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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
1
A. B. Hanna and partner Huffman sell the undertaking business in the castle area after twelve years. The new company will operate from the Hanna building rear office with Mr. Hanna and Mr. Huffman continuing as senior figures known in Putnam County.
L Randel visited Indiana on Tuesday to attend a Masonite Theatre event, according to local society notes.
Edmun M Wasmuth of Huntington was re elected state chairman at a Republican committee reorganization at Severin. James E Watson and allies withdraw opposition after district chairmen favored Wasmuth and backed his reelection as the party gathers at Tomlinson Hall for the annual convention.
Local farmers across Malta are busy planting corn while residents report various social visits. The column notes multiple tastings and gatherings including Grace Morgan, Gladys Morgan, Olive Smith with Christine Byrd in Fillmore, and visits among Shuck, Walls, Elrod, Wright, and Stanley families in Coatesville Amo s and Greencastle. A church meeting of Section 4 at Christien church is planned with Mrs Dora Sweet at 2 50 Thursday afternoon.
Welleston Colorado report states Watson Brooks eighteen junior in high school died from ptomaine poisoning after eating wieners in a local restaurant. Authorities investigate the restaurant and advise caution for diners in the area.
A lone Chinaman buried a stage horse after a 1902 train robbery near Forest Fill in California. Each year he returns to tend the grave, decorating it with flowers and flags in memory of the animal shot during the bandit attack.
Milton Lindley, a Pasadena child, suffered injuries after a pet chimpanzee attacked his home. The California state district court of appeals upheld a judgment of 81,500 with an extra 1,600 for the owner, Knowlton, for frivolous appeal. The court found the chimpanzee negligently allowed at large and capable of entering the boy’s home before restraint.
Wabash and DePauw set for their outdoor track meet at Greencastle on Friday afternoon after a close 1919 20 athletic year. Football, basketball and baseball results are noted, with Wabash edging ahead in indoor track by a narrow margin and DePauw hoping for a Friday win to steady the year.
The fifth annual coed DePauw Daily will appear May 22 amid plans from a three faculty, two student, one alumnus publication board. Prof. Carson announced the board structure and the club announced a May speech by Prof. Harrington of Illinois. The DePauw track team faces Wabash on McKeen Field this Friday while the baseball team plays Franklin at Franklin Thursday.
Mrs. C. W. Hymer of Wilmington Delaware visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. O'Hair. The O'Hairs, wintering with their daughter Mrs. Oscar Thomas and Mr. Thomas, will move to their Brick Chapel area farm for the summer in a few days.
A Democratic banquet and love feast is planned for Friday evening June 4 in the county, expected to draw 500 to 600 attendees. Ex Governor Ralston Senator Tagcart Charles Batt and Carleton Meylloch are among probable speakers with a prominent Democratic woman also listed. The organizing committee meets again to finalize arrangements and appoint subcommittees.
The R. E. Kaoli Company on Franklin Street has completed a modern service station and sales room for Dodge cars after weeks of construction. The Knoll Company purchased equipment from Hodges and Michael and installed it. Mr Hodge remains as mechanic. Gladys Rogers will manage office work for Mourany.
Ott Dobbs, confined to his east Washington street home for several days by blood poisoning, shows improvement in his condition today.
Arthur J. Hamrick of Greencastle was reelected district chairman by the Fifth Congressional District Democratic group in Terre Haute on Tuesday. It was his third term. Fay Hollton served as acting county Democratic representative due to Otto Dobbs illness. George Sunkel of Newport was named vice chairman and George Griffin of Hendricks county treasurer. The meeting was well attended and enthusiastic.
Terre Haute Ind May 11 John G Bryson of Brazil was unanimously re elected chairman of the Fifth Indiana district Rumblies committee at a meeting of county chairmen in Terre Haute. Janes Raper of Brazil was elected secretary and E R Bartley of Greencastle treasurer by acclimation. Every county in the district was represented.
S. A. Hays is in Detroit Michigan on business connected with Bay View. Trays is President of the Bay View Assembly Association.
Paul Albin, a young progressive Democrat, was chosen by county committeemen to serve as secretary of the Putnam County Democratic Committee. The selection aims to provide an active and hustling secretary for the party efforts locally.
Washington reports the geophone, a World War I listening device, can hear and locate sounds through earth and even distinguish human voice up to 150 feet away. Tests show tools and blasts through coal, aiding mine surveying, fire control, and rescue operations, with drilling, leaks, and ventilation monitored by surface placements.
A dramatic, fragmentary scene shows an old man with wooden legs at the door seeking help. The prom judge dismisses him, stating they have no use for wooden legs, leaving the reader with a stark moment of rejection and poverty.
DePauw baseball pitchers Glass and Guild held off Wabash as the Tigers won 7 to 2 at McKeen Field. Wabash could not solve Glascock and scored in only one inning as Heale and Rusie shared the mound workload for the Little Giants.
Miss Ilda Adams prominent teacher dies after six weeks illness at her home on a Y street. She taught in Knox Indiana High and other city schools and was principal for years. Survived by two sisters Miss Mila Adams and Miss Ettn, funeral Thursday at home conducted by Rev W H Wiley and C Fenwick Reed. Burial Forest Hill Cemetery.
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