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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1914

Page

4

Change of venue in Shuey damage suits set for next Thursday

The damage suits of Jesse Shuey and Zella May Shuey against Daniel B Shuey and others have been sent to Clay County Court on a venue change. Trial is scheduled next Thursday in Putnam Circuit Court. Plaintiffs seek the venue change.

Jesse Shuey Daniel B. Shuey Zella May Shuey Daniel B Shuey Clay County Court Putnam Circuit Court James Burkitt Daniel Knightstown

Mothers Day events at Sigma Chi Fraternity Chapter House

Sigma Chi members plan Mothers Day observances at the Locust street chapter house with a musical program for their mothers, a Sunday church service, and a five course dinner. Attending guests include numerous named Indiana residents and several others from neighboring states. An engagement news note about Dr Benjamin Alison Cockrell and Miss Harriet Marmion is included with background on Cockrell’s education and career.

Sigma Chi Fraternity Locust Street College Avenue Tillotson Fraternity W. M. Whitsitt Martinsville Ind Lottie Filer Liberty Florence Binford Greenfield W. C. Niece Hartford City Cockrell the Sun Winchester L. B. Cockrell Middletown Pike University of Louisville Columbia University New York Pineville Good Samaritan Hospital Lexington Clark County

Classified civil service jobs meeting planned in Greencastle

A notice advertising post office and railway mail clerk positions invites ages 18 to 45 to qualify for appointments. Mr H L Cari will hold a one day meeting at the Commercial Hotel in Greencastle on Tuesday May 12 from noon to 9 pm, minors must be accompanied by a parent.

H. L. Cari Commercial Hotel Greencastle

DePauw Band Concert Saturday Program Outline

The DePauw University band will perform at 7 15 Saturday evening with no special selections by a brass quartet comprising Paul Smith, Don Julian, Elmer Sellers, and Herbert Lendes.

DePauw University Paul Smith Don Julian Elmer Sellers Herbert Lendes

Mothers to Be Guests of Sig's Musicale Saturday

University fraternity boys host a musicales at their chapter house Saturday evening in honor of their mothers. They will attend church services in a body.

University Fraternity

N rays used to detect pearl inside mollusc shell

In Comptes Rendus Dubois reports radiographs showing a pearl inside a pearl bearing mollusc shell. He notes Lumiere’s 1906 radiograph of a shell with no pearl exhibited at Marseilles Colonial Exhibition.

Comptes Rendus Biological Society of Paris KR. Dubois Auguste Lumiere Marseilles

Alabama Emerges as Major Pig Iron Producer in Rail Rails

Alabama now matches Pennsylvania’s 1887 pig iron output. In 1887 the South produced just over 800 thousand tons. last year it produced 3.6 million tons. The region holds about half of the nation’s iron ore and has grown a strong steel industry in the past decade, reputed to make superior rails cheaper than the North.

Alabama Pennsylvania South United States North Lawrence Perry Elliott Barclay

Good Drainage and Health in Croydon

Introduction of improved drainage reduced the death rate from 24 to 19 per thousand. Typhoid cases fell from 15 per 10 000 to five, illustrating how drainage and clean water improve public health in the town.

Croydon

Danish Gardener Sells Edelweiss to Swiss Hotels

A Danish gardener has cultivated edelweiss and exports large quantities to Swiss hotels where the Alpine flowers are sold to tourists.

Swiss Alps

Hungry St Giles Mission Aids Prisoners And Women

The Hungry St Giles Christian Mission in London annually provides about 20 000 free breakfasts to discharged prisoners finds work for 6 000 secures homes for 500 shelterless or destitute women and cares for 600 juvenile offenders.

St. Giles’ Christian Mission London

Ambiguity in Calculating Work Time Across Years

The note outlines inconsistent figures for yearly days worked and days lost over a decade, listing ranges such as between £1 and 30 men and varied day counts. It presents conflicting intervals like five and one half days per year and later 1] days annually, plus 20 days in another 60 year span, without clear context or definitions.

Lane Funeral Postponed for Mrs H C Lane

The funeral of Mrs H C Lane a former city resident who died in Jacksonville Tex will be held Saturday morning at 10 30 at the Christian church The service was postponed from this afternoon due to washouts delaying the funeral party The body arrives on the 9 57 Vandalia train and will be taken to Frank Lane’s Martinsville street home Rev A M Hootman will lead the services Interment will be at Forest Hill cemetery

H. C. Lane Jacksonville Tex The Christian Church Frank Lane Martins

Suffrage Song Tells Star-Crossed Tale Of Miss Taylor

A suffrage anthem, written by Miss Minetta T. Taylor of Greencastle who died before news of the prize, was sung by Mrs Ida Gray Scott at the Woman's Franchise League state convention. Mrs A W Tracy, Bloomington Journal editor’s wife, wrote the music and plans publication. The poem vanished after Taylor’s death and was found years later by Dr. Taylor of Crawfordsville. The National Suffrage Association had offered the prize for an anthem to be known as the National Suffrage Anthem.

Woman’s Franchise League Ida Gray Scott A. W. Tracy Bloomington Journal Washington Minetta T. Taylor Greencastle National Suffrage Association Miss Taylor Tracy Dr. Taylor Crawfordsville Indianapolis News

Perry on Lake Erie.

Donald Wass recounts the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie led by Commodore Perry. Dobbins and Brown built the fleet at Erie. Perry’s decisive victory restored U S control of the lake, influenced northwest boundaries, and secured western defense during the War of 1812. The piece also notes local primary results nominating Richard M. Coleman for county clerk.

Perry Lake Erie Donald Wass Opera House England Detroit Fort Dearborn River Raisen Daniel Dobbins Commodore Perry Salena Dobbins Washington Madison Union Noah Brown General Proctor William H. Harrison Sandusky Commodore Bareley Malden Erie War Department Great Lakes Sacketts Harbor Army of the North U. S Sackett’s Harbor Canada Ohio Mississippi River Buffalo Duncan’s Hotel Pittsburg Put- In Bay Masris Richard M. Coleman Geutty

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