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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1924
Page
2
The notice outlines pricing for obituaries at 1 dollar per obituary and poetry lines at additional per line. Cards of Thanks are charged at 5 cents each, with rates applicable to public notices and related listings.
The ticket lists John W. Davis for President and Charles W. Bryan for Vice President along with a slate of state and judicial candidates including Carleton McCulloch for Governor Lew Bannon for Lieutenant Governor Arthur Hamrick for Auditor Robert Bracken for Treasurer Harry Arnold for Attorney General Harvey Harmon for Reporter of Supreme and Appellate Courts John W. Kern for Superintendent Samuel L. Scott for Judge Denton Aiken McNutt Livengood Prichard Clodfelter Rector with others to fill state roles.
Creditors heirs and legatees of Lucinda H DeHart are notified to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on October 28 1924 to show cause why the final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Walter S Campbell.
U S government tests and 35 universities find a new oil lamp superior to 10 lamps. It burns 94 percent air with kerosene, emits no odor smoke or noise, requires no pumping. Inventor J N Johnson offers 10 day free trials or a free lamp to early local adopters and promises potential for $250 to $500 monthly by taking an agency.
Friday's Poultry and Produce Quotations as reported to the Green Castle Herald by Haven Brothers Poultry Company. Heavy hens price line shows 20¢ per pound with light hens at different rates. Market text is partially garbled but indicates poultry pricing details from Haven Brothers.
The Bainbridge community will host an entertainment at the gym on Oct 21 to raise funds for the float for the Greencastle Centennial pageant parade on Oct 24. Local residents attend family visits and church services as fall events and travel notes fill the column.
Bainbridge High reports junior and senior girls and boys split into athletic teams for a baseball and volleyball tournament with winners facing the faculty. Girls captains include Olive Caywood Gail Judy Mary Wimmer Jesse Wilson Elva Proctor Marjorie Sands Geraldine Boatman. Boys captains include Warren Caywood Ralph Nuterass Harrison Sibbitt Howard Long Laurence Biel Howard Chadd. A new cement walk between the school and gym is completed. The Country Gentleman Campaign losses Barney Googles Lassie Susies will entertain the winners and teachers in the gym Thursday at 7:30. Senior loss team Barney Googles Spark Plugs will entertain Friday at 7:30. Bainbridge Club Girls win 22 of 32 prizes at the Putnam County Fair. An exhibit and program will be at the gym Friday with community singing. First and second in Heath Poster Contest were Bainbridge girls Lucille Brackney and Cornelia Eads, displayed at First National Bank Greencastle. A Bainbridge girl will represent Putnam County at the State Fair School next September for bread-baking prizes. Prizes went to Geraldine Boatman Anise Estes Juanita Libka. Dr Gonn spoke on Personal Hygiene and Home Nursery. Local social notes mention Will Shuck and visits involving Leonard Heavin Glen Duncan Elmer Christie George Smith moving to Fillmore Perry Nichols property.
Several residents attended the County Fair in Greencastle last week. Elzie Greenlee and Murray of Coatesville visited Glen Duncan and family. Pauline Goodwin visited her grandparents Morris and family. Clay Garrett visited Leonard Heavin family. Hessler and Pursell auction held Monday. Olive Lishy stayed with Ruth Morgan for a night. Claude Lawson and son Donald called on the Heavin family.
The Philips family faces Typhoid Fever at Greencastle. Visitors to Clarence Berry's Sunday include Clyde Berry of Connersville and others. Lawrence and Richard return to school after chicken pox. Social visits follow from Mrs. Cowger and Mrs. Arnold. The Hurst family visits Margaret Day near Mt. Meridian. Joe Tingle’s family plans to move to James Berry's farm. Filling silos remains the day’s task.
A Hoover committee report notes that a New York contractor averages only fourteen lost days each winter over ten years and that seasonal work interruptions, while present nationwide, are largely avoidable. Advancements in factory work and machinery lessen cold impact, enabling more year round building.
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