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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1922
Page
1
U S Lesh rules seizure fees belong to the county not the sheriff except for expenses incurred by keeping seized property. In Putnam county Sheriff Sears sought up to 50 but Judge Hughes capped at 25. The 1921 liquor seizure law lacks a set fee provision.
Mrs Nancy Elmore Masten 73 died Monday night at her Cloverdale home after six weeks illness ending with a stroke. Survived by husband Mathias and six children Fred Osar Reuben Everett Joseph Emma Earl. funeral Wednesday at 10 at the Cloverdale home conducted by Revs Gill and Fisher, burial in Stilesville cemetery.
DePauw topped Indiana State Normal 12 to 4 at McKeenfield as a six run fifth inning doomed Normal. Normal led 3 0 in the first before DePauw tied the game and pulled away with a decisive second inning surge aided by errors. Batteries Bills and Davis faced Pierson and Dickson. umpires Shrigley and Jangro.
Promoters who have leased thousands of acres south of Greencastle announce purchase of a drilling outfit shipped to Putnamville. They already have coal and will begin drilling for oil south of Putnamville within the next week or ten days, it is believed.
Repairs on the 78 foot Blakesburg Bridge in Russell township after spring floods are finished. A span was washed out but supports, a new pier, and quick work saved the bridge. Costs estimated at 1500 were completed for under 750.
A Lehigh University party of mining engineering and geology students will tour Indiana this summer visiting oolitic stone quarries oil shales cement plants and coal mines. They will study four state parks Turkey Run Clifty Falls Vinegar Mills and Moe Creek Canyon and travel by auto camping at roadside stops. The trip runs through Indiana and adjacent states with planned stops at Bloomington Martinsville West Baden Greencastle Brazil Terre Haute and Richmond.
Rose Poly defeats Wabash 5 to 4 in Terre Haute to even series. Reinhard pitched effectively with seven home errors by Rose Poly. Ash and Reinhard hit triples for the contest. Rex relieved Phillips for Wabash, issuing two walks and a run in the seventh. McRoberts led Wabash with .200 average. Stages and Conover top Rose Poly at .500.
A city committee led by May or Zeis ordered heavy asphalt base oil from the Malsified Asphalt Company of Indianapolis. S. G. Hayes sold the oil, which will be applied hot upon arrival by machine to streets that have petitioned for oiling. Petitions must reach the mayor by next Tuesday.
A Jeffersonville woman, once living in Greencastle, received a letter from a Putnam County resident asking about the writer’s brother who lived in Jeffersonville for years. The letter, sent five years ago, was returned marked deceased with the note that he died in November 1919. The woman seeks clearer evidence from the post office.
Miss Florence Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Herschell Foster of Cloverdale has been selected by the Indianapolis School board to teach Farlish in the Technical High School for the next school year. The position brings a salary increase and marks a notable promotion for her after a year teaching in Mishawaka.
Mrs William Kreight of South Indiana Street was seen in Indianapolis this Tuesday.
A collage of light items from Indianapolis context includes twin brothers Hoover and Small, a safety pin gag noting 1922 equals 1822, a misheard election booths versus booze misunderstanding, and a DePauw baseball win over State Normal with Ted Merriam’s thinly clad team triumphing over Wabash.
Daniel W. Davis arrived from New York to sell near beer as real beer to Chicago's Gold Coast residents. He boasted that a fake beer business could yield one million dollars while defying prohibition agents. Davis claimed the trick targeted buyers who could not tell real from near beer.
In Columbia on May 8 a mutiny by about 150 convicts at the state penitentiary was quelled after 11 inmates were wounded by guards and police, with two possibly fatally shot. The attempt to burn the chair factory failed after prisoners, angered by orders to surrender civilian clothes and unneeded items, defied authorities. City aid was sought by telephone.
A tornado struck Cerres, four ten miles southwest of Ponca City, killing 23 year old John Tobias. A church was demolished and multiple buildings damaged with several injuries reported.
Oklahoma City May 8 two storms struck this region wrecking scores of farm buildings tearing down telephone and telegraph poles and causing the death of many head of livestock.
Putnam county woman Mrs Ellen Davis at 89 years old is able to do her own house work tend the chickens make garden milk the cow and even weave carpets and rugs in her daily routine reflecting remarkable strength and independence.
Topeka Kans May 8 D R Coughlin secretary of the state council for progressive political action today announced that a Henry Ford President Club is to be organized in McPherson County soon.
The Greencastle Band directed by Gerald Handy rehearsed in the American Legion Club Rooms and will start concerts on June 15. The 24 piece group plans weekly Thursday performances through the summer season.
New break in the levee at Jonesville Louisiana floods about two thirds of the town leaving water two to four feet deep in streets. Food rations reach around 30 000 refugees in flooded areas and 40 000 in relief camps as more supplies are planned by steamboat to Ferriday and Artonist Mississippi.
Anderson Ind May 9 Per sons who motored in central Indiana Sunday reported that many farmers were at work in the fields planting corn or sowing of oats. Many farmers are more than a month late on oats and 3 weeks late in getting ground ready for corn because of rain. They were making good progress early last week when another heavy rain drove them out of the fields. With fair weather and the ground again dry enough to work many thought an other day could not be wasted. Farm ers who are just getting oats in do not expect a normal crop.
Joliet, May 8 Robert S McRoberts owner of Joliet's Woodruff Inn shot and killed his former secretary Miss Mabel Kerwin then killed himself in the lobby after she refused to talk. Neighbors heard two shots and found them with bullet wounds. McRoberts, married with a ten year old son, died shortly after.
Happy Callender released after paying a 50 dollar fine and 80 dollars in costs for liquor possession. Harry Thornburg, unable to pay 80 dollars total, sentenced to 80 days at the Penal Farm after pleading guilty, with Sheriff Lawrence Sears transporting him. Mayor Zeis issued the fines.
Chris Hartman a lumber buyer for the C. H. Barnaby Lumber Company is ill in his room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merkel on North Jackson street with no further details given.
Greencastle High School principal Ivan Glidewell spoke at chapel, echoing DePauw President Grose on education’s broader aims beyond bread and butter. A purple velvet curtain memorializes the class of 1921, while three pupils were reported absent. Crawfordsville plays G H S at Zinc Mill diamond Friday. girls basketball program set for May 17 evening with modest admission. The city’s combined PTA will host B S Burris at 2 30 PM May 17 in the high school auditorium.
The seniors begin their commencement on June 2 signaling the end of the school year for others. The play All of a Sudden Peery is not prepared suddenly and Miss Walls notes this. Cast members say an expert is anyone from out of town and attendance varies with sermons.
Henry Ford offered John Duval Dodge a job in his Detroit factory. It remains unclear if Dodge will accept. In Kalamazoo he was placed on one year probation for possessing and transporting liquor and must go to work as part of probation.
E Rupert Bartley ex Mayor Greencastle Republican Chairman Putnam County Arthur Reat and Sol Sudranski will attend a luncheon today hosted by O A Davis mayor of Terre Haute in Terre Haute Tuesday town.
Charles F. Culbertson 28 of Danville weds Ida F. Johnson 23 of Danville. Harland Rissler 21 of Reelsville weds Cleo Hepler 21 of Putnam County.
Hog receipts total 7000 with 4000 outsiders. Prices open steady at 10.90 while heavy hogs down to 10.75 and pigs at 11.00. Sows ease to 8.35, cattle outlook higher, calves 8.00 to 9.00, sheep and lambs cheaper with spring lambs 11.50, wool lambs 11.00, clipped sheep 7.00.
The Woman's Circle of the Presbyterian Church will meet Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Mrs. C C Huestis's home. Members will plan the sewing work for the coming year and all are urged to attend.
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