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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
1
President Wilson is very sick as officials report his condition worsens. Several specialists have been called in to examine him and determine the cause of his illness.
Washington October second President Wilson is described as a very sick man with less favorable condition. Dr Carey T Grayson and consulting physicians deem absolute rest essential while monitoring blood pressure and overall health as the 63rd birthday nears. McAdoo, the former Treasury secretary and son in law, visited the White House amid questions about travel or illness.
Sir J Crichton Browne argues that civilised decline stems from artificial production of stupidity and mass urban brain drain. He contends agricultural workers are unfairly labeled dull, while city life drains intellect, accelerating youth development then stalling it. Urban life harms children with distraction, poor rest, vice, and squalor, depleting national strength.
The dahlia, named after Swedish botanist Dr. Dahl, was introduced from Mexico as a potato substitute. The text links the plant’s rise to late 18th century revolutions and notes British gardeners shifted focus from tubers to flowering blooms, culminating in the modern double dahlia.
Matt Murphy returns from Chicago as Tom Welch is elected city fireman replacing resigning Jesse Tobin. Mrs. Charles Morris visits from Hollywood Kansas. Birch Sackett discharged from U S Navy returns to Cloverdale. Howard Barnaby to Madison Wisconsin for university season. Barnaby party heads to Lake Maxinkuckee then home next week. Miss Hattie Jane Dunaway to present The Lady of the Decorations at Woodmen Hall Cloverdale on Saturday October 11. Rev Blaine Kirkpatrick away at conference. Fred Hixon of Chattanooga University to preach at College Avenue Methodist Church next Sunday. Parent Teachers Club meets Friday at 3 o clock at the school building. Mrs James L Hamilton returns from Buchana West Virginia.
An English gentleman spending a week in a northern Scottish village finally catches one salmon after five fruitless days. He laments the expense, but the boatman replies that all things are mixed with mercy and it’s a blessing he didn’t catch more. The tale appears in The Tatler.
Mr. Nolan described an acrobatic performance with excitement, praising the daredevil as a wonderful man. He recalled a ladder stunt with a rising boom that seemed fatal yet ended safely, noting the performer’s solid foothold and agile hands and feet like a monkey.
Two Irishmen argued and fought until one cried “Enough I’ve had enough” but the other continued. A watcher urged mercy, yet the victor declared his foe a liar before the bout ended.
Green Castle sportsmen complain to the prosecuting attorney that DePauw University students are hunting rabbits out of season and without proper licenses. They say the law forbids such killing and hunting without houses, and pressure prosecutions if the conduct continues.
Notice announces a sale of potatoes by J. E. Cash on weekends at a car and his East side square store with wholesale and retail options and price inquiry advised. Also reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Stanley Isles Davis near Terre Haute with Mrs Davis formerly Miss Annice Hampton of this city.
A humorous tale describes a Boston famous dish and a Maine woods cook. A Middley Woot man hires a camp and learns a bean hole cooking method from a French cook named Joe. The method promises beans baked in the ground, with steps involving earth, heat, and a mornin reveal.
Une Ephraim, amid a nervous crowd in Washington, shouts a taunting cry as a bank run finishes with the vault near collapse. A policeman orders silence fearing riot as the crowd reels from the near bank bust.
Farmers should pick seed ears from healthy, mature stalks with medium dent, straight rows, and good type. Prefer ears lower on the stalk, discarding smutted or diseased ears and those with broken shanks. Store indoors with air circulation, avoiding freezing temperatures. consult County Agent for storage options.
Greencastle Country Club to hold a weekend golf tournament featuring four prizes for the top net scores. Players may compete in pairs or fours, with partners chosen by heads and tails. Course conditions are reported to be better than in weeks.
Genevieve Hinote daughter of Mr and Mrs Johne Hinote south of the city underwent surgery at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis last Friday and is reported to be getting along nicely.
A compact age of rail and road lore notes that ancient Rome defined gauge. Stephenson chose a width matching Roman ruts, claiming no need to improve on Rome’s standard. Nero’s chariot wheels echoed the same spacing as modern Pullman lines.
An article notes the origin of the metric system and the varied lengths of historical feet. It cites examples from Welsh, Piedmont, Spanish, and Venice feet, explaining how diverse measures led to the Croaca nation devising the metric system.
A bell founder explains bells may contain no silver as old cannon, including twelve tons from Spain, form the tenor bell. The core and cope mold guide sweetness, with tuning by chipping and a skilled tuner composing hymns for the church bells.
An old woman altered the line Thy kingdom come while reciting the Lord's Prayer, replacing come with a nonsensical sound. The change exposed the native practice of avoiding words containing the emphatic syllable of a husband's name.
Miss Mary Miers visits her mother Mrs. A. Dodd in Indianapolis for the weekend while attending Mrs. Blake's Kindergardenergarten School.
A fragment describes a device named Illacis mam fas that supposedly creates a metal barrier coop to defend chickens from daytime hawks and nighttime rats and vermin, reducing mortality in a dangerous farmyard. The text notes the coop is claimed to be proof against almost all threats. The excerpt ends mid thought with garbled terms.
Paul Grimes and Thomas Welch join the Green Castle Fire Department headquarters replacing Jesse Tobin who moves to George Blake. Tobin now works at the Zinc Mill and returns to painting as his trade.
The article analyzes how rising veal demand drives calf slaughter from dairy districts, reducing future beef stock. It compares English and American practices, notes dairy cows produce calves with limited beef value, and suggests breeding to create stockers or increasing mutton consumption to shift calf value toward beef production, including potential small sheep flocks on farms.
Dr and Mrs Cassell Tucker have returned from a multi day motor trip to Salem Indiana where they visited relatives and friends.
The DePauw Tigers will be without four regulars for the first conference test of the year against James Mie Likhan at McKee Field next Saturday.
DePauw meets James Millikan University in the season opener without Burton full back Ogden center Welch end and Gill tackle. Coach Buss sits the injured stars to avoid season-long setbacks. Despite the absences, DePauw is favored to win, though both teams are in the early stages of the campaign.
Joseph L. Preston Jr resigned as editor after a year. The Cloverdale Graphic will be issued under the new editors Miss Opal McAvoy and Miss Esther McAvoy, who have long been connected with the paper and are considered qualified to elevate its standing in the county. Preston left due to other business interests.
Lord Bbu Cutler, mistaken as Lord Newton Butler, is invited to an at home in Belgravia on a rainy night. Wearing evening dress, he meets a perplexed butler who misidentifies him and offers hospitality. He then chats with the hostess and rises to view the upstairs drawing room.
The note reports Mr Debron suffering influenza while Mrs Debron bears up well. Josiah is described as very ill. The piece quotes cheerful sentiment about finding a sliver lining as the baby has not coughed all day, a rare relief after a long illness.
In a humorous Punch snippet a physician notes a visiting patient who claims he swallowed two shillings two balpomes and three farthings. The doctor remains skeptical yet rues the difficulty of extracting a fee as the patient seems unchanged. The exchange blends odd particulars with wry humor about medical practice.
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