Local items from Greencastle and vicinity
Local brief items note Miss Treadway’s return to Bruceville Ind and Rev. Hootman’s convention trip in Marion Ind. Visitors include Miss Nellie Fry from Indianapolis and Miss Lottie Harlan from Richmond. May Queen ballots displayed at Dunlavy Stoops Drug Store with Ralph Confer tallying. The New Minister comedy to be repeated at the Christian church. Kappa Phi Omicron Alpha initiates several men from DKE Phi Delta Theta Sigma Chi Delta Tau Delta Delta Upsilon Sigma Nu. Bert Smith charged in Putnam County with violating quarantine for smallpox. Gordon Thomas, DePauw captain, leading medics baseball team at Indiana University. E B Taylor on business in Paris Ill. One-month-old dies of illness. Four-generation Bunten family dinner. James Harris dies at Orphans’ Home. funeral Friday at 10 at home of Ken Harris in Fincastle. Rev B D Beck officiating. Burial in Fincastle cemetery. mother died months earlier. Father worked on local farm near Brick Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlavy & Stoops
Ralph Confer
Kappa Phi Omicron Alpha
University
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Gerald Overmeyer
Ray Orr
Wiet Cook
Phi Delta Theta
C. E. Arthur
Seaman Rossetter
Pip” Meredith
Sigma Chi
Hillary Mahaffey
Chub” Ade
Delta Tau Delta
George Kadel
Floyd Dix
Delta Upsilon
Donald Parkin
Willard Singleton
Sigma Nu
C. E
DePauw
Greencastle
Indiana
James L. Harris
Everett H. Harris
Monroe Township
Kenneth Harris
B. D. Beck
Fincastle
Putnam County
Brick Chapel
Health Hints On Bodily Care And Osteopathy
Edited Daily by Dr. Sparnhurst at Over Lyric Theatre promotes natural living and body first. It urges joy in nature, warns against worry, and argues osteopathy strengthens body and mind to resist disease and support healing. The piece frames osteopathy as aiding nature to combat illness and improve outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sparnhurst
Over Lyric Theatre
Ywan
Jesus
Boosters Back May Queen Contest In Greencastle
A letter to The Herald praises Miss Gibson for her school work while noting the May Day Queen contest ended with another winner. The writer, a booster for Greencastle and humanity, urges turning Saturday into a red letter day and invites Kelley to join the boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Herald
Miss Gibson
Greencastle
Strange Decades Exchange Turns To Witty Quips
Two men discuss hardship and marriage as a barber shop quip turns into a joke about cures for heartbreak. They riff on gender norms with lines about a wife’s grief and attire, noting a man in straw hat would be mocked, while a woman in heavy furs escapes inquiry.
Fat Personage in a Hurry Seeks Depot Route
A comic exchange shows a weary gentleman asking for the fastest way to the depot. The Kid advises a quick, almost literal roll over twice to speed the journey, delivering a playful rural humor moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Barney Oldfield to Exhibit at Terre Haute Fair
Barney Oldfield, famed race car driver, will headline a Terre Haute fairgrounds exhibition on Sunday May 23. He will showcase the Christie front drive and Fiat cars in racing displays alongside Thompson the aviator who will perform inverted flights and a mock aerial duel with real bombs used at a fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Oldfield
Terre Haute
Suicide Club
Fair Grounds
Oldfield
Christie
Fiat
Thompson
Barney
Europe
Miss Ruby Wright Wins Prize for Best Essay
Miss Ruby Wright, eighth grade student in Greencastle public schools, won a one dollar prize for the essay Why Trade in Greencastle. The piece argues residents should patronize home merchants to support local roads, schools, and services, noting city prosperity depends on local trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Wright
L. G. Wright
Greencastle
Chicago
Brazil High School Faces Commission Revocation
J. C. Piercy inspected Brazil High School and told Superintendent Charles P. Keller the crowded conditions are condemned by the state board. He said the city must provide relief, or the board will revoke the high school's commission, risking loss of accreditation and college entrance recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Piercy
Brazil High School
Charles P. Keller
Brazil
Piercy
Teachers Entertain Roachdale Pupils At May Luncheon
Miss Lydia Williams hosts eight Roachdale students at a May 12 luncheon in Greencastle. Guests include Madeline Dean Florence Mc Gaughey Mildred Young Ruth Milligan Lillian Couchman Dorothy McMahan Mary Hostetter Orpha Ryan and Grace Browning. May pole center stage with yellow green ribbons and pencil prizes follow a musical contest won by Madeline Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Williams
Roachdale School
Madeline Dean
Florence Helen McGaughey
Mildred Young
Ruth Milligan
Lillian Couchman
Dorothy McMahan
Mary Hostetter
Orpha Ryan
Grace Browning
James Allee Named Attorney for Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern
The legal department of the Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company announces James Allee and Allee Council for Traction as attorneys to handle legal business in Putnam and neighboring counties replacing former local council Thomas T. Moore. The announcement was made in Indianapolis yesterday.
Shoemaker’s Agent Visits Local Merchants
Fred Gordon, formerly of Greencastle, now with a wholesale shoe firm, visits here to see relatives and conduct business. J. Q. Hessler & Co., 18 East Washington Street, covers buttons in all styles for local shoe merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.Q. Hessler & Co
East
Washington Street
Fred Gordon
Greencastle
Mr. Gordon
Rose Poly Wins Depauw Contest In Close Game
Rose Poly defeats Depauw 2 to 1 in a baseball contest played at McKee n Field on Wednesday afternoon as Terre Haute engineers edge Old Gold in a tight matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Poly
Depauw
Terre Haute
OLD Gold
Mckeen Field
McKeenfield
Rafferty Shines In Narrow DePauw Defeat At Rose Poly
DePauw loses 2 to 1 at McKeen field to Rose Poly in a tight pitchers duel. Rafferty pitched well for DePauw allowing five hits and six strikeouts while Brown yielded seven hits. Pence and McDonald produced key hits for DePauw but failed runners in scoring position as Rose Poly built a fifth inning run and added a seventh inning score.
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Rafferty
DePauw
Rose
Brown
Pence
McDonald
Larr
Poly
Bake
Haggerty
Mahaffey
Drake
Rose Poly
Artat
Stave Eceens
Ec. F. Emacs
Trimble
Stolz
R. F
B. Cocneosse
Weweeennnast
L. Harris
Goodman
Notices from Ladies' Union meetings and club events
Section Two of the Ladies' Union meets at the church Friday at 2:00 PM. Section Three meets Friday at 2:30 PM at Mrs Alonzo Crawley’s home. May breakfast for the Home Missionary Society at Mrs Hays's home postponed. Emera Club meets at Miss Delilah Miller's and Mrs Edward Stone's home on Hanna street Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Union of the Christian Church
Alonzo Crawley
Home Missionary Society
College Avenue
Emera Club
Delilah Miller
Edward Stone
Hanna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bureau May Treadway
Bruceville
Ind
Vera Conn
A. M. Hootman
Marion
Christian Church
Nellie Fry
Luella Fry
Indianapolis
Miss Fry
Cleve Thomas
Maxwell
Speedway
Lottie Harlan
Richmond
Alberta Ratcliff
Harlan
E. B. Taylor
Paris
Ill
Allen Bain
Earl Ellis
Bunten
Clyde Bunten
George C. Bunten
Filmore
W. J. Bunten
Donald Bunten
Voice OF the People
Mr. Scott
Kelley
Hall
Wright
Wideawake
Roachdale
Paul Wright
Owl Drug Store
Hill
Christian Shoe Store
J. Walter Cooper
Indiana Street
Public Square
Geo. M. Wilson
Times Square Station
New York City
Allee, James & Allee Council For Traction
Richard F. Gerard
Eee. S
E. AA Browning
Greencastle Orchard
Skelton & Frazier
Zeis & Comp
Wilmot
Thomas F. Kander
Joan
North Endian
The
Greencastle Produce Company
Jackson St
Lueteke
Lueteke’s Bakery
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