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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1922
Page
2
Cards of Thanks are offered at a rate of 50 cents per card. Readers may place orders with the newspaper office to publish thanks. This notice item explains pricing and submission details for such acknowledgments.
Obituaries are billed at one dollar per obituary with an extra five cents per line for any poetry included. Local papers warn readers of the pricing structure and how charges apply to obituary notices.
The Democratic ticket names candidates for state and local offices including United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston and Representative Charles H. Bidaman along with state senate and house seats, prosecuting attorney, clerk, auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, coroner, surveyor, assessor, and county commissioners and council at large.
California leads in fur bearing rabbits with Texas Utah and Oklahoma strong. Rabbits thrive on alfalfa hay and barley, available year round in California. The ermine rabbit emerges from crosses among Russian white Himalaya and Angora lines.
A six year old recalls a childhood romance with neighbor boy Jack. They planned to marry and furnish their coal house, but the affair unraveled after both sets of parents began missing items. A whipping each ended the romance, per the Chicago Journal.
In old Paris neighborhoods a milkman roams door to door playing Pan Pipes and followed by goats ready for milking. He stops at each regular customer’s door ensuring fresh milk, a curious sight for American visitors.
A narrator muses on poverty in abundance and the unlikely discovery of distant relatives who might inherit millions. The piece explores the longing for sudden fortune and the perpetual miss of any known family wealth.
In the Latin quarter of Paris bareheaded women sit in quiet street corners or near church doors combing the wool from mattresses. Even the poorest French peasant usually has a bed with a wool mattress and sleeps comfortably.
Normandy farms near the coast grow rich and fertile soil fed by seaweed washed ashore. Large carts drawn by sturdy Normandy horses haul seaweed to fields, providing a splendid dressing for the farms.
A Cornish handbook lists five fairy varieties in Cornwall the Small People Spriggans Piskies Bueens and Brownies with notes on legends. It recounts towns like Redruth Truro Penzance and moorland cautions about Piskies and miners hearing calls from above and the Buccas or Knockers once feared in disused mines.
A Washington Star passage shows two women discussing gifts for their husbands. One saved house money for weeks to buy a birthday present, while another resents spending his own money. A nearby man jokes that he would frame a wife like Nellie, noting wives’ varied financial behavior.
The Christian Science Monitor notes rumors of Milan productions with ape and bird costumes and mentions Rostand dramas on barnyard dwellers and Belasco insect casts. It cites press interest and compares these ideas to William Gillette Hamlet coverage, debating ideal Sherlock Holmes versus Prince Hamlet portrayals.
A New York Sun clipping notes office talk about girls parking high shoes in the city. Country girls wear high boots for snow yet buy low pumps in town, hiding the footwear in handbags and slipping into slippers at noon before returning to high shoes at five.
Judge Solon Carter of the Superior court questions jurisdiction in the George vs Martha Washington divorce case as the parties, described as colored, are challenged over where the case should proceed. The judge jokes about Virginia and a misaligned court venue.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners invites sealed proposals for seventeen bridges including the Charles McFerran Hartman Crosby Newell McGaughey Ott Thomas Edna Collins Earl Grimes Arch Wimmers Brackney Arnold Groveland Garrison Black Scott Browning James Nelson Dills Mack Farr Eckles. Bids due June 6 1922 at 10:00 a.m. with bonds and non-collusion affidavit. contracts let per bridge.
Central Trust Company of Greencastle Indiana reports assets totaling 820172.15 with loans 370164.12 and trust deposits 12305.46. The statement lists bonds and stocks, cash on hand, trust investments, liabilities including capital stock and deposits, sworn by President F L O Hairs and notarized May 11 1922.
Rev J Emmett Porter leads a full Sunday program at M E Church with 9 50 Sunday School 16 40 Morning worship and 7 30 Evening Worship on themes of motherhood and placing God first A special Motherhood service is planned for the morning hour seating extended to accommodate about one hundred extra attendees Reservations must be claimed by 10 30 AM or seats become open to all.
A china plate once used by General Washington and later owned by President Andrew Jackson sold at a New York auction for 910 dollars. The sale highlights enduring interest in Washington memorabilia and historic artifacts.
A perfectly formed hard shell crab about the size of a thumb end was found inside an oyster shell. The crab had apparently been swallowed by the oyster, but the oyster was missing when the shell was opened.
An old lady witnesses two boys fighting in the street. She scolds the larger boy, warning he might kill the other. He replies he does not care, claiming he has another at home.
An editorial in the Galveston News argues for personal freedoms while opposing a stereotype of housewives smoking or smoking pipes. It weighs gender roles and public propriety in daily life. The piece reflects local moral debate on public behavior and women's choices.
Motto urging resilience in battle attributed to Lorenzo Scupoll. The quote emphasizes steadfast courage, never surrendering or retreating despite many wounds as the core message.
Central National Bank at Greencastle Indiana reports May 5 1922 assets and liabilities. Highlights include loans 385732.80, U S government securities 207104.46, cash in vaults 134543.92, demand deposits 612304.87, capital stock and earned surplus 50899.04, and circulating notes 89100.00 with net total resources 1 070841.10. Official notarized statement signed by F L O’Hair president and directors.
Fragmentary OCR shows bus train or line schedules with times such as 7:25, 8:15, 8:59, 10:15 and 11:32. Entries include days like daily except Sunday and route labels West Roung and A. M. with unclear station names and numbers.
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