Great Revival Meeting Sunday
A revival gathering invites those who wish to give themselves to Christ at an evening meeting scheduled for Sunday.
29 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1920
Page
1
A revival gathering invites those who wish to give themselves to Christ at an evening meeting scheduled for Sunday.
A Union Evangelistic Campaign in Greencastle drew strong turnout with 111 converts and renewed vows. Delegations from Greenwood and Bainbridge joined the event conducted by Daisy Douglas Barr and party at the tabernacle. The Sunday program featured sermons on Kings that Need Killing and Leaving First Love, plus music by Daugherty Hinton Parker and others.
Papers of incorporation for the Gremncastie Masonic Temple Association were filed with the Secretary of the late weak noting an incorporation amount of 2160 090.00. Mrs Mohlon Fisher, long a resident on Fox Ridge, is reported to be in eminent condition this morning.
At a meeting in Indianapolis the State Democratic Committee named Thomas T. Taggart as the Democratic candidate for United States Senator and elected Benjamin Bosse of Evansville as state chairman. Taggart accepted the appointment at the unanimous request of the committee.
Special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce scheduled for Tuesday night. All members urged to attend as C Gillen sends call for presence.
Cr Gillen president calls a Chamber of Commerce meeting for members Tuesday at 7:29 in the club rooms. Attendance urged as the civic body aims to improve Greencaste and every citizen should boost the movement.
In Logansport Indiana a mass meeting is set for Monday March 29 to demand the school board explain its move to oust A F Douglass, longtime superintendent of city schools for 29 years. Organizers push for Douglass to stay. alumni bolster retention efforts amid local resolutions. Douglass is known in Greencastle and has ties to Frank Donner household.
A Delta Upsilon Club dinner in the Florentine room at the Claypool Hotel preceded the annual fraternity state dance in the Riley room. The DePauw chapter received a silver cup from J. M. Bartlett for its high scholarship record, with Paul Isenbarger giving the acknowledgment. Everett Lett and Harold Middleton spoke at the event.
Hanfory P Bishop transfers 89 acres in Floyd township to Alexandria Johnson for 1 dollar. Laura B Mundy sells a Cloverdale lot to Howard G Utterback for 1500 dollars.
Edith Marie Gasaway 20 of Brazil and Nathaniel R. Mesling 22 of Brazil obtain marriage licenses. Mr. and Mrs. William Hill of Brazil visit Mr. and Mrs. H. Werneke. High wind Sunday shattered the glass of an electric sign at H. S. Werneke's jewelry store. College Avenue church women’s missionary society cancels meeting due to revival services.
Democratic state committee induced Taggart to permit the use of his name as a candidate for the 9S senate seat amid party alignment and credentialing steps.
The Indiana Democratic state central committee elected Bosse as state chairman at the Denison hotel Saturday afternoon after A C Alleen resigned. Thomas Taggart, by unanimous request, agreed to withdraw his opposition to the U S Senate nomination and assist the party effort. Benjamin Boss e, mayor of Evansville, was chosen to lead the organization.
Cottage prayer meetings run Tuesday morning from 9 30 to 10 00 at listed homes. Leaders include Rev B E Kirkpatrick Mrs Selby Mrs Henry Ostrom Mr and Mrs Robe Mr and Mrs McWethy and others across East Seminary West Poplar East Washington Morton Taylor Hanna Elm Indiana and South College avenues.
Graham South Jackson street No 18 Mrs Chas Leuteke 914 South Locust street Rev Levi Marshall leader No 19 Mr and Mrs Samuel Simmons 58 Martinsville street Mrs Aarley Anderson leader
Hog prices opened 25 to 50 cents higher with lightweights selling up to 16.75 while most bulk sales ranged 16.00 to 16.40. Cattle were slow but steady with calves and sheep steady. local buyers took about 3 000 hogs and the rest left. Funeral services for Mrs Louella G Hays, 56, widow of Dr Franklin W Hays, will be at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church Indianapolis. Burial at Crown Hill follows. Mrs Hays died in Havana Cuba during a pleasure trip. she leaves a son Thomas Hays of Indianapolis. The Delta Tau orchestra serenaded sorority sisters at a late night social.
Burglars who broke into the Harris Milling Company safe also entered the Quarry offices east of town. They secured about $5 in money but missed an American Legion envelope containing funds. The incident ties to the A. & G. Stone Co. safes as part of the broader break in.
Suspected same band as Harris Milling broke into the A and C Stone Company offices east of town. They entered via a forced window and robbed the quarry safe, leaving about 4 in cash and an envelope with nearly 20 in American Legion funds untouched. The safe appears not damaged. the incident was not reported until after.
Mrs F A Arnold of Nast Ox on Seminary Street appears in a local notice listing residence details and a possible court or community reference. No further context or actions are specified in the fragment.
Jacob E. Craven of Clayton visits Greencastle meeting local Democrats as he weighs entering the Congressional nomination race in the Fifth District. If he runs, the field would become a three person contest alongside Judge Charles Batt and Alfred Merrell of Terre Haute.
Charles Jackson county agent F C Beebe secretary of the chamber of commerce and Charley Pridgetes president of the farmers association travel to Huntington to investigate the northern Indiana building pavilion site plans.
County agents and chamber leaders travel to Huntington Indiana to study sales pavilion designs for Greencastle project. The trip aims to gather ideas for a future pavilion behind the Putnam County Farmers Association.
The high school picnic before the Parr Meeting will likely be in the gym. Superintendent Detvon will seek board approval tonight for gym use. Try-outs for senior play parts occurred this afternoon at four in the high school and auditorium.
Reports from Indiana detail a tornado that swept through northeastern areas causing numerous deaths and extensive property damage in Illinois Michigan and Ohio also battered by the storm. Authorities warned of continuing risks as cleanup and assessments begin across affected communities.
A March twister sweep left thousands homeless in Wayne Indiana and killed several in Townley and West Liberty. Across Indiana Michigan and Ohio the death toll climbed to sixty four with many injured and widespread property damage. Wires failed hampering casualty reports as towns including Union City Portland West Liberty and Chicago area struggled to count the cost.
The Detroit storm toll remains uncertain with fragmentary wires reporting five to four deaths between Long Lake and Benton and one at Hart. Injuries are noted as the system entered the state at Gary Indiana and moved northeast through Kalamazoo and Flint.
Eight people reported dead and about one hundred injured after a cyclone struck Toledo and nearby communities, including Rams Corners and Genoa. The storm caused extensive property damage totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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