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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
4
Personal movements include Ed Gilbert Knetzer in Indianapolis and Dr T A Sigler in Bloomington on business. Several families attend weddings in Chicago and return to Indiana as DePauw and Interlaken school ties feature in staffing and events.
REELSVILLE residents and visitors attend services and family gatherings around the June 5 church commencement. Dr and Mrs E T Zaring from Terre Haute visit relatives. Aker family joins Grandmother Aker. Mrs Ida Poore of Harmony and Levi Carpenter host. Lou Beneziel visits Iva Harper. M E church to hold Sunday services June 7 with Mr and Mrs Walter King of Indianapolis among guests.
Miss Lucile McCullough daughter of Mr and Mrs Van McCullough of near Reelsville and Olace G Matkin of Spencer were wed at 11 this morning in the home of Rev A M Hootman pastor of the Christian Church. The ceremony was witnessed by the couple’s parents and the groom’s father. The bride a graduate of State Normal Terre Haute and Central Normal Danville has been teaching near Reelsville. The groom is a prominent farmer near Spencer and they will reside on a Spencer area farm.
Mrs Cora Firestone and son visited relatives in Benton county and spent the weekend here. A list of locals attended Indianapolis auto races Saturday. Elsie Bettis visiting sister Mrs Frank Nelson in Indianapolis. Families visited Mrs Emma Burk and others, with several gatherings in Waveland and Union Chapel Epworth League meeting announced for Sunday at 7 30. Mary Ratcliff of Indianapolis visiting Sena rs Lloyd ill but improving rapidly.
James Davis and daughters of Belle Union spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baird. Mrs. Pearl Sturman and her young daughter returned home after a week with relatives. Anna Greenlee and Ona visited Emma Mann. Gene Wood and nephew Charles Wood of Danville visited Frank Wood and wife. Ruth Crews stays with grandparents Fewel Crews and wife. Sarah Harlan and grandson visited Fillmore. Emma Mann and daughter with Pearl Sturman spent Friday night with Mose Burgess in Ame. Thomas Kaglan spent days with his children near billinore.
Fincastle Mrs. Sarah Gardner and granddaughter Elizabeth Eggers visit H M Brothers in Roachdale area. Several locals, including Ethel Watson and Gertrude Terry, announce visits and weekend outings. Travel plans noted for H M Brothers to Lopez Island and stops in Chehalis Portland and other towns.
The office lists uncalled for letters for Grisby Mrs Ann Moore Allin Broval Rogers Mrs Lida. In requesting call please say advertised. W B Vestal Postmaster.
Police seek Perry Linam of Indianapolis in connection with the death of his wife on May 25. The sheriff suspects foul play and requests information from the public.
Sheriff Bees suspects Perry Lynam, 29, sought for the Indianapolis murder of his wife on May 25, fled after a farmer surprised him on a Greencastle area farm. Officers traced a man seen on the road toward Greencastle then to the Farrow home area before losing the trail.
Jackson Boyd argues against a proposed Greencastle high school and sewer project, calling the total twenty year cost about $220,000 and warning it will burden taxpayers especially the poor. He urges residents to protest to the school board, claiming over ninety percent oppose the plan and that a sewer must precede any school building.
John S. Dowling and others transfer a lot in Greencastle to Citizens Trust Co. Floyd O West transfers to Thomas Lerner a lot in Roachdale. Elizabeth Brothers and others sell land in Franklin township to Harmon M Brothers. Daniel L. Way transfers a lot in Cloverdale to Uriah YV O'Daniel. Amount 3500.
The Otto Tribe No. 140 of Red Men will hold memorial services at Locust Street M E church Sunday at 3 15 pm in memory of departed members. Rev B D Beck will conduct. Flowers to the Red Men hall by 10 am. A graveside decoration committee includes John Goddard Fred Keising Charles Goodman Ed Huffman William Shamel Charles Stegmiller and Bryce Morgan. Public invited.
Willis Tug Wilson twenty two of Mishawaka was struck by a speeding automobile in Mishawaka while alighting from a street car. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and a severe concussion of the brain and is in Mishawaka hospital with poor prospects for recovery. Wilson a DePauw graduate and member of the Pi Kappa Delta fraternity played shortstop on the college baseball team and was a notable tennis player. Two men fled the scene but were later found by police.
Washington readers learn pruning tips for climbing roses from the U S Department of Agriculture. After bloom in June, cut back shoots to promote new wood for next year on both low and high trellises, with about four feet of old stalks removed to sustain dense foliage and abundant blossoms.
An auto collision at the intersection of Illinois and Washington streets left Henry Softon of Roachdale Indiana charged with fault and battery after John Henderson of 418 East North Street was struck and hospitalized. Henderson was knocked down when the car veered and he remained unconscious briefly. Crail was held on a $1000 bond after an incident involving Roy Adair of 919 South Meridian Street who fell from a moving street car at West and Washington streets. Adair was not seriously injured and went home by municipal ambulance.
The Progressives of Pullar county will hold their county convention here Saturday. It is announced that a county ticket will be nominated and many townships already have announced their township ticket.
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