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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1919
Page
1
Four men heavily supplied with whisky trigger a police raid on a Sunday morning party. Two men are fined 80 dollars each after a smashing auto incident becomes the feature of the scene. The report notes substantial excitement and legal action taken at the scene.
Harry Larue and three companions faced a Sunday morning driving incident on Fox Ridge road. Larue and Coffey were heavily intoxicated and jailed until evening, with fines set for liquor and intoxication charges.
At a special county commission session, A. J. Duff secured the coal contract for city and county farm needs. Duff.bid: 4.40 per ton for delivery, 3.60 for six inch coal, 3.50 for egg coal. Other bidders included J. W. Herod Glen Hamrick and Ford Lucas. Will Irwin won the court house woodwork painting bid while Frank Cutler and L. D. Snider were other bidders.
Putnam County farmers and grain dealers attend a grain standardization meeting in Terre Haute to hear dealers grade wheat and discuss grade rules and procedures.
Government officials lead a Terre Haute grain standardization meeting where lectures and grading demonstrations stressed that all wheat must be bought and sold by grade this year. County Agent Fouts plans more farmer meetings to explain grading and licensing requirements for dealers while warning rye must be removed to avoid lowering wheat grade. Raymond Welsh and Lloyd Skinner spent Sunday in Indianapolis.
The article follows Hays meeting Senators Watson McNary Borah Lodge and others as he navigates factions over the League of Nations. He avoids newspaper questions, hints at amendments, and faces internal party pressure while avoiding a partisan stance. Local notices list Putnam County corporate assessments for several firms including American Zinc, Owl Drug, and Cloverdale Hardware.
An imported Belgian stallion named Frelon belonging to Scott Browning, valued at $3,000, was burned along with hay, grain, and equipment in a Sunday night fire east of town. No injuries reported. The incident damaged several ancillary farm goods and livestock.
A Sunday evening blaze at the Scott Browning farm three miles southeast of town on Mt Meridian road destroyed a barn housing Frelon the imported Belgian stallion and 500 bushels of corn 25 tons of hay 10 sets of harness and other farm equipment. Insurance covers part of the loss but total damages exceed the payout with only 125 dollars expected for the stallion. The cause is unknown and the stallion was among the county’s best animals.
Six Indianapolis physicians three dentists and three doctors from other towns were indicted by the Marion county grand jury for operating blind tigers linked to alleged illegal Haag drug store liquor sales. Named locals include Charles Burris Harrison Hull Alonzo Neely Edgar Outland C Roland Perdue Calvin R Atkins Pearl O Dickey Otto E Oostly Charl A Weir W M Byers W M Queen and L L o ie with towns Mohawk Quincy Brazil.
A fire damaged the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Chorley Herring on Eag Hanna street causing about a hundred dollars of damage. Flames spread through shingles and rafters before firefighters stopped it. some goods on the second story were ruined by water and smoke. The Red Cross plans a shipment of garments tomorrow and asks unfinished items be completed or picked up, with property return notices and sale of Red Cross shelving.
Hog prices remained steady at 21.65 to 21.75 as 4,500 head were bought by Indianapolis packers and 1,300 by outside buyers. Cattle moved slowly and at weak prices while calves and sheep stayed steady in the local market.
Mayor Rupert Bartley announces Greencastle ordinance banning shooting fireworks before July 4 will be enforced. Boys persisting in using firecrackers before that date face prosecution.
The survey of the Bence farm, recently bought by Putnam Realty, begins under an Indianapolis expert. The plan calls for winding roads and varied lot sizes rather than a square grid. Months of work lie ahead, while local men start erecting homes within weeks. Marshall Beck of Indiana Portland Cement and A G Brown of First National Bank expect to begin building soon.
Washington reports Will Hays chairman of the Republican National Committee faces a pivotal choice on a Indiana governorship and on the League of Nations. Observers say he may run on both tickets or refrain and seek other fate. His days are tense as he weighs loyalty to party and stance on international affairs.
President sails from Brest on voyage home aboard the steamship George Washington. The vessel is escorted by warcraft as it makes its ocean bound approach toward the U.S. shore.
President Wilson sails for the United States aboard the U S S George Washington from Brest after signing the German treaty. The scene is muted with little cheering as Socialist processions pass the pier while the presidential party departs at 2 20 p m aboard the ship.
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau will present the peace treaty to the chamber of deputies this afternoon and deliver a concise but important statement on home and foreign policies. The Franco American convention was signed Saturday, with articles allowing France to seek American and British help if Germany violates the treaty.
A series of property transfers shows multiple buyers from Greencastle area. George Landes sells to Isaac Wim mer for 5500 dollars while Tanny Ledbetter sells to Landes for 5500. Mary Evans sells to Reverdy Gillespie for 3000. Warren Kerr transfers land to American Zinc Products Company for one dollar. Mary L Allison and others transfer land to Green castle Orphans Home for one dollar. Allison sells two Greencastle lots to Orphans Home for 2000. Hammond and Robe transfer a Greencastle lot to Orphans Home for one dollar. Charles P Scott transfers a Cloverdale lot to Hughie Grimes for an unspecified amount.
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