasadeta Hughe W. J. Norton Chicago Hewitt Matt Edwin H. Hughes DePauw University

Free Book on Stomach Ills by Chicago Druggist

Geo H Mayr of 154 Whiting St Chicago publishes a health guide claiming relief from constipation biliousness indigestion and intestinal troubles through French healing oils. One dose usually convinces and most chronic cases need no more than three. Free copy available at the dry store. Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy sold by druggists.

Geo H. Mayr Whiting St Chicago Mayr

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Andrew Hanna Colorado O. H. Smith Plainfield James Merryweather David Hostetter Roachdale Adam Waggoner William Herring Shelbyville John Wells Cleveland, O Mrs Lee Wells South Indiana Street Ben P. King Gillespie Street King F. A. Hays West Side Hays William Hawkins Lafayette R. H. Crouch Rosa Marquis Clearendon Texas B. P. O. Elks Grace Loyd Ralph Loyd H. L. Betzner Coatesville A. W. Bonne Flemington, N. J E. E.vans West Walnut Street Roscoe Lisby Merle C. L. Airhart State Board of Tax Commissioners State House C. P. Broadstreet Helen Jerome King Hazel Bridges Gerald Bridges Cartersburg Springs Lon Arnold French Lick W. P. Ledbetter Bloomington Wilson Annabal Peru Elmer Stratton Indiana Street A Annabal Jessie P. Williams Heber Ellis DePauw Athletics Ft. Wayne The Civic League Dr. Herrod Terre Haute Jesse Hamrick Earl Hamrick Howard Harris Franklin Township Ethel Boyle Shoals James Long Monon Jimmie Lafayette Journal Walter Evans Buddy” Huffman Mary E. Thomas Aaron I. Doty Arthur R. Hurst Elmer E. Hurst Jefferson Township Perry McCullough J. Riley McCullough Washington Township Robert L. Smith Oscar Stevenson Floyd Township Lillie F. Hays F. R Williams Monroe Township J. R. Williams W. A. Williams Warren Township R. Williams A. G. Williamson Warren Louisa Carver Bend Riley Alice Hendren W. W Hargrave Abba Lueteke’s Bakery Richelieu E. A. Browning Vandalia Mills Harris Milling Saturday Evening Post Frank H. Wheeler Tidas John, Riley Green J. D. Torr Rudy M. C. Kelly Walter Cooper Andrew Black Hl. L. Betzner Kirkguisie Mo Spaunhurst Donner Block John Eitel & Son
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