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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1919
Page
1
Depauw loses as the Great Purple Team dominates with strong play. Old Gold team trails as UOW plays Northwestern in early quarters, with the Big Ten eleven repeating its scoring threat in late stages.
Northwestern defeats DePauw 20 to 0 in Evanston in the season opener. The Huskies overcome a stronger DePauw push in the third and fourth quarters aided by reserves and key plays including interceptions and open field runs by Cigrand and L Bernard. The article also notes a W F M S meeting in Terre Haute and requests attendance.
Otto Hannaman of Decatur spent Sunday with relatives. Miss Crystelle Stringer and Miss Goldfe Ader were in Brazil. Mr and Mrs H S Werneke and others motor to Brazil for a visit. George Christie travels to Indianapolis on business. Clara Feld takes a job with Greencastle Telephone Co. Garley Stiles injured at Hammond yard. flesh torn from knee to ankle. in hospital. Various visits and illnesses noted. furlough for Jesse Murphy at Fort Sheridan. other travels around Indianapolis, Cloverdale, Brazil, and Greencastle.
Real estate transfers list transfers from Norwood to Moser in Jefferson township for 2450 dollars and others including Jeffries to Fitzsimmons for 27 acres at 2000, West to Evens for a Cloverdale lot at 2600, Allen to Allen for 25.50 acres in Greencastle township at 1100, Coopstick to Thompson for a Roachdale lot at 1150. Local social notes mention the Ladies Aid meeting at Locust Street Church with Mrs. Robert Watkins, visits by Danville residents and DePauw student David Houge, Dr. Epps visiting Greencastle, Miss Wilhelmina Lank returning from Rensselaer, Reed Tustison of Indianapolis visiting, and locals Ollie Davis and Geisow brothers touring.
In Putnam County a second unit reports it has met its quota in the present campaign. Only two units have reported completion and the drive continues with remaining branches seeking donations.
Monroe township reports its Jewish Relief Fund quota raised at 575 dollars while the county aims for 7000. Madison township led by reaching the top with other townships lagging including Greencastle. The Monroe committee lists Clarence Stewart as chairman and several aides. Local social notes mention visitors and a Tuesday Reading Circle meeting at 2 50 PM led by Mrs Edwin Post.
Samuel Wilson of this city wed Anna Tittsenbearger of near Reelsville this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian manse with Rev. Raphael presiding. The groom is connected with A. and C. Stone Co.
The Clinton Falls revival closed last night with Rev. L D Dodd immersing thirty one in the creek and sprinkling others at the evening service. About sixty converts came forward, many families kneeling together to confess faith in Christ, signaling a new church effort for the community. Cloverdale Chapter invites Greencastle Chapter to initiate candidates on October 17. Officers meet Tuesday at 7 30 for practice.
A special conclave of Greencastle Commandery No 11 K T Thursday night gathers for temple work. U S soldiers arrive for two days of army recruitment. Local residents note visitors and family news including a new born son and a home sale.
A jumble of misread phrases touches on war effort teamwork hush money farming gossip and daily trivia. It includes stray notes on garlic shortages truth telling aircraft collisions and water weight conversions, all tangled without clear context or coherent narrative.
The article recalls Navarre as a famed young Frenel ace and the world’s best flyer, with Orville Wright praising flyers devotion and a quip about airmen and love. Two young airmen discuss their role and a funeral question among pilots.
A garbled report shows Mr. and Mrs. Bibbles reacting to a fire alert at home after Mrs. Bibbles claims a cockroach discovery in the kitchen. The scene includes exclamations and telephone urgency as they assess the situation.
General Foch urged a morale boosting proclamation to British troops at Ypres after a gas wave. French leader Sir John French initially refused but relented after Foch dictated the message. The next morning British and French forces regained the lost ground.
Allen Dehuff, 19, of Dallastown and his fiancée Esther Hildebrandt sped toward Baltimore for a marriage license after a road mishap. A radiator blowout and axle damage delayed their plans at Logansville and Baltimore, and the clerk refused license without parental consent, sending them home for two years.
The Mamond bar once part of the Auzerals House in San Jose is being converted into a grocery store. The Auzerals House on West Santa Clara street hosted five U S presidents and notable visitors including Grant, Kalakaua, Hayes, McKinley, and Roosevelt during its long history.
Mrs. Clay Smith of Terre Haute started home from Crawfordsville when she fell from exhaustion. She was befriended by William Gowan and family, then gave birth to a child shortly after.
Mrs. Clay Smith of Terre Haute was found lying exhausted near William Gowan’s residence six miles west of town. Gowan sheltered her, and at 10 p.m. a son was born. She said her husband is sick in a Terre Haute hospital and she had attended a sister’s funeral in Crawfordsville. The woman and child will stay at the Gowan home until they can go to Terre Haute.
A Red Cross veteran horse named Julee, who served at the front carrying wounded and delivering messages, died after sustaining a wound by a sniper. Two corps members recovered the body near the battlefield as mourners gathered at the gravesite. The animal had previously trained at the police department stables and earned a place in American war service.
A narrator in a cold December forest loses his way while hunting and camps in a ravine to stay warm. Heavy snow covers the ground as he wakes to a siren and a creek, describing a difficult pace and confusions of a wandering traveler.
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