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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
1
With a car shortage the Indiana Portland Cement Plant has shifted to auto truck transport. An average of 800 barrels or 160 tons of cement are hauled daily by truck, replacing rail shipments. Adam Beck says railroad promises are unreliable and trucks prevent rail congestion at the mill.
Community activity centers on family visits and social calls. Mrs. Goldie Sach and child return to Terre Haute from a weekend visit. Mrs. Artie Sigler visits daughter Bertha Sigler. Mrs. Morris Keyt and Oveta visit Zoe Porter. Miss Sarah Newgent visits aunt Eliza Jowett. Locals enjoy picking cherries and a Turkey Run picnic last Sunday.
The Daily Democrat raises its description price to 15 cents a week and mail price from 3 to 4 dollars. The paper cites higher print paper costs as the sole reason for the increase.
The California and Hawaii Sugar Refinery announced a price cut tomorrow from 25.50 to 25 per hundredweight for refined cane sugar. Restrictions on sugar sales have also been discarded by the refineries.
Ladoga June 21 Word has been received of the death of Andy Brookshire son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Brookshire of Galena Kansas yesterday He was 7% years old oldest of ten children He is survived by four brothers Lee Ladoga Drake Roachdale Vorie Washington DC and Joel Greencastle Funeral and burial will be held in Galena
The Twentieth Century Club changes its meeting to Thursday at 2 30 PM from the previously announced Thursday evening. The gathering will be held at Mrs. R W Shaffer’s home.
Miss Eva Merle Shannon of Russellville and Elva Harvey Norman of Russellville were married at the Christian church parsonage Tuesday afternoon at 2 15 by Rev Levi Marshall. The groom is a prominent farmer of Russell township and the couple will live on a farm near Russellville. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Alvah Carrington of Russellville.
Indianapolis receipts show hogs 30 cents higher at opening with general sales at 16.40 and a top of 16.50. Hogs traded 2,500 to locals and 4,000 to outsiders. Cattle remained active and strong while calves and sheep held steady.
Multiple land and lot transfers recorded including Paul Skelton to Isaac Skelton in Washington township for 700 dollars and Volney Smith to Joseph C. Baker for a Manhattan lot at 250 dollars. Transactions also show Coffman as recipient on Floyd township parcels and Standard Oil acquiring a Bainbridge lot for 250 dollars.
55 cents per 100. H. G. Johnson at 754 E. Seminary Street sells sweet potato plants. Wanted: men women or girl to work in cream station. Call in person Friday morning at the Wadley Station in the J. Sudranski building.
Sandy Myers and wife dined with Guy Sutherlin and family. Floyd Bales and wife attended children’s exercises at Dunkard church in Clinton Falls Sunday evening. Charlie Shannon and family visited Will Obenchain and wife. Elmer Clodfelter and family were in Russellville Saturday. Mrs. Englan drew the prize at Morton Saturday. R C Sutherlin and wife of Russellville had dinner with Earl Sutherlin and wife.
The town notes the basket meeting set for the first Sunday in July. Keith O'Hair travels to North Dakota and visits South Dakota kin. Miss Marie Hutcheson visits Fordl Ferrand. Ross Tustison’s baby is critically ill. Mrs Ben Pruitt shows slight improvement. Mrs Earl O'Hair seeks care in Mayo Clinic Minnesota. A daughter born June 18 to Bascombe and wife O'Hair. J F O'Hair loses a cow to lightning. Betty Wysone visits grandparents J F and Mrs Wysone. Robert Talbott reports a horse death this week.
A jury in Indianapolis federal court returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Louis E Haag and Julius A Haag, proprietors of the Haag Drug Company, on 29 counts including Reed amendment violations and conspiracy. Judge A B Anderson sentenced them to 18 months in a federal pen at Atlanta and fines of 10,600 each. The verdict followed several ballots and short deliberation before lunch. Mrs Arthur Jacques and daughter attended the Alpha Phi Convention with the Shapf family.
Greencastle gas plant faces potential suspension after coal price leaps from $2.25 to $7.25 a ton, unloading costs rising to 15 cents per ton. Manager H. E. Burkhalter warns rates may need adjustment or operation halt to cover expenses. Local social notes include visitors Brevoort Baker and family, Mrs. Broadstreet and daughter in Indianapolis, and others. Power interruptions from a high tension line fault affected lighting Tuesday evening.
Local post office workers will receive annual raises from 150 to 350 dollars starting July 1 after a recent reclassification. Carriers and clerks are listed with current and new salaries. postmaster and assistant postmaster details await word, with expected increases around 200 dollars per year. Information on employees using personal cars is still pending.
Indianapolis June 21 1921 the state highway commission plans a program costing between 25 600 000 and 219 990 100 to pave about 300 miles of roads build many bridges maintain roughly 5 500 miles of state highways and cover department overhead according to L H Wright director of the department
The commissioner's bill proposes a 30 cent per $100 assessed valuation highway levy. For an estimated $6,000,000,555 in total state valuation, the levy would yield about $18,000,000 for the department. Additional federal funds, inheritance tax revenue, and license fees would bring the department's total next year to roughly $26,000,000.
De C. H. Eigenman led a tour of Indiana's Mitchell university farm three miles east of town. The 182 acre site sits on an underground river system with cave outlets where blind fish thrive. The river resurfaces into a scenic cave before joining White River.
Dr William S Saddler told the Milneis Federation of Women's Clubs in Chicago that the day will come when people live one hundred years with life extended by about twenty years in the last century. He urged stronger marriage laws and accurate birth registrations noting a Connecticut governor once proving age by a bull pup sale record.
Rotary Club members at a noon Christian church luncheon heard Dr H A Gobin recount Greencastle life since 1864. He described strong college town ties and urged closer relations between the college and townspeople, noting the era’s dirt but smooth streets.
Washington authorities outline a drive against radicalism under the alien exclusion act. Officials say the department will watch for those spreading revolutionary theories while avoiding actual anarchistic acts. The campaign targets the so called theoretical Red and the party Bolshevik.
Bids for the Cloverdale new school building exceed available funds by about 5 000 with estimated cost near 112 000. Lowest plumbing and heating bid is 59 below the next bidder. The committee delays final action to consult state boards and re advertise if needed.
Mr Charlie Fuqua stays with Mr Underwood. Ade Vanhooke sells cherries at seventy five cents a gallon. Mrs Clara Dodd and Mrs Mavi Boswell visited Mrs Pearl Richardson Friday evening. Ade Vanhook and Pearl Richardson shopped in Greencastle Saturday. Clara Dodd and son Joey visited Mary Lurber and daughters Sunday. Herbert Boswell and family visited Mr and Mrs Isaac Beckelheimer near Morton Sunday.
Liberty residents hosted and visited relatives including Mr and Mrs Henry Keiser with sons and daughters visiting from Indianapolis Terre Haute Linton Staunton and Center Point Also mentions the Sonnefields and Sonnefield daughters visiting Henry Spellbring and Deey Burns with several family gatherings on Sunday and Saturday night
The wool committee, appointed by the Putnam County Farmers Association, will meet Saturday afternoon June 26 at 1 30 o'clock. Location is the office of County Agent Charles Jackson. All members and anyone interested in the wool pool are urged to attend.
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