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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
2
The Greencastle Herald published every afternoon except Sunday states subscription terms. Carried by mail at 10 cents a week or 2 cents per copy, with mail subscriptions at $3.00 a year. Editor is Charles Cay Arnold. Published by Herald-Demo Publishing Company at 17 and 19 Jackson Street, Greencastle Indiana.
The management announced no athletic letters would be awarded this year and the D men will be chosen at a board meeting next week. At least twelve letters will go to baseball players, while track D's will be fewer, aiming to raise the value of the DePauw letter. D's will be awarded by the summer term.
Indiana data show over 60 percent of store fires occur 6 PM to 6 AM with peak between 8 PM and 1 AM. Gasoline storage, chimney sparks, defective flues, and matches are major causes, prompting calls for hazard reduction to save property and prevent losses. Hourly breakdown begins at midnight with counts from 12 to 1 AM through 4 to 5 AM.
The fire marshal’s office released eight months of data totaling 685 incidents or inspections, outlining activity levels, response times, and resource use. The figures highlight workload trends and may guide staffing and safety program adjustments for the remainder of the year.
The piece notes government forest nurseries produce about 25 million young trees yearly. Cornell dedicates 12 forestry buildings at the state college of agriculture. Best fire viewing times are just after daylight and before sunset. Forest Service cooperation urged with Coos Bay and Wellington port authorities to plant dunes. Jack pine planted a decade ago in Nebraska now forms sizable fence posts. first seed harvested last year. Pullman agricultural experiment station plans an arboretum to grow key temperate timber species.
The annual report for the cemetery at Forest Hill, by Superintendent James Daggy, covers interments for the year ending May 31, 1914. It lists counts by age groups from under 1 year to over 80, with figures: 4 under 1, 52 between 1 and 5, 10 between 5 and 10, 16 between 10 and 20, 10 between 20 and 40, 7 between 50 and 60, 16 between 60 and 70, 15 between 70 and 80, and 5 between 80 and 90.
The report notes ages 90 to 99 and lists deaths by city and state counts: 33 in total died in city, 13 in Putnam County, 21 in Indiana, 1 in Missouri, 1 in Washington, 2 in Illinois, 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Texas. Since the first interment in September 1865, 3098 interments or reinterments have occurred at Forest Hills Cemetery, up to May 31 1914, under Superintendent James Daggy.
The Huntington case involved Francis L Stultz owner of the Home Hotel Building and Pred Bippus. The court ruled the city could block moving a wooden structure within fire limits and upheld the fire marshal and officials. The decision advances fire prevention and reduces building hazards in Indiana cities.
Ve te he dee ee Mi Preda Hanneman of Green esotie and Davis Umberto of Green Castle obtained marriage licenses. records show the couples pursuing nuptials in the local registry.
A dialogue in which a worker laments being fired for minor tardies and a manager Gibbons is blamed. The young man and the girl with big eyes defend devotion to the firm and criticize Alice White for cold heartedness, while praising sympathy and social polish in the face of a layoff. The piece ends noting it as a Chicago Daily News item.
A New York runtell recounts thirty years of mail box finds of odd use by thieves and the curious cargo they stash. From empty pocketbooks to carved sets with monograms and even a $10,000 check, the tale highlights the mailbox as a favored drop for undeliverable loot.
A refined thief enters a house through a veranda window, warms himself by a fire, and quietly inventories a desk before pocketing seventeen dollars. He handles a cello with expert curiosity, contemplates its value, and plays a soft, haunting tune that moves a young woman in the room. He pauses, warns her with a calm act, and then departs after leaving the money on the table and urging her to study art.
Mrs. Homer Sexton of Bloomington Indiana reports long standing digestive issues relieved after using Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy. She says the first dose helped and she believes it cured her, praising the medicine and recommending it to friends. The ad touts quick, safe relief for stomach liver and bowels and warns of many imitators. It directs readers to A I Drug Co or George H Mayr, Chicago for more information and free look at stomach ailments.
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