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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
1
Bloomington hosts the opening state tournament game this week as the home team faces Martinsville in a fast paced high school basketball clash. The outcome sets early momentum for both squads in a regional bracket.
Greencastle High faces Martinsville in the state tournament at Bloomington. Martinsville is described as one of the fastest teams, having recently beaten Greencastle. Franklin High is favored to win the event, with experts predicting a Franklin title.
John E. Sharp transfers to Clarence L. Etcheson a lot in Bainbridge for 15300 dollars. Margaret Mahoney and others sell 2 acres in Warren township to John H. Bowen for 250 dollars. Louis McGaughey sells land in Franklin township to Webb P D Evans for 16200 dollars. Webb D Evans sells land in Madison township to John C. Broom for 13000 dollars. Leslie Frank sells 5 acres in Clinton township to George E. Prank for 1600 dollars. Kenny C. Fred and wife sell 85 acres in Clover dale township to Everett K. Platt for 5500 dollars. John F. Robinson sells 188 acres in Franklin township to Fred J. Hoft mister for 20000 dollars.
Friday evening at the new high school Greencastle Musical presents an evening of costume folk songs and dances by public school students under Mrs George Christie. It is the eighth musicale of the season with no admission charged and the public is urged to attend.
County commissioners witnessed demonstrations by Master, Federal and Garford trucks loaded with crushed stone on Deer Creek hill south of town. One will be selected for purchase with two more trucks to be bought for road repair work. decision announced Wednesday.
Dr Ernest Little delivers the second Mendenhall lecture on Satan and sin as a social act not a divine crime while contrasting old world religious rules with modern conduct. Dr Tittle also spoke on Hate recalling wartime attitudes and a French officer’s view of sustaining ideals over hatred. Bobby Gipson was elected captain of the 1920 21 basketball team at a DePauw banquet with four underclassmen earning letters and the baseball squad preparing for spring practice.
A splinter from a cypress door panel struck Lincoln Snider’s hand while he sanded at the Carswell residence on East Anderson street. The piece, about a quarter inch wide and two inches long, entered just above the thumb and was dressed by Dr. McGaughey.
Ed Dodson wins another term as head of city schools and receives a substantial salary increase for the new school year. His proven success in local education is noted in the report.
The city and township school board may reelect E. C. Dodson as superintendent for another year and grant a substantial salary increase.Dodson is endorsed by Greencastle and Greencastle township patrons for his administration. He led the campaign for the new high school building and organized the teachers staff in city schools.
Fort Wayne Indiana University extension center reports 265 students for the fall semester with about 100 more from surrounding towns Huntington Winamac Columbia City and Rochester. Courses include Sociology Social Pathology Business English Oral English Public Speaking Modern Novel French Spanish Advertising Algebra Trigonometry Political Science Business Law and Essentials of Pleading.
Geological Survey data show twenty states and Alaska produced gold in 1910. Small outputs came from New England South and Mississippi Valley with Maine Missouri and South Carolina each five ounces. Vermont ten ounces Georgia and North Carolina forty eight ounces Texas fifty three ounces Wyoming fifteen. California led with 840758 ounces Colorado 470900 Alaska 497131 South Dakota 254820.
The Fox production Evangeline with Miriam Cooper in the title role will screen Thursday March 11 at the High School auditorium. The adaptation to film closely follows Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s dramatic poem and is praised by the National Board of Review for strengthening the story with cinematic beauty.
Kavali Madras Presidency January 10. American Baptist missionaries work under the British Indian Government to educate Erukalas a tribe described as criminal. Two thirds of the school enrollment are Erukala children taught work habits while boys and girls study with others. A recent war pageant impressed officials with Scout training boosting discipline as the Kavali school Head Master trained twenty boys in Scouting. The troop is the only one in the Madras Presidency with members from the criminal tribes.
Miss Helen Branham has journeyed to Chicago to pursue study at a conservatory of music. This move signals her commitment to professional musical training and advancing performance skills.
Men in charge of erection of revival edifice hope to have the structure ready for dedication Friday night. Work has been greatly delayed but renewed energy is now directed to completing the roof.
Delayed by cold and helper shortages, the Daisy Barr Tabernacle committee at Poplar and Vine streets began work and aims to be ready for dedication Friday night or, if not, for Sunday opening. They expect to roof the building today and finish interior tasks including seats, platform, doors, and heating stoves. More volunteers are urged to assist.
hog prices were strong at the opening withsales from 14.75 to 16.00 dollars. General sales 15.59 to 15.85 dollars. Pigs at 15.00. Lima purchasers bought 3 500 hogs at the start, outsiders 2 700. Cattle were steady and strong, calves strong to up, sheep and lambs steady.
Seven persons are reported burned to death when a fire destroyed the Ohio Epileptic Hospital in Gallipolis on March 9. Local officials and hospital staff investigate the blaze.
The Indiana Home Special train touring Indiana to promote farm water systems will stop in Greencastle from 9 to 11 30 am on April 14. Purdue extension staff will lecture and demonstrate in three fully equipped coaches showing home water systems and sewage disposal. The event is educational with no selling, as the train moves on to Hadley after Fortville.
An official report says since the war began the United States and Japan dominate India’s export trade. The US leads in iron and steel and machinery while Japan controls electrical accessories copper paper glassware textiles and beer. British exporters lag due to war constraints.
California’s oldest locomotive the CP Huntington No. 1 has been placed in a plaza near the Southern Pacific station as a monument to West’s pioneer railwaymen. Built in the East it was shipped around Cape Horn in 1868 and became California’s first locomotive in service. It was brought to Sacramento by the Central Pacific Company of which CP Huntington was president and operated between Sacramento and Folsom for years.
In New York the dispute over the dog's color led to a sudden resolution of a suit for 810255 damages by Mrs Ber ie Wheeler against Mrs Margaret I Miller. Three witnesses gave conflicting color identifications as the dog was observed, prompting the defense to seek a new suit to determine the true color.
A young man pleads guilty to robbing the homes of Neely O Hair and Mrs James Tucker and is sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison. The judge also names his accomplice.
C Herbert McGrannahan pleaded guilty to robbing the homes of Neely O’Hair and Mrs Tucker on February 5. He was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in Jeffersonville State Reformatory. He admitted involvement and implicated Eugene Waymire, who he says acted as the primary robber outside while McGrannahan watched. Property was later found in his possession, with leads to more stolen items. O’Hair relatives and others pursued the loot in Terre Haute and Brazil as Brazil officers were told to detain Waymire.
Greencastle students listed join basketball team for the State Tournament in Bloomington with tickets on sale at $1.50 season and 35 cents per game. A film showing and possible school dismissal for the tournament are noted with attendance options for students and townspeople.
Mrs. Charles Houghland arrives home from Auburn where she visited Miss Hazel Vermillion who is teaching there. Frank Torr, of southeast of the city, recovers rapidly after an operation at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis.
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