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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1914
Page
4
Personal items and local notices include illness in the Gibson household on south College avenue, visits among city and Indianapolis residents, deaths of Spencer Riggles near Roachdale and Henry Crawley of Centr ali a, plus community happenings. The piece notes moving picture showings for Howe's Travel Festival on Friday May 22 and mentions local social events, visits, and a car accident on Walnut street with damage but no injuries.
A state fire marshal inspector visited the city and ordered iron fire escapes on 19 fraternity and sorority houses including Sigma Nu Delta Tau Delta Beta Theta Pi Phi Gamma Delta Kappa Alpha Theta Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Zeta. Three story buildings must have an iron stairway to a second floor landing and an iron ladder to the ground. Business district buildings were inspected and deemed adequately equipped. The inspector plans tours of other campuses including Bloomington and Purdue this week.
Regular session Greencastle lodge No. 1077 meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m FE E Caldwell secretary announces.
Indiana's fire marshal warns shingle roofs ignite more dwelling fires than any other source. Eight months produced 646 spark fires statewide with April totaling 169. a pamphlet urges homeowners to switch to non combustile roofing to reduce losses and protect city centers from windborne brands.
Miss Vivian Clarke presents the first junior piano recital Tuesday at 8 p.m. assisted by Miss Alice Trout with vocal numbers. The program includes works by MacDowell Grunfeld Bach Saint Saens Cadman Woodman Schumann Hollander Mendelssohn Saint-Saens Brahms Pierne.
We thank friends for sympathy and kindness shown during the loss of our mother Mrs. H. C. Lane. Special thanks to the singers and Rev. Hootman for consolation, pall-bearers, and for the beautiful flowers. Sons and Daughters.
Real estate transfers list deeds from Frank S. Ditto to F. M. Lyons in Greencastle, Fred W. Thomas to Wm. W. Cunningham, Anna B Frohman to Albert A Houck, and Fred G Ruark to Lillie P Ferrand with amounts noted. Also mentions Cloverdale visitors Samuel Preston and Dale Sinclair, Studebaker sale to Clay Bridges of Fincastle, Baptist Missionary Society meeting with Mrs Charles Van Cleave, and William Welch of Lena undergoing home surgery for dropsy performed by Drs. W. M. McGaughey and Vansant.
Job openings for postoffice clerks and related federal positions, ages 18 to 45, with monthly salaries from 75 to 150 dollars. H. L. Carl will meet applicants at the Commercial Hotel in Greencastle on Tuesday May 12 from noon to 9 pm, with minors needing a parent present. call for details.
Purdue University horticulture students and department heads visit Putnam Orchards to inspect nearby fruit farms, traveling by country autos for the field study today.
Prof Boyle of Purdue and twenty three horticulture students visited several Greencastle orchards to study disease and spraying methods. They found most orchards nearly disease free with minor San Jose scale and praised the Crall orchard's care. Local growers William Wetz and John Crall assisted, and visits continued to Paoli and Mooresville.
F A Hays progressives county chair calls Greencastle township Progressives to meet at Progressive Hall Saturday evening May 16 to nominate a township ticket.
The Progressive Party of Greencastle Township Putnam County will hold a township convention on Saturday May 16 at 7 30 p m in Progressive Hall to nominate a township ticket F A Hays is county chairman Hubert Jordan secretary. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity held a motor party to Shades of Death with four autos. Mr and Mrs R B Stens of Indianapolis visited Mr and Mrs Charles Houghland. Gordon Prevo Lloyd Skinner and Burns McIntosh drove to Crawfordsville for the DePauw Wabash baseball game.
Ephriam Adams an aged resident of the city died at his home on east Washington street Sunday at 1 o'clock after a period of illness. He was 79, born August 6 1835 in Bartholomew County Indiana and spent much of life in Kentucky and Putnam county. He married Sorelda J Young in 1857 and lived on farms in Putnam and Marion townships. Surviving are four daughters Missetta Amy Ida and Ella Adams of this leg. Funeral arrangements were not completed in the excerpt.
The service will be held at his late residence on Washington street at 10 o'clock in the morning. Rev. B. D. Beck, assisted by Rev. J. Fenwick Reed, will conduct the rites. The interment will follow in the Morest TM cemetery.
A meeting of progressive supporters on the west side organized the Putnam County Progressive Club. About forty members enrolled. Officers elected: President R. A. Davideo, Vice President Ernest O. ip, Secretary and Treasurer Hamrick. Frank Ruggles left for Fordsville to join T H I & Company as line foreman on the Ben division.
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