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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
2
Local Greencastle Indiana newspaper details annual mailing as second class matter and lists fees for cards of thanks obituaries and poetry lines. Includes contact and advertising agents John Cook Sons Sudranski and Mullins.
Notice of Commissioner sale of real estate in Putnam County Indiana. Auctions set for May 15 at 2 PM at Greencastle courthouse. Properties include sections in Townships 14 13 15 North Range 4 West near Greencastle. Lands described as farm land within two and a half miles of the city. Sale cash in hand. lands offered in separate tracts with abstracts.สดง
Notice to taxpayers in Greencastle Indiana that the city seeks State Board approval to issue ten thousand dollars in bonds to cover existing debt. A public hearing will be held at the State House in Indianapolis on May 24 1920. All taxpayers and interested parties are urged to attend. May 6 1920. Mayor FE Rupert Bartley. City Clerk W M McGaughey.
A switchmen strike disrupted city rules as 1,500 squealing pigs were removed from railroad cars in Detroit yards. They roamed through streets toward packing houses, blocking traffic and entertaining bystanders while some pigs were trapped under streetcars but rescued without serious injury.
Betsy Arnold a woman aged 105 or more and claiming memory of the Battle of Waterloo died in Bryngyn. She drank whisky and smoked a pipe daily and was born in Skibbereen Ireland. Her husband, many years her junior, survives. She spoke of hard work and a diet of potatoes vegetables and cabbage water.
A general agency opens to sell life accident and health insurance. L. S. Shafer can be reached at 402 Fidelity Trust Building Indianapolis for details.
L. S. Shafer of 402 Fidelity Trust Blog Indianapolis promotes a life insurance policy covering loss of time from sickness and accident in addition to death benefits.
John A Weisbrenner of Baltimore County introduced a bill banning dancing in the eastern shore counties including square dances and fox trots. Delegate Gambrill moved to make it an emergency measure citing health preservation. Eastern shore delegates reacted with mixed seriousness as the bill drew attention in Annapolis.
A local grocery ad promotes reduced prices on beef and veal including Best Ham sliced 45 cents per lb and Best Bacon 45 cents. It lists several canned goods at two for prices and urges customers to buy more pork and beans, hominy, and rice, with notes on butter and eggs.
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