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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
Judge Hughes of the Juvenile court was to hear a bid to make the children wards so they could be sent to the Soldier Home for Children at Knightsville. W H H Cullen was named as attorney for the women against the Board of Children's Guardians. The woman left town with the children before the decision, claiming her daughter had gone to Carbon.
Benjamin E. Wallace former Hagenbeck Wallace shows owner will retire from show business and live as a practical farmer in Peru. A notice to J. M. Johnson says Wallace plans to return July 3 to manage Wallace farms in Miami County.
Lightning yesterday burned the barn of Charles Joachim west of Princeton Indiana, the third loss on the same site in recent years. Locals suspect ground conditions attract lightning. a man roofing there years ago was knocked off a barn twice in thirty minutes.
Temple Lodge No 47 F A M calls a meeting Friday at 7 30 p m for the Fraternal degree. James L Randel W M and BE E Cel4well secretary oversee the notice.
A Kentucky editor calls brides wondrously fascinating and attractive noting a sweet disposition and brilliant mind. He likens a wife to a paradise of enchantment and a heaven toned marriage with devotion and endearments.
John G. McCoy, aged 77, died about 11 a.m. at his south Indiana Street home after several weeks of illness. Born March 13, 1836 in Jefferson County Ohio, he served as first lieutenant then captain in the 61st Illinois Regiment, taught in Mt. Erie, Illinois, married Letitia Locke, practiced medicine in Effingham before moving to Greencastle in 1894. In Greencastle he worked in real estate and insurance and was active in the Methodist church. He leaves eight children across Indiana, Illinois, New Mexico, California, and Oklahoma.
Greencastle residents and visitors are noted with many moves and events. William Sillery, Mrs Badger Williamson, and others visited Indianapolis while Miss Isabelle Hughes headed to San Francisco. Local engagements include weddings, music conventions in Marion, and preparations for Children’s Day at College Avenue church.
A collection of humorous snippets from exchanges with quips about steam as hot water, gadgets, cooking by electricity, long banners, and a Missouri wife’s telegram about a baby born eight feet long. The piece includes playful dialogue and local philosophic musings.
An advertisement promotes sale of 1913 modern motorcycles and motor boats with new machines and easy monthly plans. Also notes bargains in used motorcycles and urges writing to Lock Box 11 Trenton Michigan. A notice states barber shop shaving prices in Greencastle will rise to 15 cents after June 20.
Sunday evening at 7 30 the Children s Day program at the Christian church features organ voluntary by Mr Sherfey songs scripture reading prayers and a sequence of readings solos duets and choral items by listed children including Mable Riggs Minnie Bartley Caroline Forcum Gerald Couchman and others with titles This is the Way The Rainy Day Brigade and The Daisies and a Girls Chorus finalizing the program.
Washington June 26 parcel post stamps will be valid on all mail classes on and after July 1. Ordinary stamps including commemoratives will cover parcel post packages by order of Postmaster General Burleson. Also notes on local visits and lawsuits follow: families traveling, graduates, and a bicycle damage suit.
An 1875 Greencastle Indiana ordinance bans fireworks and sale to minors. Offenders face up to ten dollars for firing and fifty dollars for selling to a minor. The article notes strict enforcement and cites related historical Fourth of July customs and a church program in the same issue.
The little son of Mr and Mrs Everett Masten near Greencastle on the Mt Meridian road died this morning of pneumonia after being ill for several weeks. Burial will be at Stilesville cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
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