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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
4
Sale of a Polk motorcycle advertised as a bargain to sell at once. Contact Fred Crousie at 401 West Liberty Street for inquiry.
A passenger shares his tale of a phone call home and unexpected fatherhood. He reveals naming the child Sophronia Judith Rose after his sisters, learns his wife suspected the pregnancy, and announces he will take a city post to be near his family.
A quirky reminiscence shows an American offering to correct a Frenchman’s English exercises. The French student promises to come to America and lecture on the scaffold. A Chicago vegetarian hosts a German cook, but the vegetarian household rejects meat and the fraulein asks if beer counts as a vegetable.
Two holidaymakers in Devonshire glimpse Dartmoor Prison during a stroll. One jokes to his companion asking where he would be if the place had its due, and the other replies he would be walking along.
A photographer directs a family portrait as Christmas nears. Mr Houseful shows sadness, muttering that it’s hard to be happy while thinking of trouble. The exchange captures holiday tension and a somber mood.
A dialogue fragment contrasts a neighbor's peace with a belief in force, ending with a remark about a postman as a possible figure of action. The readable text suggests tension over methods of response in a local dispute.
The Old Golds lost by two points to Wabash as Mason led DePauw with 13 points. Mason won the 100 and 220 y dashes and took second in the 440, while Lamport Proud and others filled scoring with several top finishes across sprints hurdles and field events.
The report notes that Miss Evelyn Wiley’s mother was a guest here over the weekend, highlighting a social visit without further details about origin or events.
Freshmen burned their caps after a dispute on when to discard green headgear. A large crowd gathered as kindling and gasoline fed a bonfire near Meharry Hall before a chapel march. The event followed a class meeting planning the act and ended with orderly seating in chapel later.
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