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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1924
Page
2
The text outlines obituary charges at one dollar per obituary with a five cent per line extra for poetry. It also notes other rates for what appears to be “ards of Theaks” charged at a certain rate per line.
Saturday's poultry and produce quotations reported by Haven Brothers Idultry Company list heavy hens at 20 cents per pound and roosters at 14 cents per pound. Egg prices shown as steam eggs with various weights and prices, including quotes for springs and other poultry items.
In a fogbound lighthouse tale a teenaged girl named Lucy faces a decision to leave for New York with a suitor, but Ned chooses love and home. The lighthouse keeper recalls Milly Torrance’s past and the Cray deception, ending with Lucy and Ned pledging to stay together as the light keeper works to guide a vessel toward Rockman’s Ledge.
The article lists prominent Democratic National Committee women across states such as Missouri Minnesota Washington Indiana West Virginia and Tennessee. Names include Mrs Thornton Ive Brown Miss Jessie K E Scott Mrs Rose Yates Forrester Mrs Eliandeth L Riggs Mrs Emily Newell Blair and Mrs Izetta Jewell Brown with roles supervising organizing farm and working women and campaigning in twelve states. Engagements include Brown speaking in twelve states and N B Harris becoming Assistant Treasurer of a major party.
At a New York lunch in spring a club organizer named Hodgkin told John W Davis he formed a Washington group to back his candidacy for president. Davis replied with a quip about judgment, likening it to a Western tourist admiring a cowboy lassoing a smokestack and calling the nerve misjudged.
The Life of Davis portrays John W. Davis winning an encore after a Supreme Court rehearing order. Theodore A. Huntier notes Davis urged the government effectively amid a sharp quip from John J. Fitzgerald as defense counsel.
In Putnam County Indiana Maurice A. Brown sues Hazel Brown for divorce with a December 1 1924 appearance order. The executor of Eliza Jane Moore’s estate offers private sale of Green Castle assets on November 1 1924 including a Greencastle dwelling and a Parke County 80 acre farm with staged payments and mortgage security.
Notice is given that by virtue of an order of the Putnam County Civil Court a sale of real estate in Putnam and Parke counties Indiana will be conducted. The order directs the sale to satisfy claims and will specify terms, time, and place as set by the court. Interested parties should monitor official notices for deadlines and bidding procedures.
John W. Davis and two top Democratic campaign leaders pose at Democratic National Headquarters in Washington. Clem L. Shover chairs the DNC while Andris A. Jones of New Mexico directs organization and chairs the Senatorial Campaign Committee. Davis meets staff, many women, and National Press Club members during a Washington visit.
A fragmented legal notice from Gras company of Gras one Indiana as Executor of Jane Moore outlines proceedings with Hays and Murphy attorneys. The document references a filing date in October and lists Eliza and bill amounts, indicating probate or estate actions pending.
Trustee John B. Clark will sell at public auction the Hicks School building and outbuildings in Marion Township Putnam County Indiana on November 8 1924 at 10 AM. The highest bid will win cash and a two thirds appraised value, with removal required within 30 days. A bill of sale will be issued to the purchaser. Oct 31 17 23 38.
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