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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
3
Local residents attend family gatherings visits and baseball games in Terre Haute Indianapolis Cloverdale and Monrovia. Notable movers include A Hays Bay View Assembly president and gas industry leaders J F Bukhalter and J G Martin. Funeral for Charley Preston held in Cloverdale with DePauw clergyman.
Mary J Meyers transfers two lots to Newton Powers in Carpentersville for 600 dollars. Guy D Jackson sells land in Marion Township to Ray C Ohair for 3000 dollars. Jeer Leatherman conveys land in Greencastle to Cora Mason for 1600 dollars. ater Beaman transfers a cemetery lot to Timothy Connor in Cloverdale for 4 dollars. Sarah J Bowman sells two lots in Fillmore to Walter Tight for 1 dollar.
Sunday morning marked the Locust Street M E church centennial closing with Rev 0 Webster of Wyoming participating and a sermon by Vice President H A Gobin. Sigma Chi held a reserved Mothers Day section and 345 attended Sunday School as union services followed with Albert J Beveridge speaking at Mehary Hall.
The USDA reports that corn yields peak from May to June plantings with greatest stalk growth in June and May, while April seedings show slower growth and earlier pollen shedding. Earlier or later plantings beyond May 1 risk lower performance, and optimal conditions typically occur May 10 to May 20.
The marriage of Mrs. Ida F. Johnson and Charles F. Albertson occurred Monday afternoon at the Christian Church parsonage in Danville. Rev. Levi Marshall officiated.
Impressive funeral services for George Edward Bicknell, who died at his home on East Franklin Street Friday morning, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Victor L. Raphael and Rev. Levi Marshall led the service. Burial followed in Forest Hill Cemetery with pallbearers Judge James P. Hughes, F. M. Lyon, Melvin Coffman, Dr. R. J. Gillespie, Benton Curtis, and Charles Broadstreet.
The funeral for Mrs. Rhoda Newgent who died at her Clinton township home was held Sunday at 10 30 AM. Burial followed in the Baptist cemetery in Clinton township.
Hog receipts up 15 cents with most hog sales at 10.90 to 11.00, few at 10.75 to 10.85 and some heavy hogs at 10.50. Pigs sold 10.75 to 11.00, sows 9.00 down. About 4 000 hogs sold to local killers, rest to outsiders. Cattle steady with good steers at 8.50, calves 9.00 down 50 cents, sheep and lambs steady.
The Senior Class presents All of a Sudden Peggy in the High School Auditorium on May 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 35 and 50e by seating. Tickets available at Langdon's Book Store starting Tuesday May 9 at 4 p.m.
All water bills are due and payable on or before the 10th of the month to receive net rates. If not paid by that date, gross rates will be charged by the Greencastle Water Works Co.
A seven month old Airedale dog is missing and Marshall Beck offers a five dollar reward. Contact phone number 446.
The 24th marks a new phase of educational development in Greencastle with opening concerts of the first annual May Festival. The festival idea echoes long standing spring celebrations in England and other countries.
Music departments and students across America prepare for the May Festival with choruses orchestras and contests. In Meharry Hall on May 24 the Rose Maiden cantata will be performed by the High School chorus with noted soloists and an hour and a half program. May 25 features a children’s program from first to fourth grade including a sight singing contest. A Vocational Music recital follows and Friday ends with the High School orchestra performing classic and modern works under R C Sloane with young performers expanding to 25 players and new instrument purchases funded by ticket sales.
Garden guidance notes that warm days and cool nights create opportunities to start vegetables earlier. Operators should monitor heat and frost risks, protect seedlings from pests, and use timing to maximize yields.
Charles and his parents visit grandparents and the boy after dinner says to grandma he hopes for a good dinner and supper. The text then shifts to a curious note about Arabian tribes using goatskins of milk carried on camels for butter made during a master’s journey.
The ash components in food help form bone teeth and muscles and participate in the structure of living cells while regulating body processes.
A servant answers inquiries about her mistress with evasive updates. The first caller asks to see the mistress, and the servant says she is not at home and has not yet left. The exchange emphasizes the servant's honesty and the mistress's absence.
In Turkey the fashionable women of the better class practice fingernail dyeing with vivid colors including red, gold, and blue, a hobby beyond mere polish.
A belief persists among West Indian blacks that coral color shifts with health, turning paler when the wearer is ill. The notion links physical condition to gemstone hue in local thought.
Uncle Eben urges blunt honesty about faults within families explaining friends already know more than outsiders and it is better to remind him directly. The remark reflects a candid, down home attitude toward criticism among kin.
Uncle Eben cautions that joking about troubles is fine only to a point. Persisting too long makes a person look foolish, a reminder to balance humor with restraint.
A Boston Transcript quotation notes the broad range of guests who sit around life's board from supermen to nuts, highlighting the writer's reflection on human diversity.
Birchwood served ancient papyrus production and tradition. In rural England it is used for shoe heels torches and charcoal.
Peat is described as nearly the second best fuel after coal, with longer burn time than wood and higher heat output, suggesting it as an efficient domestic heating option.
A reflection on poetry as the supreme form of expression, praising its rhythm and measure as a sign of genius. The passage cites Matthew Arnold noting that high poetry reveals the nation’s aptitude and beauty through its distinctive cadence.
A businessman tells his wife of a recent sighting: a dress of a cloth with trimming, lilac or shrimp pink in color, paired with a hat worn by the lady, producing a striking overall effect.
Grimke lauds a Bible translation as a landmark in linguistic history. He calls it an original work in style and thought, describing it as the noblest and finest classical achievement of the English language.
On Memorial Day the entire village gathered at the cemetery to weed and clean graves. A woman guides a stranger through familiar plots while a boy asks where his own small grave lies.
The Chicago Journal cites the expression chip of the old block as early as 1626 in Dick of Devonshire, noting it describes a person who reproduces his father’s peculiarities or characteristics.
Checkers is among the oldest games, played on the Nile banks six thousand years ago and in ancient Greece. A set of rules established in 1800 remains the standard today.
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