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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1914
Page
1
Gasoline stove explosions caused more than 145 fires in Indiana in the first eight months of the fire marshal's existence. Total losses reached 25107 dollars, with 12782 on buildings and 12825 on contents. The fire marshal notes injuries and deaths result each year from careless use of gasoline.
B P O Ellis Greencastle No 1077 holds regular session Tuesday at 7 30 p m with FE E Caldwell secretary. Mr and Mrs Joe Butler and their child visit from India while Mrs Butler’s relatives from the north travel to Indianapolis for a few days. Isaac Harris and H C McKee visit with family in town during the weekend.
General Jesse M. Lee, famed Indian fighter who joined Buffalo Bill Cody and General Miles last summer to help stage movie Indian battles, will attend a showing in Indianapolis today. William Houck is featured in the moving picture.
A barn filled with grain hay and farm implements was burned Saturday evening by flames of unknown origin. Loss is partly covered by insurance and the incident is under investigation.
Indianapolis audiences will see Our Indian Wars with General Jesse M. Lee appearing in the film alongside General Miles and Buffalo Bill Cody. The Western produced scenes pit 6000 Indians against famed Indian fighters in a costly, staged exhibition shot last summer.
The fourth Sunday in May brings a scorching afternoon as thermometers top 90 degrees at 38 o clock. Heat drives people to seek shade while a few breezes offer relief.
The fourth Sunday in May brought 90 degree heat in Putnam County driving people to shade and woods. Crops face damage unless rain comes soon while forecasts promise scattered showers and thunderstorms in the first half of the week across the East, Ohio Valley, and Central West. John W. Trotter of Danville visited on business.
A large stock barn on the William Houck farm two miles northeast of town burned Saturday evening. The 48 by 50 foot structure contained hundreds of dollars in farming implements, 200 bushels of corn, fifteen tons of hay, fifty bushels of oats and spring pigs. The origin is unknown but believed linked to tramp activity. authorities have previously warned of a tramp camp nearby. Loss coverage partly by insurance, exact total pending an estimate for a new barn.
Decoration Day will close post office banks county offices and most business houses. The observance will keep Greencastle and county towns quiet with little business transacted all day.
Dr C C Norths sociology classes from the university took a second trip today visiting Plainfield Boys School Central Insane Hospital Woman's Prison Work House Indianapolis and the Fairview settlement. About thirty students left at 7 30 am by interurban. visits are an annual experimental program. Charles Rector Ross Runyan Miss Hertha Masten and Miss Frances King spent Sunday at Eel River Falls.
City Attorney F. M. Lyon argued for the city as Water Works Co seeks a rate hike before the Utilities Commission today. The case centers on whether higher charges can be approved for water service in the municipality.
The Greencastle Water Company argues to raise city water rates before the Indiana Public Service Commission. Mayor Walter Cooper City Attorney I M Lyon and C T Peck traveled to Indianapolis for the proceedings. Arguments began at 10 00 and may wrap by 4 00 with a decision expected in several months.
Lawrence Crump, a Greencastle High School senior, has a splendid four year attendance record. The article notes his consistent presence and honors his sisters for also maintaining excellent records.
Lawrence Crump completes four years of perfect attendance and punctuality at Greencastle High School and counts eight years of flawless attendance in common school. His siblings Grace Ina and Alta share the same record, attributed by father George Crump to the children’s good health.
The Putnam County Wool Growers Association will meet in the assembly room of the court house next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr and Mrs Athol Lagle spent Sunday in Gosport. They traveled by motorcycle. Fred Steele of Bainbridge was in town on business today.
The Art Needle Work Club will observe guest day on Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. A. P. Burnsides home with a lawn picnic supper. A lawn fete at Mrs. John Cook’s Sunset Hill home will run tonight from 7:30 to 10, hosted by the Epworth League of Locust Street church. Everyone is invited.
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