Local News Briefs From Greencastle And Surroundings
Local notes report Dr H A Gobin in Indianapolis and County Agent Fouts in Lafayette on farm business. Communal items list visitors to Greencastle, race attendance, a police quarantine, and corrections about Miss Katherine Allison. Highlights include farm demonstrations by Knox County Farmers' Association and a Methodist centenary pledge total of 289552.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fouts
Lafayette
Greencastle
Switzer
Knox County Farmers’ Association
W. J. Piggott
Students Recital at Music Hall and Canada War Figures
The program lists a DePauw School of Music student recital at Music Hall with performances by Virginia Cook Wind Mills and other names including Kathleen Taylor and Imogene Mullins. The second excerpt discusses Canada’s wartime efforts, noting 440000 fighting men, $1 055 000 000 in orders, and industrial output surpassing most nations, with Canadian grain and munitions cited as crucial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
DePauw School of Music
Baphour
Virginia Cook Wind Mills
Bartlett Little
Erbc
Joanna Durham
Livsey
Barth Kathleen Tay
Melnik Louise Lucas
Imogene Cooper
Niree Graydon Herod
Mitchel Lloyd Thomas
Soaan Vte
Cptmats
Canada
Louis XV of
Floyer
Great Britain
Germany
Canadian
Prairies
Rome
Sicily
Egyp
Alberta
Belgium
United States
Harry C. Douglas
American Review of Reviews
Typewriter Helps Solve Forgeries and Detectives
An expert shows how typewriters reveal forged documents by their distinct marks. A Herkimer lawyer faced charges for altering an affidavit with inserted words on different machines. The case and others illustrate how typewriter analysis can identify the exact machine and even expose tricksters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkimer
N. Y
Bennett
Euvit
Bennett’syor Anil
Horiza
Wil
Brush
Postuinater Geser
Wuelington
Washington
Pacife
Rmger
Miiddle
Post Office
Texas
The Catlike Fox as a Mousing Fox Tale
A fragmentary anecdote describes a fox as a skilled mouser, watching grass, pouncing on field mice, and feeding cubs. It cites witnesses in Scotland and mentions a 180% plague of field voles on lowland sheep farms. An old anecdote about Rev Somerville of Anderston, Glasgow, recalls a preacher who used a footwear exhumation to urge villagers to attend church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Board of Agriculture
Tondon Granbie
Aron
Somerville
Anderston
Glasgow
Ronar
Lurbert
Wilt
Dunipace
Record of European Cold Spells Through the Ages
The excerpt notes severe winters across Europe with seas and rivers frozen. It cites the Black Sea, Danube, Adriatic, Merdaneltes, and Rhine affected by ice, including a long Thames freeze, and mentions drifts up to a hundred feet and widespread winter hardship in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Varios Thie
Black Sea
Danube
Adriatic Sea
Fromen
Italy
Rhine
Beqland
Thames
Martinique Io’s Quiet Aftermath A Century On
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption that destroyed St Pierre and devastated Martinique. The passage describes vanished warehouses and cargo, ruined ships, and a landscape overrun by lava, vines, and wary wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
Pagt
Mount Pelee
St. Pierre
For Rent modern rooms call phore 44
A brief rental notice inviting prospective tenants to inquire about available modern rooms. The text provides a contact method via phone but the number is unclear and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Call ’Phore
County Board of Review Grievance Meeting Schedule
The Board of Review announces hearings on grievances for multiple townships from June 9 to June 21. Sessions include Jackson, Franklin, Russell, Clinton, Monroe, Floyd, Marion, Madison, Washington, Jefferson, Mill Creek, Warren, and Cloverdale townships. Paul I. Priest serves as president and Joe M. Allen as secretary.
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Jackson
Franklin
Russell Ty
Clinton
Monroe
Floyd
Marion
Madison
Washington
Jefferson and
Mill Creek
Warren
Cloverdale
Paul IF. Priest
Joe M. Allen
Sec. Co
Board of Review
For Sale or Trade Sewing Machine Seeks Trade or Heifer Calf
A brand new Singer sewing machine offered for sale or trade for a heifer calf or pigs. The machine cost $65 and the seller notes similar current new prices around $75. Also mentions White Cleaning Company and several individuals traveling to Indianapolis for a day of golf at Riverside course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Cleaning Company
J. Warren Kerr
S. C. Sayers
Fred Hixon
Indianapolis
Riverside
Swindling Ambitious Girls in Early New York Schemes
A long OCR damaged piece outlines fraudulent schemes targeting young women in New York. It describes recruiters offering film contracts, stock in a corporation, and guaranteed attention for aspiring stars, with upfront fees for courses, diplomas, headshots, and film clips. It warns of staged conferences and inflated prices, noting widespread ads and recurring patterns across multiple firms.
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New York
Nice
Henelv
Beckey
Liter
Ely
Trimdom
U's
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H. A. Gobin
Lula Shieldmeyer
Richard Hazelett
Marion, C
S. A. Hazelett
Edward Pitkin
Bloomington
W. C. VanArsdel
Robert Graham
D. BE. Shotts and Daughter
Ohio
Harry Mantle
Chicago
W. P. Sackett
H” HE
BE. R. Carswell
South
Charles McAlinden
Dorothy Hunt
Linden
Ethel Hunt
Ieeee
Dewey Hood
W. J. Hood
Carson
Spot) Light
Mr. Light
The
Indianapolis News
Baptist Missionary Society
Ora O'Hair
Morton Avenue
Ethel
Marie
the Herald
Katherine Allison
Allison
Ella Browder
Annapolis
Maurice
Naval Academy
Newton
Harvard University
William Kreigh
Luke W. Duffy
Hendricks County
Pecksburg
C. T. Oscar Scheet
Monroe County
S. D. Overfelt
Kay Overfelt
John Wilmington
Baby
Terre Haute
Eugene Snyder
Andrew Ash
Cleve Thomas
Louisvill
Over
R. A. Ogg
South Locust Street
Vanguards of the
Putnam Lodge
Roy Hillis
N. G
W. R. Callahan
Mrs. Cassell Tucker
John Cannon
C. T. Zaring
Bridge Club
Crescent Club
Warren Newge
Bastain
Fillmore
Ford Johnson
Donald Munson
O. H. Bowen
Commercial Hotel
Ideal Bank
Baran Central Tatic Rations
Hank Steacos
Wahoo
Ford & Evens
Jackson St
Greencastle Telephone Company
U. S. Wire Service
Via
Highlander
Thire
E. A. Browning
Grocer
Ferndell
Mae Mullins
Snates Jamey Shaver
Hl and Dale
Heins Imogene Mullins
Mee Mullins
Hayda Don Williams
Windsor Paul Sweet Frelic of the Clowns
Windsor Mabel Luella Riggs
Leon D'Ourville
Geneva Brown
Blanche McDaniel
Prince Charming
Devaux
Curlitt
Virgil
Heins
Gertrude Cusick
Kathryn Skinner
Bernice Fry
Polonaise
Oesten-Herner
Lillian
Credie
Virginia Grose
Sear Eckhardt Hauser
Maxine McAnnally
Plagler
Helen Hester
Mabel Hurst
Pew
Cheat Nation
Greencastle Battery Company
North Side Square
H. Askew
Palmer Chiropractor
E. Washington St
Jones
School of Auctioneering
Robert M. McHelfie
Stilesville, Indiana
Gree Castle
Charley Watson
Brick Chapel
MacDonald
Cash
William MacDonald
J. E. Cash
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