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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
4
Children of Maple Heights Church prepare a special Sunday evening service featuring speaker Rev Carnes the student pastor. Locust Street pastor Rev H C Clippinger will afterward lead membership and baptism for ready individuals at Maple Heights.
The final game of the five frame series between Wabash and DePauw was played on McKeen field this afternoon. Wabash won two games at Crawfordsville and DePauw captured two at Crawfordsville with a 7 to 2 win. Two more non counting games were scheduled for June 14 and 15 at Crawfordsville and DePauw to benefit alumni at graduation. Mary Fraley received a 25 prize in physiology and six DePauw debaters shared the Kathleen Gough prize in memory of their late daughter.
Rear Admiral Bassett at Great Lakes issued an order barring enlisted men from visiting Waukegan Illinois until further notice after race clashes between marines sailors and black civilians occurred twice that week. Marine Elmer Huckfeldt of Holstein Nebraska was treated for buckshot. wound said to be slight.
Washington June 5 The Senate approved without a record vote the bill to raise postal workers pay. The House acted earlier and the measure goes to conference. Effective July 1 it would add about 33 million dollars to the payroll the first year. The bill follows a joint congressional committee recommendation after months of study.
Hamal J Wells transfers a lot in Greencastle to Elmer Wells while Like R Landes transfers a lot in Greencastle to Hallie Landes Pitinger.
An editorial fragment argues taxpayers should fund education health and sanitation rather than indulgent governance. It praises thrifty citizens and condemns neglect of public welfare, urging clergy and churches to speak on civic duty and responsible leadership. It ends with a quip about judging newspapers and women.
Fort Wayne mother Mrs. W. E. Epsich reports her twelve year old daughter Faustine improved after a week on Trutona for chronic kidney trouble and poor appetite. She praises the remedy and says she hopes other mothers are helped. Trutona is sold at R. P. Mullins Drug Store in Greencastle.
In a village, Tom Deane survives a wreck that kills Nellie Askhern and reveals Nellie loved him as Phoebe Mayburn waited. Nellie forgives Tom on her deathbed, Phoebe later learns the truth, and Tom marries Phoebe after a year. Their wedding ends with a marble tombstone for Nellie.
Percy recounts how Saint George, son of Lord Albert of Coventry, journeys to sylene Libya where a lake hides a dragon that devours a virgin daily. The princess is chosen, tied to a stake, and swallowed by fear until George arrives and pierces the dragon’s mouth with a lance, killing it instantly.
University of Nevada archaeologists near completion of exploration of a 900 by 400 foot Nevada cavern sealed for 3,000 years. Finds include a skull claimed over 5,000 years old and relics of a prehistoric race believed to predate the Aztecs. Legends trace origins to a Piute chief Winnemucca and Fremont's 1844 expedition.
Experiments led by Prof. Stoklasa of Prague show aluminum and manganese aid plant growth. Leaves hold most of these elements, and Gabriel Bertrand finds manganese addition increases vegetable production. The World’s Advance notes this link between metals and assimilation.
Two recent inventions promise easier writing. A Texas device attaches to any pen or pencil with a weighted base to ease maneuvering. A Chicagoan’s pen and pencil holder slips over the end of the instrument and includes a sleeve for the index finger to reduce fatigue.
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