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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
2
Obituaries charged at 1 dollar each with 5 cent poetry surcharge. Advertises Herald Wateree second class mail matter status and Greencastle Ind office of J J Arnold proprietor at 17 and 19 S Jackson Street. Published every afternoon except Sunday.
The document lists public offices and candidates including Secretary of State Charles H. Wagner Columbus Auditor Charles R. Hughes Peru Treasurer George H. De Hority Elwood Attorney General George D. Sunkel Newport Reporter of Supreme Court Wood Unger Frankfort Judge Supreme Court Fifth District Francis F. Bowser Warsaw Judge Appellate Court First District Elbent M. Swain Rockport Superintendent V Public Instruction Adelaide Steele Baylor Wabash For Representative in Congress Charles 8. Batt Terre Haute.
War dispatches highlight Brig. Gen. Charles Sweeny a wealthy West Point alumnus who recruited former American officers for Poland. He led volunteers, earned a brigadier generalship, served in Mexico, South America, and World War I, and received multiple honors after gallant actions with the French forces and the U S Army.
Scientists at the Pacific scientific congress in Honolulu discussed Polynesian origins. Experts examined snails, fowls, seeds, and grasshoppers to trace migrations but agreed they still do not know where Polynesians originated. Equatorial currents and driftwood offered clues to Pacific dispersal over long eras.
Prohibition inspectors found three cases of doctored eggs at a West Virginia station. Eggs cracked during transport and whisky was poured in, with shells blown and apertures resealed. The incident highlights dangerous smuggling methods and risky shipping practices.
A Barton Hepburn suggests the common-sense remedy of work to counter suspensions and existing evils, arguing labor as a practical solution.
Former President Poincare advocates learning German to support administration of occupied areas and to restore French influence in Alsace and Lorraine. He urges army officers to study German and notes it should be taught in officers training schools.
Washington officials admit confusion over a week’s surge near twenty thousand new arrivals, with projections suggesting potential population impact. Louis Post, undersecretary of labor, hints the influx may be temporary as people flee home conditions, while quarantine ships and unaddressed warnings complicate officials’ understanding.
Denver thirteen year old George Gardens, a Manual High School student, built a charcoal crayon oven on a vacant lot after downtown supplies ran out. He operates the oven 24 hours a day, producing a high grade crayon and earning a tidy sum from student buyers.
The treasury savings division allocates a million dollars this year to promote thrift through Thrift stamps War Savings stamps and saving certificates. It contrasts prior higher spending and notes efforts to open savings accounts in banks and to organize thrift education in schools and women’s clubs.
The public health service announces the first in a series of regional health conferences in December to combat the great white plague. The Cannes authorized program, under the Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board, the Red Cross and the American Social Hygiene Association, will review causes and prevention and propose a three year plan for North and South American participants. Prominent health officers and sociologists from across the Americas will attend.
Esther Cuneaz of Royal Oak is held for trial in circuit court for operating a boarding house for children without a state license after her license request was refused. Her husband recently sued for divorce accusing her of taking nine additional children into their home.
In Indianapolis a dramatic moment unfolds when a boy uses a brick to strike a charging bull. The blow kills the animal and ends the immediate danger to a nearby boy. the assailant fled the scene in fear. Authorities investigate the bizarre incident.
London report from Lloyds Register of Shipping 1920 21 notes the United States seagoing tonnage excluding Great Lakes rose over 500 percent since 1914 to 12 406 000 tons placing the US second to Britain with 18 171 000 tons Japan moves to third with 2 906 000 tons France 2 963 000 tons US now owns 24 percent of world tonnage excluding Great Lakes and 43 percent of sailing tonnage with wartime losses offset by new construction
Sacramento dispatch reports Harry Finegold a used gun dealer applied the acid test to a shotgun offered for sale. In a risky check he placed his left hand over the muzzle and pulled the trigger with his other hand. The gun was loaded.
James Joy Jeffreys known as the Man in Overalls and the Billy Sunday of the Railroads tours as evangelist and lecturer on good citizenship body care and spiritual matters. Converted at Chicago Pacific Garden mission he began railroad work in 1898 as depot janitor later held roles from newsboy to engineer before leaving railroads in 1908 to evangelize.
A yearling Rhode Island Red rooster owned by Elmer Robbins in Winsted Connecticut has taken a motherly role. He broods several chicks weighing one and a half to two pounds each and calls them to feed when worms are uncovered. At night the chicks gather under his wings.
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