Local notes chronicle visits births illnesses and gatherings
Miss Kathlee Massey visits Miss Helen Vinzant in Lena. C C Gillen returns from Wisconsin fishing trip. Eva Lucille Hedge born to Mr and Mrs James Hedge of Reelsville. Mrs Elijah Grantham seriously ill with cancer. Revival at Reelsville Methodist Church. Teachers hold July exam at high school. Dr H A Gobin to preach in Indianapolis. Ruth and Jane Lawton visit from Indianapolis. Families host dinners honoring Neal Albin and Mrs Frank Albin. Several residents travel or host relatives. Two airplanes pass over Greencastle en route west and north.
Walker Team Dominates With Loud Rally at McKeen Field
A noisy crowd cheered as strong for Walker and Coach Iker led an afternoon display. The event featured a string of blocks and chants around the square before a baseball game at McKeen Field, with surrounding attendees from Crawfords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iker
Crawfords
McKeen Field
Blast wrecks office of Los Angeles Gas Co
An explosion at the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company office on Aliso street near the riverbed blew the roof off the building and injured a number of employees. All downtown fire apparatus were called out.
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Blast Wrecks Office OF
LOS Angeles Gas CO
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company
Aliso Street
The Bazar Night Weaving a Gypsy and a Geisha
A charity bazar tale centers on a girl who reluctantly plays a gypsy and later a geisha to aid a cause. Rivalries with Tess Perkins trigger jealousy as Ted, the love interest, flirts with Perkins. The narrator’s discomfort peaks during the Japanese booth tea service and ends with an engagement to Ted despite the chaotic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Perkins
India
Tess Summers
Ted
Tess
Charley Walker
Great Ship See Andree Launches Lake Route Trips
Lake Erie highlights the Great Ship See Andree and sister City of Buffalo as the latest luxury steamers on inland waters. The pair sail nightly between Cleveland and Buffalo with 9:00 pm departures and 7:30 am arrivals, plus popular Saturday daytime trips. Calendar shows City of Buffalo from Cleveland to Buffalo and See Andree from Buffalo to Cleveland each Saturday summer season.
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Lake Erie
Andree
City of Buffalo
Cleveland
Buffalo
C. & B. Ling
New Pier
E. 9Th St
South Michigan Ave
Bridge
Hurst Family to Celebrate Putnam County Centennial Reunion
The HTMRST Family Classifieds note the Hurst family reunion on Wednesday August 3 1921 in Putnam County Indiana to mark the 1821 settlement centennial. Elmer Blue farm south of Mt Meridian hosts a music and speech program as Forest G McNary president Maud McNary secretary urge all members to attend.
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Htmrst
Centennay
Re.union
Hurst
Putnam County
Elmer Blue
Mt Meridian
Indiana Forest
G. McNary
Maud McNary
Filmore Community Chautauqua Dates Set
Public notice urges attendance at the Filmore Community Chautauqua in Fillmore on August 4 5 and 6 with programs and speakers to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filmore
Chautauqua, Fillmore
Notice to subscribers on arrears
Subscribers urged to clear outstanding subscription balances by visiting the office or sending a check or money order by mail. Prompt payment requested and appreciated by The Herald.
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the Herald
Triumph Pills advertised by National Medical Institute
An ad urges women to use Triumph Pills for irregular or suppressed conditions. It claims safety and dependability in proper cases and notes the product is not sold in drug stores. Instructions request writing for Relief and particulars, free, with the address given as Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wis
Fillmore Chautauqua Sets Aug 4 5 6 Program
The Fillmore community Chautauqua promises a most interesting program with events scheduled for August 4, 5 and 6 featuring speakers and entertainments to engage residents and visitors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore
Chautauqua
For Sale and Auction Notices from Greencastle Indiana
Listings advertise seven shoats at 35 pounds each on 513 N Indiana Street and tomatoes at 5 cents a pound with $2.00 per bushel at Eitel's Green House on Vine Street. Fillmore invites attendance at the Fillmore Community Chau tauqua next week. Fire place wood offered at $4 a card with orders by phone. O J Rector auctioneer in Greencastle invites sellers to set sale dates, contact 703 Washington Street, phone 673.
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Indiana Street
Eitel
Green House
Vine Street
O. J. Rector
Washington Street
Greencastle
Ind
Chautauqua Days Planned at Fillmore Next Week
Notice encourages attendance at Chautauqua days in Fillmore for Thursday through Saturday. A registration hint appears, offering to provide the necessary laws for automobile registration from Haze M Lear, Notary Public, Herald Office.
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Fillmore
Haze M
Lear
Notary Public
Herald Office
Army Woman a Leper Case Shifts to Louisiana Facility
Mrs Lutz Wahl wife of Colonel Wahl aged forty seven discovered to have leprosy while in the Philippines. An Army Medical Corps physician at Walter Reed found the ailment during an exam and sent her to the federal leprosarium in Louisiana. Her case is described as comparatively mild with unknown incubation period. Colonel Wahl formerly held brigadier general rank during the war.
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Washington
Lutz Wahl
Wahl
Fine Burial Dress Highlighted in Dana Codicil
In a probate filing, Mrs. Jennie S. Dana’s codicil requests a fine white burial dress instead of a shroud and burial with her wedding ring. It notes a $3200 mortgage payoff and lists numerous art bequests to relatives including paintings by her first husband William Winter. The document allocates works to Virginia Dana and George Dana of Kirkwood and names Flora G. Taylor and a Cairo institution for medals.
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William Winter
Virginia Dana
George Dana
the Bull
Mrs. Dana
Kirkwood
Cholera Spreads Across European Russia In 6000 Reported
Public health recorder notes Asiatic cholera sweeping European Russia with 6000 cases by June 2. Urban centers like Petrograd and Moscow most affected as heat and famine refugees aid spread. Kosta reports Crimea castles and noble estates to be converted into hospitals.
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Stockholm
Russia
Public Health Recorder
Petrograd
Moscow
Kosta
Crimea
Paris Residents in Alleged Death Pact Case
Mme De Guise-Hite and her son George Harbaugh of Paris are in serious condition after an alleged death by own action pact attributed to financial troubles. Doctors strive to revive them as fears of death persist. De Guise-Hite, former wife of an Englishman, had remarried a Cleveland millionaire after divorce.
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Paris
de Guise-Hite
George Harbaugh
Mme
Cleveland
The Burglar's Joke
A garbled dialogue shows a thief planning to steal a detective's knife, musing that next time he will defend himself and leave the weapon as a clew for clues, with bantering exchange about the knife's purpose.
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Bureglar
Wien
Train Stopping Rescue Saves Man From Bog
A Great Northern train halted on a morning trip after passengers and crew spotted Adolph Petmar, 1, sinking in a Holdbridge bog near Minneapolis. Believed overheated, he was pulled from the mud as rescuers returned in the evening to confirm his head above water.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Adolph Petmar
Holdbridge
Great Northern
Petmar
The Weight of the Earth and Its Mass
The article explains that earth weight is a concept tied to pull between bodies and that mass is the real measure. It cites Newtonian theory, historic weighing experiments, and estimates a cubic foot of earth weighs about 350 pounds, noting variation by location via pendulum timing.
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Mitchell
Cavendish
Prof
Boys
Good Roads and Their Importance to the Community
The improvement of market roads boosts city marketing conditions and rural population growth. Suburban housing depends on highway quality, and city motor traffic raises country road maintenance costs. Better country roads support rural business and urban prosperity.
The KATCHED CABIN Prelude of a Grim Scrim
A cryptic verse fragment recalls a harsh scene of mortals chasing wealth. A speaker frames humanity as rebellious workers, contrasting sacred design with toil and misrule in a stark, allegorical mood.
Beets With Spinach and Other Vegetarian Dishes
A collection of beet and spinach preparation ideas plus smothered cabbage rice croquettes and creamed young onions. Recipes include butter salt cayenne lemon for beets and spinach, cabbage cooked with butter flour milk, rice croquettes with peppers and cheese sauce, and onions in drawn butter or white sauce.
Names Couldn't Be Shorter The One Letter Surname Trend
A compilation notes how many words exist in English and cites cases of one letter surnames. It references Marie surname B in Paris, Therese O in Brussels, Mme O in Belgium, and other instances across Europe and China, including a River Y in Amsterdam and a city named Y in Henan.
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Shakespeare
Browning
Milton
Springfield
Mass
Paris
Marie
Rue de Louvain
Brussels
Therese
Mme
Molenbeek
Rue de l'Angle
Henan
France
Sweden
London
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Kathlee
Massey
Helen Vinzant
Lena
P— C C. Gillen
Roachdale
Vess Sears
North Jackson Street Road
Reelsville
Nellie Browning
Hazel Lear
Indianapolis
James Hedge
Eva Lucille
Arthur E. Wilson
N. S. Wood
Elijah Grantham
North Jackson Street
Pearl Shamel
Camden, Indiana
Edgar Shamel
James Shamel
H. A. Gobin
D. D
DePauw University
Central Avenue M. E
Ruth
Jane Lawton
R. A. Lawton
E. R. Hamrick
Frank Albin
Neal Albin
Geneva, Ils
Ernest O’hair
Brick Chapel
Emma O’hair
C_C_ Gillen
Charles J. Arnold
Wisconsin
High Lake
Boulder Junction
A. J. Knoll, Jr
A. J. Knoll
This City
R. E. Knoll
Kightsville
Thomas King
Milliard King
Marion King
Jesse Ford
Eel River Alls
Raymond Welch
Terre Haute
Peter Welch
Jerome King
Robert Hamrick En
Inner
Franklii
Geneva
Albins
Robert, Eugene
Albert Mrick
Grencastle
Greencas
Walker
Philippines
Louisiana
St. Louis
Western Newspaper Union
Opera House
A. Cook
Mgr
Doors Opera
Neal Hart
Mutt and Jeff
Fox News Weekly
Sessue Hayakawa
Lopez
Eddie Polo
VIA
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co
Toledo, Put-in-Bay
Cedar Point
Cleveland, Ohio
Buffalo, N. Y Detroit
St. Clair Flats
Port Haron, Mich
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Toronto, Ontario
H. I. E. Trac. Co
Trac
Indiana
Nelson Feed Co
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